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Here’s my spreadsheet for upcoming UFAs, each team’s cap situation, and a trade tracker. I update the spreadsheet daily. I use CapFriendly to create this list and AFP Analytics for the contract projections.

Edit: Spreadsheet has been updated with AFP's latest projections and I added a new section for RFAs.

Spoiler: UFAs By Position

Top-6 Forwards
Sam Reinhart	RW	28	8y/10.25m
Jake Guentzel	W	29	6y/7.94m
Steven Stamkos	LW/C	34	3y/6.30m
Jonathan Marchessault	W	33	3y/6.25m
Joe Pavelski	RW	39	1y/3.94m
Matt Duchene	RW/C	33	3y/6.46m
Sean Monahan	FW	29	3y/2.87m
Tyler Toffoli	W	32	5y/6.53m
Jonathan Drouin	W	29	4y/4.46m
Teuvo Teravainen	W	29	5y/6.13m
Vladimir Tarasenko	RW	32	3y/5.64m
Adam Henrique	LW/C	34	2y/4.60m
Chandler Stephenson	C/LW	30	5y/5.77m
Max Domi	C/RW	29	3y/4.17m
Patrick Kane	RW	35	2y/5.51m
Elias Lindholm	C/RW	29	7y/8.04m
Anthony Mantha	W	29	3y/4.40m
Daniel Sprong	W	27	3y/3.89m
Jake DeBrusk	W	27	5y/5.92m
David Perron	W	36	2y/2.80m
Tyler Bertuzzi	W	29	5y/6.00m
Anthony Duclair	W	28	3y/3.22m
Jason Zucker	W	32	3y/5.46m
Jack Roslovic	C/RW	27	3y/3.11m
Max Pacioretty	LW	35
Alexander Barabanov	W	30	3y/3.03m

Top-4 Defecemen
Shayne Gostisbehere	LD/RD	31	3y/4.38m
Brady Skjei	LD	30	6y/7.39m
Noah Hanifin	LD	27	7y/7.69m
Brandon Montour	RD	30	7y/8.71m
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	LD	32	3y/3.67m
Dylan DeMelo	RD	31	4y/5.07m
Sean Walker	LD/RD	29	4y/4.87m
Matt Roy	RD	29	4y/5.58m
TJ Brodie	LD/RD	34	3y/4.91m
Brenden Dillon	LD	33	2y/3.91m
Alexandre Carrier	RD	27	3y/3.57m
Nikita Zadorov	LD/RD	29	4y/5.10m
Chris Tanev	RD	34	3y/4.68m
Brett Pesce	RD	29	6y/6.72m
Matt Grzelcyk	LD	30	3y/4.07m
Oliver Kylington	LD/RD	27

Bottom-6 Forwards
James van Riemsdyk	W	35	1y/1.50m
Warren Foegele	W	28	4y/3.58m
Stefan Noesen	W	31	2y/3.23m
Danton Heinen	W	28
Tyler Johnson	FW	33
Alexander Wennberg	C	29	4y/4.21m
Jordan Martinook	W	31	2y/2.79m
Dakota Joshua	LW	28	3y/3.00m
Michael Amadio	W	28
Teddy Blueger	C/LW	29	2y/2.56m
Sam Lafferty	FW	29	2y/1.72m
Kiefer Sherwood	W	29
Mike Hoffman	LW	34	1y/1.86m
Tomas Tatar	W	33	1y/2.21m
Kyle Okposo	RW	36	1y/1.96m
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	27
Andrew Cogliano	LW	37
Jakob Silfverberg	W	33	2y/2.78m
Cal Clutterbuck	RW	36
Corey Perry	RW	39
Patrick Maroon	W	36
Yakov Trenin	LW/C	27	3y/3.33m
Dominik Kubalik	W	28	2y/1.34m
Anthony Beauvillier	W	27
Sam Carrick	C/RW	32
Tanner Pearson	LW	31
Zemgus Girgensons	LW/C	30	2y/1.74m
Colin Blackwell	C/RW	31
Brandon Duhaime	W	27
Nick Cousins	LW/C	30
Connor Brown	W	30
Joel Kiviranta	W	28
William Carrier	LW	29	3y/2.68m
Tyler Motte	W	29	3y/2.55m
Samuel Blais	W	28	1y/0.94m
Tyson Jost	C	26

Bottom-Pairing Defencemen
Erik Gustafsson	LD	32	3y/4.99m
Tyler Myers	RD	34	2y/2.67m
Justin Schultz	RD	33	2y/3.81m
Kevin Shattenkirk	RD	35	1y/1.37m
Jalen Chatfield	RD	28	3y/2.77m
Mike Reilly	LD	30	1y/1.24m
Dmitry Kulikov	LD/RD	33
Alec Martinez	LD	36	1y/1.7m
Tyson Barrie	RD	32	2y/3.72m
Jani Hakanpaa	RD	32	2y/2.38m
Vincent Desharnais	RD	28	2y/1.41m
Ian Cole	LD/RD	35	2y/3.09m
Matt Dumba	RD	29	3y/3.73m
Colin Miller	RD	31
Mark Giordano	LD	40	1y/3.11m
Marco Scandella	LD	34
Calvin De Haan	LD/RD	33
Josh Brown	RD	30
Ilya Lyubushkin	RD	30	1y/1.31m
Joel Edmundson	LD/RD	31
Troy Stecher	RD	30
Derek Forbort	LD	32
Erik Johnson	RD	36	1y/1.13m

Forward Depth
Christian Fischer	W	27
Craig Smith	RW	34
Victor Olofsson	W	28
Trevor Lewis	RW/C	37
Justin Bailey	RW	29
Kevin Stenlund	C/RW	27
Jeff Carter	RW/C	39
Ryan Carpenter	RW/C	33
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	28	2y/1.53m
AJ Greer	W	27
Liam O'Brien	W	29
Chris Tierney	C	30
Mattias Janmark	W	31
Sam Gagner	RW/C	34
Brendan Smith	LD/RD	35
Eric Robinson	LW	29
Zach Parise	LW	39
Kevin Labanc	W	28	2y/1.94m
Fredrik Olofsson	C/LW	28
Alex Barre-Boulet	W	27
Matt Martin	W	35
Radim Zohorna	W	28
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	C/LW	39
Tyler Pitlick	RW	32
Austin Watson	W	32
Tomas Nosek	LW/C	31
Jansen Harkins	LW	27
Rourke Chartier	C	28
Steven Lorentz	FW	28

Defensive Depth
Jack Johnson	LD	37
Vincent Desharnais	RD	28	2y/1.41m
Anthony Deangelo	RD	28	2y/1.80m
Jarred Tinordi	LD	32
Sebastian Aho	LD	28
Dakota Mermis	LD/RD	30
Jacob MacDonald	LD/RD	31
Dennis Gilbert	LD	27
Nikita Zaitsev	RD	32
Nick DeSimone	RD	29
Travis Dermott	LD/RD	27
Caleb Jones	LD/RD	27
Chad Ruhwedel	RD	34
William Lageson	LD/RD	28

Goaltenders
Cam Talbot	G	36	1y/1.89m
Ilya Samsonov	G	27	2y/3.26m
Alex Nedeljkovic	G	28	2y/2.00m
Kaapo Kahkonen	G	27	2y/2.93m
Scott Wedgewood	G	31	2y/1.57m
Casey DeSmith	G	32	1y/2.02m
Anthony Stolarz	G	30	2y/1.91m
James Reimar	G	36
Antti Raanta	G	35	1y/1.31m
David Rittich	G	31
Kevin Lankinen	G	29	1y/1.58m
Laurent Brossoit	G	31	2y/1.95m
Calvin Pickard	G	32
Martin Jones	G	34

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[krutovsdonut]

Not that Murphy isn't credible, but has anyone else mentioned it or explained what they know?

murph knows and sees stuff others don't. with his job he does not need to mine hard for clicks so he can be more discreet and he's also in the hallways and right around the action all the time. if i was a reporter i'd cultivate him as a source.

i do like that he stepped in to help hronek there.

 

[Vector]

Not that Murphy isn't credible, but has anyone else mentioned it or explained what they know?

I believe it was Paterson early in the playoffs mentioned that during a media scrum they noticed that Hronek's wrist/hand was severely taped up.

 

[Hodgy]

Hronek definitely could’ve been a bit more diplomatic in his response but the way Patterson was questioning him it was almost as if he wanted Hronek to say, “I stunk”. I’m sure he’s not happy with how his play transpired down the stretch and into the postseason but he also probably doesn’t want to blame an injury, especially considering Cole flat out didn’t want to discuss his injury being a hindrance.

I actually was generally fine with his response.

On the first issue about whether Hronek knew why he wasn't producing in the second half I totally get his response. If he knew, he would have changed his game and it wasn't an issue.

On the second question, he answer "no" to the injury question.

 

[bandwagonesque]

I believe it was Paterson early in the playoffs mentioned that during a media scrum they noticed that Hronek's wrist/hand was severely taped up.

It's a big stretch to assume that explains poor play several months ago, which incidentally was the main thrust of Paterson's question as he phrased it.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

For cheaper filler, I may take a flyer on Daniel Sprong or Danton Heinen.

Reclamation projects could look at Viktor Olofsson or Jacob Vrana.

On D, Carrier would be a great add as a puck mover.

I don't think Heinen will come cheap next year, love the idea of Sprong though. I think his game would mesh really well with Petey.

 

[bandwagonesque]

I don't think Heinen will come cheap next year, love the idea of Sprong though. I think his game would mesh really well with Petey.

Guys who take a series of conspicuously undervalued short deals almost never seem to break out of being typecast. I don't think Heinen will get more than 2 years or 2M AAV.

 

[Jovofan]

I'm no Jeff Patterson fan but I also really turn my nose up at Hronek's attitude towards the questioning regardless of how Patterson might be viewed in comparison to his peers. I don't think the questions were that terrible. Also, despising the media and refusing to talk / do interviews to me is something I take issue with. You're a professional athlete, talking to the media IMO is part of the job, especially if you're asking to be paid amongst the leaders on the team. It would be like an office worker saying they refuse to answer emails, it sorta comes with the territory of the profession, no?

Hronek hasn't been in Vancouver long enough to cop that kind of attitude with the media - who serve as a conduit to the fans - and when his play doesn't afford him the "luxury" of acting entitled. J.T. Miller can get away with being moody from time to time because the dude brings it on the ice and is a warrior. Todd Bertuzzi was a surly grump too but he put up 80 and 90 point seasons.

Hronek rides the coattails of the likely Norris Trophy winner and puts up a couple of months of good play and think that he's allowed to act like a prick when the rest of his teammates owned up to their shortcomings or contract statuses. He might be well liked amongst his teammates but he sure doesn't look like he gives a shit about the fanbase and how are we to form a liking to the player when we're not able to get a glimpse of his personality and his on-ice performance doesn't demand it either?

Not a fan, Would not miss him a bit if he's moved.

 

[MS]

I don't think Heinen will come cheap next year, love the idea of Sprong though. I think his game would mesh really well with Petey.

Sprong will be incompatible with Tocchet.

 

[TruGr1t]

Myers owes us considering he was literal dogshit for 3/5 years of the previous deal.

Sign a 2x1. Do it giraffeman

He will sign for 2x$3M and you will enjoy it.

 

[MS]

kylington played better the moment zadorov left calgary so i would not repeat that.

What?

The last time Kylington and Zadorov were in the same dressing room was the 2022 playoffs. Kylington only returned from his mental health leave mid-season this year months after Zadorov had been traded.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

A LHD but wonder if Provorov's value has diminished to the point where he could be a good buy low option on d.

 

[Josepho]

I don't think Hronek's answer to the question was terrific but there's a pretty obvious double standard being applied here and the calls to move him immediately are a bit premature.

 

[bandwagonesque]

I'm no Jeff Patterson fan but I also really turn my nose up at Hronek's attitude towards the questioning regardless of how Patterson might be viewed in comparison to his peers. I don't think the questions were that terrible. Also, despising the media and refusing to talk / do interviews to me is something I take issue with. You're a professional athlete, talking to the media IMO is part of the job, especially if you're asking to be paid amongst the leaders on the team. It would be like an office worker saying they refuse to answer emails, it sorta comes with the territory of the profession, no?

Hronek hasn't been in Vancouver long enough to cop that kind of attitude with the media - who serve as a conduit to the fans - and when his play doesn't afford him the "luxury" of acting entitled. J.T. Miller can get away with being moody from time to time because the dude brings it on the ice and is a warrior. Todd Bertuzzi was a surly grump too but he put up 80 and 90 point seasons.

Hronek rides the coattails of the likely Norris Trophy winner and puts up a couple of months of good play and think that he's allowed to act like a prick when the rest of his teammates owned up to their shortcomings or contract statuses. He might be well liked amongst his teammates but he sure doesn't look like he gives a shit about the fanbase and how are we to form a liking to the player when we're not able to get a glimpse of his personality and his on-ice performance doesn't demand it either?

Not a fan, Would not miss him a bit if he's moved.

Yet if he'd strung together 3 or 4 meaningless platitudes instead, no one would be complaining. I think fans and media are just too intolerant of introverted and/or private personalities. Like, if you asked someone a question about their life and they shut you down in a brusque but otherwise fairly polite way, you'd accept it and not think any less of them. Maybe he's injured, maybe he isn't, maybe there's more going on that would be tedious to explain, but no explanation is going to change anything and I just don't see that we're owed one.

 

[krutovsdonut]

What?

The last time Kylington and Zadorov were in the same dressing room was the 2022 playoffs. Kylington only returned from his mental health leave mid-season this year months after Zadorov had been traded.

you are correct. delete the word "better". i was mis-recalling the fact kyllington suddenly started skating with the flames the day after zadorov was traded. for some reason i was thinking his play picked up but in fact it was him being on the ice with teammates at all.

Oliver Kylington skates with Flames teammates, but no timeline for return

Oliver Kylington, who has been away from the Flames for personal reasons, participated in a small-group skate Friday at Max Bell Arena

calgarysun.com

 

[JT Milker]

you are correct. delete the word "better". i was mis-recalling the fact kyllington suddenly started skating with the flames the day after zadorov was traded. for some reason i was thinking his play picked up but in fact it was him being on the ice with teammates at all.

Oliver Kylington skates with Flames teammates, but no timeline for return

Oliver Kylington, who has been away from the Flames for personal reasons, participated in a small-group skate Friday at Max Bell Arena

calgarysun.com

Dang Zadorov must have been bullying him.

 

[Vector]

As per request by @vancityluongo, here's the list of 27-31 year olds signed to two years or more, with limited trade protection, and on underwhelming teams.

Player	Team	Age	Position	Years	Cap Hit	Clause
Ryan Strome	Ducks	30	RW/C	3	5.0m
Nick Schmaltz	Utah HC	28	RW/C	2	5.85m	10-NTC
Alex Tuch	Sabres	28	W	2	4.75m	5-NTC
Jason Dickinson	Blackhawks	28	C/LW	2	4.25m
Boone Jenner	Blue Jackets	30	C/LW	2	3.75m	8-NTC
J.T. Compher	Red Wings	29	FW	3	5.625m	10-NTC
Andrew Copp	Red Wings	29	C/RW	4	5.1m	10-NTC
Joel Eriksson Ek	Wild	27	C	5	5.25m	10-NTC
Ryan Hartman	Wild	29	C/RW	3	4.0m
Josh Anderson	Canadiens	30	W	3	5.5m	8-NTC
Mathieu Joseph	Senators	27	W	2	2.95m
Scott Laughton	Flyers	29	C/LW	2	3.0m
Michael Bunting	Penguins	28	LW	2	4.5m	10-NTC
Rickard Rakell	Penguins	31	W	4	5.0m	8-NTC
Oliver Bjorkstrand	Kraken	29	W	2	5.4m	10-NTC
Andrew Burakovsky	Kraken	29	W	3	5.5m	10-NTC
Jared McCann	Kraken	27	C/LW	3	5.0m	10-NTC
Brandon Saad	Blues	31	W	2	4.5m	12-NTC
Sonny Milano	Capitals	28	W	2	1.9m
Dylan Strome	Capitals	27	C	4	5.0m

 

[Vector]

Sprong will be incompatible with Tocchet.

Not a fan of the Dutch, is he?

 

[MS]

Not a fan of the Dutch, is he?

Ha.

Sprong is Kuzmenko defensively only without the winning personality.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Not a fan of the Dutch, is he?

“There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.”

 

[Jerry the great]

“There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.”

if you're not Dutch, you're not much.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Upgrading on Garland is near impossible, you’re looking at a 10M forward for an upgrade, just not worth it. Garland was unbelievable in the playoffs and is a part of the Core. Miller, Boeser, Garland were our best forwards, the playoff engines, we could move Pettersson but his anchor of a contract is likely unmovable

This is such reactionary silliness.

Yes, let's move the 25 year old two way superstar because he had a bad 3 months on a bad knee, and be uber sure that we build around two players who were deemed unmoveable even on waivers like 9 months ago.

This is just chasing your own tail logic here. I'm not even advocating we trade Boeser or Garland, but we trade 5 Garlands before we move a cornerstone player like Petey due to a bad stretch run and playoffs.

 

[TruGr1t]

What about Matt Duchene if he shakes free from Dallas?

 

[Diversification]

Did someone say Dutch Gretzky?

 

[Joseph Nathan]

As per request by @vancityluongo, here's the list of 27-31 year olds signed to two years or more, with limited trade protection, and on underwhelming teams.

Player	Team	Age	Position	Years	Cap Hit	Clause
Ryan Strome	Ducks	30	RW/C	3	5.0m
Nick Schmaltz	Utah HC	28	RW/C	2	5.85m	10-NTC
Alex Tuch	Sabres	28	W	2	4.75m	5-NTC
Jason Dickinson	Blackhawks	28	C/LW	2	4.25m
Boone Jenner	Blue Jackets	30	C/LW	2	3.75m	8-NTC
J.T. Compher	Red Wings	29	FW	3	5.625m	10-NTC
Andrew Copp	Red Wings	29	C/RW	4	5.1m	10-NTC
Joel Eriksson Ek	Wild	27	C	5	5.25m	10-NTC
Ryan Hartman	Wild	29	C/RW	3	4.0m
Josh Anderson	Canadiens	30	W	3	5.5m	8-NTC
Mathieu Joseph	Senators	27	W	2	2.95m
Scott Laughton	Flyers	29	C/LW	2	3.0m
Michael Bunting	Penguins	28	LW	2	4.5m	10-NTC
Rickard Rakell	Penguins	31	W	4	5.0m	8-NTC
Oliver Bjorkstrand	Kraken	29	W	2	5.4m	10-NTC
Andrew Burakovsky	Kraken	29	W	3	5.5m	10-NTC
Jared McCann	Kraken	27	C/LW	3	5.0m	10-NTC
Brandon Saad	Blues	31	W	2	4.5m	12-NTC
Sonny Milano	Capitals	28	W	2	1.9m
Dylan Strome	Capitals	27	C	4	5.0m

Lol you out Eriksson Ek here whose meber getting mixed but bill Guerin and Ryan Hartman whose just signed a full 4 years nmc. No disrespect, but next time do better research.

 

[Vector]

Lol you out Eriksson Ek here whose meber getting mixed but bill Guerin and Ryan Hartman whose just signed a full 4 years nmc. No disrespect, but next time do better research.

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