Here is a list of players that have signed contracts to play overseas during the NHL lockout.
We will continue to update as long as players keep signing.
| Player | 2012-13 NHL Team | Lockout Team | League |
| Artem Anisimov | Columbus | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL |
| Nik Antropov | Winnipeg | HC Barys | KHL |
| Anton Babcuk | Calgary | HC Donbass | KHL |
| Nicklas Backstrom | Washington | HC Dynamo Moscow | KHL |
| Niklas Backstrom | Minnesota | Dynamo Minsk | KHL |
| Matt Beleskey | Anaheim | Coventry | EIHL (UK) |
| Jamie Benn | Dallas | Hamburg Freezers | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Sean Bergenheim | Florida | HIFK Helsinki | SM-liiga |
| Patrice Bergeron | Boston | HC Lugano | Swiss National A League |
| Patrik Berglund | St. Louis | Vasteras | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Jonathan Bernier | Los Angeles | Heilbronner Falken | ESBG (Ger) |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Columbus | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL |
| Mikkel Boedker | Phoenix | Lukko | SM-Liiga |
| Damien Brunner | Detroit | EV Zug | KHL |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | Philadelphia | CSKA Moscow | KHL |
| Roman Cervenka | Calgary | Slavia Praha | Czech Extraliga |
| Zdeno Chara | Boston | HC Lev Praha | KHL |
| David Clarkson | New Jersey | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL (Aus) |
| Erik Condra | Ottawa | EV Fussen | Oberliga (Ger) |
| Logan Couture | San Jose | Geneva-Servette | Swiss National A League |
| Matt D’Agostini | St. Louis | SC Ressersee | ESBG (Ger) |
| Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit | CSKA Moscow | KHL |
| Kaspars Daugavins | Ottawa | Dynamo Riga | KHL |
| Michael Del Zotto | NY Rangers | Rappersil-Jona Lakers | Swiss National A League |
| Jason Demers | San Jose | Oulu | SM-liiga |
| Raphael Diaz | Montreal | EV Zug | Swiss National A League |
| Rick DiPietro | NY Islanders | SC Riessersee | ESBG (Ger) |
| Matt Duchene | Colorado | Frolunda HC | Swedish Elite League |
| Christian Ehrhoff | Buffalo | Krefeld | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Lars Eller | Montreal | JYP | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Alexei Emelin | Montreal | Ak Bars | KHL |
| Cory Emmerton | Detroit | SalPa | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Deryk Engelland | Pittsburgh | Rosenborg | GET-Ligaen (Nor) |
| Tyler Ennis | Buffalo | SC Langnau | Swiss National A League |
| Jhonas Enroth | Buffalo | Huddinge IK | Sweden Division 1 |
| Tobias Enstrom | Winnipeg | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL (Aus) |
| Jonathan Ericsson | Detroit | Sodertalje EK | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Viktor Fasth | Anaheim | Tingsryd | Swedish League (T2) |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | Philadelphia | HC Donbass | KHL |
| Eric Fehr | Winnipeg | HPK | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Andrew Ference | Boston | Ceske Budejovice | Czech Extraliga |
| Valtteri Filppula | Detroit | Jokerit | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Kurtis Foster | Minnesota | Tappara | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Cody Franson | Toronto | Brynas | Swedish Elite League |
| Michael Frolik | Chicago | HC Chomutov | Czech Extraliga |
| Sam Gagner | Edmonton | EC KAC | EBEL (Aus) |
| Sergei Gonchar | Ottawa | Metallurg | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Mikhail Grabovski | Toronto | CSKA Moscow | KHL |
| Colin Greening | Ottawa | Aalborg Pirates | AL-Bank Ligaen |
| Carl Hagelin | NY Rangers | Sodertalje SK | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Jannik Hansen | Vancouver | Tappara | SM-Liiga |
| Martin Hanzal | Phoenix | NC Mountfield | Czech Extraliga |
| Victor Hedman | Tampa Bay | HC Barys | KHL |
| Ales Hemsky | Edmonton | Pardubice | Czech Extraliga |
| Patric Hornqvist | Nashville | Djurgardens IF | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Jiri Hudler | Calgary | Lev Praha | KHL |
| Jaromir Jagr | Dallas | Kladno | Czech Extraliga |
| Jesse Joensuu | NY Islanders | Assat | Finnish League |
| Marcus Johansson | Washington | BIK Karlskoga | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Jussi Jokinen | Carolina | Oulu | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Roman Josi | Nashville | Bern | Swiss National A League |
| Tomas Kaberle | Montreal | Kladno | Czech Extraliga |
| Evander Kane | Winnipeg | HC Dinamo Minsk | KHL |
| Patrick Kane | Chicago | EHC Biel | Swiss National A League |
| Erik Karlsson | Ottawa | Jokerit | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Anton Khudobin | Boston | HC Atlant Moscow Oblast | KHL |
| Jakub Kindl | Detroit | CSOB Pojistovna Pardubice | Czech Extraliga |
| Rostislav Klesla | Phoenix | Trinec | Czech Extraliga |
| Tomas Kopecky | Florida | HK Dukla Trencin | Slovak Extraliga |
| Mikko Koivu | Minnesota | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Anze Kopitar | Los Angeles | Mora | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Lauri Korpikoski | Phoenix | TPS | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | Nashville | Avangard Omsk | KHL |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | New Jersey | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL |
| David Krejci | Boston | Pardubice | Czech Extraliga |
| Pavel Kubina | Philadelphia | HC Vitkovice Steel | Czech Extraliga |
| Nikolai Kulemin | Toronto | Metallurg | KHL |
| Dmitry Kulikov | Florida | HC Lokomotiv | KHL |
| Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado | Djargarden | Swedish Elite League |
| Brooks Laich | Washington | Kloten Flyers | Swiss National A League |
| Philip Larsen | Dallas | Lukko | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Anders Lindback | Tampa Bay | Ilves | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Joffrey Lupul | Toronto | Avtobomilist | KHL |
| Clarke MacArthur | Toronto | ETC Crimmitschau | ESBG (Ger) |
| Andrew MacDonald | NY Islanders | HC Karlovy Vary | Czech Extraliga |
| Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh | Metallurg | KHL |
| Andrei Markov | Montreal | HC Vityaz | KHL |
| Radek Martinek | Columbus | Ceske Budejovice | Czech Extraliga |
| Ryan McDonagh | NY Rangers | HC Barys | KHL |
| Milan Michalek | Ottawa | NC Mountfield | Czech Extraliga |
| Brendan Mikkelson | Tampa Bay | Vasteras | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Drew Miller | Detroit | Braehead Clan | EIHL (UK) |
| Douglas Murray | San Jose | Djurgardens IF | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Tyler Myers | Buffalo | EC KAC | EBEL (Aus) |
| Rick Nash | NY Rangers | Davos | Swiss National A League |
| Michal Neuvirth | Washington | Sparta Praha | Czech Extraliga |
| Frans Nielsen | NY Islanders | Lukko | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Nikita Nikitin | Columbus | Avangard Omsk Oblast | KHL |
| Andreas Nodl | Carolina | HC TWK Innsbruck | EBEL (Austria) |
| Patrick O’Sullivan | Phoenix | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Alex Ovechkin | Washington | Dynamo Moscow | KHL |
| Max Pacioretty | Montreal | Ambri Piotta | Swiss National A League |
| Ondrej Pavelec | Winnipeg | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech Extraliga |
| Lennart Petrell | Edmonton | HIFK | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Rich Peverley | Boston | JYP | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Tomas Plekanec | Montreal | Kladno | Czech Extraliga |
| Roman Polak | St. Louis | HC Vitkovice | Czech Extraliga |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | Winnipeg | HC Donbass | KHL |
| Corey Potter | Edmonton | Vienna Capitals | EBEL (Austria) |
| Vinny Prospal | Columbus | NC Mountfield | Czech Extraliga |
| Tuukka Rask | Boston | HC Plzen | Czech Extraliga |
| Matt Read | Philadelphia | Sodertalje SK | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Peter Regin | Ottawa | Langenthal | Swiss National B League |
| Pekka Rinne | Nashville | HC Dinamo Minsk | KHL |
| Stephane Robidas | Dallas | HIFK | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Michal Roszival | Chicago | HC Plzen | Czech Extraliga |
| Kris Russell | St. Louis | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Mike Santorelli | Florida | Tingsryds AIF | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Luca Sbisa | Anaheim | HC Lugano | Swiss National A League |
| Tom Sestito | Philadelphia | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL (UK) |
| Tyler Seguin | Boston | EHC Biel | Swiss National A League |
| Dennis Seidenberg | Boston | Adler Mannheim | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Andrej Sekera | Buffalo | HC Slovan Bratislava | KHL |
| Alexander Semin | Carolina | Sokol Krasnoyarsk | VHL (Russia) |
| Wayne Simmonds | Philadelphia | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech Extraliga |
| Jack Skille | Florida | Rosenborg | GET-Ligaen (Nor) |
| Ladislav Smid | Edmonton | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech Extraliga |
| Craig Smith | Nashville | KalPa | SM-Liiga (Fin) |
| Vladimir Sobotka | St. Louis | Slavia Praha | Czech Extraliga |
| Jason Spezza | Ottawa | Rapperswil-Jona | Swiss National A League |
| Jared Spurgeon | Minnesota | SC Langnau | Swiss National A League |
| Viktor Stalberg | Chicago | Frolunda HC | Swedish Elite League |
| Alexander Steen | St. Louis | Modo | Swedish Elite League |
| Chris Stewart | St. Louis | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech Extraliga |
| Mark Streit | NY Islanders | Bern | Swiss National A League |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | St. Louis | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL |
| Tomas Tatar | Detroit | SHK 37 Piestany | Slovak Extraliga |
| John Tavares | NY Islanders | SC Bern | Swiss National A League |
| Joe Thornton | San Jose | Davos | Swiss National A League |
| Jiri Tlusty | Carolina | Kladno | Czech Extraliga |
| Thomas Vanek | Buffalo | Graz 99ers | EBEL (Austria) |
| Semyon Varlamov | Colorado | HC Lokomotiv | KHL |
| Semyon Varlamov | Colorado | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | NY Islanders | Slovan Bratislava | KHL |
| Jakub Voracek | Philadelphia | HC Lev Praha | KHL |
| Tom Wandell | Dallas | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL |
| Yannick Weber | Montreal | Geneva-Servette | Swiss National A League |
| Blake Wheeler | Winnipeg | EHC Munchen | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Tommy Wingels | San Jose | Kookoo | Mestis (Div II) |
| Nail Yakupov | Edmonton | Neftekhimik | KHL |
| Marek Zidlicky | New Jersey | Kladno | Czech Extraliga |
| Henrik Zetterberg | Detroit | EV Zug | Swiss National A League |
| Sources: TSN, The Fourth Period and others. | |||
* Updated: Oct 12th
* Niklas Backstrom had signed with Dynamo Minsk, but he got injured and they went with Pekka Rinne instead.
