Top 25 2015 NHL Free Agents

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