NHL Signings & Free Agents

Julien was a fifth-round pick, 146th overall, of the Jets in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old forward is has collected 45 points (10G / 35A) through 58 games in his third OHL season with the London Knights.

Vejmelka is in the final year of a three-year, $2.725M AAV contract and is now signed though the 2029-30 season. Vejmelka has enjoyed the best season of his four-year career so far, going 16-16-4 with a 2.45 GAA, .910 SV% and one shutout in 38 games (35 starts).

Watson has spent the majority of 2024-25 in the AHL, where he has 12 goals and 19 assists (31 points) in 51 games with the Grand Rapids Griffins. He's appeared in just two NHL games with the Red Wings, but gets another two-way deal for the 2025-26 season.

Cole was set to become an unrestricted free-agent on July 1st, but will instead remain in Utah for the 2025-26 season. The 36-year-old defenceman has one goal and 12 assists in 61 games for Utah this season and leads the NHL with 160 blocked shots.

Kerfoot was set to become an unrestricted free-agent on July 1st, but will instead remain in Utah next season on a $3-million dollar cap hit. Kerfoot has seven goals and nine assists in 61 games this season.

Greenway has avoided become a UFA at the end of the season by signing a two-year, $8 million contract extension with the Sabres. The 28-year-old Greenway is averaging 15:57 time-on-ice, recording eight points (3G / 5A) and 80 hits in 26 games this season.

Puljujarvi had his contract terminated by the Pittsburgh Penguins in early February after failing to establish his presence regularly in the lineup. The 26-year-old forward had nine points (3G / 6A) in 26 games with the Penguins this season.

Brown was the 11th overall pick of the Senators in the 2016 NHL Draft but has primarily been an AHL player. The 27-year-old forward scored 19 points (7G / 12A) in 25 games with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL) this season.

Olivier has impressed in his third season with the Blue Jackets, averaging a career-high 14:26 time-on-ice and scoring a career-high 21 points (12G / 9A) through only 61 games this season. He has become a staple on the team's third line, collecting 232 hits, the second most in the NHL.

Boqvist has impressed in his first season with Florida, averaging 13:01 time-on-ice and scoring 22 points (12G / 10A) in 59 games in primarily a bottom-six role. The 26-year-old forward is in his sixth NHL season and has 91 points (46G / 45A) in 295 career games.

Evans has 28 points (12G / 16A) in 61 games this season, only one shy of the career-high 29 points (13G / 16A) he scored in 72 games in the 2021-22 season. The 28-year-old forward has spent his entire six-year career in Montreal.

Scheel is an undrafted goalie out of the University of North Dakota. He has spent most of the previous four seasons in the AHL. The 25-year-old netminder has a 2.61 GAA and .911 SV% in 11 games (8-1-2) with the Colorado Eagles (AHL) this season.

Maatta has impressed in his first season with Utah, earning himself a three-year contract extension. The 30-year-old defenseman started the season with the Detroit Red Wings before being traded to Utah. He has 14 points (2G / 12A) through 51 games and is averaging 20:41 time-on-ice, his highest total since his second NHL season in 2014-15.

Harding was a seventh-round pick, 223rd overall, of the Penguins in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old defenseman is in his third OHL season and has 55 points (7G / 48A) in 59 games with the Brampton Steelheads.

Willis was a fourth-round pick, 111th overall, of the Nashville Predators in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The 19-year-old forward has 44 points (21G / 23A) in 38 OHL games between the Saginaw Spirit and the Kingston Frontenacs this season.

Lindgren is in his third season with the Capitals and has gone 13-10-3 with a. 2.70 GAA and .896 SV% in 27 games. He's taken a step-back from his 2023-24 form, but has formed a great goaltending tandem with Logan Thompson, who the Capitals extended for six years in January.