A list of 2013 NHL unrestricted free agents.
There are almost 300 players who will become free agents after this season.
| Player | Age | Pos | Team | 2012-13 Cap Hit |
| Jarome Iginla | 35 | RW | PIT | $7,000,000 |
| Patrik Elias | 36 | C | NJD | $6,000,000 |
| Niklas Backstrom | 35 | G | MIN | $6,000,000 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 36 | D | NYI | $5,600,000 |
| Sergei Gonchar | 38 | D | OTT | $5,500,000 |
| Mike Ribeiro | 33 | C | WAS | $5,000,000 |
| Tim Thomas | 38 | G | NYI | $5,000,000 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 40 | RW | OTT | $4,875,000 |
| Tim Connolly | 31 | C | TOR | $4,750,000 |
| Andy McDonald | 35 | C | STL | $4,700,000 |
| Jaromir Jagr | 41 | RW | BOS | $4,550,000 |
| Ron Hainsey | 31 | D | WIN | $4,500,000 |
| Teemu Selanne | 42 | RW | ANA | $4,500,000 |
| Brenden Morrow | 34 | LW | PIT | $4,100,000 |
| Mark Streit | 35 | D | NYI | $4,100,000 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 28 | RW | MIN | $4,080,000 |
| Nik Antropov | 33 | C | WIN | $4,062,500 |
| Robyn Regehr | 32 | D | LA | $4,020,000 |
| Derek Roy | 29 | C | VAN | $4,000,000 |
| Nathan Horton | 27 | RW | BOS | $4,000,000 |
| Ryan Whitney | 30 | D | EDM | $4,000,000 |
| Marek Zidlicky | 36 | D | NJD | $4,000,000 |
| Saku Koivu | 38 | C | ANA | $3,800,000 |
| Roman Cervenka | 27 | C | CGY | $3,775,000 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 40 | G | EDM | $3,750,000 |
| Ryane Clowe | 30 | LW | NYR | $3,625,000 |
| Simon Gagne | 33 | LW | PHI | $3,500,000 |
| Michael Ryder | 32 | RW | MTL | $3,500,000 |
| Matthew Lombardi | 30 | C | ANA | $3,500,000 |
| Matt Cullen | 36 | C | MIN | $3,500,000 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 38 | D | NYR | $3,500,000 |
| Rob Scuderi | 34 | D | LAK | $3,400,000 |
| Dainius Zubrus | 34 | C | NJD | $3,400,000 |
| Clarke MacArthur | 27 | LW | TOR | $3,250,000 |
| Dustin Penner | 30 | LW | LAK | $3,250,000 |
| Stephen Weiss | 29 | C | FLA | $3,100,000 |
| Jordan Leopold | 32 | D | STL | $3,000,000 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 28 | LW | DET | $3,000,000 |
| Toni Lydman | 35 | D | ANA | $3,000,000 |
| Ian White | 28 | D | DET | $2,875,000 |
| Tom Poti | 35 | D | WAS | $2,875,000 |
| Danny Cleary | 34 | LW | DET | $2,800,000 |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 37 | G | NYI | $2,750,000 |
| David Clarkson | 28 | RW | NJD | $2,666,667 |
| Steve Sullivan | 38 | LW | NJD | $2,600,000 |
| Manny Malhotra | 32 | C | VAN | $2,500,000 |
| Vinny Prospal | 38 | LW | CLB | $2,500,000 |
| Michal Handzus | 36 | C | CHI | $2,500,000 |
| Anton Babchuk | 28 | D | CGY | $2,500,000 |
| Douglas Murray | 33 | D | PIT | $2,500,000 |
| Mason Raymond | 27 | LW | VAN | $2,275,000 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 39 | D | CLB | $2,250,000 |
| Andrew Ference | 33 | D | BOS | $2,250,000 |
| Michal Rozsival | 34 | D | CHI | $2,000,000 |
| Milan Hejduk | 37 | RW | COL | $2,000,000 |
| Joe Corvo | 35 | D | CAR | $2,000,000 |
| Guillaume Latendresse | 25 | LW | OTT | $2,000,000 |
| Mike Smith | 30 | G | PHX | $2,000,000 |
| Adam Pardy | 28 | D | BUF | $2,000,000 |
| Chris Higgins | 29 | LW | VAN | $1,900,000 |
| Ryan O’Byrne | 28 | D | TOR | $1,800,000 |
| Matt Cooke | 34 | LW | PIT | $1,800,000 |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 32 | LW | NJD | $1,800,000 |
| Raffi Torres | 31 | LW | SJ | $1,750,000 |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 34 | LW | PHI | $1,750,000 |
| Matt Walker | 32 | D | PHI | $1,700,000 |
| Chad Larose | 30 | RW | CAR | $1,700,000 |
| Kyle Wellwood | 29 | C | WIN | $1,600,000 |
| Mike Santorelli | 27 | C | FLA | $1,600,000 |
| Pascal Dupuis | 33 | RW | PIT | $1,500,000 |
| Francis Bouillon | 37 | D | MTL | $1,500,000 |
| Tyler Bozak | 26 | C | TOR | $1,500,000 |
| Ryan Jones | 28 | RW | EDM | $1,500,000 |
| Chris Mason | 36 | G | NAS | $1,500,000 |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 37 | RW | STL | $1,500,000 |
| Jose Theodore | 36 | G | FLA | $1,500,000 |
| Mark Fistric | 26 | D | EDM | $1,475,000 |
| Alexei Kovalev | 40 | LW | FLA | $1,450,000 |
| Eric Nystrom | 30 | LW | DAL | $1,400,000 |
| Antti Miettinen | 32 | LW | WIN | $1,351,293 |
| Marty Reasoner | 36 | C | NYI | $1,350,000 |
| Damien Brunner | 27 | RW | DET | $1,350,000 |
| Boyd Gordon | 29 | C | PHX | $1,325,000 |
| Mathieu Garon | 35 | G | TBL | $1,300,000 |
| Chuck Kobasew | 30 | RW | COL | $1,250,000 |
| Jason Labarbera | 33 | G | PHX | $1,250,000 |
| Jochen Hecht | 35 | C | BUF | $1,250,000 |
| Grant Clitsome | 27 | D | WIN | $1,250,000 |
| Blake Comeau | 27 | LW | CGY | $1,250,000 |
| Andrew Alberts | 31 | D | VAN | $1,225,000 |
| Brad Richardson | 28 | RW | LAK | $1,175,000 |
| Mike Lundin | 28 | D | OTT | $1,150,000 |
| Ray Emery | 30 | G | CHI | $1,150,000 |
| David Steckel | 30 | C | ANA | $1,100,000 |
| Jody Shelley | 37 | LW | PHI | $1,100,000 |
| Maxim Lapierre | 27 | C | VAN | $1,000,000 |
| Cristopher Nilstorp | 29 | G | DAL | $1,000,000 |
| Scott Hannan | 34 | D | SJ | $1,000,000 |
| Brad Boyes | 30 | RW | NYI | $1,000,000 |
| Wade Redden | 35 | D | BOS | $1,000,000 |
| Colton Orr | 31 | RW | TOR | $1,000,000 |
| Colby Armstrong | 30 | RW | MTL | $1,000,000 |
| Marc-Andre Bergeron | 32 | D | CAR | $1,000,000 |
| Joey Crabb | 29 | RW | WAS | $950,000 |
| Brian Boucher | 36 | G | CAR | $950,000 |
| Kurtis Foster | 31 | D | PHI | $950,000 |
| Brett Clark | 36 | D | MIN | $900,000 |
| Michael Leighton | 31 | G | CBJ | $900,000 |
| Anthony Stewart | 28 | RW | LAK | $900,000 |
| Viktor Stalberg | 27 | LW | CHI | $875,000 |
| Anton Khudobin | 26 | G | BOS | $875,000 |
| Henrik Karlsson | 29 | G | CHI | $862,500 |
| Darcy Hordichuk | 32 | LW | EDM | $850,000 |
| Mike Mottau | 34 | D | TOR | $850,000 |
| Ty Wishart | 24 | D | NYI | $843,413 |
| Drew Miller | 29 | LW | DET | $837,500 |
| Matt Hendricks | 31 | LW | WAS | $825,000 |
| Lennart Petrell | 28 | LW | EDM | $825,000 |
| Chris Summers | 25 | D | PHX | $803,250 |
| Jerred Smithson | 34 | C | FLA | $800,000 |
| Peter Regin | 26 | C | OTT | $800,000 |
| Yann Danis | 31 | G | EDM | $800,000 |
| Dan Ellis | 32 | G | CAR | $800,000 |
| Jarod Palmer | 27 | C | MIN | $771,750 |
| Jean-Francois Jacques | 27 | LW | TBL | $750,000 |
| Nathan McIver | 28 | D | NYI | $750,000 |
| Brandon Yip | 27 | RW | NAS | $750,000 |
| Steve Eminger | 29 | D | NYR | $750,000 |
| Radek Martinek | 36 | D | NYI | $750,000 |
| Kent Huskins | 33 | D | PHI | $750,000 |
| Tim Brent | 29 | C | CAR | $750,000 |
| Jon Landry | 29 | D | NYI | $750,000 |
| Mike Knuble | 40 | RW | PHI | $750,000 |
| Andreas Lilja | 37 | D | PHI | $737,500 |
| Nick Johnson | 27 | RW | PHX | $725,000 |
| Alexander Sulzer | 28 | D | BUF | $725,000 |
| Mark Eaton | 35 | D | PIT | $725,000 |
| Chris VandeVelde | 25 | C | EDM | $714,000 |
| Derek Meech | 28 | D | WIN | $700,000 |
| Bobby Sanguinetti | 25 | D | CAR | $700,000 |
| Cam Barker | 26 | D | VAN | $700,000 |
| Scott Nichol | 38 | C | STL | $700,000 |
| Scott Gomez | 33 | C | SJS | $700,000 |
| Andre Deveaux | 29 | C | FLA | $700,000 |
| Colin McDonald | 28 | RW | NYI | $700,000 |
| Jeff Woywitka | 29 | D | STL | $700,000 |
| Jeff Halpern | 36 | C | NYR | $700,000 |
| Tim Wallace | 28 | RW | CAR | $700,000 |
| Matt Watkins | 26 | RW | NYI | $700,000 |
| Nolan Yonkman | 31 | D | FLA | $700,000 |
| Tim Kennedy | 26 | LW | SJS | $675,000 |
| Craig Adams | 35 | C | PIT | $675,000 |
| Kyle Chipchura | 27 | C | PHX | $675,000 |
| Matt Bartkowski | 24 | D | BOS | $660,000 |
| Maxime Fortunus | 29 | D | DAL | $650,000 |
| Alexandre Bolduc | 27 | C | PHX | $650,000 |
| Chris Porter | 28 | LW | STL | $650,000 |
| Jack Hillen | 27 | D | WAS | $650,000 |
| Matt Smaby | 28 | D | ANA | $650,000 |
| Matt Gilroy | 28 | D | NYR | $650,000 |
| Matt Irwin | 25 | D | SJS | $650,000 |
| Aaron Johnson | 29 | D | BOS | $650,000 |
| Rob Klinkhammer | 26 | C | PHX | $650,000 |
| Adam Hall | 32 | C | TBL | $650,000 |
| Andre Benoit | 29 | D | OTT | $650,000 |
| Jamal Mayers | 38 | RW | CHI | $650,000 |
| Keith Aucoin | 34 | C | NYI | $650,000 |
| Chris Conner | 29 | RW | PHX | $650,000 |
| David Meckler | 25 | C | LAK | $635,250 |
| Mark Letestu | 28 | C | CLB | $625,000 |
| Jay Pandolfo | 38 | LW | BOS | $625,000 |
| Davis Drewiske | 28 | D | LAK | $616,667 |
| Drew Bagnall | 29 | D | MIN | $612,500 |
| Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers | 28 | G | ANA | $612,500 |
| Al Montoya | 28 | G | WIN | $601,000 |
| Steve Pinizzotto | 28 | RW | VAN | $600,000 |
| Jason DeSantis | 27 | D | MTL | $600,000 |
| Guillaume Desbiens | 27 | RW | VAN | $600,000 |
| Jamie Tardif | 28 | RW | BOS | $600,000 |
| Warren Peters | 30 | C | PIT | $600,000 |
| John Scott | 30 | LW | BUF | $600,000 |
| Mike Kostka | 27 | D | TOR | $600,000 |
| Tyson Strachan | 28 | D | FLA | $600,000 |
| Hugh Jessiman | 28 | C | OTT | $600,000 |
| Brian McGrattan | 31 | RW | CGY | $600,000 |
| Philippe Dupuis | 27 | C | PIT | $600,000 |
| Jordan Hendry | 29 | D | ANA | $600,000 |
| T.J. Hensick | 27 | C | STL | $600,000 |
| Sean Collins | 29 | D | NYR | $600,000 |
| Christian Hanson | 27 | C | BOS | $600,000 |
| Tyler Sloan | 31 | D | DAL | $600,000 |
| Garnet Exelby | 31 | D | BOS | $600,000 |
| J.T. Wyman | 27 | RW | TBL | $600,000 |
| Stephane Veilleux | 31 | LW | MIN | $600,000 |
| Mark Dekanich | 26 | G | WIN | $600,000 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | 34 | RW | NJD | $600,000 |
| Tanner House | 26 | C | EDM | $600,000 |
| Wojtek Wolski | 27 | LW | WAS | $600,000 |
| Chad Johnson | 26 | G | PHX | $600,000 |
| Nicholas Drazenovic | 26 | C | CLB | $600,000 |
| Patrick Mullen | 26 | D | VAN | $600,000 |
| Simon Gysbers | 25 | D | TOR | $600,000 |
| Cedrick Desjardins | 27 | G | TBL | $600,000 |
| Andrew Murray | 31 | C | STL | $600,000 |
| Logan Pyett | 24 | D | NYR | $600,000 |
| Matt Ford | 28 | RW | CLB | $600,000 |
| Andrew Ebbett | 30 | C | VAN | $600,000 |
| Nathan Lawson | 29 | G | OTT | $600,000 |
| Eric Fehr | 27 | RW | WAS | $600,000 |
| Jon Matsumoto | 26 | C | SJS | $600,000 |
| Ryan Hamilton | 27 | LW | TOR | $600,000 |
| Aaron Volpatti | 27 | LW | WAS | $600,000 |
| Dylan Reese | 28 | D | PIT | $600,000 |
| Jim Vandermeer | 33 | D | VAN | $600,000 |
| Andrew Joudrey | 28 | C | CLB | $587,500 |
| Thomas Greiss | 27 | G | SJS | $587,500 |
| Blair Riley | 27 | LW | NYI | $580,000 |
| Matt Pelech | 25 | D | SJS | $577,500 |
| Alex Biega | 24 | D | BUF | $577,500 |
| David McIntyre | 26 | C | MIN | $577,500 |
| Brett Carson | 27 | D | CGY | $575,000 |
| Scott Ford | 33 | D | NAS | $575,000 |
| Petteri Nokelainen | 27 | C | MTL | $575,000 |
| Frederic St-Denis | 27 | D | MTL | $575,000 |
| Jason Jaffray | 31 | LW | WIN | $575,000 |
| David Van Der Gulik | 29 | LW | COL | $575,000 |
| Trent Whitfield | 35 | C | BOS | $575,000 |
| Sean Sullivan | 28 | D | COL | $575,000 |
| Cam Janssen | 28 | RW | NJD | $575,000 |
| Trevor Smith | 28 | C | PIT | $575,000 |
| Aaron Gagnon | 26 | C | WIN | $562,500 |
| Dane Byers | 27 | LW | EDM | $560,000 |
| Evan Oberg | 25 | D | TBL | $560,000 |
| Francis Pare | 25 | RW | DET | $557,500 |
| Mark Mancari | 27 | RW | BUF | $550,000 |
| Joel Rechlicz | 25 | RW | PHX | $550,000 |
| David Leggio | 28 | G | BUF | $550,000 |
| Ben Holmstrom | 25 | C | PHI | $550,000 |
| Eric Selleck | 25 | LW | FLA | $550,000 |
| Chris Mueller | 27 | C | NAS | $550,000 |
| Nick Holden | 25 | D | CLB | $550,000 |
| Bill Thomas | 29 | RW | COL | $550,000 |
| Thomas Pock | 31 | D | COL | $550,000 |
| Kevin Henderson | 26 | LW | NAS | $550,000 |
| Brandon Mashinter | 24 | LW | NYR | $550,000 |
| P-L Letourneau-Leblond | 27 | RW | ANA | $550,000 |
| Brandon Segal | 29 | RW | NYR | $550,000 |
| Greg Rallo | 31 | C | FLA | $550,000 |
| Patrick Maroon | 24 | LW | ANA | $550,000 |
| Dov Grumet-Morris | 31 | G | FLA | $550,000 |
| Mike Moore | 28 | D | NAS | $550,000 |
| Bracken Kearns | 31 | C | SJS | $550,000 |
| Troy Bodie | 28 | LW | ANA | $550,000 |
| Joey MacDonald | 33 | G | CGY | $550,000 |
| Garrett Stafford | 33 | D | WAS | $550,000 |
| Kyle Wilson | 28 | C | ANA | $550,000 |
| Adam Cracknell | 27 | RW | STL | $550,000 |
| Bryan Bickell | 27 | LW | CHI | $541,667 |
| Eric Boulton | 36 | LW | NYI | $540,000 |
| Ben Walter | 28 | C | CGY | $537,500 |
| Greg Scott | 24 | RW | TOR | $537,500 |
| Andrew Gordon | 27 | RW | VAN | $537,500 |
| Brett Bellemore | 24 | D | CAR | $525,000 |
| Matt Ellis | 31 | C | BUF | $525,000 |
| Jay Leach | 33 | D | NJD | $525,000 |
| Carter Hutton | 27 | G | CHI | $525,000 |
| Jordan Pearce | 26 | G | DET | $525,000 |
| Matt Clackson | 27 | RW | WAS | $525,000 |
| Mike Vernace | 26 | D | NYR | $525,000 |
| Chad Wiseman | 31 | LW | NJD | $525,000 |
| Joe Piskula | 28 | D | NAS | $525,000 |
| Bryan Lerg | 27 | LW | COL | $525,000 |
| Nick Tarnasky | 28 | C | BUF | $525,000 |
| Mike Angelidis | 27 | TBL | $525,000 | |
| Steve Begin | 34 | LW | CGY | $525,000 |
| Danny Groulx | 31 | D | SJS | $525,000 |
| Alec Richards | 25 | G | CHI | $525,000 |
| Krys Kolanos | 31 | C | CGY | $525,000 |
| Brad Thiessen | 26 | G | PIT | $525,000 |
| Ben Lovejoy | 29 | D | ANA | $525,000 |
| Nate Guenin | 30 | D | ANA | $525,000 |
| Pierre-Cedric Labrie | 26 | LW | TBL | $525,000 |
| Matt Corrente | 24 | D | NJD | $525,000 |
| Mike McKenna | 29 | G | STL | $525,000 |
| Peter Harrold | 29 | D | NJD | $525,000 |
| Tim Sestito | 28 | C | NJD | $525,000 |
| Ryan Potulny | 28 | C | WAS | $525,000 |
| Michael Testwuide | 26 | RW | CGY | $525,000 |
| Michael Carman | 24 | C | WAS | $525,000 |
| Travis Morin | 29 | C | DAL | $525,000 |
| Chad Kolarik | 27 | C | PIT | $525,000 |
| Dany Sabourin | 32 | G | WAS | $525,000 |
| Patrick Bordeleau | 26 | LW | COL | $525,000 |
| Matt Anderson | 30 | C | NJD | $525,000 |
| Patrick McNeill | 25 | D | WAS | $525,000 |
| Steven Zalewski | 26 | C | NJD | $525,000 |
| Carl Sneep | 25 | D | DAL | $525,000 |
| Jordie Benn | 25 | D | DAL | $525,000 |
Sources: NHLNumbers and Capgeek