While NHL contracts are usually structured much simpler than those in other major professional sports, they do feature one commonality – trade protection. Players who would otherwise be eligible for unrestricted free agency (i.e., at least 27 years old or at least seven accrued NHL seasons) can negotiate no-movement clauses, no-trade clauses or modified no-trade clauses into their contracts. If a player not yet eligible for trade protection is signing a contract that covers UFA years, an NMC, NTC or M-NTC can kick in midway through the deal.
A no-trade clause is exactly what it sounds like. Any trade involving the player can only be executed with their approval.
A no-movement clause goes multiple steps further, also preventing a player from being assigned to the minors, exposed for an expansion draft, or waived without their approval.
A modified no-trade clause, also called a limited no-trade clause, only offers players trade protection to a certain number of teams.
With clause information from both PuckPedia and CapWages, here are each team’s players with some form of trade protection in the 2024-25 league year. These clauses, unless otherwise noted, may change as of July 1, 2025.
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Anaheim Ducks
No-Movement Clauses
none
No-Trade Clauses
Modified No-Trade Clauses
D Brian Dumoulin (10-team no-trade list), D Cam Fowler (four-team yes-trade list), G John Gibson (10-team no-trade list), D Radko Gudas (16-team no-trade list)
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Boston Bruins
No-Movement Clauses
F Charlie Coyle, F Elias Lindholm, D Hampus Lindholm, D Charlie McAvoy, F David Pastrnak, D Nikita Zadorov
No-Trade Clauses
none
Modified No-Trade Clauses
D Brandon Carlo (10-team no-trade list), F Charlie Coyle (eight-team no-trade list), G Joonas Korpisalo (10-team no-trade list), F Brad Marchand (eight-team no-trade list), F Pavel Zacha (10-team no-trade list)
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Buffalo Sabres
No-Movement Clauses
none
No-Trade Clauses
none
Modified No-Trade Clauses
F Jordan Greenway (eight-team no-trade list), F Tage Thompson (five-team no-trade list), F Alex Tuch (five-team no-trade list)
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Calgary Flames
No-Movement Clauses
F Mikael Backlund, F Jonathan Huberdeau, F Nazem Kadri
No-Trade Clauses
Modified No-Trade Clauses
D Rasmus Andersson (six-team no-trade list), F Blake Coleman (10-team yes-trade list), F Andrei Kuzmenko (12-team no-trade list), F Anthony Mantha (eight-team no-trade list)
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Carolina Hurricanes
No-Movement Clauses
F Sebastian Aho, F William…
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