2026 NHL Qualifying Offer Tracker

During each offseason, each team has a list of restricted free agents who need to be qualified to retain their rights through free agency.

PuckPedia describes a qualifying offer by stating the following: “In order for a team to keep a player’s RFA status, they must provide a Qualifying Offer. If they do not provide a Qualifying Offer, the player becomes a UFA. Qualifying Offers must be provided to the player by the later of the Monday after the Entry Draft or June 25.”

With June 29 being the deadline, teams are announcing their list of qualified players, and all of that can be found right here. Players who do not receive a qualifying offer will become unrestricted free agents at noon on July 1.

Anaheim Ducks

Qualified Players:

• Vyacheslav Buteyets
• Leo Carlsson
• Calle Clang
• Cutter Gauthier
• Tyson Hinds
• Pavel Mintyukov
• Sasha Pastujov

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Jeremie Biakabutuka
• Kyle Master
• Jan Mysak
• Jaxsen Wiebe

Boston Bruins

Qualified Players:

• Riley Duran
• Matthew Poitras
• Ivan Ivan
• Luke Cavallin

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Alexis Gendron
• Jordan Harris
• Max Wanner

Buffalo Sabres

Qualified Players:

• Peyton Krebs
• Olen Zellweger

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Olivier Nadeau
• Isaac Belliveau
• Nikita Novikov
• Zac Jones

Calgary Flames

Qualified Players:

• Simon Nemec
• Brennan Othmann
• William Stromgren

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Johnny Beecher
• Lucas Ciona
• Parker Bell
• Carter King
• Artem Grushnikov
• Gavin White
• Owen Say

Carolina Hurricanes

Qualified Players:

• Alexander Nikishin
• Noel Gunler
• Aleksi Heimosalmi
• Viktor Neuchev
• Cayden Primeau
• Justin Robidas
• Ronan Seeley

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Skylar Brind’Amour
• Domenick Fensore
• Amir Miftakhov
• Nikita Quapp

Chicago Blackhawks

Qualified Players:

• Connor Bedard
• Drew Commesso
• Kevin Korchinski
• Ethan Del Mastro

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Ryan Mast
• Dmitri Kuzmin

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche’s list of qualified players has not been released yet.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Qualified Players:

• Adam Fantilli
• Cole Sillinger
• Luke Tuch
• Jet Greaves

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Yegor Zamula
• Stanislav Svozil

Dallas Stars

Qualified Players:

• Jason Robertson
• Mavrik Bourque
• Arttu Kyry

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Francesco Arcuci
• Vladislav Kolyachonok
• Ben Kraws
• Kyle McDonald
• Jeremie Poirier
• Antonio Stranges
• Samu Tuomaala
• Chase Wheatcroft.

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings’ list of qualified players has not been released yet.

Edmonton Oilers

Qualified Players:

• Colton Dach
• Roby Jarventie
• Owen Michaels
• Spencer Stastney

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Matvey Petrov
• Josh Bloom

Florida Panthers

Qualified Players:

• Ben Steeves
• Tobias Bjornfot
• Mikulas Hovorka

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Cole Schwindt
• Donovan Sebrango
• Wilmer Skoog
• Michael Benning
• Evan Nause

Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings do not have any RFA’s to tender a qualifying offer to.

Minnesota Wild

Qualified Players:

• Caeden Bankier
• Bobby Brink
• Daemon Hunt
• Carson Lambos
• Rowan Schmidt
• David Spacek

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Oskar Olausson
• Cameron Butler
• Bradley Marek
• Samuel Hlavaj

Montreal Canadiens

Qualified Players:

• Kirby Dach
• Arber Xhekaj
• Brett Berard
• Zachary Bolduc
• Sean Farrell
• Jared Davidson
• Hunter McKown
• Maksymilian Szuber

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Joe Veleno
• Jake Chiasson
• Gannon Laroque

Nashville Predators

The Nashville Predators’ list of qualified players has not been released yet.

New Jersey Devils

Qualified Players:

• Arseny Gritsyuk
• Nico Daws
• Amadeus Lombardi
• Jakub Malek
• Xavier Parent
• Topias Vilen

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Calen Addison
• Tyler Brennan
• Paul Cotter
• Dylan Wendt

New York Islanders

Qualified Players:

• Alex Jefferies
• Joey Larson
• Henrik Tikkanen

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Marc Gatcomb
• Maxin Shabanov
• Ruslan Iskhakov
• Eetu Liukas
• Matt Maggio
• Cam Thiesing

New York Rangers

Qualified Players:

• Braeden Schneider
• Vincent Iorio
• Scott Morrow
• William Trudeau

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Huga Ollas
• Talyn Boyko
• Brendan Brisson
• Massimo Rizzo
• Laurie Pajuniemi
• Karl Henriksson

Ottawa Senators

Qualified Players:

• Leevi Merilainen
• Tyler Boucher
• Xavier Bourgault

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Samuel Ersson
• Arthur Kaliyev
• Riley Kidney

Philadelphia Flyers

Qualified Players:

• Trevor Zegras
• Nikita Grebenkin
• Jamie Drysdale
• Hunter McDonald

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Philip Tomasino
• Brett Harrison
• Tucker Robertson
• Karson Dorwart
• Christian Kyrou
• Artem Guryev

Pittsburgh Penguins

Qualified Players:

• Egor Chinakhov
• David Gustafsson
• Ville Koivunen
• Hendrix Lapierre
• Alex Alexeyev
• Joel Blomqvist
• Arturs Silovs

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• The Pittsburgh Penguins qualified all of their RFA’s

San Jose Sharks

Qualified Players:

• Collin Graf
• Shakir Mukhamadullin

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Philipp Kurashev
• Martin Kaut
• Noah Beck
• Gabriel Carriere

Seattle Kraken

Qualified Players:

• Jacob Melanson
• Mackie Samoskevich
• Victor Ostman
• Ville Ottavainen

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Peetro Seppala

St. Louis Blues

The St. Louis Blues’ list of qualified players has not been released yet.

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s list of qualified players has not been released yet.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Qualified Players:

• Nicholas Robertson
• Emil Andrae
• Jacob Quillan
• Ryan Tverberg
• William Villeneuve

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Matias Maccelli
• Henry Thrun
• Braeden Kressler
• John Prokop
• Vyacheslav Peksa

Utah Mammoth

Qualified Players:

• Barrett Hayton
• Joshua Roy
• Sebastian Cossa

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer

• Anson Thornton
• Michal Kunc

Vancouver Canucks

Qualified Players:

• The Vancouver Canucks did not tender a qualifying offer on any of their RFA’s

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Pierre-Olivier Joseph
• Jayden Grubbe
• Nils Aman
• Danila Klimovic
• Chase Stillman

Vegas Golden Knights

Qualified Players:

• Jakub Brabenec
• Lukas Cormier
• Jakub Demek
• Joe Fleming
• Akira Schmid

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• The Vegas Golden Knights qualified all of their RFA’s

Washington Capitals

Qualified Players:

• The Washington Capitals did not qualify any of their RFA’s

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Ryan Hofer
• Garin Bjorklund
• Jesper Vikman

Winnipeg Jets

Qualified Players:

• Tyrel Bauer
• Cole Perfetti

Players Who Did Not Receive Qualifying Offer:

• Jaret Anderson-Dolan