The following players are projected to become free agents after the 2025-26 season. We’ve provided this list for those who want to anticipate the free agent market one year from now. Inclusion on the list requires 10 games played in the current season for skaters or five starts for goaltenders. For the list of current pending free agents, click here.
Updated 1-31-25
Unrestricted Free Agents
Centers
Mikael Backlund (37)
Teddy Blueger (31)
Charlie Coyle (34)
Jason Dickinson (30)
Jack Eichel (29)
Erik Haula (35)
Kevin Hayes (34)
Adam Henrique (36)
Parker Kelly (27)
Anže Kopitar (38)
Sam Lafferty (31)
Blake Lizotte (28)
Adam Lowry (33)
Evgeni Malkin (39)
Michael McCarron (31)
Connor McDavid (29)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (33)
Ryan Poehling (27)
Kevin Stenlund (29)
Oskar Sundqvist (32)
Nathan Walker (32)
Alexander Wennberg (31)
Left Wingers
Jonny Brodzinski (33)
Michael Bunting (30)
Mitchell Chaffee (28)
Kyle Connor (29)
Brandon Duhaime (29)
Jonah Gadjovich (27)
A.J. Greer (29)
Jansen Harkins (29)
Danton Heinen (30)
Mark Jankowski (31)
Ross Johnston (32)
Kirill Kaprizov (29)
Patrik Laine (28)
Scott Laughton (32)
Anders Lee (35)
Beck Malenstyn (28)
Mason Marchment (31)
Bobby McMann (30)
Alex Ovechkin (40)
Artemi Panarin (34)
Jaden Schwartz (34)
Cole Smith (30)
Eeli Tolvanen (27)
Alexey Toropchenko (27)
Right Wingers
Noel Acciari (34)
Joey Anderson (28)
Viktor Arvidsson (33)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (31)
Jordan Eberle (36)
Nick Foligno (38)
Conor Garland (30)
Carl Grundström (28)
Ben Jones (27)
Mathieu Joseph (29)
Adrian Kempe (29)
Ryan Lomberg (31)
Zack MacEwen (29)
Ilya Mikheyev (31)
Martin Nečas (27)
Valtteri Puustinen (27)
Ryan Reaves (39)
Nick Schmaltz (30)
Kiefer Sherwood (31)
Colton Sissons (32)
Vladimir Tarasenko (34)
Alex Tuch (30)
Mats Zuccarello (38)
Left Defensemen
Jake Bean (28)
Ben Chiarot (35)
Mattias Ekholm (36)
Mario Ferraro (27)
Cam Fowler (34)
Erik Gustafsson (34)
Brett Kulak (32)
Jeremy Lauzon (29)
Ryan McDonagh (37)
Niko Mikkola (30)
Jacob Moverare (27)
Jordan Oesterle (34)
Jamie Oleksiak (33)
Carson Soucy (31)
Logan Stanley (28)
Juuso Välimäki (27)
Jake Walman (30)
Right Defensemen
Rasmus Andersson (29)
Uvis Balinskis (29)
Nick Blankenburg (28)
Zach Bogosian (35)
T.J. Brodie (36)
Kyle Burroughs (30)
John Carlson (36)
Connor Clifton (31)
Vincent Desharnais (30)
Mathew Dumba (31)
Radko Gudas (36)
Justin Holl (34)
Nick Jensen (35)
Timothy Liljegren (27)
Josh Manson (34)
Mike Matheson (32)
Colin Miller (33)
Daniil Miromanov (28)
Connor Murphy (33)
Andrew Peeke (28)
Darren Raddysh (30)
Luke Schenn (36)
Troy Stecher (32)
Jacob Trouba (32)
Trevor van Riemsdyk (34)
Goaltenders
Sergei Bobrovsky (37)
Eric Comrie (30)
Thatcher Demko (30)
Ivan Fedotov (29)
Filip Gustavsson (28)
Connor Ingram (29)
Jacob Markström (36)
Petr Mrázek (34)
Alex Nedeljkovic (30)
Calvin Pickard (34)
Stuart Skinner (27)
Anthony Stolarz (32)
Cam Talbot (38)
Scott Wedgewood (33)
Restricted Free Agents
Center
Connor Bedard (20) – not eligible for arbitration
Zachary Bolduc (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Leo Carlsson (21) – not eligible for arbitration
Logan Cooley (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Kirby Dach (25)
Jack Drury (26)
Adam Fantilli (21) – not eligible for arbitration
Barrett Hayton (26)
Samuel Helenius (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Ivan Ivan (23)
Connor McMichael (25)
Frank Nazar (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Zack Ostapchuk (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Shane Pinto (25)
Matthew Poitras (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Lukas Reichel (24)
Cole Sillinger (23)
Fedor Svechkov (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Akil Thomas (26)
Trevor Zegras (25)
Left Wingers
Zach Benson (21) – not eligible for arbitration
Yegor Chinakhov (25)
Paul Cotter (26)
William Eklund (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Cutter Gauthier (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Dylan Holloway (24)
Zachary L’Heureux (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Matias Maccelli (25)
Ivan Miroshnichenko (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Cole Perfetti (24)
Vasily Podkolzin (25)
Jason Robertson (26)
Joe Veleno (26)
Right Wingers
Brett Berard (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Jackson Blake (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Bobby Brink (24)
Ty Dellandrea (25)
Pavel Dorofeyev (25)
Peyton Krebs (25)
Martin Pospisil (26)
Logan Stankoven (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Alexandre Texier (26)
Left Defensemen
Nolan Allan (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Emil Andrae (24) – not eligible for arbitration
Philip Broberg (25)
Simon Edvinsson (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Martin Fehérváry (26)
Thomas Harley (24)
Ville Heinola (25)
Lane Hutson (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Jackson LaCombe (25)
Pavel Mintyukov (22) – not eligible for arbitration
J.J. Moser (26)
Henry Thrun (25)
Arber Xhekaj (25)
Yegor Zamula (26)
Olen Zellweger (22) – not eligible for arbitration
Right Defensemen
Justin Barron (24)
Brandt Clarke (23) – not eligible for arbitration
Jamie Drysdale (24)
Matthew Kessel (26)
Michael Kesselring (26)
Vladislav Kolyachonok (25)
Kaedan Korczak (25)
Victor Mancini (24) – not eligible for arbitration
Braden Schneider (24)
Jordan Spence (25)
Goaltenders
Justus Annunen (26)
Joel Blomqvist (24) – not eligible for arbitration
Samuel Ersson (26)
Spencer Knight (25)
Aleksei Kolosov (24) – not eligible for arbitration
Arturs Silovs (25)
Dustin Wolf (25)
Note: any player who signs a one-year deal during the 2025 offseason will be added to this list.