NHL Releases 2026 Free Agent List
The National Hockey League has released a list of players who are restricted free agents under Group 2, unrestricted free agents under Group 3 and Group 6 and unrestricted free agents by virtue of not receiving a qualifying offer.
Some of these players may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.
FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH – GROUP 2
The players listed below have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
OFFER COMPENSATION
$1,575,969 or below None
Over $1,575,969 to $2,387,832 Third-round choice
Over $2,387,832 to $4,775,666 Second-round choice
Over $4,775,666 to $7,163,498 First-round and third-round choice
Over $7,163,498 to $9,551,332 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $9,551,332 to $11,939,166 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $11,939,166 Four first-round choices
ANAHEIM
Vyacheslav Buteyets, Leo Carlsson, Calle Clang, Tyson Hinds, Pavel Mintyukov, Sasha Pastujov.
BOSTON
Luke Cavallin, Riley Duran, Matthew Poitras.
BUFFALO
Peyton Krebs, Olen Zellweger.
CALGARY
Simon Nemec, Brennan Othmann, William Stromgren.
CAROLINA
Noel Gunler, Aleksi Heimosalmi, Viktor Neuchev, Cayden Primeau, Justin Robidas, Ronan Seeley.
CHICAGO
Connor Bedard, Drew Commesso, Ethan Del Mastro, Kevin Korchinski.
COLORADO
Zakhar Bardakov, Fabian Lysell.
COLUMBUS
Adam Fantilli, Jet Greaves, Cole Sillinger, Luke Tuch.
DALLAS
Mavrik Bourque, Arttu Hyry, Jason Robertson.
DETROIT
Simon Edvinsson, Carter Gylander.
EDMONTON
Colton Dach, Roby Jarventie, Spencer Stastney.
FLORIDA
Tobias Bjornfot, Mikulas Hovorka, Akira Schmid.
LOS ANGELES
None.
MINNESOTA
Caedan Bankier, Daemon Hunt, Carson Lambos, David Spacek.
MONTREAL
Brett Berard, Zachary Bolduc, Kirby Dach, Jared Davidson, Sean Farrell, Hunter McKown, Maksymilian Szuber, Arber Xhekaj.
NASHVILLE
Justin Barron, Chase Bradley.
NEW JERSEY
Nico Daws, Amadeus Lombardi, Jakub Malek, Xavier Parent, Ben Steeves, Topias Vilen.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Alex Jefferies, Joey Larson, Henrik Tikkanen.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Vincent Iorio, Braden Schneider, William Trudeau.
OTTAWA
Tyler Boucher, Xavier Bourgault, Leevi Meriläinen.
PHILADELPHIA
Jamie Drysdale, Hunter McDonald, Trevor Zegras.
PITTSBURGH
Alexander Alexeyev, Joel Blomqvist, Egor Chinakhov, David Gustafsson, Ville Koivunen, Hendrix Lapierre, Arturs Silovs.
SAN JOSE
Shakir Mukhamadullin.
SEATTLE
Jacob Melanson, Victor Ostman, Ville Ottavainen, Mackie Samoskevich.
ST. LOUIS
Leo Loof, Connor McMichael.
TAMPA BAY
None.
TORONTO
Emil Andrae, Jacob Quillan, Nicholas Robertson, Ryan Tverberg, William Villeneuve.
UTAH
None.
VANCOUVER
None.
VEGAS
Jakub Brabenec, Lukas Cormier, Joe Fleming.
WASHINGTON
None.
WINNIPEG
Tyrel Bauer, Cole Perfetti.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 3
The following players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
ANAHEIM
A.J. Greer, Jansen Harkins, Ross Johnston, Petr Mrazek, Noah Philp, Jacob Trouba, Jeffrey Viel.
BOSTON
Viktor Arvidsson, Patrick Brown, Andrew Peeke, Riley Tufte.
BUFFALO
Gavin Bayreuther, Josh Dunne, David Kampf, Jake Leschyshyn, Tanner Pearson, Luke Schenn, Logan Stanley.
CALGARY
Jake Bean, Clark Bishop, Justin Kirkland, Ryan Lomberg, Daniil Miromanov, Victor Olofsson, Ivan Prosvetov.
CAROLINA
Frederik Andersen, John Carlson, Mike Reilly, Josiah Slavin, Givani Smith.
CHICAGO
Joey Anderson, Matt Grzelcyk, Sam Lafferty, Ilya Mikheyev, Shea Weber.
COLORADO
Jack Ahcan, Ronnie Attard, Alex Barré-Boulet, Nick Blankenburg, Tye Felhaber, Joel Kiviranta, Jacob MacDonald, Jason Polin, Valtteri Puustinen, T.J. Tynan.
COLUMBUS
Zach Aston-Reese, Hudson Fasching, Ivan Fedotov, Brendan Gaunce, Erik Gudbranson, Danton Heinen, Boone Jenner, Mason Marchment, Dysin Mayo, Zach Sawchenko, Owen Sillinger, Brendan Smith.
DALLAS
Nathan Bastian, Jamie Benn, Michael Bunting, Adam Erne, Kole Lind, Alexander Petrovic.
DETROIT
Erik Gustafsson, Travis Hamonic, Patrick Kane, David Perron, Cam Talbot, Eduards Tralmaks, James van Riemsdyk, Austin Watson.
EDMONTON
Cam Dineen, James Hamblin, Adam Henrique, Connor Ingram, Max Jones, Kasperi Kapanen, Curtis Lazar, Calvin Pickard, Jack Roslovic.
FLORIDA
Sergei Bobrovsky, Louis Domingue, Noah Gregor, Radko Gudas, Aleksi Heponiemi, Vinnie Hinostroza, Logan Hutsko, Luke Kunin, Tomas Nosek, Jack Studnicka, Daniil Tarasov.
LOS ANGELES
Logan Brown, Kyle Burroughs, Pheonix Copley, Glenn Gawdin, Mathieu Joseph, Anze Kopitar, Andrei Kuzmenko, Scott Laughton, Jeff Malott, Jacob Moverare.
MINNESOTA
Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Zach Bogosian, Robby Fabbri, Nick Foligno, Ben Gleason, Marcus Johansson, Ben Jones, Cal Petersen, Jeff Petry, Vladimir Tarasenko, Mats Zuccarello.
MONTREAL
Alex Belzile, Sammy Blais, Nathan Clurman, Kaapo Kahkonen, Patrik Laine, Hunter Shepard.
NASHVILLE
Andreas Englund, Kevin Gravel, Erik Haula, Tyson Jost, Jordan Oesterle.
NEW JERSEY
Dennis Cholowski, Evgenii Dadonov, Brian Halonen, Mike Hardman, Zack MacEwen, Ryan Schmelzer, Colton White.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Adam Boqvist, Matthew Highmore, Marcus Hogberg, Anders Lee, Matt Luff, David Rittich, Carson Soucy.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Jonny Brodzinski, Casey Fitzgerald, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Connor Mackey, Jonathan Quick, Brandon Scanlin, Conor Sheary.
OTTAWA
Lars Eller, Dennis Gilbert, Claude Giroux, Nick Jensen, Garrett Pilon, James Reimer.
PHILADELPHIA
Rodrigo Abols, Oscar Eklind, Luke Glendening, Carl Grundstrom, Noah Juulsen, Boris Katchouk, Lane Pederson, Anthony Richard, Garrett Wilson.
PITTSBURGH
Noel Acciari, Sebastian Aho, Connor Clifton, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Kevin Hayes, Bokondji Imama, Joona Koppanen, Anthony Mantha, Ryan Shea, Stuart Skinner.
SAN JOSE
Laurent Brossoit, Lucas Carlsson, Sasha Chmelevski, Vincent Desharnais, Mario Ferraro, John Klingberg, Samuel Laberge, Nick Leddy, Carey Price, Ryan Reaves, Colin White.
SEATTLE
Max McCormick, Matt Murray, Jamie Oleksiak, Gustav Olofsson, Jaden Schwartz, Mitchell Stephens, Eeli Tolvanen.
ST. LOUIS
Julien Gauthier, Justin Holl, Hugh McGing, Oskar Sundqvist.
TAMPA BAY
Oliver Bjorkstrand, Mitchell Chaffee, Brandon Halverson, Waltteri Merela, Ian Mitchell, Corey Perry.
TORONTO
Matt Benning, Travis Boyd, Calle Jarnkrok, Vinni Lettieri.
UTAH
Andrew Agozzino, Ian Cole, Kevin Connauton, Alexander Kerfoot, Scott Perunovich, Kevin Rooney, Kevin Stenlund, Vitek Vanecek, Matt Villalta.
VANCOUVER
Teddy Blueger, Derek Forbort, Evander Kane, Joseph LaBate, Jiri Patera.
VEGAS
Rasmus Andersson, Dylan Coghlan, Ben Hutton, Tanner Laczynski, Jeremy Lauzon, Jonas Rondbjerg, Brandon Saad, Colton Sissons, Cole Smith, Reilly Smith.
WASHINGTON
Brandon Duhaime, Tobias Geisser, Brett Leason, Sonny Milano, Alex Ovechkin, Corey Schueneman, Trevor van Riemsdyk.
WINNIPEG
Jacob Bryson, Kale Clague, Eric Comrie, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Colin Miller, Gustav Nyquist, Mason Shaw, Jonathan Toews, Kristian Vesalainen.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 6
The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).
ANAHEIM
None.
BOSTON
Matěj Blümel, Michael Callahan, John Farinacci, Georgii Merkulov, Victor Soderstrom.
BUFFALO
Trevor Kuntar.
CALGARY
Nick Cicek.
CAROLINA
Ryan Suzuki.
CHICAGO
Olivier Rodrigue.
COLORADO
Magnus Chrona, Matt Stienburg.
COLUMBUS
None.
DALLAS
None.
DETROIT
Antti Tuomisto.
EDMONTON
Samuel Poulin.
FLORIDA
Nolan Foote.
LOS ANGELES
Nikita Alexandrov, Jan Jenik.
MINNESOTA
None.
MONTREAL
Marc Del Gaizo.
NASHVILLE
None.
NEW JERSEY
Jonathan Gruden, Nathan Légaré, Marc McLaughlin.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Adam Beckman, Cole McWard, Travis Mitchell.
NEW YORK RANGERS
None.
OTTAWA
Graeme Clarke, Olle Lycksell, Mads Sogaard, Lassi Thomson.
PHILADELPHIA
Adam Ginning, Max Guenette.
PITTSBURGH
None.
SAN JOSE
Egor Afanasyev, Shane Bowers, Pavol Regenda, Jakub Skarek, Jett Woo.
SEATTLE
None.
ST. LOUIS
Hunter Skinner, Akil Thomas, Vadim Zherenko.
TAMPA BAY
Declan Carlile, Ryan Fanti.
TORONTO
None.
UTAH
None.
VANCOUVER
Curtis Douglas.
VEGAS
Raphael Lavoie.
WASHINGTON
Wyatt Bongiovanni, Henrik Rybinski.
WINNIPEG
Samuel Fagemo, Ville Heinola.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
The following players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.
ANAHEIM
Jeremie Biakabutuka, Jan Mysak, Jaxsen Wiebe.
BOSTON
Alexis Gendron, Jordan Harris, Maximus Wanner.
BUFFALO
Isaac Belliveau, Zac Jones, Olivier Nadeau, Nikita Novikov.
CALGARY
John Beecher, Parker Bell, Lucas Ciona, Artem Grushnikov, Carter King, Owen Say, Gavin White.
CAROLINA
Skyler Brind’Amour, Domenick Fensore, Kyle Masters, Amir Miftakhov, Nikita Quapp.
CHICAGO
Dmitry Kuzmin, Ryan Mast.
COLORADO
Danil Gushchin.
COLUMBUS
Stanislav Svozil, Egor Zamula.
DALLAS
Francesco Arcuri, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Ben Kraws, Kyle McDonald, Jeremie Poirier, Antonio Stranges, Samu Tuomaala, Chase Wheatcroft.
DETROIT
Alexandre Doucet, Carter Mazur, Michael Milne, Jakub Rychlovsky, Wojciech Stachowiak.
EDMONTON
Josh Bloom, Matvey Petrov.
FLORIDA
Mike Benning, Evan Nause, Cole Schwindt, Donovan Sebrango, Wilmer Skoog.
LOS ANGELES
None.
MINNESOTA
Cameron Butler, Samuel Hlavaj, Bradley Marek, Oskar Olausson.
MONTREAL
Jake Chiasson, Gannon Laroque, Joe Veleno.
NASHVILLE
Dalton Bancroft, Jack Matier, Ryder Rolston, Christoffer Sedoff.
NEW JERSEY
Calen Addison, Tyler Brennan, Paul Cotter, Dylan Wendt.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Marc Gatcomb, Tristan Lennox, Eetu Liukas, Matthew Maggio, Max Shabanov, Cam Thiesing.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Talyn Boyko, Brendan Brisson, Hugo Ollas, Massimo Rizzo.
OTTAWA
Samuel Ersson, Arthur Kaliyev, Riley Kidney.
PHILADELPHIA
Karsen Dorwart, Artem Guryev, Brett Harrison, Christian Kyrou, Tucker Robertson, Philip Tomasino.
PITTSBURGH
None.
SAN JOSE
Noah Beck, Gabriel Carriere, Philipp Kurashev.
SEATTLE
None.
ST. LOUIS
Jonatan Berggren, Thomas Bordeleau, Matthew Kessel.
TAMPA BAY
Ethan Samson.
TORONTO
Braeden Kressler, Matias Maccelli, Vyacheslav Peksa, John Prokop, Henry Thrun.
UTAH
Michal Kunc, Anson Thornton.
VANCOUVER
Nils Aman, Jayden Grubbe, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Danila Klimovich, Chase Stillman.
VEGAS
None.
WASHINGTON
Garin Bjorklund, Ryan Hofer, Jesper Vikman.
WINNIPEG
Jaret Anderson-Dolan.