View NHL trade rumors that feature teams targeting potential NHL free agents at the Free Agent Frenzy period that begins on July 1, 2023.
The top free agents for this year include Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, Timo Meier, Matt Dumba and Ryan O’Reilly.
NHL Free Agency 2023 – Top NHL free agent list
| PLAYER | TEAM | AGE | POS | GP | G | A | P | CAP HIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Patrick Kane | NYR | 34 | RW | 73 | 21 | 36 | 57 | $10,500,000 |
| 2. Jonathan Toews | CHI | 35 | C | 53 | 15 | 16 | 31 | $10,500,000 |
| 3. Ryan O'Reilly | TOR | 32 | C | 53 | 16 | 14 | 30 | $7,500,000 |
| 4. Vladimir Tarasenko | NYR | 31 | RW | 69 | 18 | 32 | 50 | $7,500,000 |
| 5. James van Riemsdyk | PHI | 34 | LW, RW | 61 | 12 | 17 | 29 | $7,000,000 |
| 6. Max Pacioretty | CAR | 34 | LW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | $7,000,000 |
| 7. John Klingberg | MIN | 30 | RD | 67 | 10 | 23 | 33 | $7,000,000 |
| 8. Alex DeBrincat | OTT | 25 | LW, RW | 82 | 27 | 39 | 66 | $6,400,000 |
| 9. Sean Monahan | MTL | 28 | C, LW, RW | 25 | 6 | 11 | 17 | $6,375,000 |
| 10. Erik Johnson | COL | 35 | RD | 63 | 0 | 8 | 8 | $6,000,000 |
| 11. Timo Meier | NJD | 26 | LW, RW | 78 | 40 | 26 | 66 | $6,000,000 |
| 12. Milan Lucic | CGY | 35 | LW, RW | 77 | 7 | 12 | 19 | $6,000,000 |
| 13. Matt Dumba | MIN | 28 | RD | 79 | 4 | 10 | 14 | $6,000,000 |
| 14. Jordan Staal | CAR | 34 | C, LW | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | $6,000,000 |
| 15. Pierre-Luc Dubois | WPG | 25 | C | 73 | 27 | 36 | 63 | $6,000,000 |
| 16. Jonathan Quick | VGK | 37 | G | 41 | - | - | - | $5,800,000 |
| 17. Jason Zucker | PIT | 31 | LW, RW | 78 | 27 | 21 | 48 | $5,500,000 |
| 18. Gustav Nyquist | MIN | 33 | LW, RW | 51 | 11 | 16 | 27 | $5,500,000 |
| 19. Jonathan Drouin | MTL | 28 | C, LW | 58 | 2 | 27 | 29 | $5,500,000 |
| 20. Jesper Bratt | NJD | 24 | RW, LW | 82 | 32 | 41 | 73 | $5,450,000 |
| 21. Patric Hörnqvist | FLA | 36 | RW | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | $5,300,000 |
| 22. Dmitry Orlov | BOS | 31 | LD | 66 | 7 | 29 | 36 | $5,100,000 |
| 23. Evgeni Dadonov | DAL | 34 | RW, LW | 73 | 7 | 26 | 33 | $5,000,000 |
| 24. Semyon Varlamov | NYI | 35 | G | 23 | - | - | - | $5,000,000 |
| 25. Tyler Bertuzzi | BOS | 28 | LW, RW | 50 | 8 | 22 | 30 | $4,750,000 |
| 26. Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 30 | LD/RD | 75 | 13 | 28 | 41 | $4,500,000 |
| 27. Tomas Tatar | NJD | 32 | LW, RW | 82 | 20 | 28 | 48 | $4,500,000 |
| 28. Frederik Andersen | CAR | 33 | G | 34 | - | - | - | $4,500,000 |
| 29. Alex Killorn | TBL | 33 | RW, LW | 82 | 27 | 37 | 64 | $4,450,000 |
| 30. Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 29 | LD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $4,167,000 |
| 31. Damon Severson | NJD | 28 | RD | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | $4,166,666 |
| 32. Jonathan Bernier | NJD | 34 | G | 0 | - | - | - | $4,125,000 |
| 33. Brian Dumoulin | PIT | 31 | LD | 82 | 1 | 24 | 25 | $4,100,000 |
| 34. Jake Gardiner | CAR | 32 | LD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $4,050,000 |
| 35. Vince Dunn | SEA | 26 | LD/RD | 81 | 14 | 50 | 64 | $4,000,000 |
| 36. Kevin Shattenkirk | ANA | 34 | RD | 75 | 4 | 23 | 27 | $3,900,000 |
| 37. Joonas Donskoi | SEA | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3,900,000 |
| 38. Nick Foligno | BOS | 35 | LW, C, RW | 60 | 10 | 16 | 26 | $3,800,000 |
| 39. Cam Talbot | OTT | 35 | G | 36 | - | - | - | $3,666,667 |
| 40. Connor Brown | WSH | 29 | RW, LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3,600,000 |
| 41. Tristan Jarry | PIT | 28 | G | 47 | - | - | - | $3,500,000 |
| 42. Alexander Kerfoot | TOR | 28 | LW, RW | 82 | 10 | 22 | 32 | $3,500,000 |
| 43. J.T. Compher | COL | 28 | C, RW | 82 | 17 | 35 | 52 | $3,500,000 |
| 44. Lars Eller | COL | 34 | C | 84 | 10 | 13 | 23 | $3,500,000 |
| 45. Andreas Johnsson | SJS | 28 | LW, RW | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | $3,400,000 |
| 46. Paul Byron | MTL | 34 | LW, RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3,400,000 |
| 47. Anton Khudobin | CHI | 37 | G | 1 | - | - | - | $3,333,333 |
| 48. Pius Suter | DET | 27 | C, LW | 79 | 14 | 10 | 24 | $3,250,000 |
| 49. Miles Wood | NJD | 27 | LW | 76 | 13 | 14 | 27 | $3,200,000 |
| 50. Ryan Graves | NJD | 28 | LD | 78 | 8 | 18 | 26 | $3,166,667 |
