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A comprehensive list of all 2021 NHL free agents and signings, including stories and analysis.
NOTE: Some of these players may have recently signed with their respective team; however, their contract had not yet been filed with the League.

Anaheim Ducks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Max Comtois (re-signed), Max Jones (re-signed), Isac Lundestrom (re-signed), Josh Mahura (re-signed), Sam Steel (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Andrew Agozzino (signed: OTT), David Backes (retired), Ryan Getzlaf (re-signed), Ryan Miller (retired), Andrew Poturalski (signed: CAR), Carter Rowney (signed: DET), Andy Welinski (signed: CGY).
Group 6 UFAs:Chase De Leo (signed: NJD).
UFAs:Danton Heinen (signed: PIT).

Arizona Coyotes

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Cam Dineen (signed: ARI), Bokondji Imama (signed: LAK), Dysin Mayo (re-signed), Lane Pederson (signed: SJS), Blake Speers (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Derick Brassard (signed: PHI), Michael Chaput (signed: PIT), Jason Demers, Alex Goligoski (signed: MIN), Niklas Hjalmarsson (retired), Marian Hossa, Aaron Ness, Jordan Oesterle (signed: DET), Emil Pettersson, Antti Raanta (signed: CAR).
Group 6 UFAs:Michael Bunting (signed: TOR), Hudson Fasching (re-signed), Jordan Gross (signed: COL).
UFAs:Frederik Gauthier (signed; NJD), John Hayden (signed: BUF), Dryden Hunt (signed: NYR), Nathan Sucese.

Boston Bruins

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Callum Booth (re-signed), Zach Senyshyn (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Paul Carey, Jaroslav Halak (signed: VAN), Steven Kampfer (signed: KHL), Alex Khokhlachev, David Krejci (signed: Czech Extraliga), Sean Kuraly (signed: CBJ), Greg McKegg (signed: NYR), Kevan Miller (retired), Tuukka Rask, Mike Reilly (re-signed), Jarred Tinordi (signed: NYR).
Group 6 UFAs: None
UFAs:Ondrej Kase (signed: TOR), Robert Lantosi, Nick Ritchie (signed: TOR).

Buffalo Sabres

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Rasmus Asplund (re-signed), Rasmus Dahlin (re-signed), Casey Fitzgerald (re-signed), Henri Jokiharju (re-signed), Casey Mittelstadt (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Brandon Davidson (re-signed), Jean-Sebastien Dea (signed: MTL), Steven Fogarty (signed: BOS), Michael Houser, Carter Hutton (signed: ARI), Matt Irwin (signed: WSH), Jake McCabe (signed: CHI), Casey Nelson, Tobias Rieder (PTO with ANA), Riley Sheahan (signed: SEA), Linus Ullmark (signed: BOS).
Group 6 UFAs:C.J. Smith (signed: CAR).
UFAs: Dawson Dipietro, Stefanos Lekkas.

Calgary Flames

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Dillon Dube (re-signed), Glenn Gawdin (re-signed), Justin Kirkland (re-signed), Oliver Kylington (re-signed), Carl-Johan Lerby, Connor Mackey (re-signed), Tyler Parsons (re-signed), Matthew Phillips (re-signed), Luke Philp (re-signed), Colton Poolman (re-signed), Alexander Yelesin.
Group 3 UFAs:Louis Domingue (signed: PIT), Spencer Foo, Josh Leivo (signed: CAR), Nikita Nesterov, Joakim Nordstrom, Alexander Petrovic (signed: DAL), Zac Rinaldo (signed: CBJ), Buddy Robinson (signed: ANA), Derek Ryan (signed: EDM), Michael Stone (re-signed).
Group 6 UFAs: None
UFAs:Dominik Simon (signed: PIT), Artyom Zagidulin.

Carolina Hurricanes

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: Egor Korshkov, Maxime Lajoie (re-signed), Andrei Svechnikov (re-signed), Dylan Wells.
Group 3 UFAs:Jonathan Bernier (signed: NJD), Antoine Bibeau (signed: SEA), Dave Gust, Jani Hakanpaa (signed: DAL), Dougie Hamilton (signed: NJD), Saku Maenalanen, Jordan Martinook (signed: CAR), Max McCormick (signed: SEA), Brock McGinn (signed: PIT), Petr Mrazek (signed: TOR), Cedric Paquette (signed: MTL), James Reimer (signed: SJS), Joakim Ryan, Drew Shore, David Warsofsky.
Group 6 UFAs:Roland McKeown (signed: COL), Sheldon Rempal (signed: VAN).
UFAs: Jeremy Helvig.

Chicago Blackhawks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Nikita Zadorov (traded: CGY).
Group 3 UFAs:Vinnie Hinostroza (signed: BUF), Brandon Pirri, Zack Smith (retired), Matt Tomkins.
Group 6 UFAs: Anton Lindholm.
UFAs: Josh Dickinson, David Kampf (signed: TOR), Pius Suter (signed: DET).

Colorado Avalanche

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Dennis Gilbert (re-signed), Tyson Jost (re-signed)
Group 3 UFAs:Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (signed: TBL), Matt Calvert (retired), Sheldon Dries (signed: VAN), Devan Dubnyk, Philipp Grubauer (signed: SEA), Patrik Nemeth (signed: NYR), Dan Renouf (signed: DET), Brandon Saad (signed: STL), Miikka Salomaki, Carl Soderberg, T.J. Tynan (signed: LAK), Mike Vecchione (signed: WSH).
Group 6 UFAs:Kyle Burroughs (signed: VAN), Liam O'Brien (signed: ARI).
UFAs: Travis Barron, Peyton Jones, Ty Lewis, Adam Werner (signed: CGY).

Columbus Blue Jackets

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Jake Bean (re-signed), Patrik Laine (re-signed), Alexandre Texier (re-signed), Calvin Thurkauf (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Adam Clendening (signed: PHI), Zac Dalpe (signed: FLA), Michael Del Zotto (signed: OTT), Brandon Dubinsky, Mikhail Grigorenko (KHL), Mikko Lehtonen (re-signed), Stefan Matteau (signed: COL), Daniel Zaar.
Group 6 UFAs:Ryan MacInnis (signed: BUF).
UFAs: Cliff Pu, Kole Sherwood (signed: OTT).

Dallas Stars

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Nick Caamano, Joseph Cecconi (re-signed), Ben Gleason (re-signed), Joel Kiviranta (re-signed), Adam Mascherin, Colton Point, Jerad Rosburg (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Andrew Cogliano (signed: SJS), Justin Dowling (signed: VAN), Taylor Fedun (signed: PIT), Stephen Johns (retired), Mark Pysyk (signed: BUF), Matej Stransky, Sami Vatanen.
Group 6 UFAs: Landon Bow.
UFAs:Julius Honka (SHL).

Detroit Red Wings

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Tyler Bertuzzi (re-signed), Adam Erne (re-signed), Filip Hronek (re-signed), Gustav Lindstrom (re-signed), Chase Pearson (re-signed), Givani Smith (re-signed), Jakub Vrana (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Alex Biega (signed: TOR), Kevin Boyle, Turner Elson, Valtteri Filppula, Sam Gagner (re-signed), Luke Glendening (signed: DAL), Darren Helm (signed: COL), Dylan McIlrath (signed: WSH), Calvin Pickard (re-signed), Bobby Ryan, Patrik Rybar, Henrik Zetterberg.
Group 6 UFAs:Joe Hicketts (signed: MIN), Dominic Turgeon (signed: MIN).
UFAs: Mathias Brome, Christian Djoos, Evgeny Svechnikov, Hayden Verbeek.

Edmonton Oilers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Warren Foegele (re-signed), Tyler Benson (re-signed), Cooper Marody (re-signed), Stuart Skinner(re-signed), Kailer Yamamoto (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Tyson Barrie (re-signed), Alex Chiasson (PTO with VAN), Adam Cracknell, Tyler Ennis (signed: OTT), Joseph Gambardella (signed: NJD), Gaeten Haas, Slater Koekkoek (re-signed), Dmitry Kulikov (signed: MIN), Joakim Nygard, Alan Quine, Patrick Russell, Anton Slepyshev.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Dominik Kahun, Jujhar Khaira (signed: CHI), Theodor Lennstrom.

Florida Panthers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Juho Lammikko (re-signed), Sam Montembeault (re-signed), Chase Priskie (re-signed), Sam Reinhart (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Tommy Cross (signed: STL), Emil Djuse, Nikita Gusev, Brandon Montour (re-signed), Ethan Prow (signed: BUF), Alex Wennberg (signed: SEA), Scott Wilson.
Group 6 UFAs: Philippe Desrosiers, Brady Keeper (signed: VAN).
UFAs: Patrick Bajkov, Ryan Bednard, Jake Massie, Brad Morrison, Alec Rauhauser, Lucas Wallmark (KHL).

Los Angeles Kings

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Lias Andersson (re-signed), Andreas Athanasiou (re-signed), Brayden Burke (re-signed), Kale Clague (re-signed), Jacob Moverare (re-signed), Austin Strand (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Alt, Troy Grosenick (signed: BOS)
Group 6 UFAs: Daniel Brickley.
UFAs:Michael Eyssimont (signed: WPG), Matt Luff (signed: NSH), Drake Rymsha, Tyler Steenbergen.

Minnesota Wild

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:William Bitten (re-signed), Brandon Duhaime (re-signed), Kevin Fiala (re-signed), Mason Shaw (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Matt Bartkowski, Nick Bonino (signed: SJS), Ian Cole (signed: CAR), Gabriel Dumont (signed: TBL), Brad Hunt (signed: VAN), Marcus Johansson (signed: SEA), Gerald Mayhew (signed: PHI), Kyle Rau.
Group 6 UFAs:Louie Belpedio (signed: MTL), Luke Johnson (signed: WPG), Ian McCoshen (PTO with VGK).
UFAs: Dmitry Sokolov.

Montreal Canadiens

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Jesperi Kotkaniemi (signed: CAR), Artturi Lehkonen (re-signed), Otto Leskinen, Michael McNiven (re-signed), Michael Pezzetta (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Joel Armia (re-signed), Phillip Danault (signed: LAK), Vasili Demchenko, Michael Frolik, Erik Gustafsson (PTO with NYI), Charles Hudon (signed: TBL), Charlie Lindgren (signed: STL), Jon Merrill (signed: MIN), Corey Perry (signed: TBL), Eric Staal, Tomas Tatar (signed: NJD), Jordan Weal.
Group 6 UFAs:Gustav Olofsson (signed: SEA).
UFAs: Joseph Blandisi, Jake Lucchini.

Nashville Predators

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Dante Fabbro (re-signed), Tanner Jeannot (re-signed), Mathieu Olivier (re-signed), Rem Pitlick (signed: MIN), Anthony Richard (re-signed), Juuse Saros (re-signed), Eeli Tolvanen (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Mikael Granlund (re-signed), Erik Gudbranson (signed: CGY), Erik Haula (signed: BOS), Kasimir Kaskisuo, Brad Richardson (signed: CGY), Pekka Rinne (retired), Luca Sbisa.
Group 6 UFAs:Michael Carcone (signed: ARI), Josh Healey, Tyler Lewington (signed: BOS), Sean Malone (signed: BUF), Michael McCarron (re-signed).
UFAs: Lukas Craggs, Josh Wilkins.

New Jersey Devils

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: A.J. Greer, Janne Kuokkanen (re-signed), Gilles Senn, Yegor Sharangovich (re-signed), Marian Studenic.
Group 3 UFAs: Christoph Bertschy, Connor Carrick (signed: SEA), Aaron Dell (signed: BUF), Mason Jobst, Ryan Murray (signed: COL), Ben Street, Matt Tennyson.
Group 6 UFAs:Josh Jacobs (signed: CAR), Brett Seney (signed: TOR).
UFAs: Evan Cormier, Brandon Gignac, David Quenneville, Colby Sissons.

New York Islanders

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Anthony Beauvillier (re-signed), Kieffer Bellows, Otto Koivula (re-signed), Adam Pelech (re-signed), Ilya Sorokin (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Cole Bardreau (re-signed), Casey Cizikas (re-signed), Braydon Coburn, Tanner Fritz (signed: Hartford - AHL), Kyle Palmieri (re-signed), Cory Schneider (re-signed), Travis Zajac (retired).
Group 6 UFAs:Joshua Ho-Sang (signed: TOR).
UFAs: Robert Carpenter, Michael Dal Colle, Dmytro Timashov (re-signed).

New York Rangers

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Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Filip Chytil (re-signed), Tim Gettinger (re-signed), Libor Hajek (re-signed), Adam Huska (re-signed),Ty Ronning (re-signed), Igor Shesterkin (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Phillip Di Giuseppe (signed: VAN), Jack Johnson (signed: COL), Brendan Smith (signed: CAR).
Group 6 UFAs:Nick DeSimone (signed: CGY), Darren Raddysh (signed: TBL).
UFAs: Brandon Crawley, Gabriel Fontaine, Patrick Newell, Yegor Rykov.

Ottawa Senators

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: Vitaly Abramov, Olle Alsing, Drake Batherson (re-signed), Logan Brown (re-signed), Filip Gustavsson (re-signed), Brady Tkachuk (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Artem Anisimov (released from PTO by COL), Ryan Dzingel (signed: ARI), Cody Goloubef, Micheal Haley, Matthew Peca (signed: STL), Derek Stepan (signed: CAR), Mikael Wikstrand.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Michael Amadio (signed: TOR), J.C. Beaudin, Jonathan Davidsson, Brandon Fortunato, Marcus Hogberg, Jack Kopacka, Zachary Magwood.

Philadelphia Flyers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Connor Bunnaman (re-signed), Carter Hart (re-signed), David Kase, Travis Sanheim (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Andy Andreoff (signed: NYI), Brian Elliott (signed: TBL), Alex Lyon (signed: CAR), Matt Niskanen (retired), Derrick Pouliot, Nate Prosser, Tyler Wotherspoon.
Group 6 UFAs: Chris Bigras.
UFAs: Pascal Laberge.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Zach Aston-Reese (re-signed), Radim Zohorna (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Pontus Aberg (signed: OTT), Lukas Bengtsson, Cody Ceci (signed: EDM), Josh Currie, Kevin Czuczman (signed: MIN), Frederick Gaudreau (signed: MIN), Maxime Lagace (signed: TBL), Andrey Pedan, Evan Rodrigues (signed: PIT), Colton Sceviour (signed: EDM), Zach Trotman, Yannick Weber (retired from NHL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Mark Jankowski, Emil Larmi, Jesper Lindgren, Sam Miletic.

San Jose Sharks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Adin Hill (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Kurtis Gabriel (signed: TOR), Fredrik Handemark, Patrick Marleau, Greg Pateryn (signed: ANA), Marcus Sorensen.
Group 6 UFAs:Maxim Letunov (signed: CAR).
UFAs:Ryan Donato (signed: SEA), Nick Merkley (signed: SJS)

Seattle Kraken

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Will Borgen (re-signed), Dennis Cholowski (re-signed), Vince Dunn (re-signed), Cale Fleury (re-signed), Kole Lind, Alexander True (re-signed), Carsen Twarynski(re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Gavin Bayreuther (signed: CBJ)
Group 6 UFAs: John Quenneville.
UFAs: None.

St. Louis Blues

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Ivan Barbashev (re-signed), Pavel Buchnevich (re-signed), Dakota Joshua (re-signed), Jordan Kyrou (re-signed), Zach Sanford (re-signed), Robert Thomas (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Tyler Bozak (re-signed), Jon Gillies, Carl Gunnarsson (retired), Mike Hoffman (signed: MTL), Petteri Lindbohm, Curtis McKenzie, Jaden Schwartz (signed: SEA), Alexander Steen (retired).
Group 6 UFAs:Austin Poganski (signed: WPG), Mitch Reinke.
UFAs: Jacob de la Rose, Evan Fitzpatrick, Erik Foley, Evan Polei.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Alex Barre-Boulet (re-signed), Ross Colton (re-signed), Sean Day (re-signed), Cal Foote, (re-signed) Boris Katchouk (re-signed), Taylor Raddysh (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Blake Coleman (signed: CGY), Marian Gaborik, Christopher Gibson (signed: FLA), Brian Lashoff (signed: DET), Curtis McElhinney (retired), Boo Nieves, Anders Nilsson (retired), David Savard (signed: MTL), Luke Schenn (signed: VAN), Luke Witkowski (signed: DET).
Group 6 UFAs:Andreas Borgman (signed: DAL), Ben Thomas.
UFAs: Ryan Lohin.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Joseph Duszak (re-signed), Denis Malgin.
Group 3 UFAs: Kenny Agostino, Frederik Andersen (signed: CAR), Zach Bogosian (signed: TBL), Nick Foligno (signed: BOS), Alex Galchenyuk (signed: ARI), Ben Hutton, Zach Hyman (signed: EDM), Kalle Kossila, Martin Marincin, Riley Nash (signed: WPG), Stefan Noesen (signed: CAR), David Rittich (signed: NSH), Calle Rosen (signed: STL), Scott Sabourin (signed: OTT), Antti Suomela, Joe Thornton (signed: FLA).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Nic Petan (signed: VAN), Veini Vehvilainen.

Vancouver Canucks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Guillaume Brisebois (re-signed), Jason Dickinson (re-signed), Lukas Jasek, Olli Juolevi (re-signed), Elias Pettersson (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Sven Baertschi (signed: VGK), Travis Boyd (signed: ARI), Alexander Edler (signed: LAK), Tyler Graovac, Travis Hamonic (re-signed), Ashton Sautner, Brandon Sutter (re-signed), Jimmy Vesey (signed: NJD).
Group 6 UFAs:Justin Bailey (re-signed), Jalen Chatfield (signed: CAR), Brogan Rafferty (signed: ANA), Josh Teves.
UFAs: Mitch Eliot, Jayce Hawryluk, Jake Kielly, Marc Michaelis, Petrus Palmu.

Vegas Golden Knights

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Dylan Coghlan (re-signed), Nolan Patrick (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Patrick Brown (re-signed), Oscar Dansk, Tyrell Goulbourne, Mattias Janmark (re-signed), Tomas Jurco, Alec Martinez (re-signed), Tomas Nosek (signed: BOS), Danny O'Regan (signed: ANA).
Group 6 UFAs:Carl Dahlstrom (signed: TOR), Reid Duke, Gage Quinney (re-signed), Jimmy Schuldt (signed: BUF), Dylan Sikura (signed: COL).
UFAs: None.

Washington Capitals

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Lucas Johansen (re-signed), Ilya Samsonov (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Craig Anderson (signed: BUF), Daniel Carr, Zdeno Chara (signed: NYI), Paul LaDue (signed: NYI), Henrik Lundqvist, (retired), Phillippe Maillet, Michael Raffl (signed: DAL), Cameron Schilling.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: None.

Winnipeg Jets

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Andrew Copp (re-signed), Johnathan Kovacevic (re-signed), Neal Pionk (re-signed), Logan Stanley (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Jordie Benn (signed: MIN), Laurent Brossoit (signed: VGK), Derek Forbort (signed: BOS), Trevor Lewis (signed: CGY), Mathieu Perreault (signed: MTL), Tucker Poolman (signed: VAN), Nate Thompson (signed: PHI)
Group 6 UFAs:Eric Comrie (re-signed).
UFAs: Marko Dano, Luke Green, Cole Kehler, Skyler McKenzie.
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FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH - GROUP 2
Players ave been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
OFFER / COMPENSATION
$1,356,540 or below / NoneOver $1,356,540 to $2,055,364 / Third-round choiceOver $2,055,364 to $4,110,732 / Second-round choiceOver $4,110,732 to $6,166,096 / First-round and third-round choiceOver $6,166,096 to $8,221,463 / First-round, second-round and third-round choiceOver $8,221,463 to $10,276,829 / Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choiceOver $10,276,829 / Four first-round choices
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 3
Players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 6
Players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.