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One-stop shop for a comprehensive list of all 2017 NHL free agents and signings, including stories and analysis.
NOTE: Some of these players may have recently signed with their respective club; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.

Anaheim Ducks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Max Gortz (signed: SWE), Nick Sorensen (signed: SWE).
Group 3 UFAs: Spencer Abbott, Jonathan Bernier (signed: COL), Jhonas Enroth (signed: KHL) , Ryan Garbutt (signed: KHL), Nate Guenin, Matt Hackett, Jeff Schultz (signed: San Diego, AHL), Nate Thompson (signed: OTT)
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Emerson Etem (signed: ARI), Ryan Faragher.

Arizona Coyotes

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Nick Cousins (re-signed), Anthony Duclair (re-signed), Tyler Gaudet (re-signed), Jordan Martinook (re-signed)
Group 3 UFAs:Shane Doan (retired), Chad Johnson (signed: BUF), Jamie McBain (signed: TBL), Zbynek Michalek, Chris Mueller (signed: TOR), Chris Pronger (retired), Radim Vrbata (signed: FLA), Joe Whitney.
Group 6 UFAs:Craig Cunningham (retired), Garret Ross, Jarred Tinordi (signed: PIT).
UFAs:Alexander Burmistrov (signed: VAN), Grayson Downing (signed: EDM), Peter Holland (signed: MTL), Josh Jooris (signed: CAR), Jeremy Morin (signed: KHL), Mitchell Moroz (signed: ECHL), Branden Troock.

Boston Bruins

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Linus Arnesson (signed: SWE), Austin Czarnik (re-signed), Zane McIntyre (re-signed), David Pastrnak (re-signed), Tim Schaller (re-signed), Ryan Spooner (re-signed), Malcolm Subban (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Alex Grant (signed: MIN), John-Michael Liles, Dominic Moore (signed: TOR), Zac Rinaldo (signed: ARI), Drew Stafford (signed: NJD).
Group 6 UFAs:Chris Casto (signed: VGK), Brian Ferlin (signed: EDM), Tyler Randell (signed: OTT).
UFAs:Colton Hargrove (signed: AHL), Joe Morrow (signed: MTL).

Buffalo Sabres

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Nathan Beaulieu (re-signed), Zemgus Girgensons (re-signed), Johan Larsson (re-signed), Robin Lehner (re-signed), Evan Rodrigues (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Mathew Bodie (signed: TBL), Erik Burgdoerfer (signed: OTT), Cody Franson, Brian Gionta, Derek Grant (signed: ANA), Dmitry Kulikov (signed: WPG), Cody McCormick, Anders Nilsson (signed: VAN), Cal O'Reilly (signed: MIN).
Group 6 UFAs:Cole Schneider (signed: NYR)
UFAs: Brady Austin, Jean Dupuy (signed: AHL), Justin Kea (signed: ECHL).

Calgary Flames

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Sam Bennett (re-signed), Micheal Ferland (re-signed), Jon Gillies (re-signed), Garnet Hathaway (re-signed), Brett Kulak (re-signed), Curtis Lazar (re-signed), David Rittich (re-signed), Linden Vey (signed: KHL), Tyler Wotherspoon (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Brandon Bollig (signed: SJS), Brian Elliott (signed: PHI), Michael Kostka, Ladislav Smid (signed: CZE), Dennis Wideman, David Wolf (signed: GER).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Alex Chiasson, Ryan Culkin (signed: AHL), Kenney Morrison (signed: AHL).

Carolina Hurricanes

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Phillip Di Giuseppe (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Bryan Bickell (retired), Danny Kristo (signed: KHL), Michael Leighton (signed: TBL), Jay McClement, Matt Tennyson (signed: BUF).
Group 6 UFAs:Dennis Robertson (re-signed), Brendan Woods.
UFAs: Daniel Altshuller, Erik Karlsson (signed: SWE), Andrej Nestrasil (signed: KHL).

Chicago Blackhawks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Erik Gustafsson (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Brian Campbell (retired), Andrew Desjardins, Lars Johansson (signed: KHL), Pierre-Cedric Labrie (signed: NSH), Shawn Lalonde (signed: GER), Martin Lundberg (signed: SWE), Brandon Mashinter, Johnny Oduya (signed: OTT).
Group 6 UFAs: Mac Carruth.
UFAs: Dillon Fournier, Kenton Helgesen, Michael Latta (signed: ARI), Dennis Rasmussen (signed: ANA), Nolan Valleau.

Colorado Avalanche

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Gabriel Bourque (re-signed), Felix Girard (re-signed), Rocco Grimaldi (re-signed), Matt Nieto (re-signed), Duncan Siemens (re-signed), Nikita Zadorov.
Group 3 UFAs: Rene Bourque, Joe Cannata (re-signed), Cody Goloubef (PTO with BUF), John Mitchell, Jim O'Brien, Mike Sislo (signed: ARI), Jeremy Smith (signed: CAR), Fedor Tyutin.
Group 6 UFAs:Mat Clark (signed: AUT), Brendan Ranford (signed: AHL).
UFAs: Troy Bourke, Turner Elson (signed: DET), Eric Gelinas, Mikhail Grigorenko (signed: KHL), Samuel Henley, Patrick Wiercioch (signed: VAN)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Josh Anderson (re-signed), Alexander Wennberg (re-signed), Daniel Zaar (signed: SWE).
Group 3 UFAs: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Sam Gagner (signed: VAN), Brett Gallant, Lauri Korpikoski, Kyle Quincey (signed: MIN), Jaime Sifers (signed: AHL), Ryan Stanton (signed: EDM).
Group 6 UFAs:TJ Tynan. (signed: VGK)
UFAs:Oscar Dansk (signed: VGK), Oleg Yevenko.

Dallas Stars

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Radek Faksa (re-signed), Patrik Nemeth (re-signed), Jamie Oleksiak (re-signed), Brett Ritchie (re-signed), Gemel Smith (re-signed), Matej Stransky (signed: KHL).
Group 3 UFAs:Ales Hemsky (signed: MTL), Jiri Hudler, Travis Morin (signed: AHL), Justin Peters (signed: KHL), Patrick Sharp (signed: CHI), Dustin Stevenson.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Mattias Backman (signed: SUI), Nick Ebert (signed: KHL), Justin Hache (signed: DEN), Henri Kiviaho (signed: FIN), Maxime Lagace (signed: VGK).

Detroit Red Wings

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: Andreas Athanasiou, Martin Frk (re-signed), Xavier Ouellet (re-signed), Robbie Russo (re-signed), Tomas Tatar (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Drew Miller, Joe Vitale.
Group 6 UFAs:Mitch Callahan (signed: EDM), Edward Pasquale (signed: EDM.
UFAs:Jake Paterson (signed: AHL).

Edmonton Oilers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Leon Draisaitl (re-signed), Joey Laleggia (re-signed), Dillon Simpson (re-signed), Bogdan Yakimov (signed: KHL).
Group 3 UFAs:David Desharnais (signed: NYR), Andrew Ference (retired), Justin Fontaine (signed: KHL), Mark Fraser, Jonas Gustavsson (signed: SWE), Matt Hendricks (signed: WPG).
Group 6 UFAs:Jordan Oesterle (signed: CHI), Tyler Pitlick (signed: DAL).
UFAs:Anton Lander (signed: KHL), Eetu Laurikainen (signed: FIN), David Musil (signed: CZE), Zach Pochiro, Jere Sallinen (signed: SWE), Henrik Samuelsson.

Florida Panthers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Mark Pysyk (re-signed), MacKenzie Weegar (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Reto Berra (signed: ANA), Jaromir Jagr (signed: CGY), Jakub Kindl, Brent Regner (signed: DAL), Paul Thompson (signed: VGK), Shawn Thornton (retired), Thomas Vanek (signed: VAN).
Group 6 UFAs:Sam Brittain (signed: AHL), Brody Sutter (signed: AHL).
UFAs: Graham Black, Tim Bozon (signed: SUI), Steven Hodges, Kyle Rau (signed: MIN), Michael Sgarbossa (signed: WPG), Colin Stevens (signed: ECHL), Adam Wilcox (signed: BUF).

Los Angeles Kings

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Justin Auger (re-signed), Jonny Brodzinski (re-signed), Andrew Crescenzi (re-signed), Kevin Gravel (re-signed), Paul LaDue (re-signed) Michael Mersch (re-signed), Nick Shore (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Jarome Iginla, Vincent LoVerde (signed: TOR), Teddy Purcell, Cameron Schilling (signed: WPG), Rob Scuderi, Devin Setoguchi (signed: GER).
Group 6 UFAs:Zach Trotman (signed: PIT).
UFAs:Patrick Bjorkstrand (signed: FIN), Joel Lowry.

Minnesota Wild

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Marcus Foligno (re-signed), Kurtis Gabriel (re-signed), Mikael Granlund (re-signed), Steve Michalek (re-signed), Zack Mitchell (re-signed), Nino Niederreiter (re-signed), Zach Palmquist (re-signed), Mike Reilly (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Victor Bartley, Ryan Carter, Martin Hanzal (signed: DAL), Darcy Kuemper (signed: LAK), Nate Prosser (signed: STL), Mike Weber, Ryan White.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Brady Brassart (signed: ECHL), Christian Folin (signed: LAK), Guillaume Gelinas (signed: CZE), Alexander Gudbranson (signed: AHL).

Montreal Canadiens

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Max Friberg (signed: SWE), Alex Galchenyuk (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Bobby Farnham, Brian Flynn (signed: DAL), Dwight King (signed: KHL), Andrei Markov (signed: KHL), Magnus Nygren (signed: SWE), Steve Ott (retired), Alexander Radulov (signed: DAL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Connor Crisp (signed: ECHL), Joel Hanley (signed: ARI), Ryan Johnston (signed: SWE), Keegan Lowe (signed: EDM), Mark MacMillan, Stefan Matteau (signed: VGK), Nikita Nesterov (signed: KHL), Dalton Thrower (signed: ECHL).

Nashville Predators

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Pontus Aberg (re-signed), Viktor Arvidsson (re-signed), Frederick Gaudreau (re-signed), Ryan Johansen (re-signed), Marek Mazanec (signed: KHL), Austin Watson (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Vernon Fiddler (retired), Mike Fisher (retired), Brad Hunt (signed: VGK), Mike Liambas (signed: ANA) , Adam Pardy, PA Parenteau (PTO with DET), Mike Ribeiro, Harry Zolnierczyk (PTO with FLA).
Group 6 UFAs: Adam Payerl.
UFAs:Jonas Gunnarsson (signed: SWE), Jaynen Rissling (signed: ECHL).

New Jersey Devils

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Joseph Blandisi (re-signed), Blake Coleman (re-signed), Vojtech Mozik (signed: KHL), Mirco Mueller (re-signed), Stefan Noesen (re-signed), Blake Pietila (re-signed), Kevin Rooney (re-signed), Damon Severson (re-signed), Ben Thomson (re-signed), Scott Wedgewood (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Yohann Auvitu (signed: EDM), Carter Camper (signed: AHL), Luke Gazdic (signed: CGY), Shane Harper, Jacob Josefson (signed: BUF), Andrew MacWilliam (signed: AHL), Marc Savard, Karl Stollery (signed: KHL), Mattias Tedenby (signed: SWE).
Group 6 UFAs:Seth Helgeson (signed: NYI), Petr Straka (singed: CZE).
UFAs:Beau Bennett (signed: STL)

New York Islanders

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Calvin de Haan (re-signed), Christopher Gibson (re-signed), Connor Jones (re-signed), Adam Pelech (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Eric Boulton, Stephen Gionta (re-signed), Ben Holmstrom, Bracken Kearns (signed: NJD), Kirill Petrov (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Matthew Finn (signed: AHL), Jesse Graham (signed: COL), Loic Leduc, Stephon Williams.

New York Rangers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Daniel Catenacci (re-signed), Jesper Fast (re-signed), Nicklas Jensen (signed: KHL), Mika Zibanejad (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Tanner Glass (signed: CGY), Brendan Smith (re-signed), Chris Summers (signed: PIT)
Group 6 UFAs:Chris Brown (singed: GER), Magnus Hellberg (signed: KHL), Marek Hrivik (signed: CGY), Tommy Hughes (signed: AHL).
UFAs:Taylor Beck (signed: KHL), Adam Clendening (signed: ARI), Troy Donnay, Michael Paliotta (signed: AHL), Brandon Pirri, Mackenzie Skapski.

Ottawa Senators

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Chris Driedger (re-signed), Ryan Dzingel (re-signed), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (re-signed), Patrick Sieloff (re-signed), Mikael Wikstrand (signed: SWE).
Group 3 UFAs:Stephane Da Costa (signed: KHL), Nikita Filatov (signed: KHL), Marc Hagel, Chris Kelly, Chad Nehring (signed: GER), Chris Neil, Viktor Stalberg (signed: SUI), Tommy Wingels (signed: CHI).
Group 6 UFAs: Casey Bailey, Brandon Gormley, Phil Varone (signed: PHI)
UFAs:Jyrki Jokipakka (PTO with WSH), Matthew O'Connor (signed: NSH), Ryan Rupert (signed: ECHL).

Philadelphia Flyers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Cole Bardreau (re-signed), Scott Laughton (re-signed),Taylor Leier (re-signed), Roman Lyubimov (signed: KHL), Anthony Stolarz (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Chris Conner (signed: AHL), Michael Del Zotto (signed: VAN), Boyd Gordon, Steve Mason (signed: WPG), Andy Miele (signed: SWE), Nick Schultz, Chris VandeVelde, Eric Wellwood (retired).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Jesper Pettersson (signed: SWE).

Pittsburgh Penguins

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Josh Archibald (re-signed), Frank Corrado (re-signed), Jean-Sebastien Dea (re-signed), Brian Dumoulin (re-signed), Derrick Pouliot (re-signed), Justin Schultz (re-signed), Conor Sheary (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Nick Bonino (signed: NSH), Matt Cullen (signed: MIN), Trevor Daley (signed: DET), Pascal Dupuis (retired), Cameron Gaunce (signed: CBJ), Ron Hainsey (signed: TOR), Chris Kunitz (signed: TBL), Kevin Porter (signed: BUF), Tom Sestito (re-signed), Mark Streit (signed: MTL), David Warsofsky (signed: COL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Tim Erixon, Stuart Percy.

San Jose Sharks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Barclay Goodrow (re-signed), Marcus Sorensen (re-signed), Chris Tierney (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Micheal Haley (signed: FLA), Dan Kelly, Patrick Marleau (signed: TOR), Harri Sateri (signed: FLA), Zack Stortini (signed: AHL), Joe Thornton (re-signed).
Group 6 UFAs:Buddy Robinson (signed: WPG)
UFAs: Mantas Armalis, Nikita Jevpalovs (signed: KHL), Patrick McNally.

St. Louis Blues

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Jordan Binnington (re-signed), Petteri Lindbohm (re-signed), Colton Parayko (re-signed), Oskar Sundqvist (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Sergey Andronov (signed: KHL), Evgeny Grachev (signed: KHL), Brad Malone (signed: EDM), Scottie Upshall.
Group 6 UFAs:Kenny Agostino (signed: BOS), Andrew Agozzino (signed: COL), Morgan Ellis (signed: SWE), Alex Friesen (signed: SWE), Reid McNeill (signed: TBL).
UFAs: Jordan Caron, Jacob Doty (signed: ENG), Landon Ferraro (signed: MIN), Ty Rattie (signed: EDM), Nail Yakupov (signed: COL).

Tampa Bay Lightning

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Michael Bournival (re-signed), Jake Dotchin (re-signed), Kristers Gudlevskis (signed: NYI), Tyler Johnson (re-signed), Slater Koekkoek (re-signed), Tye McGinn (re-signed), Ondrej Palat (re-signed) Matthew Peca (re-signed), Tanner Richard (singed: SUI).
Group 3 UFAs:Jaroslav Janus (signed: KHL), Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond (retired), Mike McKenna (signed: DAL), Matt Taormina (signed: MTL), Luke Witkowski (signed: DET).
Group 6 UFAs: Stefan Fournier, Byron Froese (signed: MTL), Mike Halmo, Greg McKegg (signed: PIT), Joel Vermin (signed: SUI).
UFAs: Dylan Blujus, Henri Ikonen (signed: KHL), Jonathan Racine.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Connor Brown (re-signed), Justin Holl (re-signed), Zach Hyman (re-signed), Garret Sparks (re-signed)
Group 3 UFAs:Brian Boyle (signed: NJD), Andrew Campbell (signed: ARI), Colin Greening (re-signed), Teemu Hartikainen (signed: KHL), Matt Hunwick (signed: PIT), Brooks Laich, Milan Michalek, Steve Oleksy (signed: ANA), Roman Polak (re-signed), Stephane Robidas.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Antoine Bibeau (signed: SJS), Seth Griffith (signed: BUF), Sergey Kalinin (signed: KHL).

Vancouver Canucks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Reid Boucher (re-signed), Michael Chaput (re-signed), Brendan Gaunce (re-signed), Bo Horvat (re-signed), Joseph LaBate (re-signed), Nikita Tryamkin (signed: KHL).
Group 3 UFAs:Chad Billins (signed: SWE), Philip Larsen (signed: KHL), Ryan Miller (signed: ANA) Jack Skille.
Group 6 UFAs:Alexandre Grenier (signed: FLA), Borna Rendulic (signed: FIN).
UFAs: Joseph Cramarossa, Michael Garteig (signed: AHL), Tom Nilsson (signed: SWE), Drew Shore (signed: SUI), Michael Zalewski (signed: GER).

Vegas Golden Knights

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Brendan Leipsic (re-signed), Oscar Lindberg (re-signed), Teemu Pulkkinen (re-signed), Griffin Reinhart (re-signed), Nate Schmidt (re-signed)
Group 3 UFAs:Chris Thorburn (signed: STL)
Group 6 UFAs:Jean-Francois Berube (signed: CHI), Connor Brickley (signed: FLA)
UFAs: None.

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Washington Capitals

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Travis Boyd (re-signed), Andre Burakovsky (re-signed), Philipp Grubauer (re-signed), Evgeny Kuznetsov (re-signed), Liam O'Brien (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Karl Alzner (signed: MTL), Chris Bourque (signed: AHL), Paul Carey (signed: NYR), Tom Gilbert (signed: Germany), Kevin Shattenkirk (signed: NYR), Justin Williams (signed: CAR), Daniel Winnik (signed: MIN).
Group 6 UFAs:Stanislav Galiev (signed: KHL), Garrett Mitchell (signed: WSH), Christian Thomas.
UFAs:Brett Connolly (re-signed), Cody Corbett (signed: ECHL), Darren Dietz (signed: KHL).

Winnipeg Jets

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Connor Hellebuyck (re-signed), JC Lipon (re-signed), Brandon Tanev (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Tomas Kubalik, Ondrej Pavelec (signed: NYR), Anthony Peluso (signed: WSH), Paul Postma (signed: BOS), Brian Strait (signed: NJD).
Group 6 UFAs:Brenden Kichton (signed: CAR).
UFAs:Quinton Howden (signed: KHL), Scott Kosmachuk, Ryan Olsen.
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FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH - GROUP 2
These players have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
OFFER / COMPENSATION
$1,239,226 or below / NoneOver $1,239,226 to $1,877,615 / Third-round choiceOver $1,877,615 to $3,755,233 / Second-round choiceOver $3,755,233 to $5,632,847 / First-round and third-round choiceOver $5,632,847 to $7,510,464 / First-round, second-round and third-round choiceOver $7,510,464 to $9,388,080 / Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choiceOver $9,388,080 / Four first-round choices
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 3
These players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 6
These players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff). Please note that these amounts are subject to pro-rating due to the 48-game season in 2012-13.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
These players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.