Top remaining restricted free agents: The best 2024 RFAs still on the board

Remember how crazy July 1 was? A total of 185 deals were signed for more than $1.2 billion, marking one of the wildest starts to the open market ever seen in NHL history.

But things have quieted down for the most part since then, and that includes on the restricted free agent mark. Right now, the significantly better unsigned players lie there, with teams retaining the rights to these players via qualifying offers earlier this summer.

For about 30 young, talented pros, they’re hoping for a bit of a raise in their RFA years before, in many cases, chasing bigger bucks as a UFA later on.

Using projections from consulting firm AFP Analytics, here’s a look at what the restricted free agent market looks like:

Top Remaining Restricted Free Agents

Player	Pos	Team	Age	Salary	GP	G/GAA	PTS/SV%	AFP Projection
Moritz Seider	D	DET	23	$925K	82	9	42	7x$8.126M
Cole Perfetti	RW	WPG	22	$832K	71	19	38	7x$5.584M
Dawson Mercer	C	NJD	22	$832.5K	82	20	33	6x$6.521M
Jordan Spence	D	LAK	23	$775K	71	2	24	6x$4.415M
Nikita Okhotyuk	D	CGY	23	$775K	51	1	9	2x$1.008M
Ilya Solovyov	D	CGY	24	$820K	10	0	3	1x$813K
Nikita Alexandrov	C	STL	23	$775K	23	0	2	1x$874K
Jeremy Swayman	G	BOS	25	$3.745M	44	2.52	.916	5x$6.433M