Central Division Offseason Primer: No. of Contracts, Cap Hit, Draft Picks, UFAs and RFAs
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Central Division – image from Daniel Andersen icing.no

Chicago Blackhawks-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 16
Positions under contract: 7 forwards, 7 defensemen, 2 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 36
Projected cap hit: $67,541,795

2018 Draft Picks: 1st (CHI and NSH), 3rd (CHI and TOR), 4th (NSH), 5th (CBJ), 6th, 7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Lance Bouma, Cody Franson, Patrick Sharp, Viktor Svedberg, Jordin Tootoo, Andreas Martinsen, Michal Rozsíval, Jeff Glass, Chris DiDomenico

Restricted Free Agents: Anthony Duclair, John Hayden, Tomas Jurco, Vinnie Hinostroza, Adam Clendening

Colorado Avalanche-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 18
Positions under contract: 11 forwards, 6 defensemen, 1 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 29
Projected cap hit: $49,699,762

2018 Draft Picks: 1st (COL and OTT*), 2nd (COL and NSH), 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th ,7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Jonathan Bernier, Joe Colborne, Blake Comeau, Andrew Hammond, Mark Barberio, Rocco Grimaldi, Gabriel Bourque, Joe Cannata, Mark Alt, Trent Vogelhuber

Restricted Free Agents: Matt Nieto, Patrik Nemeth, Nail Yakupov, Duncan Siemens, Spencer Martin, Mason Geertsen, Ryan Graves, Félix Girard, Jesse Graham, Reid Petryk

Dallas Stars-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 13
Positions under contract: 8 forwards, 4 defensemen, 1 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 25
Projected cap hit: $57,330,000

2018 Draft Picks: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (DAL and CHI), 5th, 6th, 7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Kari Lehtonen, Dan Hamhuis, Antoine Roussel, Greg Pateryn, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Brian Flynn, Curtis McKenzie, Reece Scarlett, Andrew O’Brien, Brent Regner, Mike McKenna

Restricted Free Agents: Jason Dickinson, Devin Shore, Dillon Heatherington, Remi Elie, Stephen Johns, Mattias Janmark, Philippe Desrosiers, Gemel Smith, Cole Ully

Minnesota Wild-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 22
Positions under contract: 13 forwards, 7 defensemen, 2 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 31
Projected cap hit: $67,542,757

2018 Draft Picks: 1st, 3rd (MIN, VGK, and BUF), 5th (MIN and WSH), 6th, 7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Kyle Quincey, Matt Cullen, Zach Palmquist, Kurtis Gabriel, Alex Grant, Kyle Rau, Niklas Svedberg, Daniel Winnik, Zack Mitchell, Viktor Lööv, Patrick Cannone

Restricted Free Agents: Matt Dumba, Jason Zucker, Ádám Vay, Sam Anas, Nick Seeler, Adam Gilmour, Steve Michalek, Ryan Murphy, Dylan Labbé

Nashville Predators-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 19
Positions under contract: 11 forwards, 7 defensemen, 1 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 33
Projected cap hit: $67,530,000

2018 Draft Picks: 3rd, 4th (CBJ), 5th (NSH and CHI), 7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Alexei Emelin, Mike Fisher, Mark McNeill, Brandon Bollig, Matt O’Connor, Anders Lindbäck, Harry Zolnierczyk, Trevor Smith, John Ramage, Petter Granberg, Cody Bass

Restricted Free Agents: Ryan Hartman, Juuse Saros, Miikka Salomäki

St Louis Blues-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 18
Positions under contract: 10 forwards, 7 defensemen, 1 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 34
Projected cap hit: $62,629,167

2018 Draft Picks: 1st (STL* and WPG), 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Carter Hutton, Kyle Brodziak, Scottie Upshall, Wade Megan

Restricted Free Agents: Joel Edmundson, Dmitrij Jaskin, Jordan Schmaltz, Mackenzie MacEachern, Robby Fabbri, Nikita Soshnikov, Thomas Vannelli, Justin Selman, Oskar Sundqvist, Jordan Binnington, Beau Bennett, Petteri Lindbohm

Winnipeg Jets-600×150

Players under contract (Roster): 14
Positions under contract: 9 forwards, 4 defensemen, 1 goaltenders
Total number of contracts: 23
Projected cap hit: $54,402,498

2018 Draft Picks: 2nd, 3rd, 5th (WPG and BOS), 6th, 7th

Unrestricted Free Agents: Paul Stastny, Toby Enström, Shawn Matthias, Michael Hutchinson, Matt Hendricks, Michael Sgarbossa, Buddy Robinson, Cameron Schilling, Julian Melchiori

Restricted Free Agents: Jacob Trouba, Connor Hellebuyck, Adam Lowry, Joel Armia, Tucker Poolman, Joshua Morrissey, Marko Dano, Nicolas Petan, Chase De Leo, Brandon Tanev, Jan Kostalek, Jamie Phillips, James Lodge, JC Lipon, Joe Morrow, Eric Comrie