The following players are projected to become free agents after the 2025-26 season. We’ve provided this list for those who want to anticipate the free agent market one year from now. Inclusion on the list requires 10 games played in the current season for skaters or five starts for goaltenders. For the list of current pending free agents, click here.
Unrestricted Free Agents
Centers
Mikael Backlund (37)
Teddy Blueger (31)
Charlie Coyle (34)
Jason Dickinson (30)
Jack Eichel (29)
Erik Haula (35)
Kevin Hayes (34)
Adam Henrique (36)
Parker Kelly (27)
Anže Kopitar (38)
Sam Lafferty (31)
Blake Lizotte (28)
Adam Lowry (33)
Evgeni Malkin (39)
Michael McCarron (31)
Connor McDavid (29)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (33)
Ryan Poehling (27)
Kevin Stenlund (29)
Oskar Sundqvist (32)
Nathan Walker (32)
Alexander Wennberg (31)
Left Wingers
Jonny Brodzinski (33)
Michael Bunting (30)
Mitchell Chaffee (28)
Kyle Connor (29)
Brandon Duhaime (29)
Jonah Gadjovich (27)
A.J. Greer (29)
Jansen Harkins (29)
Danton Heinen (30)
Mark Jankowski (31)
Ross Johnston (32)
Kirill Kaprizov (29)
Patrik Laine (28)
Scott Laughton (32)
Anders Lee (35)
Beck Malenstyn (28)
Mason Marchment (31)
Bobby McMann (30)
Alex Ovechkin (40)
Artemi Panarin (34)
Brandon Saad (33)
Jaden Schwartz (34)
Cole Smith (30)
Eeli Tolvanen (27)
Alexey Toropchenko (27)
Right Wingers
Noel Acciari (34)
Joey Anderson (28)
Viktor Arvidsson (33)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (31)
Jordan Eberle (36)
Nick Foligno (38)
Conor Garland (30)
Carl Grundström (28)
Ben Jones (27)
Mathieu Joseph (29)
Adrian Kempe (29)
Ryan Lomberg (31)
Zack MacEwen (29)
Ilya Mikheyev (31)
Martin Nečas (27)
Valtteri Puustinen (27)
Ryan Reaves (39)
Nick Schmaltz (30)
Kiefer Sherwood (31)
Colton Sissons (32)
Vladimir Tarasenko (34)
Alex Tuch (30)
Mats Zuccarello (38)
Left Defensemen
Jake Bean (28)
Ben Chiarot (35)
Mattias Ekholm (36)
Mario Ferraro (27)
Cam Fowler (34)
Erik Gustafsson (34)
Brett Kulak (32)
Jeremy Lauzon (29)
Ryan McDonagh (37)
Niko Mikkola (30)
Jacob Moverare (27)
Jordan Oesterle (34)
Jamie Oleksiak (33)
Carson Soucy (31)
Logan Stanley (28)
Juuso Välimäki (27)
Jake Walman (30)
Right Defensemen
Rasmus Andersson (29)
Uvis Balinskis (29)
Nick Blankenburg (28)
Zach Bogosian (35)
T.J. Brodie (36)
Kyle Burroughs (30)
John Carlson (36)
Connor Clifton (31)
Vincent Desharnais (30)
Mathew Dumba (31)
Radko Gudas (36)
Justin Holl (34)
Nick Jensen (35)
Timothy Liljegren (27)
Josh Manson (34)
Mike Matheson (32)
Colin Miller (33)
Daniil Miromanov (28)
Connor Murphy (33)
Andrew Peeke (28)
Darren Raddysh (30)
Luke Schenn (36)
Troy Stecher (32)
Jacob Trouba (32)
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