The NHL's free agency opens Wednesday at noon ET — and the list of unrestricted free agents is growing.
A player can become an unrestricted free agent if they are over 27 years old or have played in the league for seven years.
Anyone who does not fit those criteria is considered a pending restricted free agent, where teams hold more rights to retain a player should their contract be up. However, if a team does not extend a qualifying offer to its pending RFAs, they forfeit the negotiating rights and the player becomes a UFA.
A qualifying offer must be at least:
• 110 per cent of the player's base salary from the season prior if they make under $650,000
• 105 per cent if the player makes between $650,000 and $1 million
• 100 per cent if the player makes over $1 million
On Monday, a number of players did not receive qualifying offers before the 5 p.m. ET deadline — big names such as Dylan Strome, Ilya Samsonov and Sonny Milano among them.
Here's the list of names we know so far:
Anaheim Ducks
• Jack Badini
• Roman Durny
• Lucas Elvenes
• Brendan Guhle
• Jacob Larsson
• Sonny Milano
• Sam Steel
Arizona Coyotes
• Kyle Capobianco
• Cole Hults
Boston Bruins
• Qualified all RFAs.
Buffalo Sabres
• Qualified all RFAs.
Calgary Flames
• Johannes Kinnvall
• Tyler Parsons
Carolina Hurricanes
• David Cotton
• Jack LaFontaine
• Beck Warm
Chicago Blackhawks
• Andrei Altybarmakyan
• Wyatt Kalynuk
• Dominik Kubalik
• Cale Morris
• Cameron Morrison
• Dylan Strome
Colorado Avalanche
• Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Columbus Blue Jackets
• Gabriel Carlsson
• Kevin Stenlund
Dallas Stars
• Jordan Kawaguchi
• Alexey Lipanov
• Colton Point
Detroit Red Wings
• Mitchell Stephens
• Olli Juolevi
• Kaden Fulcher
• Filip Larsson
Edmonton Oilers
• Filip Berglund
• Brendan Perlini
• Ostap Safin
Florida Panthers
• Evan Fitzpatrick
• Jonas Johansson
• German Rubtsov
Los Angeles Kings
• Brendan Lemieux
• Johan Sodergran
• Vladimir Tkachev
Minnesota Wild
• Dereck Baribeau
• Fedor Gordeev
Montreal Canadiens
• Josh Brook
• Kale Clague
• Rem Pitlick
Nashville Predators
• Not announced yet.
New Jersey Devils
• Qualified all RFAs.
New York Islanders
• Not announced yet.
New York Rangers
• Jacob Elmer
• Justin Richards
• Ty Ronning
• Tyler Wall
Ottawa Senators
• Adam Gaudette
• Michael McNiven
• Victor Mete
Philadelphia Flyers
• Matthew Strome
• Maksim Sushko
• Kirill Ustimenko
Pittsburgh Penguins
• Niclas Almari
• Justin Almeida
• Jordy Bellerive
• Alex D’Orio.
• Jan Drozg
• Danton Heinen
• Cam Lee
• Will Reilly
San Jose Sharks
• Joachim Blichfeld
• Jonathan Dahlen
• Zach Gallant
• Jake McGrew
• Nicolas Meloche
• Antoine Morand
• Brinson Paschinuk
• Zach Sawchenko
Seattle Kraken
• Dennis Cholowski
• Ryan Donato
• Haydn Fleury
• Daniel Sprong
St. Louis Blues
• Tanner Kaspick
Tampa Bay Lightning
• Not announced yet.
Toronto Maple Leafs
• Ondrej Kase
• Joseph Duszak
• Kristians Rubins
• Chad Krys
• Ian Scott
Vancouver Canucks:
• Justin Bailey
• Matthew Highmore
• Juho Lammikko
Vegas Golden Knights
• Brett Howden
• Ben Jones
Washington Capitals
• Ilya Samsonov.
Winnipeg Jets
• Markus Phillips
• Evgeny Svechnikov
