You may not agree with our rankings, but here is our initial 2015 Top 25 NHL free agent list.
In creating this list we took into consideration factors such as players age, position, injury history, likelihood of signing with another team, etc.
Also factoring into the rankings is how a player may be in 3-4+ years, and not just in 1 or 2 years. Players like Martin St. Louis and Jaromir Jagr fall down the list a bit because of this. Most free agent deals for the top players are longer than 2 years, hence why we rank this way.
Also check out Todd Cordell’s top free agent lists: Centers | Wingers | Defensemen | Goalies
| Rk. | Player | Team | Pos. | Age | 2014-15 Cap Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Boychuk |  | D | 31 | $3.366 million |
| 2 | Cody Franson |  | D | 27 | $3.3 million |
| 3 | Carl Soderberg |  | C | 29 | $1.008 million |
| 4 | Andrej Sekera |  | D | 28 | $2.75 million |
| 5 | Antoine Vermette |  | C | 32 | $3.75 million |
| 6 | Christian Ehrhoff |  | D | 32 | $4 million |
| 7 | Mats Zuccarello |  | RW | 27 | $3.5 million |
| 8 | Mike Green |  | D | 29 | $6.083 million |
| 9 | Mike Ribeiro |  | C | 34 | $1.05 million |
| 10 | Jeff Petry |  | D | 27 | $3.075 million |
| 11 | Justin Williams |  | RW | 33 | $3.65 million |
| 12 | Martin St. Louis | | RW | 39 | $5.625 million |
| 13 | Paul Martin | | D | 33 | $5 million |
| 14 | Antti Niemi |  | G | 31 | $3.8 million |
| 15 | Matt Beleskey |  | LW | 26 | $1.35 million |
| 16 | Brad Richards |  | C | 34 | $2 million |
| 17 | Marc Methot |  | D | 29 | $3 million |
| 18 | Michael Frolik |  | RW | 26 | $3.3 million |
| 19 | Jaromir Jagr |  | RW | 42 | $3.5 million |
| 20 | Francois Beauchemin | | D | 34 | $3.5 million |
| 21 | Jiri Tlusty | | LW | 26 | $2.95 million |
| 22 | Mike Santorelli | | C | 29 | $1.5 million |
| 23 | Zybnek Michalek | | D | 32 | $4 million |
| 24 | Jhonas Enroth |  | G | 26 | $1.25 million |
| 25 | Mike Fisher | | C | 34 | $4.2 million |
