Free Agency 2024: Salary Projections for the Top-100 Free Agents

Alexander MacLean

2024-01-27

Another calendar year gone, and that means we're closer to the upcoming free agency period than last year's. As always, I have my final list of projected annual cap hits for each of the top-100 free agents.

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There are a bunch of intriguing RFAs, and some useful UFAs if you know how to use them and don't need them to fill key roles for your team, and this year there seem to be some more exciting options than last year at this point, even taking into account players like Steven Stamkos and Tyler Toffoli who are strong bets to re-sign. We could realistically see Jake Guentzel, Sam Reinhart, Elias Lindholm, Brandon Montour, and Gus Forsling all test the open market. In reality, the Panthers will likely prioritize getting at least one or two of them locked up long-term, but they won't be able to re-sign everyone.

On the RFA side, how much does William Nylander's contract set the bar for Elias Pettersson? Then can he add some money on top of that by carrying the team on a long playoff run? There are plenty of other interesting younger players likely looking for some term, including Quinton Byfield, Owen Tippett, Sean Durzi, and more.

There are always a few goalies available, with the top ones this year (outside of the RFAs) being Cam Talbot and Martin Jones. Both revived their careers this year, and may have earned themselves a bit of a bump on their next contracts before they are phased out by the younger wave.

Regardless of how it plays out, I'm hoping for some fireworks this offseason, and for my cap league, a few veterans like Jordan Eberle and Anthony Mantha to take big prove-it discounts.  

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Anyone not on the list below is projected somewhere between the $1.9 million mark, and the league-minimum cap hit of $775K next season.

If you note a mistake, or have any further questions about the ranking system, please let me know. You can find me on Twitter here @alexdmaclean. Comments are always appreciated.

RankNameAgePosStatus Projected Cap Hit
1Elias Pettersson25FRFA $12,690,000
2Jake Guentzel29FUFA $9,300,000
3Sam Reinhart28FUFA$9,270,000
4Steven Stamkos33FUFA $8,660,000
5Elias Lindholm29FUFA $7,960,000
6Martin Necas25FRFA $7,090,000
7Quinton Byfield21FRFA $6,980,000
8Brandon Montour29DUFA $6,480,000
9Noah Hanifin26DUFA $5,780,000
10Filip Hronek26DRFA $5,750,000
11Moritz Seider22DRFA $5,710,000
12Jake DeBrusk27FUFA $5,670,000
13Gustav Forsling27DUFA $5,670,000
14Tyler Bertuzzi28FUFA $5,590,000
15Brady Skjei29DUFA $5,570,000
16Ryan Lindgren25DRFA $5,450,000
17Chandler Stephenson29FUFA $5,400,000
18Tyler Toffoli31FUFA $5,380,000
19Casey Mittelstadt25FRFA $5,380,000
20Sean Durzi25DRFA $5,140,000
21Teuvo Teravainen29FUFA $4,980,000
22Matty Beniers21FRFA $4,880,000
23Jeremy Swayman25GRFA $4,820,000
24Dawson Mercer22FRFA $4,780,000
25Dylan DeMelo30DUFA $4,570,000
26Lucas Raymond21FRFA $4,390,000
27Matt Duchene33FUFA $4,320,000
28Brett Pesce29DUFA $4,300,000
29Jonathan Marchessault33FUFA $4,150,000
30Anton Lundell22FRFA $3,900,000
31Victor Olofsson28FUFA $3,880,000
32Kirill Marchenko23FRFA $3,830,000
33Jordan Eberle33FUFA $3,820,000
34Kaapo Kakko22FRFA $3,820,000
35Jason Zucker32FUFA $3,770,000
36Seth Jarvis21FRFA $3,670,000
37Barrett Hayton23FRFA $3,650,000
38Viktor Arvidsson30FUFA $3,640,000
39Vladimir Tarasenko32FUFA $3,590,000
40Max Domi28FUFA $3,560,000
41David Perron35FUFA $3,560,000
42Joe Pavelski39FUFA $3,550,000
43Nikita Zadorov28DUFA $3,510,000
44Alexander Barabanov29FUFA $3,490,000
45Jack Roslovic26FUFA $3,480,000
46Kaiden Guhle22DRFA $3,480,000
47Cam Talbot36GUFA $3,480,000
48Rasmus Sandin23DRFA $3,440,000
49Tyson Barrie32DUFA $3,430,000
50Adam Henrique33FUFA $3,430,000
51Shayne Gostisbehere30DUFA $3,420,000
52Juuso Parssinen22FRFA $3,330,000
53Timothy Liljegren24DRFA $3,290,000
54Sam Lafferty28FUFA $3,270,000
55Dakota Joshua27FUFA $3,260,000
56Blake Lizotte26FRFA $3,240,000
57Erik Gustafsson31DUFA $3,240,000
58Lukas Reichel21FRFA $3,150,000
59Dillon Dube25FRFA $3,110,000
60Tony DeAngelo28DUFA $3,090,000
61Jonathan Drouin28FUFA $3,060,000
62Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen24GRFA $2,990,000
63Sean Monahan29FUFA $2,930,000
64Eeli Tolvanen24FRFA $2,920,000
65Sammy Blais27FUFA $2,920,000
66Anthony Mantha29FUFA $2,890,000
67Tommy Novak26FUFA $2,880,000
68Cole Perfetti22FRFA $2,850,000
69Luke Kunin26FRFA $2,790,000
70Matt Roy28DUFA $2,760,000
71Sean Walker29DUFA $2,760,000
72Yakov Trenin27FUFA $2,750,000
73James van Riemsdyk34FUFA $2,700,000
74Henri Jokiharju24DRFA $2,660,000
75Joe Veleno24FRFA $2,640,000
76Matt Dumba29DUFA $2,620,000
77Martin Jones34GUFA $2,610,000
78Oliver Ekman-Larsson32DUFA $2,570,000
79Chris Tanev34DUFA $2,550,000
80Eetu Luostarinen25FRFA $2,540,000
81Dominik Kubalik28FUFA $2,510,000
82J.J. Moser23DRFA $2,430,000
83Tomas Tatar33FUFA $2,430,000
84Antti Raanta34GUFA $2,420,000
85Blake Wheeler37FUFA $2,410,000
86Kent Johnson21FRFA $2,370,000
87Samuel Ersson24GRFA $2,370,000
88Stefan Noesen31FUFA $2,320,000
89Connor McMichael23FRFA $2,290,000
90Nils Lundkvist23DRFA $2,250,000
91Daniel Sprong26FUFA $2,210,000
92Tyler Motte28FUFA $2,210,000
93Dante Fabbro25DRFA $2,190,000
94Justin Schultz33DUFA $2,190,000
95Taylor Raddysh25FRFA $2,130,000
96Michael Rasmussen24FRFA $2,110,000
97Thomas Harley22DRFA $2,030,000
98Erik Brannstrom24DRFA $2,010,000
99Jordan Spence22DRFA $1,920,000
100Warren Foegele27F UFA $1,900,000

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