Top 50 NHL UFAs of 2026: Carlson’s value skyrockets with Raddysh off the board
The Stanley Cup has been passed out, and the sprint toward NHL free agency begins. It’s no secret that the unrestricted free agent Class of 2026 is relatively underwhelming, but the news leading up to July 1 isn’t all bad for prospective shoppers. The Buffalo Sabres and top UFA Alex Tuch have not reached an agreement, and veteran puck-moving defenseman John Carlson will reportedly leave the Anaheim Ducks and go to market. He enjoyed his time in Anaheim but wants to head back East to be closer to his family. That’s welcome news to any team shopping for a righthanded difference maker on ‘D,’ as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped the market in the early-morning hours June 19 and snagged the consensus top UFA blueliner, Darren Raddysh, on a sign-and-trade deal.
With a major piece gone from the board, how does the market shape up heading into the big day a week and a half from now?
Here’s the latest look at our top 50 UFAs as we inch toward the Stanley Cup Final. Ages as of July 1, 2026; salary information courtesy of our friends at PuckPedia.
1. Alex Tuch, RW, Buffalo Sabres
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $4,750,000
For all season, the narrative was a will-he-or-won’t-he with Tuch having all the agency. But it’s time to ask whether re-signing him actually makes sense for Buffalo. With RFAs Zach Benson and Peyton Krebs also needing new deals, there isn’t enough cap space to fit them plus Tuch on the payroll and pursue any other meaningful roster upgrades. After talks between Tuch and the Sabres stalled before the playoffs, it sure seems like the top UFA forward is headed to market, even if there’s still mutual interest from both sides in staying together. Per The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun, it’s status quo this week: the sides are still talking but haven’t found a resolution.
2. Rasmus Andersson, D, Vegas Golden Knights
Age: 29
2025-26 cap hit: $4,550,000
Andersson struggled after joining Vegas via trade in January, but he found a rhythm later in the season, particularly after reuniting with former Calgary Flames teammate Noah Hanifin on a pair. Andersson has been a break-even defensive player at best, and his power-play role has been minimal, but his even-strength scoring really popped during the stretch run, and he still played huge minutes in the playoffs, so he’s mostly salvaged his value, even if his overall play was spotty during Vegas’ run to the Final. But with Pavel Dorofeyev filling the net and a potential offer-sheet target as an RFA, can the cap-crunched Golden Knights still afford Andersson? He’s interested in returning.
3. John Carlson, D, Anaheim Ducks
Age: 36
2025-26 cap hit: $8,000,000
I’m still in shock that the Caps moved the most productive, longest-tenured defenseman in their history for a pick when they were four points out of a Wildcard spot and while he and legend Alex Ovechkin were in the final seasons of their deals. I get planning for the future but, sheesh, the juju element of the trade was tough to stomach. Is there a scenario in which Carlson, a family man entrenched in the community across his 17 seasons, returns to D.C. at a discount, or did the trade sever the bond for good? Even at 36, he’s enough of an impact maker offensively, especially on the power play, that he’ll attract plenty of offers from Eastern Conference clubs as he looks to return there. He racked up 20 points in 28 games between the regular season and playoffs after the trade. He’s far from finished. And with Raddysh gone, Carlson will get handsomely paid – probably not in term, but in AAV on a short-term contract.
4. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, Florida Panthers
Age: 37
2025-26 cap hit: $10,000,000
Remember when ‘Bob’ had one of the NHL’s worst contracts a few years back? Now he’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Panthers, a certified stud clutch goaltender, a 400-game winner and, having won two Vezina Trophies before signing with the Cats, a surefire Hall of Famer. Who would’ve expected he could ever flirt with another $10-million AAV on a contract? A goaltending-starved wannabe contender might pay him almost that much on a short-term deal next year. And the playoffs have only exposed how much certain teams (cough, Oilers, cough) need help in goal – essentially showcasing his value even though he’s idle. If Florida continues keeping the band together and inking players to team-friendly pacts that break the game, Bobrovsky could remain part of their future, but we’re getting pretty close to July 1 without a deal – and it’s not like last year when the Panthers played into mid-June and thus had to wait to figure out their UFA deals. Having missed the playoffs, they’ve had months to get something done with Bobrovsky. Will he make it to market after all?
5. Alex Ovechkin, LW, Washington Capitals
Age: 40
2025-26 cap hit: $9,500,000
Ovechkin didn’t speak like a player whose NHL career was ending when his 2025-26 season wrapped. What stood out most was how much he cited the Caps’ team situation as a determining factor for what he does next. Was he implying he could join another team should he not see a Stanley Cup run in Washington’s near future – or simply that it’s Washington or bust? It sounds like he won’t decide on his future until July but that it’s still unlikely he plays for any other team if he decides to return.
6. Boone Jenner, C, Columbus Blue Jackets
Age: 33
2025-26 cap hit: $3,750,000
Jenner’s situation was similar to Tuch’s: possible trade chip if his team bombed out of playoff race, must-keep as an own rental if his team stayed in playoff race. The Blue Jackets held Jenner but fell short in their push thanks to a late-season collapse. No one has suited up for more games in a Blue Jackets jersey. It would be weird to see him in another one, but he’s through his prime years and might want to chase a championship at some point. The fact he just changed agents suggests he understands how valuable he’d be on the open market as the best center left.
7. Jacob Trouba, D, Anaheim Ducks
Age: 32
2025-26 cap hit: $8,000,000
The bruising hitter has revived his career at an opportune moment with the Ducks surging into competitiveness just in time for his contract year. The Joel Quenneville effect? It’s going to get Trouba a nice multi-year deal, whether it’s in Anaheim or elsewhere.
8. Bobby McMann, LW, Seattle Kraken
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $1,350,000
Before the Toronto Maple Leafs traded him at the deadline, reports indicated McMann was seeking a contract in the range of five years at $5 million per. Would a deal like that represent a trap for anyone looking to sign him? He possesses a tantalizing mix of speed and size, and he buried 10 goals in 18 games after joining the Kraken, upping his total to a career-best 29. But he bloomed so late that he’ll already turn 30 before signing his next deal. LeBrun reports that McMann and the Kraken have some “mutual interest” in staying together.
9. Connor Murphy, D, Edmonton Oilers
Age: 33
2025-26 cap hit: $4,400,000
Murphy opened the year looking like a complete afterthought in Chicago, barely getting 14 minutes a night, to the point I surmised GM Kyle Davidson had missed the selling window. But Murphy found a groove working on the NHL’s top-ranked penalty kill unit, his minutes rose, and he wound up garnering a second-round pick in a trade to Edmonton. Murphy immediately stepped into top-four minutes with the Oilers and suddenly looks like a player who could match his previous AAV on his next deal, even at 33. He brings size, veteran leadership and right handedness, after all. As Sportsnet’s Mark Spector reports, Murphy’s future as an Oiler could depend on the coaching hire and/or how the Darnell Nurse trade situation plays out cap-space wise.
10. Mario Ferraro, D, San Jose Sharks
Age: 27
2025-26 cap hit: $3,250,000
Ferraro plays a simple, grinding game and can log 20-plus minutes a night in his sleep. His under-the-hood defensive metrics typically aren’t pretty, but it’s hard to evaluate them given he’s played on a bottom-dwelling Sharks team most of the time. Ferraro might flourish in a depth role on a higher-end team, but he’s also a key leader for a Sharks team on the rise, and he’s relatively young, so the Sharks have to consider paying market value to keep him.
11. Mason Marchment, LW, Columbus Blue Jackets
Age: 31
2025-26 cap hit: $4,500,000
He functions best as a disruptive middle-sixer who can chip in offensively and get in opponents’ heads. That worked well when he was a cog in the Dallas Stars machine. Asked to do a bit more on a weaker Kraken team and playing the most minutes of his career, Marchment struggled, but he was fantastic as a Blue Jacket after the midseason trade, flirting with point-per-game production. It sure feels like Columbus would be wise to re-sign him.
12. Anthony Mantha, LW, Pittsburgh Penguins
Age: 31
2025-26 cap hit: $2,500,000
Mantha’s 2025-26 stat line elicits a double take if you haven’t paid attention: He smashed his career highs, posting 33 goals and 64 points while playing in 81 games. He has always graded out well as a play-driving forward, and analytics-minded GM Dubas clearly saw something he could unlock. The question now is: does Mantha seek to hit the market and cash in on the best season of his life, or will he embrace the best fit he’s found yet during a turbulent career that has bounced him to five different franchises? Also: should the Pens be frightened by how badly he struggled in the first-round playoff loss to the Flyers? Would re-signing him be a trap after everything went so perfectly this year? Regardless, he’s going to market and seeking a multi-year deal.
13. Anders Lee, LW, New York Islanders
Age: 35
2025-26 cap hit: $7,000,000
The Isles’ captain is classy, consistent and relatively durable. But with Bo Horvat signed long-term, this team has another ready-made captain, and it could make sense to turn the roster over as it transitions to the Matthew Schaefer era. If Lee is willing to sign a team-friendly deal in term and/or AVV, however, there’s little reason not to bring him back and keep his veteran presence around. It doesn’t sound like Lee and the Isles have made progress of late; will he be up for grabs July 1?
14. Patrick Kane, RW, Detroit Red Wings
Age: 37
2025-26 cap hit: $3,000,000
When healthy, Kane can still be a power-play asset at this stage of his career. He also ended his season with 25 points over his final 24 games following the Olympic break. But Detroit’s playoff drought has reached 10 years. He’s been productive enough alongside Alex DeBrincat to warrant returning, but would it be a smart move from Kane’s perspective? Surely he wants another shot at a deep spring run. With Dylan Larkin requesting a trade, it remains to be seen if the Wings take a step backward this offseason. Kane only has so many more seasons left in him.
15. Jason Dickinson, C, Edmonton Oilers
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $4,250,000
On the trade market, Dickinson fetched a first-round pick even as a rental. That reminded us he’s valued even if he isn’t flashy. Taking pride in shutting down the opposition and strong on the PK, Dickinson is one of the league’s most trusted checking centers, elite at smothering the opposition in 5-on-5 play. His value has clearly spiked – possibly into the $5-million range– as the center market thins.
16. Claude Giroux, RW, Ottawa Senators
Age: 38
2025-26 cap hit: $2,000,000
Re-signing was an easy decision for Giroux a year ago. He was playing for the city in which he lives with his family in the offseason, and the club was on the rise, offering a chance to chase a championship. A year later? The Sens hit a wall, swept in the first round. Still, he’s indicated that if he does continue his career, he wants to do it with Ottawa. He still brought value this year as a secondary scorer and faceoff ace.
17. Mats Zuccarello, RW, Minnesota Wild
Age: 38
2025-26 cap hit: $4,125,000
Even if he’s pushing 40 and his body is breaking down, Zuccarello is handy as a power-play specialist, and his chemistry with Kirill Kaprizov in Minnesota tells us Zuccarello can still keep up with elite players. Whether he stays in Minnesota might depend on how ambitious the Wild’s trade plans are.
18. Patrik Laine, RW, Montreal Canadiens
Age: 28
2025-26 cap hit: $8,700,000
Laine played just five games this season due to an abdominal injury, which is brutal timing for his walk year. Laine needs a fresh start; he’s still young enough, and his shot is still deadly enough, that he could help someone as a power-play trigger man. Even this lesser version of Laine leads all NHL players in goals and shots per 60 on the power play since the start of 2023-24.
19. Jaden Schwartz, LW, Seattle Kraken
Age: 34
2025-26 cap hit: $5,500,000
It feels like Schwartz has toiled in obscurity out in the Pacific Northwest, playing for a franchise with one playoff appearance in its first five seasons. But Schwartz, who won a Stanley Cup with the 2018-19 St. Louis Blues, still has game. He’s showing signs of decline – or at least regression to his 2022-24 level after a resurgent 2024-25 season. He could sign on as a middle-six forward on an elite team or a top-six forward on a middling team as he is now.
20. Frederik Andersen, G, Carolina Hurricanes
Age: 36
2025-26 cap hit: $2,750,000
Andersen hadn’t even been an average NHL goaltender for two years. He’d been usurped in Carolina’s net by breakout success story Brandon Bussi. Pyotr Kochetkov was under contract another season. If Andersen wanted to continue his NHL career, it would almost certainly happen on a new team…but then, Bussi faltered, Andersen got the starter’s reins for the playoffs, and was positively stellar for three rounds. Has he played his way back into Carolina’s short-term plans? Or did that change when he got banged up in the Final and watched Bussi post a .931 save percentage, win three games and help Carolina clinch the Stanley Cup?
21. Erik Haula, C, Nashville Predators
Age: 35
2025-26 cap hit: $3,150,000
“Upside” is a strange word to attach to a 35-year-old, but Haula has more upside than other players in his archetype; he’s your classic bottom-six, penalty-killing center, but he’s delivered a double-digit goal total 10 times and can play higher in a lineup in spurts. He still has plenty of value due to his versatility.
22. Scott Laughton, C, Los Angeles Kings
Age: 32
2025-26 cap hit: $3,000,000
Laughton found his game as a Leaf, particularly on the leadership side of things, this season, but they cashed him out as a pending UFA, dealing him to L.A. He plays with a ton of energy, wins faceoffs, kills penalties and can chip in a double-digit goal total. He makes for a fine No. 3 center or an excellent No. 4.
23. Logan Stanley, D, Buffalo Sabres
Age: 28
2025-26 cap hit: $1,250,000
Stanley had a wide range of outcomes following his trade to Buffalo. A towering, mean defenseman with a heavy shot, he could establish himself as a difference maker on a team with potential to make a deep playoff run. On the other hand: Stanley, a below-average defender, could be exposed or given limited minutes during the stretch run and postseason if he struggled. How it turned out: he only got 13:02 of TOI per game in the playoffs, playing on the third pair and second penalty-kill unit, and he was healthy scratched for the final four games of Round 2. The trade hurt his wallet, though he still possesses enough (perceived) upside that he should land a multi-year deal somewhere.
24. Jack Roslovic, C, Edmonton Oilers
Age: 29
2025-26 cap hit: $1,500,000
The speedy Roslovic provided great value relative to his AAV during the regular season, even if he wasn’t consistent. Will he parlay that into a multi-year commitment from the Oilers? He was pretty valuable to a team whose depth was decimated over the 2025 offseason, though it didn’t translate at all to playoff production, and he’s been relegated to the bottom six.
25. Viktor Arvidsson, RW, Boston Bruins
Age: 33
2025-26 cap hit: $4,000,000
It felt like Arvidsson’s career was winding down after an injury-shortened 2023-24 and an unproductive 2024-25, but he’s bounced back with Boston and, if we zoom out, he’s only had one bad year. It looks like Arvidsson still has value as a feisty middle-six scoring threat. Before getting banged up in Round 1, he came up big with a two-goal effort in a Game 2 win over the Sabres.
26. Ilya Mikheyev, LW, Chicago Blackhawks
Age: 31
2025-26 cap hit: $4,750,000
He’s big, strong, defensively responsible and has enough skill to deliver a double-digit goal total every year. Mikheyev will never have trouble finding a job – and it appears it will be somewhere new, as the Hawks have made his rights available for a trade.
27. Ryan Shea, D, Pittsburgh Penguins
Age: 29
2025-26 cap hit: $900,000
What a lift he gave the Pens this season. Playing primarily with Kris Letang, Shea won his minutes in a third-pair role, especially on the offensive side of the puck, and helped on the penalty kill too. He’s earned a significant raise. He flourished in Year 1 of coach Dan Muse, but while the Pens would like to bring Shea back, he’s in a Raddysh Lite situation as another late bloomer who has an unexpected chance to secure a life-changing, multi-year pact, so it makes sense to go to market and weigh some options.
28. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, Minnesota Wild
Age: 34
2025-26 cap hit: $4,750,000
He’s no longer a marquee scorer, but he remains an efficient one. Tarasenko finished third on the Wild in even-strength goals despite playing south of 15 minutes a night in the regular season. He likely doesn’t warrant a long-term deal at his age, but he can still offer valuable goal production in a middle-six deployment.
29. Michael Bunting, LW, Dallas Stars
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $4,500,000
Bunting’s star, no pun intended, doesn’t burn as brightly as it did when he broke into the NHL, but maybe that’s because he was an old rookie who finished third in the Calder Trophy vote at 26. He may simply be past his prime now. But he’s still a solid agitating middle-six forward.
30. Eeli Tolvanen, LW, Seattle Kraken
Age: 27
2025-26 cap hit: $3,475,000
Tolvanen never reached the heights promised when he was an exciting KHL prospect. Nevertheless, he’s a physical forward whose shot power places him in the 92nd percentile and is sufficiently dangerous to suit him for a PP2 unit. He’s still young enough that he may have a career season in him yet.
31. Tony DeAngelo, D, New York Islanders
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $1,750,000
DeAngelo will never be confused with Jaccob Slavin. The whole “playing defense” thing isn’t for Tony D. But he moves the puck and produces points like few others at his position. Over the past three seasons, he sits in the 91st percentile for primary assists per 60 among defensemen at 5-on-5.
32. Teddy Blueger, C, Vancouver Canucks
Age: 31
2025-26 cap hit: $1,800,000
I can’t imagine teams will pay extra for his random goal-scoring surge, with his nine goals in 35 games buoyed by a shooting percentage almost double his career average. Still, Blueger makes for a perfectly reasonable fourth-line center option who is used to tough matchups and kills penalties.
33. Brett Kulak, D, Colorado Avalanche
Age: 32
2025-26 cap hit: $2,750,000
He’s not flashy, but he plays pretty mistake-free hockey as a bottom-pair guy, lately middle-pair, too, and has quite a bit of playoff experience. He also grades out as above-average in foot speed even in his early 30s.
34. Radko Gudas, D, Anaheim Ducks
Age: 36
2025-26 cap hit: $4,000,000
Gudas’ ice time has cratered to the lowest mark of his career as he reaches his mid-30s. He still brings game-changing nastiness, leadership as the Ducks captain and an ability to shut down opponents in relatively sheltered matchups, but his body is breaking down, and he spent more time on the trainer’s table than in the Ducks lineup this postseason, dressing for a single game. He’s paying a price for a career of rugged play and represents a risky proposition for any team offering him more than a year or two.
35. Stuart Skinner, G, Pittsburgh Penguins
Age: 27
2025-26 cap hit: $2,600,000
He spent most of his time with the Pens on the struggle bus – he had one month this season with a save percentage north of .900 – but he played on back-to-back runs to the Stanley Cup Final in Edmonton in the two seasons prior. He’s still young in goalie years and should catch on as a backup who, despite his extreme volatility, has undeniable upside when he’s on one of his heaters.
36. Brent Burns, D, Colorado Avalanche
Age: 41
2025-26 cap hit: $1,000,000
Straight up: Burns was legitimately excellent at both ends of the ice this season, and his minutes weren’t sheltered that much by 41-year-old standards. Does he want to keep playing? Maybe falling short of a Stanley Cup with the powerhouse Avs this year keeps his appetite whetted.
37. Jamie Oleksiak, D, Seattle Kraken
Age: 33
2025-26 cap hit: $4,600,000
Oleksiak makes very little happen offensively but remains effective as a second- or third-pair hammer who can win his minutes if not asked to do too much. General managers will always pay up for players with his size and reach.
38. Corey Perry, RW, Tampa Bay Lightning
Age: 41
2025-26 cap hit: $2,000,000
You’d think he’d retire one of these years, but we say that every offseason, don’t we? Perry is still making an impact with his agitation ability and clutch scoring. If wants to suit up in 2026-27, he’ll find a home. He posted his highest point total since 2021-22 and averaged his most TOI since 2020-21 in the regular season, but it’s worth noting his role was drastically reduced in the postseason.
39. Cam Talbot, G, Detroit Red Wings
Age: 38
2025-26 cap hit: $2,500,000
Talbot was quite good in five of his previous six seasons before this (bad) one. The Wings’ crease belongs to John Gibson, and Talbot almost certainly will go to market. But he turns 39 on July 5; there’s no guarantee his performance rebounds at his age, assuming he wants to keep playing.
40. Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW, Tampa Bay Lightning
Age: 31
2025-26 cap hit: $5,400,000
The raw talent hasn’t gone anywhere, but Bjorkstrand has struggled to find his scoring touch in a diminished role since arriving in Tampa, with just 17 goals and 41 points in 98 games. Bjorkstrand may be entering the “mercenary contract” phase of his career, in which he catches on with a lower-end team that will place him on a scoring line and inflate his trade value.
41. A.J. Greer, LW, Florida Panthers
Age: 29
2025-26 cap hit: $850,000
Greer brings momentum-changing physicality as a bottom-six forward, and he’s no zero offensively, having scored 17 goals this season. If he doesn’t re-up with the Panthers, he’ll attract interest as a player who can grind down the opposition in tight games with his abrasive play.
42. John Klingberg, D, San Jose Sharks
Age: 33
2025-26 cap hit: $4,000,000
He’s stayed relatively healthy this season, enough that he more than doubled his combined game total of 2023-24 and 2024-25, and made a splash as a puck-moving blueliner and shooter on an ascendant Sharks team. He’s mostly just good at one thing these days, but plenty of teams still need what he brings.
43. Victor Olofsson, RW, Calgary Flames
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $1,575,000
The Avalanche tossed him overboard to balance the money in the Nazem Kadri trade. That theoretically was not the worst thing for Olofsson’s UFA value. The Flames gave him a look on their top power-play unit. Alas, his terrible shooting luck followed him from Colorado to Calgary, and it was just a down year overall. He’s a buy-low.
44. Andrew Peeke, D, Boston Bruins
Age: 28
2025-26 cap hit: $2,750,000
Your classic meat-and-potatoes righty. Peeke defends at roughly a league-average level but adds size and strength and is in his prime.
45. Nick Blankenburg, D, Colorado Avalanche
Age: 28
2025-26 cap hit: $775,000
Blankenburg was a spare part after being traded to Colorado. He’s more than what he showed in his small role there. Undersized but mobile, he was a solid source of secondary offense in Nashville and should get a chance to fill that role again on his next team.
46. Jeremy Lauzon, D Vegas Golden Knights
Age: 29
2025-26 cap hit: $2,000,000
If you even breathe in Lauzon’s direction, you will be hit. No everyday NHL defenseman throws more bodychecks than Lauzon on a per-60 basis over the past three seasons. Lauzon’s punishing game gives him a semblance of value, but he struggles pretty badly to drive the play. He’s a throwback and not necessarily in a good way.
47. Kasperi Kapanen, RW, Edmonton Oilers
Age: 29
2025-26 cap hit: $1,300,000
He can still fly, he competes hard, and he chips in the odd burst of offense – as he did in Round 1 of the 2025-26 postseason with a shocking four goals in two games for the Oilers. He played up in their lineup out of necessity but is best suited for bottom six work at this stage of his career.
48. Colton Sissons, C, Vegas Golden Knights
Age: 32
2025-26 cap hit: $2,857,143
Sissons might get a Cup-run bump as a UFA. He wore the hats of third-line center, PK1 center and even PP2 center during Vegas’ run to the Final. He can hold his own defensively, plays a physical game and is strong on draws. Ideally he’s your No. 4 center, not No. 3, but he has value.
49. Alex Kerfoot, C, Utah Mammoth
Age: 31
2025-26 cap hit: $3,000,000
It feels like Kerfoot has been around forever, but he’s not all that old at 31. He battled through multiple injury layoffs this season, playing just 34 games, but that might make him a buy-low option. He can play center or wing, PP2 and PK2, and he still has above-average speed.
50. Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, Los Angeles Kings
Age: 30
2025-26 cap hit: $4,300,000
Consistency will never be Kuzmenko’s game. But the talent remains present; career averages of 26 goals and 55 points per 82 games aren’t bad for a player who has only 15:29 of average TOI in his career. On the power play, he quietly sat top-25 among all players in goals per 60 this season, so he can provide decent secondary offense if deployed right.
UFA BOARD AT A GLANCE
| Rank | 2025-26 Cap Hit | Name | Age | Position | Games Played | Goals (Wins) | Assists (GAA) | Points (SV%) |
| 1 | $4,750,000 | Alex Tuch | 30 | RW | 79 | 33 | 33 | 66 |
| 2 | $4,550,000 | Rasmus Andersson | 29 | D | 81 | 17 | 30 | 47 |
| 3 | $8,000,000 | John Carlson | 36 | D | 82 | 14 | 46 | 60 |
| 4 | $10,000,000 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 37 | G | 52 | 27 | 3.07 | .877 |
| 5 | $9,500,000 | Alex Ovechkin | 40 | LW | 82 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| 6 | $3,750,000 | Boone Jenner | 33 | C | 67 | 13 | 25 | 38 |
| 7 | $8,000,000 | Jacob Trouba | 32 | D | 81 | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| 8 | $1,350,000 | Bobby McMann | 30 | LW | 78 | 29 | 17 | 46 |
| 9 | $4,400,000 | Connor Murphy | 33 | D | 80 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 10 | $3,250,000 | Mario Ferraro | 27 | D | 82 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 11 | $4,500,000 | Mason Marchment | 31 | LW | 68 | 19 | 26 | 45 |
| 12 | $2,500,000 | Anthony Mantha | 31 | LW | 81 | 33 | 31 | 64 |
| 13 | $7,000,000 | Anders Lee | 35 | LW | 82 | 19 | 23 | 42 |
| 14 | $3,000,000 | Patrick Kane | 37 | RW | 67 | 16 | 41 | 57 |
| 15 | $4,250,000 | Jason Dickinson | 30 | C | 64 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 16 | $2,000,000 | Claude Giroux | 38 | RW | 82 | 14 | 35 | 49 |
| 17 | $4,125,000 | Mats Zuccarello | 38 | RW | 59 | 15 | 39 | 54 |
| 18 | $8,700,000 | Patrik Laine | 28 | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | $5,500,000 | Jaden Schwartz | 34 | LW | 50 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 20 | $2,750,000 | Frederik Andersen | 36 | G | 35 | 16 | 3.05 | .874 |
| 21 | $3,150,000 | Erik Haula | 35 | C | 81 | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| 22 | $3,000,000 | Scott Laughton | 32 | C | 64 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 23 | $1,250,000 | Logan Stanley | 28 | D | 76 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| 24 | $1,500,000 | Jack Roslovic | 29 | C | 69 | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| 25 | $4,000,000 | Viktor Arvidsson | 33 | RW | 69 | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| 26 | $4,750,000 | Ilya Mikheyev | 31 | LW | 77 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| 27 | $900,000 | Ryan Shea | 29 | D | 80 | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| 28 | $4,750,000 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 34 | RW | 75 | 23 | 24 | 47 |
| 29 | $4,500,000 | Michael Bunting | 30 | LW | 74 | 14 | 19 | 13 |
| 30 | $3,475,000 | Eeli Tolvanen | 27 | LW | 78 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 31 | $1,750,000 | Tony DeAngelo | 30 | D | 76 | 5 | 30 | 35 |
| 32 | $1,800,000 | Teddy Blueger | 31 | C | 35 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 33 | $2,750,000 | Brett Kulak | 32 | D | 83 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 34 | $4,000,000 | Radko Gudas | 36 | D | 56 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 35 | $2,600,000 | Stuart Skinner | 27 | G | 50 | 23 | 2.92 | .888 |
| 36 | $1,000,000 | Brent Burns | 41 | D | 82 | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| 37 | $4,600,000 | Jamie Oleksiak | 33 | D | 78 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 38 | $2,000,000 | Corey Perry | 41 | RW | 72 | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 39 | $2,500,000 | Cam Talbot | 38 | G | 34 | 12 | 3.19 | .883 |
| 40 | $5,400,000 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | 31 | RW | 80 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 41 | $850,000 | A.J. Greer | 29 | LW | 78 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| 42 | $4,000,000 | John Klingberg | 33 | D | 56 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 43 | $1,575,000 | Victor Olofsson | 30 | RW | 78 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 44 | $2,750,000 | Andrew Peeke | 28 | D | 77 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 45 | $775,000 | Nick Blankenburg | 28 | D | 61 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 46 | $2,000,000 | Jeremy Lauzon | 29 | D | 68 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 47 | $1,300,000 | Kasperi Kapanen | 29 | RW | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 48 | $2,857,143 | Colton Sissons | 32 | C | 66 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 49 | $3,000,000 | Alex Kerfoot | 31 | C | 34 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 50 | $4,300,000 | Andrei Kuzmenko | 30 | LW | 52 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
On the bubble
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Beck Malenstyn
Jamie Benn
Cole Smith
Noel Acciari
Nick Cousins
Trevor van Riemsdyk
David Rittich
Ian Cole
Connor Ingram
Carson Soucy
Adam Henrique
Calle Jarnkrok
David Perron
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