Comprehensive list of signings by team, available players
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A comprehensive list of 2024 NHL free agents and signings, including stories and analysis.
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Signed
Leason, Vaakanainen each signs 1-year contract with Ducks
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Pavol Regenda.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Andrew Agozzino, Trevor Carrick, Chase De Leo, Glenn Gawdin, Bo Groulx, Robert Hagg, Max Jones (signed: BOS), William Lagesson (signed: DET), Brett Leason (re-signed), Gustav Lindstrom, Blake McLaughlin, Ben Meyers, Jakob Silfverberg, Alex Stalock, Brayden Tracey, Urho Vaakanainen (re-signed), Colton White (signed: NJD).
BOSTON BRUINS
Signed
Lindholm, Zadorov each signs contract with Bruins
Jones, Tufte, Koepke, Oesterle, Sweezey, Viel sign with Bruins
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Michael Callahan, Marc McLaughlin, Alec Regula, Jeremy Swayman.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Joey Abate, Jake DeBrusk (signed: VAN), Jesper Boqvist, Derek Forbort, Matt Grzelcyk (signed: PIT), Curtis Hall, Danton Heinen, Kyle Keyser, Milan Lucic, Pat Maroon (signed: CHI), Jayson Megna, Dan Renouf, Anthony Richard, Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk, Oskar Steen, Reilly Walsh.
BUFFALO SABRES
Signed
Zucker signs 1-year contract with Sabres
Gilbert signs 1-year contract with Sabres
Aube-Kubel signs 1-year contract with Sabres
Bryson signs 1-year contract with Sabres
Lafferty signs 2-year contract with Sabres
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Henri Jokiharju, Peyton Krebs, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Beck Malenstyn.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Brandon Biro, Jacob Bryson (re-signed), Joseph Cecconi (signed: MIN) Eric Comrie, Jeremy Davies (signed: OTT), Zemgus Girgensons, Tyson Jost (signed: CAR), Brett Murray, Victor Olofsson, Justin Richards, Eric Robinson (signed: CAR), Calle Sjalin, Riley Stillman, Dustin Tokarski, Linus Weissbach.
CALGARY FLAMES
Signed
Mantha signs 1-year contract with Flames
Bean signs 2-year contract with Flames
Lomberg signs 2-year contract with Flames
Cooley signs 2-year contract with Flames
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Adam Klapka, Yan Kuznetsov, Nikita Okhotiuk, Jakob Pelletier, Cole Schwindt, Ilya Solovyov, Dustin Wolf.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Riley Damiani, Oscar Dansk, Dillon Dube, Dennis Gilbert (signed: BUF), A.J. Greer (signed: FLA), Oliver Kylington, Ben Jones (signed: MIN), Brady Lyle, Jordan Oesterle (signed: BOS), Colton Poolman, Mark Pysyk.
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Signed
Carrier signs with Hurricanes
Martinook signs 3-year contract with Hurricanes
Walker signs 5-year contract with Hurricanes
Jost signs 1-year contract with Hurricanes
Robinson signs 1-year contract with Hurricanes
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Dylan Coghlan, Jack Drury, Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Callahan Burke, Maxime Comtois, Tony DeAngelo, David Kase, Jordan Martinook (re-signed), Griffin Mendel, Blake Murray, Stefan Noesen (signed: NJD), Brett Pesce (signed: NJD), Antti Raanta, Brady Skjei (signed: NSH), Teuvo Teravainen (signed: CHI), Tuukka Tieksola.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Signed
Teravainen, Bertuzzi each signs contract with Blackhawks
Maroon, Smith each signs contract with Blackhawks; Anderson re-signs
Brossoit signs 2-year contract with Blackhawks
Martinez signs 1-year contract with Blackhawks
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Isaak Phillips.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Joey Anderson (re-signed), Colin Blackwell, MacKenzie Entwistle, David Gust, Mike Hardman (signed: NJD), Reese Johnson (signed: MIN), Tyler Johnson, Sam Lafferty (signed: BUF), Jaycob Megna, Luke Philp, Rem Pitlick, Taylor Raddysh (signed: WSH) Filip Roos, Vili Saarijarvi, Jaxson Stauber, Michal Teply, Jarred Tinordi, Nikita Zaitsev.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Signed
Drouin signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
DeHaan signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
Kiviranta signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
MacDonald, Tynan each signs contract with Avalanche
Rosen signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Wyatt Aamodt, Jason Polin.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Alex Beaucage, Nate Clurman (signed: PIT), Andrew Cogliano, Jonathan Drouin (re-signed), Brandon Duhaime (signed: WSH), Gianni Fairbrother, Pavel Francouz, Arvid Holm, Brad Hunt, Jack Johnson, Caleb Jones, Vladislav Kamenev, Joel Kiviranta (re-signed), Fredrik Olofsson, Zach Parise, Ivan Prosvetov, Corey Schueneman, Spencer Smallman, Yakov Trenin (signed: MIN), Riley Tufte (signed: BOS), Sean Walker (signed: CAR).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Signed
Monahan signs 5-year contract with Blue Jackets
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Jake Christiansen, Jet Greaves, Kirill Marchenko, Cole Sillinger.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Tyler Angle, Jake Bean (signed: CGY) Marcus Bjork, Nick Blankenburg (signed: NSH), Josh Dunne, Brendan Gaunce (signed: MIN), Carson Meyer, Alex Nylander, Malcolm Subban, Billy Sweezey (signed: BOS), Calvin Thurkauf, Jakub Zboril.
DALLAS STARS
Signed
Lyubushkin signs 3-year contract with Stars
Duchene signs 1-year contract with Stars
DeSmith signs 3-year contract with Stars
Lundkvist signs 1-year contract with Stars
Steel signs 1-year contract with Stars
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Thomas Harley.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Gavin Bayreuther, Nick Caamano, Matt Duchene (re-signed), Max Ellis, Jani Hakanpää, Fredrik Karlstrom, Nils Lundkvist (re-signed), Matt Murray (signed: NSH), Joe Pavelski, Derrick Pouliot (signed: TBL), Scott Reedy, Jerad Rosburg, Craig Smith (signed: CHI), Sam Steel (re-signed), Scott Wedgewood (signed: NSH).
DETROIT RED WINGS
Signed
Talbot signs 2-year contract with Red Wings
Fischer signs 1-year contract with Red Wings
Lagesson signs 1-year contract with Red Wings
Campbell, Dries each signs contract with Red Wings
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Jonatan Berggren, Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Joe Veleno.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Zach Aston-Reese, Austin Czarnik, Christian Fischer (re-signed), Shayne Gostisbehere, Taro Hirose, Michael Hutchinson, John Lethemon, Matt Luff, Jared McIsaac, Wyatt Newpower, David Perron, James Reimer, Radim Simek, Daniel Sprong.
EDMONTON OILERS
Signed
C. Brown signs 1-year contract with Oilers
Arvidsson signs 2-year contract with Oilers
Perry signs 1-year contract with Oilers
J. Brown signs 3-year contract with Oilers
Hamblin signs 1-year contract with Oilers
Hoefenmayer signs 1-year contract with Oilers
C. Carrick signs 1-year contract with Oilers
Delia signs 1-year contract with Oilers
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Philip Broberg, James Hamblin (re-signed), Noel Hoefenmayer (re-signed) Dylan Holloway, Raphael Lavoie.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Connor Brown (re-signed), Sam Carrick (signed: NYR), Vincent Desharnais, Adam Erne, Ryan Fanti, Warren Foegele, (signed: LAK) Sam Gagner, Seth Griffith, Adam Henrique, Mattias Janmark, Brad Malone, Greg McKegg, Markus Niemelainen, Corey Perry (re-signed), Carter Savoie, Troy Stecher.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Signed
Kulikov signs 4-year contract with Panthers
Nosek signs 1-year contract with Panthers
Asplund signs 1-year contract with Panthers
Greer signs 2-year contract with Panthers
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Anton Lundell.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Rasmus Asplund (re-signed), Lucas Carlsson, Evan Cormier, Nick Cousins, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (signed: FLA), Casey Fitzgerald, Mack Guzda, Magnus Hellberg, Santtu Kinnunen, Egor Korshkov, Dmitry Kulikov (re-signed), Ryan Lomberg (signed: CGY) Steven Lorentz, Josh Mahura, Gerry Mayhew, Brandon Montour (signed: SEA), Kyle Okposo, Aleksi Saarela, Kevin Stenlund, Anthony Stolarz, Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexander True.
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Signed
Foegele, Edmundson each signs contract with Kings
Copley, Lewis each signs 1-year contract with Kings
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Quinton Byfield, Arthur Kaliyev, Jordan Spence.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Viktor Arvidsson (signed: EDM), Kevin Connauton, Pheonix Copley (re-signed), Aaron Dell, Hayden Hodgson, Jacob Ingham, Trevor Lewis (re-signed), Blake Lizotte (signed: PIT), Tyler Madden, Mikhail Maltsev, Matt Roy (signed: WSH), Steven Santini (signed: TBL), Cam Talbot (signed: DET), T.J. Tynan (signed: COL).
MINNESOTA WILD
Signed
Trenin signs 4-year contract with Wild
8 players sign two-way contracts with Wild
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Declan Chisholm, Graeme Clarke, Adam Raska, Sammy Walker.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Will Butcher, Turner Elson, Steven Fogarty, Alex Goligoski, Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Hunter Jones, Jujhar Khaira, Jacob Lucchini (signed: NSH), Zane McIntyre, Dakota Mermis, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Mason Shaw, Nick Swaney.
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Signed
Barre-Boulet signs 1-year contract with Canadiens
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Justin Barron.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Arnaud Durandeau, Lias Andersson, Filip Cederqvist, Brady Keeper, Phillippe Maillet, Mattias Norlinder, Tanner Pearson, Mitchell Stephens, Colin White, Chris Wideman, Jesse Ylönen (signed: TBL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Signed
Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei each signs contract with Predators
Carrier signs 3-year contract with Predators
Wedgewood signs 2-year contract with Predators
Hinostroza, 3 others sign two-way contracts with Predators
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Marc Del Gaizo, Juuso Parssinen, Spencer Stastney, Philip Tomasino, Adam Wilsby.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Wade Allison, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Tyson Barrie, Anthony Beauvillier (signed: PIT), Alexandre Carrier (re-signed), Liam Foudy, Gustavs Grigals, Troy Grosenick (signed: MIN), Jordan Gross, Kevin Lankinen, Roland McKeown, Kiefer Sherwood, Jasper Weatherby, Jason Zucker (signed: BUF).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Signed
Pesce, Dillon each signs contract with Devils
Noesen signs 2-year contract with Devils
Hardman signs 2-year contract with Devils
White signs 2-year contract with Devils
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Adam Beckman, Nico Daws, Dawson Mercer.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Kyle Criscuolo, Cal Foote, Kaapo Kahkonen, Erik Kallgren, Keith Kinkaid, Michael McLeod, Tomas Nosek (signed: FLA), Brendan Smith, Chris Tierney, Michael Vukojevic, Tyler Wotherspoon.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Signed
Duclair signs 4-year contract with Islanders
Reilly signs 1-year contract with Islanders
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Dennis Cholowski, Simon Holmstrom, Ruslan Iskhakov, Tyce Thompson, Oliver Wahlstrom.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Sebastian Aho, Kenneth Appleby, Robert Bortuzzo, Cal Clutterbuck, Otto Koivula, Karson Kuhlman, Paul LaDue, Matt Martin, Reece Newkirk, Brian Pinho, Mike Reilly (re-signed), Robin Salo.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Signed
Carrick signs 3-year contract with Rangers
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Karl Henriksson, Ryan Lindgren, Matthew Robertson, Braden Schneider.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Nikolas Brouillard, Erik Gustafsson, Mac Hollowell (signed: PIT), Olof Lindbom, Nic Petan, Tyler Pitlick, Jack Roslovic, Chad Ruhwedel, Bobby Trivigno, Alexander Wennberg (signed: SJS), Blake Wheeler.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Signed
Amadio signs 3-year contract with Senators
Pilon signs 2-year contract with Senators
Davies signs 1-year contract with Senators
Gregor signs 1-year contract with Senators
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Kevin Mandolese, Shane Pinto, Mads Sogaard, Egor Sokolov, Lassi Thomson.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Erik Brannstrom, Rourke Chartier, Josh Currie, Dillon Heatherington, Bokondji Imama (signed: PIT), Boris Katchouk, Parker Kelly, Dominik Kubalik, Jacob Larsson, Garrett Pilon (re-signed), Jiri Smejkal.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Signed
Johnson signs 1-year contract with Flyers
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Bobby Brink, Egor Zamula.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Adam Brooks, Denis Gurianov, Carter Hart, Erik Johnson (re-signed), Tanner Laczynski, Cooper Marody, Victor Mete, Mason Millman, Felix Sandstrom, Marc Staal, Will Zmolek.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Signed
Grzelcyk signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Beauvillier signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Shea signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Hollowell signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Clurman signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Imama signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Benstrom signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Lizotte signs 2-year contract with Penguins
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Corey Andonovski.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Emil Bemstrom (re-signed), Maxim Cajkovic, Jeff Carter, Taylor Fedun, Dillon Hamaliuk, Jansen Harkins, Vinnie Hinostroza (signed: NSH), Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Xavier Ouellet, Jack Rathbone, Dmitri Samorukov, Ryan Shea (re-signed), Ludovic Waeber, Radim Zohorna.
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Signed
Toffoli signs 4-year contract with Sharks
Wennberg signs 2-year contract with Sharks
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Egor Afanasyev, Ty Dellandrea, Ty Emberson, Carl Grundstrom.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Calen Addison, Alexander Barabanov, Ryan Carpenter, Devin Cooley (signed: CGY), Mike Hoffman, Kevin Labanc, Oskar Lindblom, Jacob MacDonald (signed: COL), Eetu Makiniemi, Jacob Peterson, Jack Studnicka, Filip Zadina.
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Signed
Montour, Stephenson each signs contract with Kraken
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Matty Beniers, Peetro Seppala, Eeli Tolvanen.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Connor Carrick (signed: EDM), Chris Driedger, Cameron Hughes, Kole Lind, Ville Petman, Andrew Poturalski, Mitch Reinke, Jimmy Schuldt, Justin Schultz, Devin Shore (signed: MIN), Marián Studenic, Tomas Tatar, Kailer Yamamoto.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Signed
Kapanen signs 1-year contract with Blues
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Mikhail Abramov, Nikita Alexandrov.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): William Bitten, Sammy Blais, Adam Gaudette, Josh Jacobs, Wyatt Kalynuk, Kasperi Kapanen (re-signed), Matthew Peca, Calle Rosen (signed: COL), Marco Scandella, Jakub Vrana, Keean Washkurak,
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Signed
4 players sign 1-year, 2-way contracts with Lightning
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Hugo Alnefelt, Waltteri Merela, J.J. Moser.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Alex Barré-Boulet (signed: MTL), Logan Brown, Sean Day, Calvin de Haan (signed: COL), Anthony Duclair (signed: NYI), Mathew Dumba, Haydn Fleury, Cole Koepke (signed: BOS), Tyler Motte, Philippe Myers, Felix Robert, Brent Seabrook, Steven Stamkos (signed: NSH), Austin Watson.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Signed
Tanev, Ekman-Larsson, Domi each signs contract with Maple Leafs
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Connor Dewar, Nicholas Robertson, Alex Steeves.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Tyler Bertuzzi (signed: CHI), TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford, Max Domi (re-signed), Joel Edmundson (signed: LAK), Dylan Gambrell, Mark Giordano, Noah Gregor (signed: OTT), Martin Jones, John Klingberg, Max Lajoie, Ilya Lyubushkin (signed: DAL), Matt Murray, Jake Muzzin, Keith Petruzzelli, Ilya Samsonov, Chris Tanev (re-signed)
UTAH HOCKEY CLUB
Signed
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Curtis Douglas, Barrett Hayton, Jan Jenik, Milos Kelemen, Victor Soderstrom.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Travis Barron, Travis Boyd (signed: MIN), Josh Brown (signed: EDM), Cameron Crotty (signed: MIN), Travis Dermott, Steven Kampfer, Justin Kirkland, John Leonard, Bryan Little, Ryan McGregor, Nathan Smith, Jakub Voracek
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Signed
DeBrusk signs 7-year contract with Canucks
Patera signs 2-year contract with Canucks
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Arturs Silovs.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Nick Cicek, Ian Cole, Casey DeSmith (signed: DAL), Sheldon Dries (signed: DET), Matt Irwin, Filip Johansson, Elias Lindholm (signed: BOS), Aidan McDonough, Zach Sawchenko, Nikita Zadorov (signed: BOS)
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Signed
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Pavel Dorofeyev, Kaedan Korczak, Ivan Morozov.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Layton Ahac, Michael Amadio (signed: OTT), William Carrier (signed: CAR), Byron Froese, Anthony Mantha (signed: CGY), Jonathan Marchessault (signed: NSH), Alec Martinez (signed: CHI), Jiri Patera (signed: VGK), Mason Primeau, Sheldon Rempal, Akira Schmid, Chandler Stephenson (signed: SEA), Mikhail Vorobyev.
WINNIPEG JETS
Signed
Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): David Gustafsson, Ville Heinola, Simon Lundmark, Cole Perfetti, Logan Stanley.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Laurent Brossoit (signed: CHI), Kyle Capobianco, Collin Delia (signed: EDM), Brenden Dillon (signed: NJD), Artemi Kniazev, Jeff Malott, Colin Miller, Sean Monahan (signed: CBJ), Kristian Reichel, Ashton Sautner, Oskari Salminen, Tyler Toffoli (signed: SJS), Jeffrey Viel (signed: BOS).
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* 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 |