NHL Free Agents

Here are the defenders scheduled to become unrestricted free agents on July 1, 2012, ranked by their salary-cap hit in the 2011-12 season.

Unrestricted NHL free agent forwards for 2012 are ranked by their salary-cap hit in the 2011-12 season. This page includes players who had a salary cap hit of $1 million or more in 2011-12.

Unrestricted NHL free agent forwards for 2012 are ranked by their salary-cap hit in the 2011-12 season. The list continues on this page with centermen and wingers making less than $1 million in the 2011-12 NHL season.

Goaltenders scheduled to become unrestricted free agents on July 1, 2012, are ranked by their salary-cap hit in the 2011-12 season.

This page lists current NHL free agents, with links to all current NHL salaries and an explanation of how the NHL free agent system works.

Here's how the NHL free agent system works under the 2005 collective bargaining agreement.

What defines an NHL restricted free agent? What rights does the player have? What happens if he signs an offer sheet with another NHL team?

The NHL salary cap explained in the plainest possible language, along with other key points in the new collective agreement signed in July of 2005.

Here's the current list of players scheduled to become unrestricted NHL free agents on July 1, 2011.

Who's in and who's out on every NHL team. A list of trades and free agent signings before the 2011-12 NHL season.

Here are the 2010 unrestricted NHL free agents, ranked by position and 2009-10 NHL salary.

The NHL Player's Association provides official salary numbers for every player. Players are sorted alphabetically and by team.