Next summerModel contract values

Free Agency Tracker

Next summer's free agents: every player whose contract runs out after this season and hasn't been extended, ranked by our ratings, with the model's projected next contract.

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Cap hit is this season's. Model value = our rank-based expected next contract from ratings. Players already extended are left out. UFAs can sign anywhere on July 1; RFAs stay team-controlled (qualifying offers, offer sheets, arbitration). Data refreshes hourly.

Free agent tracker

Free agency overview

176 rated NHL players have contracts that expire after 2026-27 without an extension and are set for unrestricted free agency in the summer of 2027, with another 83 heading for restricted free agency. Unrestricted free agents can sign with any club on July 1; restricted free agents stay under team control through qualifying offers, offer sheets and arbitration. 2 free agents are still unsigned from last summer.

Unsigned free agents

Player	Last team	Pos	Status	Last cap hit	Model value
Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	RFA	$894K	$6.28M
Arthur Kaliyev	MIN	LW	UFA (No QO)	$775K	$5M

Top pending UFAs (2027)

Player	Team	Pos	Overall	Cap hit	Model value
Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	98.7	$12M	$18M
Quinn Hughes	MIN	LD	98.1	$7.85M	$13M
Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	LD	97.7	$3.2M	$11.4M
Nikita Kucherov	TBL	RW	94.1	$9.5M	$16.8M
Semyon Varlamov	NYI	G	92.9	$2.75M	$6.8M
Alex Lyon	BUF	G	92.3	$1.5M	$6.5M
Scott Wedgewood	COL	G	92.3	$2.5M	$6.4M
John Gibson	DET	G	91.1	$6.4M	$6M
Erik Gustafsson	LAK	LD	87.7	$1M	$9.89M
Ryan Ellis	CHI	RD	87.5	$6.25M	$8.76M
Jared McCann	SEA	LW	87.4	$5M	$9.45M
Michael DiPietro	BOS	G	87.1	$813K	$5M
Anton Forsberg	LAK	G	85.6	$2.25M	$4.75M
Charle-Édouard D'Astous	TBL	LD	84.2	$875K	$8.29M
Jared Spurgeon	MIN	RD	83.9	$7.58M	$8.2M

Top pending RFAs (2027)

Player	Team	Pos	Overall	Cap hit
Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	G	98.5	$2.2M
Joel Hofer	STL	G	96.3	$3.4M
Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	81.4	$3M
Will Smith	SJS	RW	80.2	$950K
Jack Quinn	BUF	RW	79.9	$3.38M
Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	RD	79.8	$887K
Matvei Michkov	PHI	RW	76.2	$950K
Kent Johnson	CBJ	RW	75.4	$1.8M
Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	RW	75.1	$950K
Dmitri Voronkov	CBJ	LW	72.4	$4.17M

Model value is the cap hit the BluelineMetrics contract model expects for the player's production, age and position, based on what comparable players have signed for. It is a fair-price estimate, not a prediction of the contract he will actually sign.