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

Alexander MacLean

2024-05-13

With the draft lottery in the recent past now, the world championships underway, and the NHL playoffs not even half over, there aren't many eyes already turned to July first. However, as I always do in the spring, I have my final list of projected annual cap hits for each of the top-100 free agents.

After Gustav Forsling re-signed with the Panthers, it left them with a decision on what to do with Sam Reinhart and Brandon Montour once their playoffs are finished. These are two of the top free agents at their respective positions, and it seems unlikely that they will be able to fit both. Jake Guentzel's number will also be fascinating, and they could all still add to that final contract sum with a Stanley Cup win this year.

On the RFA side, we saw William Nylander's contract set the bar for Elias Pettersson, and now we wait to see which of Lucas Raymond, Thomas Harley, or Seth Jarvis can set the pace behind Moritz Seider, who looks primed to lap the RFA field. The teams that have locked in their RFAs earlier have tended to set themselves up better over the last few years, especially with the cap now set to rise north of $87M.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen popping up right beside Jeremy Swayman was surprising at first, but their regular season numbers were startlingly similar this year, and Buffalo doesn't have another starter making big money next year. This is UPL's chance to cash in while his numbers are good and the competition isn't present yet.

Anyone not on the list below is projected somewhere between the $1.5 million mark, and the league-minimum cap hit of $775K next season.

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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.

RankNameAgePos Projected Cap Hit
1Jake Guentzel29F $9,720,000
2Sam Reinhart28F $8,810,000
3Moritz Seider23D$8,450,000
4Martin Necas25F $7,110,000
5Brandon Montour30D $6,850,000
6Lucas Raymond22F $6,190,000
7Filip Hronek26D $6,050,000
8Thomas Harley22D $5,870,000
9Jeremy Swayman25G $5,830,000
10Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen25G $5,760,000
11Seth Jarvis22F $5,650,000
12Vladimir Tarasenko32F $5,640,000
13Chandler Stephenson30F $5,560,000
14Brady Skjei30D $5,500,000
15Steven Stamkos34F $5,130,000
16Elias Lindholm29F $5,070,000
17Tyler Bertuzzi29F $4,830,000
18Sean Walker29D $4,560,000
19Casey Mittelstadt25F $4,480,000
20Quinton Byfield21F $4,480,000
21Anthony Mantha29F $4,480,000
22Jonathan Marchessault33F $4,380,000
23Cole Perfetti22F $4,350,000
24Shayne Gostisbehere31D $4,310,000
25Ilya Samsonov27G $4,310,000
26Sean Monahan29F $4,260,000
27Cam Talbot36G $4,250,000
28Matty Beniers21F $4,090,000
29Matt Duchene33F $4,040,000
30Dylan DeMelo31D $4,010,000
31Teuvo Teravainen29F $3,970,000
32Nikita Zadorov29D $3,900,000
33Anton Lundell22F $3,880,000
34Kirill Marchenko23F $3,790,000
35Connor McMichael23F $3,750,000
36Max Domi29F $3,730,000
37Jordan Spence23D $3,670,000
38Jake DeBrusk27F $3,660,000
39Joe Pavelski39F $3,590,000
40Adam Henrique34F $3,550,000
41Ryan Lindgren26D $3,480,000
42Tyler Toffoli32F $3,410,000
43Timothy Liljegren25D $3,310,000
44Patrick Kane35F $3,270,000
45Sean Durzi25D $3,240,000
46Chris Tanev34D $3,130,000
47Alexander Barabanov29F $2,990,000
48Shane Pinto23F $2,950,000
49Eeli Tolvanen25F $2,940,000
50Anthony Duclair28F $2,890,000
51Oliver Ekman-Larsson32D $2,820,000
52Jake Bean25D $2,750,000
53Jack Roslovic27F $2,680,000
54Bobby Brink22F $2,650,000
55Jonathan Drouin29F $2,540,000
56Max Pacioretty35F $2,470,000
57Warren Foegele28F $2,430,000
58Viktor Arvidsson31F $2,400,000
59Scott Perunovich25D $2,400,000
60Kaapo Kakko23F $2,400,000
61Barrett Hayton23F $2,370,000
62Dakota Joshua27F $2,360,000
63Drew O’Connor25F $2,330,000
64Kevin Lankinen29G $2,300,000
65Alex Nedeljkovic28G $2,270,000
66Anthony Stolarz30G $2,230,000
67Oliver Kylington26D $2,190,000
68Matt Dumba29D $2,190,000
69Jason Zucker32F $2,180,000
70James van Riemsdyk35F $2,170,000
71Daniel Sprong27F $2,140,000
72Luke Kunin26F $2,130,000
73David Perron35F $2,120,000
74Dawson Mercer22F $2,120,000
75Thomas Bordeleau22F $2,090,000
76Pavel Dorofeyev23F $2,080,000
77Laurent Brossoit31G $2,060,000
78Isac Lundestrom24F $2,050,000
79Matt Roy29D $2,000,000
80Henry Thrun23D $1,850,000
81Brett Pesce29D $1,820,000
82Cole Sillinger20F $1,790,000
83Arber Xhekaj23D $1,770,000
84Nils Lundkvist23D $1,750,000
85David Rittich31G $1,730,000
86Sam Lafferty29F $1,670,000
87Scott Wedgewood31G $1,660,000
88Victor Olofsson28F $1,650,000
89Yegor Chinakhov23F $1,650,000
90Alexandre Texier24F $1,630,000
91Colin Blackwell31F $1,630,000
92Erik Brannstrom24D $1,620,000
93Joe Veleno24F $1,610,000
94Stefan Noesen31F $1,600,000
95Henri Jokiharju24D $1,600,000
96Tyler Myers34D $1,580,000
97Casey DeSmith32G $1,580,000
98Pierre-Olivier Joseph24D $1,570,000
99TJ Brodie33D $1,560,000
100Dustin Wolf23G $1,530,000

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