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.

Rank	Name	Age	Pos	Status	Projected Cap Hit
1	Elias Pettersson	25	F	RFA	$12,690,000
2	Jake Guentzel	29	F	UFA	$9,300,000
3	Sam Reinhart	28	F	UFA	$9,270,000
4	Steven Stamkos	33	F	UFA	$8,660,000
5	Elias Lindholm	29	F	UFA	$7,960,000
6	Martin Necas	25	F	RFA	$7,090,000
7	Quinton Byfield	21	F	RFA	$6,980,000
8	Brandon Montour	29	D	UFA	$6,480,000
9	Noah Hanifin	26	D	UFA	$5,780,000
10	Filip Hronek	26	D	RFA	$5,750,000
11	Moritz Seider	22	D	RFA	$5,710,000
12	Jake DeBrusk	27	F	UFA	$5,670,000
13	Gustav Forsling	27	D	UFA	$5,670,000
14	Tyler Bertuzzi	28	F	UFA	$5,590,000
15	Brady Skjei	29	D	UFA	$5,570,000
16	Ryan Lindgren	25	D	RFA	$5,450,000
17	Chandler Stephenson	29	F	UFA	$5,400,000
18	Tyler Toffoli	31	F	UFA	$5,380,000
19	Casey Mittelstadt	25	F	RFA	$5,380,000
20	Sean Durzi	25	D	RFA	$5,140,000
21	Teuvo Teravainen	29	F	UFA	$4,980,000
22	Matty Beniers	21	F	RFA	$4,880,000
23	Jeremy Swayman	25	G	RFA	$4,820,000
24	Dawson Mercer	22	F	RFA	$4,780,000
25	Dylan DeMelo	30	D	UFA	$4,570,000
26	Lucas Raymond	21	F	RFA	$4,390,000
27	Matt Duchene	33	F	UFA	$4,320,000
28	Brett Pesce	29	D	UFA	$4,300,000
29	Jonathan Marchessault	33	F	UFA	$4,150,000
30	Anton Lundell	22	F	RFA	$3,900,000
31	Victor Olofsson	28	F	UFA	$3,880,000
32	Kirill Marchenko	23	F	RFA	$3,830,000
33	Jordan Eberle	33	F	UFA	$3,820,000
34	Kaapo Kakko	22	F	RFA	$3,820,000
35	Jason Zucker	32	F	UFA	$3,770,000
36	Seth Jarvis	21	F	RFA	$3,670,000
37	Barrett Hayton	23	F	RFA	$3,650,000
38	Viktor Arvidsson	30	F	UFA	$3,640,000
39	Vladimir Tarasenko	32	F	UFA	$3,590,000
40	Max Domi	28	F	UFA	$3,560,000
41	David Perron	35	F	UFA	$3,560,000
42	Joe Pavelski	39	F	UFA	$3,550,000
43	Nikita Zadorov	28	D	UFA	$3,510,000
44	Alexander Barabanov	29	F	UFA	$3,490,000
45	Jack Roslovic	26	F	UFA	$3,480,000
46	Kaiden Guhle	22	D	RFA	$3,480,000
47	Cam Talbot	36	G	UFA	$3,480,000
48	Rasmus Sandin	23	D	RFA	$3,440,000
49	Tyson Barrie	32	D	UFA	$3,430,000
50	Adam Henrique	33	F	UFA	$3,430,000
51	Shayne Gostisbehere	30	D	UFA	$3,420,000
52	Juuso Parssinen	22	F	RFA	$3,330,000
53	Timothy Liljegren	24	D	RFA	$3,290,000
54	Sam Lafferty	28	F	UFA	$3,270,000
55	Dakota Joshua	27	F	UFA	$3,260,000
56	Blake Lizotte	26	F	RFA	$3,240,000
57	Erik Gustafsson	31	D	UFA	$3,240,000
58	Lukas Reichel	21	F	RFA	$3,150,000
59	Dillon Dube	25	F	RFA	$3,110,000
60	Tony DeAngelo	28	D	UFA	$3,090,000
61	Jonathan Drouin	28	F	UFA	$3,060,000
62	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	24	G	RFA	$2,990,000
63	Sean Monahan	29	F	UFA	$2,930,000
64	Eeli Tolvanen	24	F	RFA	$2,920,000
65	Sammy Blais	27	F	UFA	$2,920,000
66	Anthony Mantha	29	F	UFA	$2,890,000
67	Tommy Novak	26	F	UFA	$2,880,000
68	Cole Perfetti	22	F	RFA	$2,850,000
69	Luke Kunin	26	F	RFA	$2,790,000
70	Matt Roy	28	D	UFA	$2,760,000
71	Sean Walker	29	D	UFA	$2,760,000
72	Yakov Trenin	27	F	UFA	$2,750,000
73	James van Riemsdyk	34	F	UFA	$2,700,000
74	Henri Jokiharju	24	D	RFA	$2,660,000
75	Joe Veleno	24	F	RFA	$2,640,000
76	Matt Dumba	29	D	UFA	$2,620,000
77	Martin Jones	34	G	UFA	$2,610,000
78	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	32	D	UFA	$2,570,000
79	Chris Tanev	34	D	UFA	$2,550,000
80	Eetu Luostarinen	25	F	RFA	$2,540,000
81	Dominik Kubalik	28	F	UFA	$2,510,000
82	J.J. Moser	23	D	RFA	$2,430,000
83	Tomas Tatar	33	F	UFA	$2,430,000
84	Antti Raanta	34	G	UFA	$2,420,000
85	Blake Wheeler	37	F	UFA	$2,410,000
86	Kent Johnson	21	F	RFA	$2,370,000
87	Samuel Ersson	24	G	RFA	$2,370,000
88	Stefan Noesen	31	F	UFA	$2,320,000
89	Connor McMichael	23	F	RFA	$2,290,000
90	Nils Lundkvist	23	D	RFA	$2,250,000
91	Daniel Sprong	26	F	UFA	$2,210,000
92	Tyler Motte	28	F	UFA	$2,210,000
93	Dante Fabbro	25	D	RFA	$2,190,000
94	Justin Schultz	33	D	UFA	$2,190,000
95	Taylor Raddysh	25	F	RFA	$2,130,000
96	Michael Rasmussen	24	F	RFA	$2,110,000
97	Thomas Harley	22	D	RFA	$2,030,000
98	Erik Brannstrom	24	D	RFA	$2,010,000
99	Jordan Spence	22	D	RFA	$1,920,000
100	Warren Foegele	27	F	UFA	$1,900,000