Top 12 2025 NHL UFAs
Luke Fox of Sportsnet: A look at the top 12 pending 2025 unrestricted free agents and their current cap hit.
1. Mikko Rantanen – Pos: RW/C – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $9.25 million
2. Mitch Marner – Pos: RW – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $10.9 million
3. Igor Shesterkin – Pos: G – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $5.7 million
4. Brock Boeser – Pos: RW – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $6.65 million
5. Sam Bennett – Pos: C – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $4.4 million
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6. Shea Theodore – Signed a seven-year, $52 million extension
7. Aaron Ekblad – Pos: RHD – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $7.5 million
8. Nikolaj Ehlers – Pos: RW/LW – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $6 million
9. John Tavares – Pos: C – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $11 million
10. Brad Marchand – Pos: LW – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $6.1 million
11. Jakob Chychrun – Pos: LHD – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $4.6 million
12. Brock Nelson – Pos: C/LW – 2023-24 salary cap hit: $6 million
Top 12 2025 NHL RFAs
Luke Fox of Sportsnet: A look at the top 12 pending 2025 restricted free agents and their current cap hit.
1. Evan Bouchard – Age on July 1: 25 – Pos: RHD
2024-25 salary cap hit: $3.9 million – Arbitration rights: Yes
2. Noah Dobson – Age on July 1: 25 – Pos: RHD
2024-25 salary cap hit: $4 million – Arbitration rights: Yes
3. Wyatt Johnston – Age on July 1: 22 – Pos: C
2024-25 salary cap hit: $894,167 – Arbitration rights: No
4. Luke Hughes – Age on July 1: 21 – Pos: LHD
2024-25 salary cap hit: $925,000 – Arbitration rights: No
5. JJ Peterka – Age on July 1: 23 – Pos: C
2024-25 salary cap hit: $855,833 – Arbitration rights: No
6. Fabian Zetterlund – Age on July 1: 25 – Pos: LW
2024-25 salary cap hit: $1.45 million – Arbitration rights: Yes
7. Mason McTavish – Age on July 1: 22 – Pos: C
2024-25 salary cap hit: $894,167 – Arbitration rights: No
8. K’Andre Miller – Age on July 1: 25 – Pos: LHD
2024-25 salary cap hit: $3.872 million – Arbitration rights: Yes
9. Matthew Knies – Age on July 1: 22 – Pos: LW
2024-25 salary cap hit: $925,000 – Arbitration rights: No
10. Lukas Dostal – Age on July 1: 25 – Pos: G
2024-25 salary cap hit: $812,500 – Arbitration rights: Yes
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11. Marco Rossi – Age on July 1: 23 – Pos: C
2024-25 salary cap hit: $883,334 – Arbitration rights: No
12. Philipp Kurashev – Age on July 1: 25 – Pos: C
2024-25 salary cap hit: $2.25 million – Arbitration rights: Yes
