List of All the 2018 NHL Free Agents
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Unsigned NHL free agents, listed as of noon on July 1, 2018.
GROUP 2 FREE AGENTS: 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
$1,339,575 or below None
Over $1,339,575 to $2,029,659 Third-round choice
Over $2,029,659 to $4,059,322 Second-round choice
Over $4,059,322 to $6,088,980 First-round and third-round choice
Over $6,088,980 to $8,118,641 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $8,118,641 to $10,148,302 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $10,148,302 Four first-round choices
GROUP 3 FREE AGENTS are age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
GROUP 6 FREE AGENTS are 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). Please note that these amounts are subject to pro-rating due to the 48-game season in 2012-13.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS are players not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.
ANAHEIM
GROUP 2: Nick Ritchie.
GROUP 3: Francois Beauchemin, Reto Berra, Kevin Bieksa, Jared Boll, Jason Chimera, Chris Kelly, Andre Petersson, Corey Tropp, Antoine Vermette.
GROUP 6: Scott Sabourin.
UFA: None.
ARIZONA
GROUP 2: Marek Langhamer.
GROUP 3: Pierre-Cedric Labrie, Tye McGinn.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Freddie Hamilton, Sean Maguire.
BOSTON
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Chris Breen, Brian Gionta, Rick Nash, Paul Postma, Tommy Wingels.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Justin Hickman.
BUFFALO
GROUP 2: Sam Reinhart.
GROUP 3: Justin Falk, Josh Gorges, Jacob Josefson, Benoit Pouliot, Zach Redmond.
GROUP 6: Jason Kasdorf.
UFA: Victor Antipin.
CALGARY
GROUP 2: Noah Hanifin, Brett Kulak.
GROUP 3: Luke Gazdic, Tanner Glass, Jaromir Jagr, Matt Stajan, Chris Stewart, Kris Versteeg.
GROUP 6: Marek Hrivik.
UFA: Austin Carroll, Emile Poirier, Daniel Pribyl, Nick Shore, Hunter Smith.
CAROLINA
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Andrew Miller, Dennis Robertson, Jeremy Smith, Lee Stempniak.
GROUP 6: Brenden Kichton, Philip Samuelsson.
UFA: Klas Dahlbeck, Tyler Ganly, Keegan Kanzig, Sergey Tolchinsky.
CHICAGO
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Lance Bouma, Christopher DiDomenico, Cody Franson, Jeff Glass, Michal Rozsival, Patrick Sharp, Viktor Svedberg, Jordin Tootoo.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Tomas Jurco.
COLORADO
GROUP 2: Mason Geertsen, Ryan Graves, Spencer Martin.
GROUP 3: Joe Cannata, Joe Colborne, Trent Vogelhuber.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Felix Girard, Jesse Graham, Reid Petryk, Duncan Siemens.
COLUMBUS
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Andre Benoit, Taylor Chorney, Mark Letestu, Jeff Zatkoff.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Ryan Kujawinski.
DALLAS
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Andrew Bodnarchuk, Brian Flynn, Dan Hamhuis, Kari Lehtonen, Curtis McKenzie, Brent Regner.
GROUP 6: Andrew O'Brien.
UFA: Cole Ully.
DETROIT
GROUP 2: Matt Puempel.
GROUP 3: Adam Almquist, David Booth, Colin Campbell, Tom McCollum, Eric Tangradi.
GROUP 6: Turner Elson.
UFA: Matej Machovsky, Zach Nastasiuk.
EDMONTON
GROUP 2: Darnell Nurse, Anton Slepyshev.
GROUP 3: Yohann Auvitu, Michael Cammalleri, Mark Fayne, Roman Horak.
GROUP 6: Grayson Downing, Brian Ferlin, Joey Laleggia.
UFA: Ben Betker, Braden Christoffer, Nick Ellis, Iiro Pakarinen, Kyle Platzer.
FLORIDA
GROUP 2: Curtis Valk.
GROUP 3: Radim Vrbata.
GROUP 6: Alexandre Grenier.
UFA: Gregory Chase, Linus Hultstrom, Edward Wittchow.
LOS ANGELES
GROUP 2: Alex Lintuniemi, Kurtis MacDermid.
GROUP 3: Torrey Mitchell.
GROUP 6: Andrew Crescenzi.
UFA: Justin Auger.
MINNESOTA
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Patrick Cannone, Alex Grant, Zach Palmquist, Kyle Quincey, Niklas Svedberg, Daniel Winnik.
GROUP 6: Viktor Loov.
UFA: Adam Gilmour, Dylan Labbe, Steve Michalek, Adam Vay.
MONTREAL
GROUP 2: Michael McCarron.
GROUP 3: Ales Hemsky, Joonas Nattinen, Chris Terry.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Markus Eisenschmid, Jeremy Gregoire, Tom Parisi, Logan Shaw.
NASHVILLE
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Cody Bass, Brandon Bollig, Alexei Emelin, Mike Fisher, Scott Hartnell, Anders Lindback, Trevor Smith, Scott Valentine, Harry Zolnierczyk.
GROUP 6: Petter Granberg, Matthew O'Connor.
UFA: None
NEW JERSEY
GROUP 2: Christoph Bertschy, Nick Lappin.
GROUP 3: Ryane Clowe, Bracken Kearns, Michael Latta, Drew Stafford, Alexander Urbom, David Wohlberg.
GROUP 6: Ben Thomson.
UFA: Ken Appleby, Mario Lucia.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
GROUP 2: Kyle Burroughs, Devon Toews.
GROUP 3: Stephen Gionta, Connor Jones, Nikolay Kulemin, Kane Lafranchise, Dennis Seidenberg.
GROUP 6: Kristers Gudlevskis.
UFA: Brandon Davidson, Shane Prince, Kyle Schempp.
NEW YORK RANGERS
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: John Albert, David Desharnais, Carl Klingberg, Ondrej Pavelec.
GROUP 6: Daniel Catenacci, Ryan Sproul.
UFA: Adam Tambellini.
OTTAWA
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Mike Blunden, Tyler Randell, Daniel Taylor.
GROUP 6: Max Reinhart.
UFA: Chris Driedger, Nick Moutrey, Ville Pokka.
PHILADELPHIA
GROUP 2: Anthony Stolarz.
GROUP 3: Colin McDonald, Will O'Neill, Johnny Oduya.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: None.
PITTSBURGH
GROUP 2: Lukas Bengtsson, Andrey Pedan.
GROUP 3: Michael Leighton, Tom Sestito.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Frank Corrado, Vincent Dunn.
SAN JOSE
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Jannik Hansen, Brandon Mashinter, Daniil Tarasov, Joel Ward.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: None.
ST. LOUIS
GROUP 2: Beau Bennett, Petteri Lindbohm, Jordan Schmaltz.
GROUP 3: None.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Justin Selman, Thomas Vannelli.
TAMPA BAY
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Carter Ashton, Mathew Bodie, Jamie McBain.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: None.
TORONTO
GROUP 2: Miro Aaltonen, William Nylander.
GROUP 3: Colin Greening, Joffrey Lupul, Dominic Moore, Ben Smith.
GROUP 6: Kyle Baun.
UFA: None.
VANCOUVER
GROUP 2: None.
GROUP 3: Jussi Jokinen, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Patrick Wiercioch.
GROUP 6: Joseph LaBate.
UFA: Cole Cassels, Anton Cederholm, Griffen Molino, MacKenze Stewart.
VEGAS
GROUP 2: Philip Holm, Teemu Pulkkinen, Shea Theodore.
GROUP 3: Jason Garrison, Mikhail Grabovski, Luca Sbisa, Clayton Stoner, Paul Thompson.
GROUP 6: Chris Casto.
UFA: None.
WASHINGTON
GROUP 2: Riley Barber, Travis Boyd.
GROUP 3: Alex Chiasson, Zach Sill, Wayne Simpson.
GROUP 6: None.
UFA: Adam Carlson, Adam Chapie, Tim McGauley.
WINNIPEG
GROUP 2: Eric Comrie, JC Lipon, Josh Morrissey.
GROUP 3: Toby Enstrom, Shawn Matthias.
GROUP 6: Julian Melchiori.
UFA: Jan Kostalek, Jimmy Lodge, Jamie Phillips.