Daily Faceoff’s 2021 Top 75 Free Agents

Daily Faceoff’s 2021 Top 75 Free Agents
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by Frank Seravalli

Tick tock. The clock is ticking before the hockey calendar officially turns to 2021-22 with the NHL’s opening of free agency on Wednesday, July 28 at 12 noon ET.

Without an interview period this offseason, teams are technically not permitted to negotiate (or even speak to) pending free agents. @Alec Martinez was the latest player to sign an extension, with the Vegas Golden Knights signing the blue liner to a three-year deal on Monday to keep him off the market. @Taylor Hall, @Barclay Goodrow and @Marc Staal have all re-signed in recent days.

Here’s how the rest of the market is shaping up with Daily Faceoff’s Top 75 Free Agent rankings, which combines insight from industry sources to slot players based on a combination of interest and potential total dollars earned:

(Editor’s note: @Alex Ovechkin and @Ryan Getzlaf were not included because we project them to re-sign with their current teams. Similarly, the Edmonton Oilers are believed to have a deal in place with @Zach Hyman.)

RKPlayerTeamPosAgeGPGPTS20-21
1Dougie HamiltonCARRD28551042$5.75M
2Gabriel LandeskogCOLLW28542052$5.57M
3Philipp GrubauerCOLG29401.95.922$3.33M
4Blake ColemanTBLLW29541431$1.8M
5Linus UllmarkBUFG27202.63.917$2.6M
6Tyson BarrieEDMRD2953846$3.75M
7Phillip DanaultMTLC2853524$3.08M
8Ryan SuterMINLD3656319$7.54M
9Keith YandleFLALD3456327$6.35M
10Mike HoffmanSTLRW31491733$4M
11Brandon SaadCOLLW28441524$6M
12Tony DeAngeloNYRRD25601$4.8M
13Alexander WennbergFLAC26551628$2.25M
14Kyle PalmieriNYIRW30501021$4.65M
15Jaden SchwartzSTLLW2838719$5.35M
16Mikael GranlundNSHLW29511327$3.75M
17Petr MrazekCARG29122.06.923$3.13M
18Paul StastnyWPGC35531329$6.5M
19Corey PerryMTLRW3547921$750K
20Jaroslav HalakBOSG36192.53.905$3.5M
21David SavardTBLRD305316$4.25M
22Jonathan BernierCARG32242.99.914$3M
23Joel ArmiaMTLRW2838714$2.6M
24Frederik AndersenTORG31232.91.897$5M
25David KrejciBOSC3550841$7.25M
26Alex GoligoskiARILD/RD3556322$5.48M
27Brandon MontourFLARD2749718$3.85M
28Derek ForbortWPGLD2956212$1M
29Luke GlendeningDETC3254615$1.8M
30Mattias JanmarkVGKLW28541123$2.25M
31Brock McGinnCARLW2737813$2.1M
32Mike ReillyBOSLD2754027$1.5M
33Cody CeciPITRD2753417$1.25M
34Nick FolignoTORLW3347720$5.5M
35Tomas TatarMTLLW30481030$5.3M
36Michael BuntingARILW25211013$738K
37Alex EdlerVANLD354507$6M
38Marcus JohanssonMINLW3034614$4.5M
39Nick BoninoMINC3352924$4.1M
40Erik HaulaNSHC3051921$1.75M
41Antti RaantaARIG32123.36.905$4.25M
42Jani HakanpaaCARRD295724$750K
43Sean KuralyBOSC284749$1.28M
44Derick BrassardARILW3353820$1M
45Zdeno CharaWSHLD4455210$795K
46Tyler BozakSTLC/RW3528416$5M
47Mathieu PerreaultWPGLW3353917$4.13M
48Casey CizikasNYIC3056714$3.35M
49Patrik NemethCOLLD2952310$3M
50Ian ColeMINLD325418$4.25M
51Eric StaalMTLC3653513$3.25M
52Brandon SutterVANC/RW3243912$4.35M
53Luke SchennTBLRD313824$800K
54Jon MerrillMTLLD294905$925K
55Ryan MurrayNJDLD2746014$4.6M
56Tomas NosekVGKC2838818$1.25M
57Jake VirtanenVANRW243855$2.55M
58Jordan MartinookCARLW2844413$2M
59Alex ChiassonEDMRW3045916$2.15M
60Zach PariseMINLW3645718$7.53M
61Pierre-Edouard BellemareCOLLW3653911$1.8M
62Michael RafflWSHLW3244411$1.6M
63David RittichTORG28192.86.901$2.75M
64Zach BogosianTORRD304504$1M
65Tucker PoolmanWPGRD283901$775K
66Bobby RyanDETRW3433714$1M
67Andrew CoglianoDALLW3454511$3.25M
68Alex GalchenyukTORLW2734513$1.05M
69Derek RyanCGYRW3443213$3.13M
70Jimmy VeseyVANLW2850510$900K
71Travis HamonicVANRD3038310$1.25M
72Erik GustafssonMTLLD2929112$3M
73Jason DemersARIRD334104$4.5M
74Tuukka RaskBOSG34232.29.914$7M
75Henrik LundqvistWSHG39000$1.5M

Next up: Nikita Gusev (RW).

Signed: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Adam Larsson, Jamie Oleksiak, Barclay Goodrow, Alec Martinez and Marc Staal.

Retired: Niklas Hjalmarsson.

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