Free agency is open for the 2026 NHL free agent group.
For a have a look at the contracts signed before free agency opened on July 1st, they might be found here.
| July sixth | |||||
| Player | Team | POS | Type | Term | Cap Hit |
| Simon Nemec | CGY | D | RFA | 5 years | $7.25 mill |
| Owen Michaels | EDM | RFA | 2 years | $900,000 | |
| July fifth | |||||
| Player | Team | POS | Type | Term | Cap Hit |
| Daemon Hunt | MIN | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $900,000 |
| Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | D | RFA | 5 years | $7.2 mill |
| Egor Chinakov | PIT | RW | RFA | 3 years | $6.5 mill |
| Arturs Silovs | PIT | G | RFA | 1 12 months | $2.8 mill |
| Joel Blomqvist | PIT | G | RFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| David Gustafsson | PIT | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Spencer Stastney | EDM | D | RFA | 1 12 months | $1.52 mill |
| Jacob MacDonald | WSH | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Christian Wolanin | COL | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| July 4th | |||||
| Player | Team | POS | Type | Term | Cap Hit |
| Mavrik Bourque | NSH | D | RFA | 6 years | $5.5 mill |
| Zach Sawchenko | CAR | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Chase Stillman | DET | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Shakir Mukhamadullin | EDM | D | RFA | 2 years | $1.75 mill |
| Emil Andrae | TOR | D | RFA | 2 years | $1.55 mill |
| Matt Villalta | BUF | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| July third | |||||
| Player | Team | POS | Type | Term | Cap Hit |
| Andrew Peeke | UTA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Hendrix Lapierre | PIT | C | RFA | 2 years | $1.3 mill |
| Chase Bradley | NSH | LW | RFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Jansen Harkins | TB | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Samuel Hlavaj | TOR | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Henrik Rybinski | TOR | RW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Cole McWard | TOR | D | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Vinni Lettieri | TOR | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| July 2nd | |||||
| Player | Team | POS | Type | Term | Cap Hit |
| Jakub Dobes | MTL | G | RFA | 3 years | $5. 36 mill |
| Leevi Merilainen | OTT | G | RFA | 1 12 months | $1.1 mill |
| Kyle Keyser | SJ | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Aidan McDonough | BUF | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| David Rittich | NJ | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Maxim Shabanov | MIN | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.6 mill |
| Erik Gudbranson | CBJ | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.75 mill |
| Alex Ovechkin | WSH | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $4.25 mill |
| Nick Foligno | MIN | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $900,000 |
| Matthew Steinburg | VAN | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Brett Leason | SJ | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Dennis Cholowski | NYR | D | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Cole McWard | TOR | D | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Henrik Rybinski | TOR | F | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| July 1st | |||||
| Player | Team | POS | Type | Term | Cap Hit |
| Marc Gatcomb | VGK | C | UFA | 2 years | |
| Antti Tuomisto | VGK | D | UFA | 2 years | |
| Adam Ginning | VGK | D | UFA | 2 years | |
| Jonas Rondbjerg | VGK | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Raphael Lavoie | VGK | C | UFA | ||
| Joe Flemming | VGK | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| John Carlson | TB | D | UFA | 2 years | $8.5 mill |
| Tanner Laczynski | VGK | C | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Jakub Demek | VGK | C | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Connor Mylymok | CHI | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Ville Heinola | VGK | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Joel Kiviranta | DAL | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Frederik Andersen | EDM | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Max Jones | EDM | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Andre Gasseau | SJ | F | RFA | 2 years | $1.3 mill |
| Sam Lafferty | FLA | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Michael Bennings | CGY | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Ben Jones | CGY | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Mario Ferraro | WPG | D | UFA | 3 years | $4 mill |
| Zachary Jones | UTA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $875,000 |
| Casey Fitzgerald | FLA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Andreas Englund | CGY | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $900,000 |
| Travis Mitchell | ANA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Owen Sillinger | CBJ | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jake Livingstone | CGY | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Lars Eller | FLA | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.1 mill |
| Mathieu Joseph | EDM | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Barrett Hayton | NJ | C | RFA | 1 12 months | $4.775 mill |
| Dylan Coghlan | VGK | D | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | EDM | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $2.6 mill |
| Victor Olofsson | VGK | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.638 mill |
| Matt Luff | NYI | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | VAN | D | UFA | 2 years | $5 mill |
| Jiri Patera | BOS | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Brian Halonen | BOS | LW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Maxence Guenette | BOS | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Brendan Gaunce | BOS | C | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Jett Woo | ANA | D | UFA | 2 years | |
| Corey Schueneman | ANA | D | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| James Hamblin | ANA | LW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Judd Caulfield | ANA | RW | UFA | 2 years | |
| Marc Del Gaizo | NYR | D | UFA | 2 years | |
| Anders Lee | UTA | LW | UFA | 3 years | $5.4 mill |
| Olivier Rodrigue | TB | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Mads Sogaard | TB | G | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Michael Callahan | TB | D | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Hunter Skinner | NSH | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jack Ahcan | NSH | D | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Zach Bogosian | MIN | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.25 mill |
| Zach MacEwen | TOR | RW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Josh Dunne | WSH | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Christian Kyrou | OTT | D | UFA | $850,000 | |
| Ryan Suzuki | OTT | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Philip Tomasimo | OTT | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Philippe Daoust | OTT | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Sammy Blais | OTT | LW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Ryan Shea | EDM | D | UFA | 5 years | $4 mill |
| Mason Shaw | MIN | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Justin Kirkland | MIN | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jagger Joshua | MIN | LW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Dylan Gambrell | MIN | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Brandon Duhaime | TOR | UFA | 3 years | $2.6 mill | |
| Laurent Brossoit | ANA | G | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Eduards Tralmaks | EDM | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Domenick Fensore | COL | D | UFA | ||
| Adam Beckman | COL | LW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | COL | C | UFA | 2 years | |
| Connor Mackey | CHI | D | UFA | 2 years | $937,500 |
| Jacob Bryson | DET | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jeffrey Viel | TB | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $2.5 mill |
| Noah Gregor | WPG | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Wilmer Skoog | DET | C | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Xavier Parent | NJ | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Marc McLaughlin | NJ | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Ethan Samson | MTL | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Riley Tufte | NJ | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Samuel Poulin | MTL | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Curtis Douglas | SEA | C | UFA | 2 years | $1.25 mill |
| Boone Jenner | WSH | C | UFA | 4 years | $5.75 mill |
| Matthew Kessel | NYI | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Michell Chaffee | NYI | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Kevin Stenlund | UTA | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $2.75 mill |
| Jeff Malott | ANA | LW | UFA | 3 years | $1.85 mill |
| Jason Polin | BUF | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Trevor Kuntar | BUF | C | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Conor Sheary | BUF | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Jan Jenik | LA | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Cameron Butler | DET | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Lane pederson | LA | C | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Scott Perunovich | LA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.15 mill |
| Eric Comrie | SJ | G | UFA | 2 years | $1.15 mill |
| Daniil Tarasov | DET | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $2 mill |
| Dillon Dube | STL | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Alexander Petrovic | FLA | D | UFA | 2 years | |
| Calvin Pickard | MIN | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Cole Schwindt | FLA | RW | UFA | 2 years | |
| Nick Jensen | ANA | D | UFA | 2 years | $2.25 mill |
| Nico Daws | NJ | D | UFA | 2 years | $1.1 mill |
| Vincent Desharnais | WSH | D | UFA | 4 years | $4.2 mill |
| Justin Holl | WSH | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $900,000 |
| Andrei Kuzemnko | PIT | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $5 mill |
| Kaapo Kahkonen | MTL | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Alex Belzile | MTL | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Trey Fix-Wolansky | VAN | UFA | 1 12 months | $900,000 | |
| Oliver Bjorkstrnd | NYR | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $4.5 mill |
| Riley Bezeau | CBJ | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $940,000 |
| Jonny Brodzinksi | WSH | F | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Teddy Bleuger | TOR | C | UFA | 2 years | $2.5 mill |
| Jordan Harris | BOS | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Phoenix Copley | CBJ | G | UFA | 1 12 months | |
| Dylan Anhorn | CHI | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,00 |
| Scott Laughton | LA | C | UFA | 3 years | $3.25 mill |
| Colton Sissons | TOR | C | UFA | 2 years | $4.25 mill |
| Vladislav Kolyachonok | NJ | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Brandon Halverson | DAL | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Artem Shlaine | DAL | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.025 mill |
| Arttu Hyry | DAL | RW | UFA | 2 years | $900,000 |
| Akil Thomas | VAN | C | UFA | 1 12 months | $900,000 |
| Alexander Kerfoot | NSH | C | UFA | 2 years | $3.5 mill |
| Connor Clifton | BOS | D | UFA | 2 years | $2.25 mill |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | TOR | G | UFA | 3 years | $7 mill |
| Noel Acciari | PHI | C | UFA | 2 years | $2.8 mill |
| Jacob Trouba | SJ | D | UFA | 4 years | $8.25 mill |
| Luke Schenn | VAN | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $2.25 mill |
| Noah Juulsen | COL | D | UFA | 2 years | $1.1 mill |
| Vitek Vanecek | NYI | G | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Matias Maccelli | NYI | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $2.25 mill |
| Scott Perunovich | LA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Rasmus Andersson | VGK | D | UFA | 7 years | $8.5 mill |
| Joe Veleno | NYR | UFA | 1 12 months | $1.2 mill | |
| Declan Carlile | PIT | D | UFA | 2 years | $1.5 mill |
| Paul Cotter | VAN | LW | UFA | 2 years | $2.15 mill |
| Danila Klimovich | PHI | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Stuart Skinner | WPG | G | UFA | 2 years | $3.75 mill |
| Jack Roslovic | TOR | C | UFA | 2 years | $4 mill |
| Sandis Vilmanis | FLA | LW | RFA | 2 years | $925,000 |
| Tyson Foerster | PHI | RW | UFA | 8 years | $7.1 mill |
| Dennis Gilbert | BUF | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Ross Johnston | STL | LW | UFA | 3 years | $2 mill |
| Ilya Mikheyev | TB | RW | UFA | 4 years | $3.85 mill |
| Corey Perry | LA | RW | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Ryan Lomberg | CBJ | C | UFA | 2 years | $1.3 mill |
| Ian Cole | CHI | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $4 mill |
| Samuel Ersson | OTT | G | RFA | 2 years | $2.2 mill |
| Jaden Schwart | COL | LW | UFA | 3 years | $3.25 mill |
| Cole Smith | CHI | UFA | 3 years | $3 million | |
| Viktor Arvidsson | DET | LW | UFA | 2 years | $5 mill |
| Mason Marchment | SJ | LW | UFA | 5 years | $6.75 mill |
| Jonatan Berggren | STL | RW | RFA | 1 12 months | $2 mill |
| Erik Gustafsson | LA | D | UFA | 1 12 months | $1 mill |
| Mats Zuccarello | LA | LW | UFA | 1 12 months | $6.5 mill |
| Mackie Samoskevich | SEA | RW | RFA | 3 years | $3.85 mill |
| Erik Haula | LA | LW | UFA | 2 years | $3.6 mill |
| Carter Mazur | DET | LW | UFA | 2 years | $875,000 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | PIT | D | UFA | 2 years | $4 mill |
| Ivan Demidov | MTL | RW | RFA | 8 years | $9.13 milli |
| Dan Vladar | PHI | G | Extension | 5 years | $5.5 mill |
| Olen Zellweger | BUF | D | RFA | 3 years | $3.1 mill |
| Radko Gudas | FLA | D | UFA | 6 years | $1.5 mill |
| Nico Hischier | NJ | C | UFA | 5 years | $11.7 mill |
| Nick Cousins | OTT | C | UFA | 2 years | $1.59 mill |
| Luke Cavallin | BOS | G | RFA | 1 12 months | $850,000 |
| Bowen Byram | CHI | D | UFA | 6 years | $12.5 mill |
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