NHL free agency is a long ways away, but teams are starting to lock up some of their free agents.
With Stars locking up Jason Spezza, it thinned the center market even more. Here is a list off all the pending free agent centermen that could be available come July 1st.
Pending UFAs – Centermen | Left Wingers | Right Wingers | Defensemen | Goaltenders
| Player | Team | 2014-15 Cap Hit | 2014-15 Salary |
| Shawn Horcoff | DAL | $5,500,000 | $3,000,000 |
| Tomas Fleischmann | FLA | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 |
| Mike Fisher | NAS | $4,200,000 | $4,200,000 |
| Antoine Vermette | ARI | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 |
| Matt Cullen | NAS | $3,500,000 | $4,000,000 |
| Michael Frolik | WPG | $3,300,000 | $3,300,000 |
| Jarret Stoll | LAK | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 |
| Rich Peverley | DAL | $3,250,000 | $3,375,000 |
| Tomas Kopecky | FLA | $3,000,000 | $2,850,000 |
| Jiri Tlusty | CAR | $2,950,000 | $2,950,000 |
| Kyle Brodziak | MIN | $2,833,000 | $3,000,000 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | STL | $2,725,000 | $2,725,000 |
| Olli Jokinen | NAS | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| Damien Brunner | NJD | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| Tyler Kennedy | SJS | $2,350,000 | $2,350,000 |
| Brad Richards | CHI | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Torrey Mitchell | BUF | $1,900,000 | $2,500,000 |
| Shawn Matthias | VAN | $1,750,000 | $1,850,000 |
| Jim Slater | WPG | $1,600,000 | $1,600,000 |
| Gregory Campbell | BOS | $1,600,000 | $1,700,000 |
| Mike Santorelli | TOR | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Daniel Winnik | TOR | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 |
| James Sheppard | SJS | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 |
| Mark Letestu | CLB | $1,250,000 | $1,300,000 |
| Marcel Goc | PIT | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 |
| Brad Richardson | VAN | $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 |
| Maxim Lapierre | STL | $1,100,000 | $1,200,000 |
| Petri Kontiola | KHL | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 |
| Mike Ribeiro | NAS | $1,050,000 | $1,050,000 |
| Carl Soderberg | BOS | $1,008,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Derek Roy | NAS | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Jay McClement | CAR | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Manny Malhotra | MTL | $850,000 | $850,000 |
| Brian Gibbons | CLB | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Andrew Desjardins | SJS | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Ryan Carter | MIN | $725,000 | $725,000 |
| Joakim Lindstrom | STL | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Peter Mueller | STL | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Chris Porter | STL | $675,000 | $700,000 |
| Colin Fraser | STL | $650,000 | $650,000 |
| Peter Regin | CHI | $650,000 | $650,000 |
| Benn Ferriero | STL | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Alexandre Bolduc | ARI | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Cal O’Reilly | VAN | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Dustin Jeffrey | VAN | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Ryan Craig | CLB | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Micheal Haley | SJS | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Blair Jones | PHI | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Bobby Robins | BOS | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Chris Mueller | NYR | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Chris Bourque | NYR | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Kevin Porter | DET | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Andy Miele | DET | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Ben Holmstrom | CAR | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Ryan White | PHI | $575,000 | $575,000 |
| Chris VandeVelde | PHI | $575,000 | $575,000 |
| Tim Sestito | NJD | $562,000 | $575,000 |
| Darcy Zajac | NJD | $552,000 | $550,000 |
| Jeremy Welsh | STL | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Pat Cannone | STL | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Justin Hodgman | ARI | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Mark Van Guilder | NAS | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Trevor Smith | TOR | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Travis Morin | DAL | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Cody Bass | CHI | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Andrew Ebbett | PIT | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Nicholas Drazenovic | PIT | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Zach Sill | PIT | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Brett Olson | FLA | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Chris Conner | WAS | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Kris Newbury | WAS | $550,000 | $550,000 |
| Casey Wellman | WAS | $550,000 | $550,000 |
Updated: Nov. 25th, 2014
Source: NHL Numbers