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NHL
Free Agents By Team2026 Center Free Agents
Tracking the status and signings of all 2026 Center free agents, including total value, average and guarantees.
| Player (157) | Pos | Shoots | Age | YOE | Prev Team | Prev AAV | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hayes | C | L | 33.8 | 11 |
 PIT |
$7,142,857 |
UFA |
| Anze Kopitar | C | L | 38.6 | 19 |
 LAK |
$7,000,000 |
UFA |
| Anders Lee | C | L | 35.7 | 13 |
 NYI |
$7,000,000 |
UFA |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | L | 39.6 | 19 |
PIT |
$6,100,000 |
UFA |
| Trevor Zegras | C | L | 25.0 | 5 |
 PHI |
$5,750,000 |
RFA |
| Charlie Coyle | C | R | 34.0 | 13 |
 CBJ |
$5,250,000 |
UFA |
| Connor Bedard | C | R | 20.7 | 2 |
 CHI |
$4,450,000 |
RFA |
| Jason Dickinson | C | L | 31.7 | 10 |
 EDM |
$4,250,000 |
UFA |
| Leo Carlsson | C | L | 21.2 | 2 |
 ANA |
$4,200,000 |
RFA |
| Boone Jenner | C | L | 32.8 | 12 |
CBJ |
$3,750,000 |
UFA |
| Kirby Dach | C | R | 25.2 | 4 |
 MTL |
$3,362,500 |
RFA |
| Cole Perfetti | C | L | 24.2 | 4 |
 WPG |
$3,250,000 |
RFA |
| Gustav Nyquist | RW | L | 36.5 | 13 |
WPG |
$3,250,000 |
UFA |
| Adam Fantilli | C | L | 21.4 | 2 |
CBJ |
$3,150,000 |
RFA |
| Erik Haula | C | L | 35.0 | 12 |
 NSH |
$3,150,000 |
UFA |
| Scott Laughton | C | L | 31.8 | 12 |
LAK |
$3,000,000 |
UFA |
| Alexander Kerfoot | C | L | 31.6 | 8 |
 UTA |
$3,000,000 |
UFA |
| Adam Henrique | C | L | 36.1 | 15 |
EDM |
$3,000,000 |
UFA |
| Patrick Kane | RW | L | 37.3 | 18 |
 DET |
$3,000,000 |
UFA |
| Colton Sissons | C | R | 32.3 | 11 |
 VGK |
$2,857,143 |
UFA |
| Barrett Hayton | C | L | 25.8 | 6 |
UTA |
$2,650,000 |
RFA |
| Dylan Holloway | C | 24.5 | 3 |
 STL |
$2,290,457 |
RFA |
|
| Cole Sillinger | C | 22.8 | 4 |
CBJ |
$2,250,000 |
RFA |
|
| Danton Heinen | C | L | 30.7 | 9 |
CBJ |
$2,250,000 |
UFA |
| Connor McMichael | C | 25.2 | 5 |
 WAS |
$2,100,000 |
RFA |
|
| Calle Jarnkrok | C | R | 34.4 | 12 |
 TOR |
$2,100,000 |
UFA |
| Noel Acciari | C | R | 34.9 | 10 |
PIT |
$2,000,000 |
UFA |
| Sam Lafferty | C | R | 31.0 | 6 |
CHI |
$2,000,000 |
UFA |
| Kevin Stenlund | C | R | 29.5 | 7 |
UTA |
$2,000,000 |
UFA |
| Jonathan Toews | C | L | 37.8 | 15 |
WPG |
$2,000,000 |
UFA |
| Claude Giroux | C | R | 38.2 | 18 |
 OTT |
$2,000,000 |
UFA |
| Cutter Gauthier | C | 22.2 | 2 |
ANA |
$1,900,000 |
RFA |
|
| Theodor Blueger | C | L | 31.6 | 7 |
 VAN |
$1,800,000 |
UFA |
| Philip Tomasino | C | R | 24.6 | 4 |
PHI |
$1,750,000 |
UFA |
| Jack Drury | C | L | 26.1 | 4 |
 COL |
$1,725,000 |
RFA |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C | R | 32.0 | 10 |
STL |
$1,500,000 |
UFA |
| Jack Roslovic | C | R | 29.1 | 9 |
EDM |
$1,500,000 |
UFA |
| Peyton Krebs | C | L | 25.1 | 5 |
 BUF |
$1,450,000 |
RFA |
| Bobby McMann | C | L | 29.8 | 3 |
 SEA |
$1,350,000 |
UFA |
| Zachary Bolduc | C | 23.0 | 2 |
MTL |
$1,337,500 |
RFA |
|
| Lars Eller | C | L | 36.8 | 16 |
OTT |
$1,250,000 |
UFA |
| Lukas Reichel | C | 23.8 | 3 |
 BOS |
$1,200,000 |
RFA |
|
| Stephen Halliday | C | 23.7 | 1 |
OTT |
$1,200,000 |
RFA |
|
| Philipp Kurashev | C | L | 26.4 | 5 |
STL |
$1,200,000 |
UFA |
| Connor Dewar | C | L | 26.6 | 4 |
PIT |
$1,100,000 |
UFA |
| David Kampf | C | L | 31.2 | 8 |
WAS |
$1,100,000 |
UFA |
| Fyodor Svechkov | C | 22.9 | 1 |
NSH |
$1,066,667 |
RFA |
|
| Karsen Dorwart | C | 23.5 | 1 |
PHI |
$975,000 |
RFA |
|
| Harrison Scott | C | 25.4 | 1 |
 DAL |
$975,000 |
RFA |
|
| Mavrik Bourque | C | R | 24.2 | 2 |
DAL |
$950,000 |
RFA |
| Amadeus Lombardi | C | 22.8 | 1 |
DET |
$950,000 |
RFA |
|
| Alexandre Doucet | C | 24.2 | 1 |
DET |
$950,000 |
RFA |
|
| Ryan McAllister | C | 24.2 | 1 |
 FLA |
$950,000 |
RFA |
|
| Logan Morrison | C | 23.7 | 1 |
SEA |
$950,000 |
RFA |
|
| Matthew Poitras | C | R | 22.0 | 1 |
BOS |
$950,000 |
RFA |
| Tucker Robertson | C | 22.8 | 1 |
SEA |
$950,000 |
RFA |
|
| Cam Thiesing | C | 24.9 | 1 |
NYI |
$950,000 |
RFA |
|
| Colton Dach | C | 23.2 | 1 |
EDM |
$933,333 |
RFA |
|
| Zack Ostapchuk | C | 22.8 | 1 |
 SJS |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Zach Dean | C | 23.2 | 1 |
STL |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Francesco Pinelli | C | 22.9 | 1 |
LAK |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Riley Kidney | C | L | 22.9 | 1 |
OTT |
$925,000 |
RFA |
| Brett Harrison | C | L | 22.8 | 1 |
PHI |
$925,000 |
RFA |
| Caedan Bankier | C | 23.1 | 1 |
 MIN |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Ryder Rolston | C | 24.3 | 1 |
NSH |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Jayden Grubbe | C | 23.2 | 1 |
VAN |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Riley Duran | C | R | 24.1 | 1 |
BOS |
$925,000 |
RFA |
| Dylan Peterson | C | 24.2 | 1 |
STL |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| Massimo Rizzo | C | 24.8 | 1 |
NSH |
$925,000 |
RFA |
|
| John Beecher | C | L | 24.9 | 2 |
 CGY |
$900,000 |
RFA |
| Marc Gatcomb | C | R | 26.7 | 1 |
NYI |
$900,000 |
RFA |
| Joe Veleno | C | L | 26.2 | 5 |
MTL |
$900,000 |
UFA |
| Jared Davidson | C | 23.7 | 1 |
MTL |
$880,000 |
RFA |
|
| Jacob Quillan | C | 24.1 | 1 |
TOR |
$875,000 |
RFA |
|
| Carter King | C | 24.5 | 1 |
CGY |
$872,500 |
RFA |
|
| Zakhar Bardakov | C | 24.0 | 1 |
COL |
$867,500 |
RFA |
|
| Ryan Hofer | C | 23.8 | 1 |
WAS |
$851,667 |
RFA |
|
| Ryan Tverberg | C | 24.1 | 1 |
TOR |
$851,667 |
RFA |
|
| Justin Robidas | C | 23.0 | 1 |
 CAR |
$851,667 |
RFA |
|
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | L | 24.1 | 1 |
WAS |
$850,000 |
RFA |
| Jon-Randall Avon | C | 22.7 | 1 |
PHI |
$850,000 |
RFA |
|
| Jakub Demek | C | 22.8 | 1 |
VGK |
$850,000 |
RFA |
|
| Jakub Brabenec | C | 22.5 | 1 |
VGK |
$846,667 |
RFA |
|
| Ivan Ivan | C | 23.6 | 1 |
COL |
$845,000 |
RFA |
|
| Jake Chiasson | C | 22.8 | 1 |
MTL |
$843,333 |
RFA |
|
| Francesco Arcuri | C | 22.8 | 1 |
DAL |
$841,667 |
RFA |
|
| David Gustafsson | C | L | 25.9 | 6 |
WPG |
$835,000 |
UFA |
| Braeden Kressler | C | 23.2 | 1 |
TOR |
$835,000 |
RFA |
|
| Nils Åman | C | L | 26.1 | 3 |
VAN |
$825,000 |
RFA |
| Nick Cousins | C | L | 32.7 | 11 |
OTT |
$825,000 |
UFA |
| Mark Jankowski | C | L | 31.5 | 9 |
CAR |
$800,000 |
UFA |
| Hunter McKown | C | R | 23.6 | 1 |
CBJ |
$800,000 |
RFA |
| Rodrigo Abols | C | 30.2 | 1 |
PHI |
$800,000 |
UFA |
|
| Marcus Johansson | C | L | 35.4 | 15 |
MIN |
$800,000 |
UFA |
| Jonny Brodzinski | C | R | 32.8 | 9 |
 NYR |
$787,500 |
UFA |
| Jansen Harkins | C | 28.8 | 6 |
ANA |
$787,500 |
UFA |
|
| Zack MacEwen | C | R | 29.7 | 5 |
 NJD |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Paul Cotter | C | L | 26.3 | 4 |
NJD |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Akil Thomas | C | R | 26.2 | 2 |
STL |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Shane Bowers | C | L | 26.6 | 1 |
SJS |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Nikita Alexandrov | C | L | 25.5 | 1 |
LAK |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Ryan Suzuki | C | L | 24.8 | 1 |
CAR |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Raphael Lavoie | C | R | 25.4 | 1 |
VGK |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Antonio Stranges | C | L | 24.1 | 1 |
DAL |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Rory Kerins | C | L | 23.9 | 1 |
CGY |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Marc McLaughlin | C | R | 26.6 | 3 |
NJD |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Curtis Douglas | C | 26.0 | 1 |
VAN |
$775,000 |
RFA |
|
| Xavier Bourgault | C | R | 23.4 | 1 |
OTT |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Thomas Bordeleau | C | L | 24.2 | 4 |
STL |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Brendan Brisson | C | L | 24.4 | 1 |
NYR |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Mikael Pyyhtiä | C | L | 24.2 | 1 |
CBJ |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Clark Bishop | C | L | 29.9 | 1 |
CGY |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Patrick Giles | C | 26.2 | 1 |
SJS |
$775,000 |
RFA |
|
| John Farinacci | C | R | 25.1 | 1 |
BOS |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Matthew Stienburg | C | R | 25.4 | 1 |
COL |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Wilmer Skoog | C | L | 26.8 | 1 |
FLA |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Ryan Schmelzer | C | 32.6 | 1 |
NJD |
$775,000 |
UFA |
|
| Joshua Dunne | C | L | 27.2 | 1 |
BUF |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Zach Aston-Reese | C | L | 31.6 | 8 |
CBJ |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Tanner Laczynski | C | R | 28.8 | 3 |
VGK |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Noah Philip | C | R | 27.5 | 1 |
CAR |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Glenn Gawdin | C | R | 28.9 | 1 |
LAK |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Ben Jones | C | L | 27.0 | 1 |
MIN |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Vincent Hinostroza | C | R | 31.9 | 10 |
FLA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Garrett Pilon | C | 27.9 | 1 |
OTT |
$775,000 |
UFA |
|
| Mitchell Stephens | C | R | 29.1 | 3 |
SEA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Jaret Anderson-Dolan | C | L | 26.5 | 7 |
WPG |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Anthony Richard | C | L | 29.2 | 1 |
PHI |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Liam Foudy | C | L | 26.1 | 5 |
NYI |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Tye Felhaber | C | 27.6 | 1 |
COL |
$775,000 |
UFA |
|
| Lane Pederson | C | R | 28.6 | 3 |
PHI |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Colin White | C | R | 29.1 | 7 |
SJS |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Kailer Yamamoto | C | R | 27.4 | 6 |
UTA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Jack Studnicka | C | R | 27.1 | 4 |
FLA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| John Leonard | C | L | 27.6 | 2 |
DET |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Nicholas Abruzzese | C | L | 26.8 | 1 |
 TBL |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Joseph Labate | C | L | 32.9 | 1 |
VAN |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| T.J. Tynan | C | R | 34.0 | 1 |
COL |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Matthew Highmore | C | L | 30.0 | 7 |
NYI |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Wyatt Bongiovanni | C | L | 26.6 | 1 |
WAS |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Vinni Lettieri | C | R | 31.1 | 5 |
TOR |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Sean Farrell | C | L | 24.3 | 1 |
MTL |
$775,000 |
RFA |
| Samuel Laberge | C | L | 28.9 | 1 |
SJS |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Logan Brown | C | L | 28.0 | 6 |
LAK |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Mason Shaw | C | L | 27.3 | 1 |
WPG |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Alex Barre-Boulet | C | L | 28.8 | 3 |
COL |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Owen Sillinger | C | L | 28.5 | 1 |
CBJ |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Jimmy Huntington | C | L | 27.3 | 1 |
SJS |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Jake Leschyshyn | C | L | 27.0 | 1 |
BUF |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Luke Kunin | C | R | 28.2 | 8 |
FLA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Noah Gregor | C | L | 28.1 | 6 |
FLA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Kevin Rooney | C | L | 32.8 | 9 |
UTA |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Trevor Kuntar | C | L | 24.8 | 1 |
BUF |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Brendan Gaunce | C | L | 31.9 | 6 |
CBJ |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Tyson Jost | C | L | 28.0 | 9 |
NSH |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Curtis Lazar | C | R | 31.1 | 11 |
EDM |
$775,000 |
UFA |
| Luke Glendening | C | R | 36.8 | 12 |
PHI |
$775,000 |
UFA |
