The game dust of the 4 nations is now settled, In the NHL The general directors have fully swiveled in the commercial deadline of March 7 of the League.
The leaders seek to send veterans and to bring together assets for the future – or to strengthen current lists with talents established in the hope of a long and memorable spring in the playoffs.
Players who should become free agents without restriction on July 1 are always the most likely to be moved before the sounds of the bell and the GMs place their pencils.
Canadian press Take a look at some of the talents of the pending UFA which could be in motion before next Friday at 3 p.m. he.
Brock Nelson (US $ 6 million salary hit)
The 33 -year -old center seems likely to be treated with his New York Icelanders, the 14th row in the Eastern Conference classification.
The New York Brock Nelson Icelanders center famous after marked against Minnesota Wild during the second period of a NHL hockey match on Saturday February 8, 2025 in St. Paul, Minn.
AP photo / Bailey Hilsheshes
Nelson, who adapted the United States in the 4 nations, has 36 points (16 goals, 20 assists) in 57 games this season.
It also holds a success rate of 52.9% on the players.
David Savard ($ 3.5 million hit)
The 34 -year -old defender has only 12 points (one goal, 11 assists) in 52 games this season for Montreal Canadians.
The veteran Blueliner, however, has a lot of experience in the playoffs and helped the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup in 2021.
Reconstruction Canadians will soon have to decide whether the organization plans to collect experienced fleas like Savard because it is on the bubble of the playoffs.
Nick Bjugstad (Hit of $ 2.1 million)
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The 32-year-old center has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in 51 games in 2024-25 with the Utah Hockey Club.
The Bjugstad six feet five feet and 205 pounds scored three goals for Edmonton’s Oilers during the 2023 qualifying series.
UTAH is currently in a battle for the second west joker from the West with a group of teams that includes the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary flames.
BROCK BOser ($ 6.65 million hit)
The 28 -year -old winger collected 35 points (18 goals, 17 assists) in 50 games this season with the Canucks.
A team that looks at Boeser would probably be eager to get a man of the old man of 40 goals given the potential acquisition price.
Boser scored seven times in 12 playoffs last spring for Vancouver.
Jake Evans ($ 1.7 million hit)
The 28 -year -old Canadian center has not been able to conclude an agreement on a new contract, which makes it more and more likely to be moved.
The defensive manager Evans, who has 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 58 games, would adapt to an in -depth attacker over a competitor and represents another candidate for a long -term extension given his age.
Joel Armia ($ 3.4 million hit)
The 31 -year -old winger is another UFA in the instance that Montreal needs to make a call.
Armia has 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists) in 58 games this season, but may be the most precious alongside Evans on the death of the club, which is seventh in the NHL with a success rate of 81.7%.
Ryan Donato (hit of $ 2 million)
Another 28-year-old center out of contract on July 1, the Chicago Blackhawks could make a decent return for a player with 39 points (19 goals, 20 assists) in 56 games in 2024-25.
Donato did not do much in the playoff series, however, with only two assists in 19 career after-season competitions.
Yanni Gourde ($ 5.17 million hit)
The 33 -year -old Seattle Kraken Center Kraken underwent a sports hernia operation at the end of last month and should only be returned in action after the deadline, but teams looking for experience in advance could be interested.
Gourde won the Cup with Tampa in 2020 and 2021. He has 42 points (20 goals, 22 assists) in 83 career playoffs.
Trent Frederic (Hit of $ 2.3 million)
The 27 -year -old is the youngest player on this list and another candidate to sign in the long term if it is moved.
The three-foot three feet and 221 pound striker has a 15-point attacker (eight goals, seven assists) in 57 games in 2024-25.
Frederic, whose status is not clear after leaving Tuesday’s match against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an injury to the lower body, collected five points (three goals, two passes) in 13 playoffs last spring.
Mikko Rantanen ($ 9.25 in ceiling)
The 28 -year -old has already been exchanged once this season – last month, to be precise – when the Colorado avalanche shipped it to the Hurricanes of Caroline in a three -team agreement.
Rantanen is a Haras winger and a franchise cornerstone with two 100 -point campaigns and a cup ring with the avalanche in 2022. But until it puts pen on a contract extension with Caroline, there is a chance that he can be treated again before March 7.
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