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Projected contracts
Pending free agents · 2026-27
Every skater whose contract ends this season, with what he counts against the cap now and a projected range for his next deal. Projections are estimates, not cap figures.
Projected only from the signings before them, 2025-26 and 2026-27 signings landed inside the range 54% of the time for 266 UFA deals and 44% for 156 RFA deals; the range is built to hold about half. How projections work and how they have done
| Player | Status | Cap hit 2026-27 | Projected 2027-28 | Likely term |
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| Braden SchneiderRD · NYR | RFA | $5.50M | $6.0–7.9M est. $6.11M | 1 year 44% |
| Mason LohreiLD · BOS | RFA | $3.20M | $4.6–6.5M est. $4.68M | 1 year 34% |
| Alexander NikishinLD · CAR | RFA | $3.00M | $4.2–6.2M est. $4.34M | 2–3 years 42% |
| Denton MateychukLD · CBJ | RFA | $886.7K |
The projected range is the middle half of where deals like his have landed; the estimate is its centre. It is shown in 2027-28 dollars at the league's 2027-28 ceiling, and never below that season's league minimum.
Goalies, and skaters with fewer than 20 games last season, have no projection yet. A player who has already signed his next deal is not listed.
Updated November 2, 2026.
| $3.4–5.4M est. $3.54M |
| 2–3 years 47% |
| Artyom LevshunovRD · CHI | RFA | $975.0K | $3.2–5.1M est. $3.31M | 2–3 years 50% |
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| Ryker EvansLD · SEA | RFA | $2.05M | $3.1–5.1M est. $3.25M | 2–3 years 47% |
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| Wyatt KaiserLD · CHI | RFA | $1.70M | $2.9–4.8M est. $3.00M | 2–3 years 49% |
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| Tyler KlevenLD · OTT | RFA | $1.60M | $2.5–4.4M est. $2.61M | 2–3 years 52% |
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| Sam RinzelRD · CHI | RFA | $941.7K | $2.2–4.1M est. $2.28M | 2–3 years 62% |
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| Drew HellesonRD · ANA | RFA | $1.10M | $2.0–3.9M est. $2.10M | 2–3 years 59% |
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| Adam WilsbyLD · NSH | RFA | $850.0K | $1.9–3.8M est. $1.96M | 2–3 years 63% |
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| Jayden StrubleLD · NSH | RFA | $1.41M | $1.7–3.7M est. $1.83M | 2–3 years 52% |
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| Lian BichselLD · DAL | RFA | $918.3K | $1.7–3.6M est. $1.78M | 2–3 years 55% |
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| Emil LillebergLD · TBL | RFA | $850.0K | $1.7–3.6M est. $1.78M | 2–3 years 63% |
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| Justin BarronRD · STL | RFA | $1.57M | $1.6–3.5M est. $1.72M | 2–3 years 49% |
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| Hunter BrzustewiczRD · CGY | RFA | $950.0K | $1.6–3.5M est. $1.70M | 2–3 years 59% |
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| Elias SalomonssonRD · WPG | RFA | $865.0K | $1.5–3.5M est. $1.65M | 2–3 years 59% |
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| Albert JohanssonLD · DET | RFA | $1.13M | $1.4–3.4M est. $1.54M | 2–3 years 55% |
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| Elias PetterssonLD · VAN | RFA | $913.3K | $1.4–3.3M est. $1.50M | 2–3 years 55% |
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| Logan MaillouxRD · STL | RFA | $850.0K | $1.3–3.2M est. $1.42M | 2–3 years 65% |
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| Scott MorrowRD · NYR | RFA | $850.0K | $934.8K–$2.88M est. $1.05M | 2–3 years 63% |
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| Arber XhekajLD · MTL | RFA | $1.50M | $900.0K–$2.39M est. $900.0K | 1 year 59% |
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| Vincent IorioRD · NYR | RFA | $850.0K | $900.0K–$2.35M est. $900.0K | 2–3 years 56% |
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