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A comprehensive list of all 2020 NHL free agents and signings, including stories and analysis.
NOTE: Some of these players may have recently signed with their respective team; however, their contract had not yet been filed with the League.

Anaheim Ducks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: None
Group 3 UFAs:Kevin Boyle (signed: DET), Kyle Criscuolo (signed: DET), Michael Del Zotto, Patrick Eaves, Max Gortz (signed: Germany), Matt Irwin (signed: BUF), Ryan Miller (re-signed), Chris Mueller, Blake Pietila, Chris Wideman (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs:Justin Kloos (signed: KHL), Andrew Poturalski (re-signed).
UFAs: Alex Dostie, Joel Persson (signed: KHL), Kiefer Sherwood (signed: COL), Deven Sideroff (signed: Austria).

Arizona Coyotes

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Christian Fischer (re-signed), Jordan Gross (re-signed), Vili Saarijarvi (signed: Finland).
Group 3 UFAs: Beau Bennett, Taylor Hall (signed: BUF), Markus Hannikainen, Brad Richardson (signed: NSH), Robbie Russo, Carl Soderberg (signed: CHI).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Dane Birks (signed: ECHL Wheeling), Vinnie Hinostroza (signed: FLA), Merrick Madsen, Jalen Smereck.

Boston Bruins

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Peter Cehlarik (signed: Sweden), Jake DeBrusk (re-signed), Matt Grzelcyk (re-signed), Karson Kuhlman (re-signed), Zach Senyshyn (re-signed), Jakub Zboril (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Zdeno Chara (signed: WSH), Torey Krug (signed: STL), Maxime Lagace (signed: PIT), Kevan Miller (re-signed), Joakim Nordstrom (signed: CGY), Alexander Petrovic (signed: CGY).
Group 6 UFAs: Ryan Fitzgerald.
UFAs: Brendan Gaunce, Brett Ritchie, Wiley Sherman (signed: Denmark).

Buffalo Sabres

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Brandon Montour (re-signed), Victor Olofsson (re-signed), Lawrence Pilut (signed: KHL), Sam Reinhart (re-signed), Linus Ullmark (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Michael Frolik (signed: MTL), John Gilmour, Andrew Hammond, Matt Hunwick, Johan Larsson (signed: ARI), Casey Nelson (re-signed), Wayne Simmonds (signed: TOR), Dalton Smith (signed: Rochester AHL), Vladimir Sobotka (signed: Switzerland), Jimmy Vesey (signed: TOR), Scott Wilson (signed: FLA).
Group 6 UFAs: Taylor Leier.
UFAs: Remi Elie, Brandon Hickey (signed: AHL Chicago), Dominik Kahun (signed: EDM), Matthew Spencer.

Calgary Flames

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Oliver Kylington (re-signed), Andrew Mangiapane (re-signed), Tyler Parsons (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:TJ Brodie (signed: TOR), Austin Czarnik (signed: NYI), Derek Forbort (signed: WPG), Byron Froese (re-signed), Erik Gustafsson (signed: PHI), Travis Hamonic (signed: VAN), Alan Quine (signed: EDM), Tobias Rieder (signed: BUF), Zac Rinaldo (re-signed), Buddy Robinson (re-signed), Michael Stone, Cam Talbot (signed: MIN).
Group 6 UFAs:Jon Gillies (signed: STL), Ryan Lomberg (signed: FLA), Rinat Valiev.
UFAs:Mark Jankowski (signed: PIT), Andrew Nielsen (signed: Austria), Nick Schneider.

Carolina Hurricanes

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Clark Bishop (re-signed), Haydn Fleury (re-signed), Warren Foegele (re-signed), Gustav Forsling (re-signed), Oliwer Kaski (signed: KHL), Steven Lorentz (re-signed), Roland McKeown, Spencer Smallman (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Anton Forsberg (signed: EDM), Brian Gibbons (signed: Switzerland), Max McCormick (re-signed), Trevor van Riemsdyk (signed: WSH), Sami Vatanen (signed: NJD), Justin Williams (retired).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Callum Booth (signed: BOS), Jacob Pritchard.

Chicago Blackhawks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Dominik Kubalik (re-signed), Dylan Strome (re-signed), Nikita Zadorov (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: TJ Brennan, Joseph Cramarossa (signed: MIN), Corey Crawford (signed: NJD), Anton Wedin (signed: Sweden).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Drake Caggiula (signed: ARI), Alexandre Fortin, Slater Koekkoek (signed: EDM), Ian McCoshen (signed: MIN), Jacob Nilsson (signed: Sweden), Malcolm Subban (re-signed), Joni Tuulola (signed: Finland).

Colorado Avalanche

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Andre Burakovsky (re-signed), Kyle Burroughs (re-signed), Sheldon Dries (re-signed), Ryan Graves (re-signed), Tyson Jost (re-signed), Vladislav Kamenev (signed: KHL), Hunter Miska (re-signed), Valeri Nichushkin (re-signed), Devon Toews (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Mark Alt (signed: LAK), Mark Barberio (signed: Switzerland), Kevin Connauton, Michael Hutchinson (signed: TOR), Jayson Megna (re-signed), Vladislav Namestnikov (signed: DET), Matt Nieto (signed: SJS), Colin Wilson.
Group 6 UFAs:Antoine Bibeau (signed: CAR).
UFAs: None.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Gabriel Carlsson (re-signed), Pierre-Luc Dubois (re-signed), Vladislav Gavrikov (re-signed), Ryan MacInnis (re-signed), Kevin Stenlund (re-signed), Calvin Thurkauf (signed: Switzerland).
Group 3 UFAs:Lukas Sedlak (signed: KHL), Dillon Simpson (signed: Cleveland AHL).
Group 6 UFAs: Doyle Somerby.
UFAs: Paul Bittner, Ryan Collins, Marko Dano (signed: WPG), Maxime Fortier (signed: ECHL Wichita), Jakob Lilja (signed: KHL), Michael Prapavessis, Justin Scott (signed: AHL Cleveland), Devin Shore.

Dallas Stars

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Radek Faksa (re-signed), Denis Gurianov (re-signed), Roope Hintz (re-signed), Joel L'Esperance (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Martin Hanzal (signed: Czech Republic), Mattias Janmark (signed: CHI), Anton Khudobin (re-signed), Michael Mersch, Oula Palve (signed: Switzerland), Corey Perry (signed: MTL), Roman Polak (signed: Czech Republic), Reece Scarlett (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs:Gavin Bayreuther (signed: CBJ), Dillon Heatherington (signed: KHL).
UFAs:Landon Bow (re-signed), Tony Calderone, Josh Melnick.

Detroit Red Wings

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Tyler Bertuzzi (arbitration), Anthony Mantha (re-signed), Dmytro Timashov.
Group 3 UFAs: Kyle Brodziak, Trevor Daley (retired), Jonathan Ericsson, Johan Franzen, Cody Goloubef, Jimmy Howard, Matt Puempel, Chris Terry.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Madison Bowey, Christoffer Ehn (signed: Sweden), Brendan Perlini, Kyle Wood (signed: Germany).

Edmonton Oilers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Ethan Bear (re-signed), William Lagesson (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Josh Currie (signed: PIT), Tyler Ennis (re-signed), Markus Granlund (signed: KHL), Mike Green (retired), Tomas Jurco (signed: VGK), Keegan Lowe, Brad Malone (signed: Bakersfield AHL), Brandon Manning, Riley Sheahan (signed: BUF), Mike Smith (re-signed).
Group 6 UFAs:Shane Starrett (signed: AHL).
UFAs:Andreas Athanasiou (signed: LAK), Matt Benning (signed: NSH), Logan Day (signed: AHL Philadelphia), Cameron Hebig (signed: ECHL Florida), Ryan Kuffner, Ryan Mantha, Angus Redmond, Nolan Vesey.

Florida Panthers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Emil Djuse (signed: KHL), Mason Marchment (re-signed), Sam Montembeault, Aleksi Saarela (signed: Finland).
Group 3 UFAs: Brian Boyle, Evgenii Dadonov (signed: OTT), Ryan Haggerty, Erik Haula (signed: NSH), Mike Hoffman (signed: STL), Joel Lowry, Mark Pysyk (signed: DAL), Paul Thompson (signed: Hartford AHL), Curtis Valk (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: Danick Martel, Jack Rodewald.
UFAs:Philippe Desrosiers (re-signed), Dryden Hunt (signed: ARI), Thomas Schemitsch (signed: Cleveland AHL), Dominic Toninato (signed: WPG), Lucas Wallmark (signed: CHI).

Los Angeles Kings

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Bokondji Imama (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Ben Hutton, Paul LaDue (signed: WSH), Trevor Lewis (signed: WPG), Kevin Poulin (signed: Sweden), Joakim Ryan (signed: CAR), Tim Schaller.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Cole Kehler, Nikolai Prokhorkin (signed: KHL), Chaz Reddekopp, Sheldon Rempal (signed: CAR).

Minnesota Wild

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Louie Belpedio (re-signed), Jordan Greenway (re-signed), Kaapo Kahkonen (re-signed), Brennan Menell (signed: KHL).
Group 3 UFAs:Sam Anas (signed: STL), Colton Beck, JT Brown, Alex Galchenyuk (signed: OTT), Mikko Koivu (signed: CBJ), Mike Liambas.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs:Stepan Falkovsky (signed: KHL), Mat Robson (signed: Germany), Hunter Warner (re-signed).

Montreal Canadiens

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Josh Anderson (re-signed), Charles Hudon (signed: Switzerland), Victor Mete (re-signed), Xavier Ouellet (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Christian Folin, Max Friberg (signed: Sweden), Keith Kinkaid (signed: NYR), Dale Weise.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Aaron Luchuk, Andrew Sturtz, Antoine Waked.

Nashville Predators

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Luke Kunin (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Colin Blackwell (signed: NYR), Daniel Carr (signed: WSH), Matt Donovan (signed: AHL Milwaukee), Frederick Gaudreau (signed: PIT), Mikael Granlund (re-signed), Troy Grosenick (signed: LAK), Dan Hamhuis (retired), Korbinian Holzer (signed: KHL), Craig Smith (signed: BOS), Yannick Weber.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: None.

New Jersey Devils

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Mackenzie Blackwood (re-signed), Jesper Bratt (re-signed), Nicholas Merkley (re-signed), Colton White (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Fredrik Claesson (signed: SJS), Zane McIntyre (signed: KHL), Julian Melchiori (signed: KHL), Vojtech Mozik (signed: Sweden), Kevin Rooney (signed: NYR), Brian Strait.
Group 6 UFAs:Brandon Baddock (signed: MTL), Dakota Mermis (signed: MIN).
UFAs:John Hayden (signed: ARI), Mirco Mueller.

New York Islanders

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Mathew Barzal (re-signed), A.J. Greer (re-signed), Joshua Ho-Sang (re-signed), Grant Hutton (re-signed), Ryan Pulock (re-signed), Parker Wotherspoon (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Derick Brassard (signed: ARI), Jared Coreau, Christopher Gibson (signed: TBL), Andy Greene (re-signed), Thomas Greiss (signed: DET), Seth Helgeson (re-signed), Tom Kuhnhackl, Matt Martin (re-signed), Travis St. Denis, Johan Sundstrom (signed: Sweden).
Group 6 UFAs:Jordan Schmaltz.
UFAs:Linus Soderstrom (signed: Finland).

New York Rangers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Brandon Crawley (re-signed), Tony DeAngelo (re-signed), Phillip Di Giuseppe (re-signed), Gabriel Fontaine (re-signed), Alexandar Georgiev (re-signed), Brendan Lemieux (re-signed), Darren Raddysh (re-signed), Ryan Strome (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Matt Beleskey, J-F Berube, Jesper Fast (signed: CAR), Steven Fogarty (signed: BUF), Micheal Haley (signed: OTT), Nicklas Jensen (signed: KHL), Greg McKegg (signed: BOS).
Group 6 UFAs:Nick Ebert (signed: Sweden), Vinni Lettieri (signed: ANA), Boo Nieves, Danny O'Regan (signed: VGK).
UFAs: Ryan Gropp, Dawson Leedahl.

Ottawa Senators

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Rudolfs Balcers (re-signed), J.C. Beaudin (re-signed), Connor Brown (re-signed), Filip Chlapik (signed: Czech Republic), Matt Murray (re-signed), Nick Paul (re-signed), Chris Tierney (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Craig Anderson, Mikkel Boedker (signed: Switzerland), Mark Borowiecki (signed: NSH), Ryan Callahan, Ron Hainsey, Hubert Labrie (re-signed), Clarke MacArthur, Matthew Peca (signed: OTT), Scott Sabourin (AHL Toronto), Jordan Szwarz (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: Morgan Klimchuk.
UFAs:Anthony Duclair (signed: FLA), Andreas Englund (signed: Sweden), Jayce Hawryluk (signed: VAN).

Philadelphia Flyers

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: Philippe Myers, Mikhail Vorobyev (signed: KHL).
Group 3 UFAs:Kurtis Gabriel (signed: SJS), Derek Grant (signed: ANA), Tyler Pitlick (signed: ARI), Chris Stewart (retired), Nate Thompson (signed: WPG), Andy Welinski (signed: ANA).
Group 6 UFAs: Reece Willcox.
UFAs: Nathan Noel.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Pontus Aberg (signed: KHL), Anthony Angello (re-signed), Sam Lafferty (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Patrick Marleau (signed: SJS), Kevin Roy, Justin Schultz (signed: WSH), Conor Sheary (signed: WSH), Dominik Uher (signed: Germany), Phil Varone (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs:Riley Barber (signed: DET), Thomas Di Pauli, Adam Johnson.
UFAs:Graham Knott (signed: ECHL Cincinnati), John Nyberg (signed: Sweden), Dominik Simon (signed: CGY).

San Jose Sharks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Jonathan Dahlen (signed: Sweden), Kevin Labanc (re-signed), Tony Sund (signed: KHL).
Group 3 UFAs:Jonny Brodzinski (signed: NYR), Brandon Davidson (signed: BUF), Aaron Dell (signed: TOR), Tim Heed (signed: Switzerland), Melker Karlsson (signed: Sweden), Stefan Noesen (re-signed), Dalton Prout, Lukas Radil (signed: KHL), Joe Thornton (signed: TOR).
Group 6 UFAs:Anthony Greco (signed: NYR).
UFAs: Jeremy Roy, Andrew Shortridge, Manuel Wiederer (signed: AHL San Jose).

St. Louis Blues

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs: Vince Dunn, Austin Poganski (re-signed), Mitch Reinke (re-signed), Jake Walman (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Jay Bouwmeester, Troy Brouwer, Joey Laleggia, Nick Lappin, Jordan Nolan, Alex Pietrangelo (signed: VGK), Mike Vecchione (signed: COL).
Group 6 UFAs:Andreas Borgman (signed: TBL).
UFAs: Jake Dotchin, Derrick Pouliot (signed: PHI).

Tampa Bay Lightning

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Erik Cernak (re-signed), Anthony Cirelli (re-signed), Ross Colton (re-signed), Mathieu Joseph, Dominik Masin (signed: KHL), Mikhail Sergachev (re-signed), Ben Thomas (re-signed), Alexander Volkov.
Group 3 UFAs:Zach Bogosian (signed: TOR), Cory Conacher (signed: Switzerland), Mike Condon, Cameron Gaunce, Pat Maroon (re-signed), Tanner Richard (signed: Switzerland), Jan Rutta (re-signed), Luke Schenn (re-signed), Kevin Shattenkirk (signed: ANA), Scott Wedgewood (signed: NJD).
Group 6 UFAs: Patrick Sieloff.
UFAs: Devante Stephens, Carter Verhaeghe (signed: FLA), Dennis Yan.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Travis Dermott (re-signed), Ilya Mikheyev (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Miro Aaltonen (signed: KHL), Tyson Barrie (signed: EDM), Cody Ceci (signed: PIT), David Clarkson, Kyle Clifford (signed: STL), Tyler Gaudet (signed: AHL Toronto), Kevin Gravel, Nathan Horton, Matt Lorito, Miikka Salomaki (signed: COL), Garrett Wilson.
Group 6 UFAs:Kasimir Kaskisuo (signed: NSH).
UFAs:Jeremy Bracco (signed: CAR), Frederik Gauthier, Evan Rodrigues (signed: PIT), Max Veronneau.

Vancouver Canucks

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Justin Bailey (re-signed), Guillaume Brisebois (re-signed), Jalen Chatfield, Tyler Motte (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Richard Bachman (retired), Louis Domingue (signed: CGY), Oscar Fantenberg (signed: KHL), Tyler Graovac, Josh Leivo (signed: CGY), Jacob Markstrom (signed: CGY), Christopher Tanev (signed: CGY), Tyler Toffoli (signed: MTL).
Group 6 UFAs:Ashton Sautner (re-signed).
UFAs:Reid Boucher (signed: KHL), Nikolay Goldobin (signed: KHL), Francis Perron, David Pope, Troy Stecher (signed: DET).

Vegas Golden Knights

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Keegan Kolesar (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs: Deryk Engelland, Curtis McKenzie (signed: STL), Jaycob Megna (signed: AHL San Jose), Jon Merrill (signed: DET), Tomas Nosek (re-signed), Garret Sparks.
Group 6 UFAs: Valentin Zykov.
UFAs:Nick Cousins (signed: NSH), Brett Lernout.

Washington Capitals

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Shane Gersich (re-signed), Jonas Siegenthaler (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Radko Gudas (signed: FLA), Braden Holtby (signed: VAN), Ilya Kovalchuk (signed: KHL).
Group 6 UFAs:Tyler Lewington (signed: NSH), Liam O'Brien, Colby Williams.
UFAs:Kristofers Bindulis (signed: Germany), Travis Boyd (signed: TOR), Connor Hobbs (retired).

Winnipeg Jets

Signed
Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:Mason Appleton (re-signed), Jansen Harkins (re-signed), Sami Niku (re-signed), Nelson Nogier (re-signed), Jack Roslovic, CJ Suess (re-signed).
Group 3 UFAs:Nathan Beaulieu (re-signed), Anthony Bitetto (signed: NYR), Gabriel Bourque, Andrei Chibisov (signed: KHL), Cody Eakin (signed: BUF), Seth Griffith (signed: EDM), Dmitry Kulikov (signed: NJD), Mark Letestu (retired), Luca Sbisa (re-signed), Cameron Schilling (signed: WSH), Logan Shaw (signed: OTT), Nicholas Shore.
Group 6 UFAs:JC Lipon (signed: KHL).
UFAs:Michael Spacek (signed: Finland).
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FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH - GROUP 2
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
$1,439,820 or below / NoneOver $1,439,820 to $2,181,545 / Third-round choiceOver $2,181,545 to $4,363,095 / Second-round choiceOver $4,363,095 to $6,544,640 / First-round and third-round choiceOver $6,544,640 to $8,726,188 / First-round, second-round and third-round choiceOver $8,726,188 to $10,907,735 / Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choiceOver $10,907,735 / Four first-round choices
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 3
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
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).
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.