2021 NHL Free Agency: Top 100 Forwards

The 2021 NHL free–agent market is scheduled to begin at noon ET on July 28. Here is a look at the top 100 forwards who will be available on the market. Sorted by their 2020-2021 point totals.

There are some big names on the market. Is it possible that we will see Ovi in a jersey that is not the Washington Capitals? Will long-time Oiler, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins move on from the only team he has ever played for? Don’t look now but Taylor Hall is again a free agent.

Top 10 NHL Free Agent Available Forwards

  1. Alex Ovechkin
  2. Taylor Hall
  3. Gabriel Landeskog
  4. David Krejci
  5. Ryan-Nugent Hopkins
  6. Zach Hyman
  7. Mike Hoffman
  8. Blake Coleman
  9. Alex Wennberg
  10. Jaden Schwartz

Here is a look at the top 100 NHL UFA Free agent forwards for 2021.

PlayerTeamTypeAgePos.Height WeightShootsGPGoalsAssistsPoints2020-21 Cap Hit
Gabriel LandeskogCOLUFA28LW6′ 1″215L54203252$5,571,429
David KrejciBOSUFA35C6′ 0″188R5183644$7,250,000
Alex OvechkinWASUFA36LW6′ 3″235R45241842$9,538,462
Mike HoffmanSTLUFA31LW6′ 0″182L52171936$4,000,000
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsEDMUFA28C6′ 0″184L52161935$6,000,000
Taylor HallBOSUFA29LW6′ 1″205L53102333$8,000,000
Zach HymanTORUFA29C6′ 1″211R43151833$2,250,000
Blake ColemanTBLUFA29C5′ 11″200L55141731$1,800,000
Tomas TatarMTLUFA30LW5′ 10″173L50102030$5,300,000
Paul StastnyWPGUFA35C6′ 0″193L56131629$6,500,000
Alexander WennbergFLAUFA27C6′ 2″197L56171229$2,250,000
Mikael GranlundNSHUFA29C5′ 10″185L51131427$3,750,000
Nick BoninoMINUFA33C6′ 1″196L55101626$4,100,000
Brandon SaadCOLUFA28LW6′ 1″206L4415924$6,000,000
Phillip DanaultMTLUFA28C6′ 1″200L5351924$3,083,333
Mattias JanmarkVGKUFA28C6′ 1″195L56111324$2,250,000
Jaden SchwartzSTLUFA29LW5′ 10″190L4081321$5,350,000
Kyle PalmieriNYIUFA30RW5′ 11″185R51101121$4,650,000
Corey PerryMTLUFA36RW6′ 3″206R4991221$6,625,000
Erik HaulaNSHUFA30C6′ 0″193L5191221$1,750,000
Travis ZajacNYIUFA36C6′ 2″185R4681220$5,750,000
Nick FolignoTORUFA33LW6′ 0″208L4971320$5,500,000
Derick BrassardAZUFA34C6′ 1″202L5381220$1,000,000
Barclay GoodrowTBLUFA28LW6′ 2″215L5561420$925,000
Joe ThorntonTORUFA42C6′ 4″220L4451520$700,000
Mathieu PerreaultWPGUFA33C5′ 10″188L5691019$4,125,000
Tomas NosekVGKUFA29LW6′ 2″205L3881018$1,250,000
Ryan GetzlafANAUFA36C6′ 3″228R4851217$8,250,000
Tyler BozakSTLUFA35C6′ 1″199R3151217$5,000,000
Nick BjugstadMINUFA29C6′ 6″215R4461117$4,100,000
Carl SoderbergCOLUFA35C6′ 3″210L4571017$1,000,000
Alex ChiassonEDMUFA31RW6′ 4″208R459716$2,150,000
Valtteri FilppulaDETUFA37C6′ 0″189L386915$3,000,000
Luke GlendeningDETUFA32C5′ 11″191R546915$1,800,000
Sam GagnerDETUFA32C5′ 11″200R427815$850,000
Marcus JohanssonMINUFA30C6′ 1″205L366814$4,500,000
Casey CizikasNYIUFA30C5′ 11″195L567714$3,350,000
Bobby RyanDETUFA34RW6′ 2″208R337714$3,583,333
Joel ArmiaMTLUFA29RW6′ 3″212R417714$2,600,000
Blake ComeauDALUFA35LW6′ 1″200R5141014$2,400,000
Evan RodriguesPITUFA28LW5′ 11″184R357714$700,000
Ryan DzingelOTTUFA29C6′ 0″190L408513$3,375,000
Eric StaalMTLUFA36C6′ 4″207L535813$3,250,000
Derek RyanCGYUFA34C5′ 10″185R4221113$3,125,000
Brock McGinnCARUFA27LW6′ 0″187L378513$2,100,000
Jordan MartinookCARUFA29LW6′ 0″196L444913$2,000,000
Alex GalchenyukTORUFA27C6′ 1″207L345813$1,050,000
Michael BuntingAZUFA26LW5′ 11″197L2110313$737,500
Riley SheahanBUFUFA29LW6′ 3″214L534913$700,000
Brandon SutterVANUFA32C6′ 3″190R439312$4,375,000
Mikhail GrigorenkoCBJUFA27C6′ 3″219L324812$1,200,000
Vincent HinostrozaCHIUFA27C5′ 9″173R264812$1,000,000
Andrew CoglianoDALUFA34LW5′ 10″177L545611$3,250,000
Pierre-Edouard BellemareCOLUFA36LW6′ 0″198L539211$1,800,000
Michael RafflWASUFA32LW6′ 0″200L444711$1,600,000
Colton SceviourPITUFA32C6′ 0″190R465510$1,200,000
Nikita GusevNJDUFA29LW5′ 9″163R314610$1,000,000
Trevor LewisWPGUFA34C6′ 1″202R565510$750,000
Frederick GaudreauPITUFA28C6′ 0″179R192810$700,000
Travis BoydVANUFA28LW5′ 11″185R385510$700,000
Drake CaggiulaBUFUFA27C5′ 10″176L383710$700,000
Artem AnisimovOTTUFA33C6′ 4″199L19279$4,550,000
Wayne SimmondsTORUFA33RW6′ 2″185R38729$1,500,000
Sean KuralyBOSUFA28C6′ 2″213L47459$1,275,000
Tyler EnnisEDMUFA31C5′ 9″161L30369$1,000,000
Jimmy VeseyVANUFA28LW6′ 3″202L49549$900,000
Patrick MarleauSJSUFA42LW6′ 2″215L56459$700,000
Darren HelmDETUFA34C6′ 0″192L47358$3,850,000
Cedric PaquetteCARUFA28C6′ 0″204L47448$1,650,000
Phillip di GiuseppeNYRUFA27LW6′ 0″193L31178$700,000
Brett RitchieCGYUFA28RW6′ 4″220R31448$700,000
Riley NashTORUFA32C6′ 2″185R37257$2,750,000
Josh LeivoCGYUFA28LW6′ 2″192R37527$875,000
Matt NietoSJSUFA28LW5′ 11″185L28527$700,000
Joakim NordstromCGYUFA29LW6′ 1″194L44167$700,000
Tobias RiederBUFUFA28RW5′ 11″186L44527$700,000
Derek StepanOTTUFA31C6′ 0″196R20156$6,500,000
Carter RowneyANAUFA32C6′ 1″208R1966$1,133,333
Sam CarrickANAUFA29C6′ 0″205R13246$700,000
Marcus SorensenSJSUFA29RW5′ 11″175L29145$1,500,000
Ryan CarpenterCHIUFA30C6′ 0″200R40415$1,000,000
Nate ThompsonWPGUFA36C6′ 1″205L44235$750,000
Justin DowlingDALUFA31C5′ 10″180L27145$750,000
David BackesANAUFA37C6′ 3″215R15314$6,000,000
Brad RichardsonNSHUFA36RW6′ 0″190L17134$1,000,000
Matt CalvertCOLUFA31LW5′ 11″186L1833$2,850,000
Zac DalpeCBJUFA31C6′ 2″194R12213$750,000
Max McCormickCARUFA29LW5′ 11″188L12213$700,000
Tyler GraovacVANUFA28C6′ 5″208L13213$700,000
Gemel SmithTBLUFA27C5′ 10″203L533$700,000
Dylan SikuraVGKUFA26C5′ 11″166L622$750,000
Patrick RussellEDMUFA28RW6′ 1″203R822$700,000
Kyle RauMINUFA28C5′ 8″176L1422$700,000
Stefan MatteauCBJUFA27LW6′ 2″208L1811$725,000
Matthew PecaOTTUFA28C5′ 9″182L511$700,000
Tomas JurcoVGKUFA28RW6′ 2″193L811$700,000
Daniel CarrWASUFA29LW6′ 1″195L611$700,000
Greg McKeggBOSUFA29C6′ 0″192L511$700,000
Luke JohnsonMINUFA27C5′ 11″179R1411$700,000
Nathan WalkerSTLUFA27LW5′ 9″186L811$700,000

Here is a look at the top 50 RFAs for 2021. Again some big names amongst the list including Patrik Laine, Andrei Svechnikov, Sam Reinhart, and Pavel Buchnevich. List sorted by players’ point totals from 2021 regular season.

PlayerTeamTypeAgePos.Height WeightShootsGPGoalsAssistsPoints2020-21 Cap Hit
Pavel BuchnevichNYRRFA26LW6′ 3″197L54202848$3,250,000
Andrei SvechnikovCARRFA21RW6′ 2″195L55152742$925,000
Sam ReinhartBUFRFA25C6′ 1″194R54251540$5,200,000
Kevin FialaMINRFA25LW5′ 10″193L50202040$3,000,000
Andrew CoppWPGRFA27C6′ 1″206L55152439$2,280,000
Conor GarlandAZRFA25RW5′ 10″165R49122739$775,000
Brady TkachukOTTRFA22LW6′ 4″212L56171936$925,000
Jakub VranaDETRFA25LW6′ 0″197L50191736$3,350,000
Jordan KyrouSTLRFA23C6′ 0″175R55142135$758,333
Drake BathersonOTTRFA23C6′ 3″206R56171734$736,666
Maxime ComtoisANARFA22LW6′ 2″207L55161733$820,000
Anthony DuclairFLARFA26LW5′ 11″198L43102232$1,700,000
Joel Eriksson EkMINRFA24C6′ 1″210L56191130$1,487,500
Anthony BeauvillierNYIRFA24LW5′ 11″182L47151328$2,100,000
Sam BennettFLARFA25C6′ 1″195L48101727$2,550,000
Nicholas RitchieBOSRFA25LW6′ 2″230L56151126$1,498,925
Patrik LaineCBJRFA23RW6′ 5″206R46121224$6,750,000
Andreas AthanasiouLAKRFA27C6′ 2″188L47101323$1,200,000
Trevor MooreLAKRFA26LW5′ 10″175L56101323$775,000
Eeli TolvanenNSHRFA22RW5′ 10″191L40111122$894,166
Filip ChytilNYRRFA22LW6′ 2″206L4281422$894,166
Casey MittelstadtBUFRFA22C6′ 1″199L41101222$874,125
Theodor BluegerPITRFA27C6′ 0″185L4371522$750,000
Elias PetterssonVANRFA22C6′ 2″176L26101121$925,000
Kailer YamamotoEDMRFA23C5′ 8″153R5281321$894,166
Dillon DubeCGYRFA23C5′ 11″187L50111021$778,333
Warren FoegeleCARRFA25LW6′ 2″198L53101020$2,150,000
Ryan DonatoSJSRFA25C6′ 0″192L5061420$1,900,000
Adam ErneDETRFA26LW6′ 1″212L4511920$997,500
Jesperi KotkaniemiMTLRFA21C6′ 2″201L5651520$925,000
Tyson JostCOLRFA23C5′ 11″187L5471017$874,125
Rudolfs BalcersSJSRFA24LW5′ 11″180L418917$735,000
Zach SanfordSTLRFA26LW6′ 4″207L5210616$1,500,000
Jason DickinsonDALRFA27C6′ 2″200L517815$1,500,000
Zach Aston-ReesePITRFA27C6′ 0″204L459615$1,000,000
Dominik KahunEDMRFA26C5′ 11″175L489615$975,000
Danton HeinenANARFA26C6′ 1″188L437714$2,800,000
Artturi LehkonenMTLRFA26LW5′ 11″178L477613$2,400,000
Michael RasmussenDETRFA22C6′ 6″221L403912$894,166
Ivan BarbashevSTLRFA25C6′ 0″187L385712$1,475,000
Robert ThomasSTLRFA22C6′ 0″188R333912$894,166
David KampfCHIRFA26C6′ 2″188L5611112$1,000,000
Sam SteelANARFA23C5′ 11″186L426612$863,333
Dylan GambrellSJSRFA25C6′ 0″185R495712$700,000
Jujhar KhairaEDMRFA27LW6′ 4″212L403811$1,200,000
Adam GaudetteCHIRFA24C6′ 1″170R405611$950,000
Max JonesANARFA23LW6′ 1″220L467411$863,333
Rasmus AsplundBUFRFA23C5′ 11″189L287411$845,000
Mark JankowskiPITRFA27C6′ 4″212L454711$700,000
Nicholas MerkleyNJDRFA24RW5′ 10″194L272810$874,125