By Stretch Jenkinson
NEW YORK (July 1, 2024) – The National Hockey League today 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
$1,511,701 or below: None
Over $1,511,701 to $2,290,457: Third-round choice
Over $2,290,457 to $4,580,917: Second-round choice
Over $4,580,917 to $6,871,374: First-round and third-round choice
Over $6,871,374 to $9,161,834: First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $9,161,834 to $11,452,294: Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $11,452,294: Four first-round choices
ANAHEIM
Pavol Regenda.
BOSTON
Michael Callahan, Marc McLaughlin, Alec Regula, Jeremy Swayman.
BUFFALO
Henri Jokiharju, Peyton Krebs, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Beck Malenstyn.
CALGARY
Adam Klapka, Yan Kuznetsov, Nikita Okhotiuk, Jakob Pelletier, Cole Schwindt, Ilya Solovyov, Dustin Wolf.
CAROLINA
Dylan Coghlan, Jack Drury, Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas.
CHICAGO
Isaak Phillips.
COLORADO
Wyatt Aamodt, Jason Polin.
COLUMBUS
Jake Christiansen, Jet Greaves, Kirill Marchenko, Cole Sillinger.
DALLAS
Thomas Harley.
DETROIT
Jonatan Berggren, Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Joe Veleno.
EDMONTON
Philip Broberg, James Hamblin, Noel Hoefenmayer, Dylan Holloway, Raphael Lavoie.
FLORIDA
Anton Lundell.
LOS ANGELES
Quinton Byfield, Arthur Kaliyev, Jordan Spence.
MINNESOTA
Declan Chisholm, Graeme Clarke, Adam Raska, Sammy Walker.
MONTREAL
Justin Barron.
NASHVILLE
Marc Del Gaizo, Juuso Parssinen, Spencer Stastney, Philip Tomasino, Adam Wilsby.
NEW JERSEY
Adam Beckman, Nico Daws, Dawson Mercer.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Dennis Cholowski, Simon Holmstrom, Ruslan Iskhakov, Tyce Thompson, Oliver Wahlstrom.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Karl Henriksson, Ryan Lindgren, Matthew Robertson, Braden Schneider.
OTTAWA
Kevin Mandolese, Shane Pinto, Mads Sogaard, Egor Sokolov, Lassi Thomson.
PHILADELPHIA
Bobby Brink, Egor Zamula.
PITTSBURGH
Corey Andonovski.
SAN JOSE
Egor Afanasyev, Ty Dellandrea, Ty Emberson, Carl Grundstrom.
SEATTLE
Matty Beniers, Peetro Seppala, Eeli Tolvanen.
ST. LOUIS
Mikhail Abramov, Nikita Alexandrov.
TAMPA BAY
Hugo Alnefelt, Waltteri Merela, J.J. Moser.
TORONTO
Connor Dewar, Nicholas Robertson, Alex Steeves.
UTAH
Curtis Douglas, Barrett Hayton, Jan Jenik, Milos Kelemen, Victor Soderstrom.
VANCOUVER
Arturs Silovs.
VEGAS
Pavel Dorofeyev, Kaedan Korczak, Ivan Morozov.
WASHINGTON
Mitchell Gibson, Hardy Haman Aktell, Alex Limoges, Connor McMichael, Riley Sutter.
WINNIPEG
David Gustafsson, Ville Heinola, Simon Lundmark, Cole Perfetti, Logan Stanley.
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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
Andrew Agozzino, Trevor Carrick, Chase De Leo, Glenn Gawdin, Robert Hagg, William Lagesson, Jakob Silfverberg, Alex Stalock, Colton White.
BOSTON
Jake DeBrusk, Derek Forbort, Matt Grzelcyk, Danton Heinen, Milan Lucic, Pat Maroon, Jayson Megna, Dan Renouf, Anthony Richard, Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk.
BUFFALO
Joseph Cecconi, Eric Comrie, Jeremy Davies, Zemgus Girgensons, Tyson Jost, Victor Olofsson, Eric Robinson, Dustin Tokarski.
CALGARY
Oscar Dansk, Dennis Gilbert, A.J. Greer, Oliver Kylington, Jordan Oesterle, Colton Poolman, Mark Pysyk.
CAROLINA
Callahan Burke, Tony DeAngelo, David Kase, Jordan Martinook, Stefan Noesen, Brett Pesce, Antti Raanta, Brady Skjei, Teuvo Teravainen.
CHICAGO
Colin Blackwell, David Gust, Tyler Johnson, Sam Lafferty, Jaycob Megna, Luke Philp, Rem Pitlick, Vili Saarijarvi, Jarred Tinordi, Nikita Zaitsev.
COLORADO
Andrew Cogliano, Jonathan Drouin, Brandon Duhaime, Pavel Francouz, Brad Hunt, Jack Johnson, Caleb Jones, Vladislav Kamenev, Joel Kiviranta, Fredrik Olofsson, Zach Parise, Corey Schueneman, Spencer Smallman, Yakov Trenin, Sean Walker.
COLUMBUS
Brendan Gaunce, Malcolm Subban, Billy Sweezey, Calvin Thurkauf, Jakub Zboril.
DALLAS
Gavin Bayreuther, Matt Duchene, Jani Hakanpää, Joe Pavelski, Derrick Pouliot, Jerad Rosburg, Craig Smith, Scott Wedgewood.
DETROIT
Zach Aston-Reese, Austin Czarnik, Christian Fischer, Shayne Gostisbehere, Taro Hirose, Michael Hutchinson, John Lethemon, Matt Luff, David Perron, James Reimer, Radim Simek, Daniel Sprong.
EDMONTON
Connor Brown, Sam Carrick, Vincent Desharnais, Adam Erne, Warren Foegele, Sam Gagner, Seth Griffith, Adam Henrique, Mattias Janmark, Brad Malone, Greg McKegg, Corey Perry, Troy Stecher.
FLORIDA
Nick Cousins, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Casey Fitzgerald, Magnus Hellberg, Egor Korshkov, Dmitry Kulikov, Ryan Lomberg, Steven Lorentz, Gerry Mayhew, Brandon Montour, Kyle Okposo, Aleksi Saarela, Kevin Stenlund, Anthony Stolarz, Vladimir Tarasenko.
LOS ANGELES
Viktor Arvidsson, Kevin Connauton, Pheonix Copley, Aaron Dell, Hayden Hodgson, Trevor Lewis, Matt Roy, Steven Santini, Cam Talbot, T.J. Tynan.
MINNESOTA
Will Butcher, Turner Elson, Steven Fogarty, Alex Goligoski, Jujhar Khaira, Jacob Lucchini, Zane McIntyre, Dakota Mermis.
MONTREAL
Brady Keeper, Phillippe Maillet, Tanner Pearson, Mitchell Stephens, Colin White, Chris Wideman.
NASHVILLE
Tyson Barrie, Anthony Beauvillier, Alexandre Carrier, Troy Grosenick, Jordan Gross, Kevin Lankinen, Roland McKeown, Kiefer Sherwood, Jason Zucker.
NEW JERSEY
Kyle Criscuolo, Kaapo Kahkonen, Erik Kallgren, Keith Kinkaid, Tomas Nosek, Brendan Smith, Chris Tierney, Tyler Wotherspoon.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Sebastian Aho, Kenneth Appleby, Robert Bortuzzo, Cal Clutterbuck, Karson Kuhlman, Paul LaDue, Matt Martin, Brian Pinho, Mike Reilly.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Nikolas Brouillard, Erik Gustafsson, Nic Petan, Tyler Pitlick, Jack Roslovic, Chad Ruhwedel, Alexander Wennberg, Blake Wheeler.
OTTAWA
Rourke Chartier, Josh Currie, Dillon Heatherington, Bokondji Imama, Dominik Kubalik, Jacob Larsson, Jiri Smejkal.
PHILADELPHIA
Adam Brooks, Denis Gurianov, Erik Johnson, Tanner Laczynski, Cooper Marody, Felix Sandstrom, Marc Staal.
PITTSBURGH
Jeff Carter, Taylor Fedun, Jansen Harkins, Vinnie Hinostroza, Xavier Ouellet, Ryan Shea, Ludovic Waeber, Radim Zohorna.
SAN JOSE
Alexander Barabanov, Ryan Carpenter, Devin Cooley, Mike Hoffman, Kevin Labanc, Oskar Lindblom, Jacob MacDonald.
SEATTLE
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Connor Carrick, Chris Driedger, Cameron Hughes, Andrew Poturalski, Mitch Reinke, Jimmy Schuldt, Justin Schultz, Devin Shore, Tomas Tatar.
ST. LOUIS
Sammy Blais, Adam Gaudette, Josh Jacobs, Wyatt Kalynuk, Kasperi Kapanen, Matthew Peca, Calle Rosen, Marco Scandella, Jakub Vrana.
TAMPA BAY
Alex Barré-Boulet, Calvin de Haan, Anthony Duclair, Mathew Dumba, Haydn Fleury, Tyler Motte, Philippe Myers, Brent Seabrook, Steven Stamkos, Austin Watson.
TORONTO
Tyler Bertuzzi, TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford, Max Domi, Joel Edmundson, Dylan Gambrell, Mark Giordano, Martin Jones, John Klingberg, Ilya Lyubushkin, Matt Murray, Jake Muzzin, Ilya Samsonov, Chris Tanev.
UTAH
Travis Boyd, Josh Brown, Travis Dermott, Steven Kampfer, Justin Kirkland, Bryan Little, Jakub Voracek.
VANCOUVER
Ian Cole, Casey DeSmith, Sheldon Dries, Matt Irwin, Elias Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov.
VEGAS
Michael Amadio, William Carrier, Byron Froese, Anthony Mantha, Jonathan Marchessault, Alec Martinez, Sheldon Rempal, Chandler Stephenson, Mikhail Vorobyev.
WASHINGTON
Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Max Pacioretty, Damien Riat, Joe Snively.
WINNIPEG
Laurent Brossoit, Collin Delia, Brenden Dillon, Jeff Malott, Colin Miller, Sean Monahan, Ashton Sautner, Tyler Toffoli, Jeffrey Viel.
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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
Ben Meyers.
BOSTON
Kyle Keyser, Oskar Steen, Reilly Walsh.
BUFFALO
Brandon Biro, Brett Murray, Justin Richards, Linus Weissbach.
CALGARY
Ben Jones, Brady Lyle.
CAROLINA
None.
CHICAGO
Mike Hardman.
COLORADO
Nate Clurman, Arvid Holm, Ivan Prosvetov, Riley Tufte.
COLUMBUS
Nick Blankenburg, Josh Dunne, Carson Meyer.
DALLAS
Nick Caamano, Fredrik Karlstrom, Scott Reedy.
DETROIT
Wyatt Newpower.
EDMONTON
Markus Niemelainen.
FLORIDA
Lucas Carlsson, Evan Cormier, Alexander True.
LOS ANGELES
Mikhail Maltsev.
MINNESOTA
Nick Swaney.
MONTREAL
Arnaud Durandeau.
NASHVILLE
Jasper Weatherby.
NEW JERSEY
None.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Otto Koivula, Robin Salo.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Mac Hollowell.
OTTAWA
Garrett Pilon.
PHILADELPHIA
None.
PITTSBURGH
Jack Rathbone, Dmitri Samorukov.
SAN JOSE
Eetu Makiniemi.
SEATTLE
Kole Lind, Marián Studenic.
ST. LOUIS
William Bitten.
TAMPA BAY
Sean Day, Cole Koepke.
TORONTO
None.
UTAH
Travis Barron, Cameron Crotty, John Leonard, Ryan McGregor, Nathan Smith.
VANCOUVER
Zach Sawchenko.
VEGAS
Jiri Patera.
WASHINGTON
Lucas Johansen, Matthew Phillips.
WINNIPEG
Kyle Capobianco, Kristian Reichel.
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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
Bo Groulx, Max Jones, Brett Leason, Gustav Lindstrom, Blake McLaughlin, Brayden Tracey, Urho Vaakanainen.
BOSTON
Joey Abate, Jesper Boqvist, Curtis Hall.
BUFFALO
Jacob Bryson, Calle Sjalin, Riley Stillman.
CALGARY
Riley Damiani, Dillon Dube.
CAROLINA
Maxime Comtois, Griffin Mendel, Blake Murray, Tuukka Tieksola.
CHICAGO
Joey Anderson, MacKenzie Entwistle, Reese Johnson, Taylor Raddysh, Filip Roos, Jaxson Stauber, Michal Teply.
COLORADO
Alex Beaucage, Gianni Fairbrother.
COLUMBUS
Tyler Angle, Jake Bean, Marcus Bjork, Alex Nylander.
DALLAS
Max Ellis, Nils Lundkvist, Matt Murray, Sam Steel.
DETROIT
Jared McIsaac.
EDMONTON
Ryan Fanti, Carter Savoie.
FLORIDA
Rasmus Asplund, Mack Guzda, Santtu Kinnunen, Josh Mahura.
LOS ANGELES
Jacob Ingham, Blake Lizotte, Tyler Madden.
MINNESOTA
Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Hunter Jones, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Mason Shaw.
MONTREAL
Lias Andersson, Filip Cederqvist, Mattias Norlinder, Jesse Ylönen.
NASHVILLE
Wade Allison, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Liam Foudy, Gustavs Grigals.
NEW JERSEY
Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Michael Vukojevic.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Reece Newkirk.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Olof Lindbom, Bobby Trivigno.
OTTAWA
Erik Brannstrom, Boris Katchouk, Parker Kelly.
PHILADELPHIA
Carter Hart, Victor Mete, Mason Millman, Will Zmolek.
PITTSBURGH
Emil Bemstrom, Maxim Cajkovic, Dillon Hamaliuk, Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
SAN JOSE
Calen Addison, Jacob Peterson, Jack Studnicka, Filip Zadina.
SEATTLE
Ville Petman, Kailer Yamamoto.
ST. LOUIS
Keean Washkurak.
TAMPA BAY
Logan Brown, Felix Robert.
TORONTO
Noah Gregor, Max Lajoie, Keith Petruzzelli.
UTAH
None.
VANCOUVER
Nick Cicek, Filip Johansson, Aidan McDonough.
VEGAS
Layton Ahac, Mason Primeau, Akira Schmid.
WASHINGTON
None.
WINNIPEG
Artemi Kniazev, Oskari Salminen.
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