<p>By Frank Seravalli</p>
<p>Ding. That is the sound of a new NHL season. Free agency opens when the clock hits 12 noon ET on Wednesday, beginning the mad scramble of deals and details that will impact the 2021-22 season and beyond.</p>
<p>Even without an official ‘interview period,’ tampering ran rampant this offseason. There are still many moving parts – most importantly the goaltending market, with Phillip Grubauer’s decision in Colorado with the potential to create a significant ripple effect.</p>
<p>Here is <em>Daily Faceoff</em>‘s final Top 75 Free Agents ranking heading into the season, based on interest and information from industry sources:</p>
<table width="728">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="45">RK</td>
<td width="197">Player</td>
<td width="79">Team</td>
<td width="52">Pos</td>
<td width="71">Age</td>
<td width="71">GP</td>
<td width="71">G</td>
<td width="71">PTS</td>
<td width="71">20-21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Dougie Hamilton</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>$5.75M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Philipp Grubauer</td>
<td>COL</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>1.95</td>
<td>.922</td>
<td>$3.33M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Blake Coleman</td>
<td>TBL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>$1.8M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Linus Ullmark</td>
<td>BUF</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>2.63</td>
<td>.917</td>
<td>$2.6M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>Phillip Danault</td>
<td>MTL</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>$3.08M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td>Brandon Saad</td>
<td>COL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>$6M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>Mike Hoffman</td>
<td>STL</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>$4M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>8</td>
<td>Ryan Suter</td>
<td>MIN</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>$7.54M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9</td>
<td>Jaden Schwartz</td>
<td>STL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>$5.35M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10</td>
<td>Alexander Wennberg</td>
<td>FLA</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>$2.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11</td>
<td>David Savard</td>
<td>TBL</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>$4.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>12</td>
<td>Mikael Granlund</td>
<td>NSH</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>$3.75M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13</td>
<td>Petr Mrazek</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>2.06</td>
<td>.923</td>
<td>$3.13M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14</td>
<td>Ryan Getzlaf</td>
<td>ANA</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>$8.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15</td>
<td>Kyle Palmieri</td>
<td>NYI</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>$4.65M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16</td>
<td>Casey Cizikas</td>
<td>NYI</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>$3.35M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>17</td>
<td>Corey Perry</td>
<td>MTL</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>$750K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>18</td>
<td>Jaroslav Halak</td>
<td>BOS</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>2.53</td>
<td>.905</td>
<td>$3.5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>19</td>
<td>David Krejci</td>
<td>BOS</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>$7.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20</td>
<td>Tucker Poolman</td>
<td>WPG</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>$775K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>21</td>
<td>Nick Ritchie</td>
<td>BOS</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>$1.5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>22</td>
<td>Jonathan Bernier</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>2.99</td>
<td>.914</td>
<td>$3M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>23</td>
<td>Frederik Andersen</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>2.91</td>
<td>.897</td>
<td>$5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>24</td>
<td>Alex Goligoski</td>
<td>ARI</td>
<td>LD/RD</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>$5.48M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>25</td>
<td>Derek Forbort</td>
<td>WPG</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>$1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>26</td>
<td>Pius Suter</td>
<td>CHI</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>$925K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>27</td>
<td>Luke Glendening</td>
<td>DET</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>$1.8M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>28</td>
<td>Mattias Janmark</td>
<td>VGK</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>$2.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>29</td>
<td>Brock McGinn</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>$2.1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>30</td>
<td>Jordan Martinook</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>$2M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>31</td>
<td>Braden Holtby</td>
<td>VAN</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>3.67</td>
<td>.889</td>
<td>$4.3M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>32</td>
<td>Jani Hakanpaa</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>$750K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>33</td>
<td>Antti Raanta</td>
<td>ARI</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>3.36</td>
<td>.905</td>
<td>$4.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>34</td>
<td>Cody Ceci</td>
<td>PIT</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>$1.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35</td>
<td>Lauren Brossoit</td>
<td>WPG</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>2.42</td>
<td>.918</td>
<td>$1.5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>36</td>
<td>Nick Foligno</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>$5.5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>37</td>
<td>Tomas Tatar</td>
<td>MTL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>$5.3M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>38</td>
<td>Michael Bunting</td>
<td>ARI</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>$738K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>39</td>
<td>Alex Edler</td>
<td>VAN</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>$6M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>40</td>
<td>Marcus Johansson</td>
<td>MIN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>$4.5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>41</td>
<td>Nick Bonino</td>
<td>MIN</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>$4.1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>42</td>
<td>James Reimer</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>2.66</td>
<td>.906</td>
<td>$3.4M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>43</td>
<td>David Kampf</td>
<td>CHI</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>$1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>44</td>
<td>Erik Haula</td>
<td>NSH</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>$1.75M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>45</td>
<td>Sean Kuraly</td>
<td>BOS</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>$1.28M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>46</td>
<td>Derick Brassard</td>
<td>ARI</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>$1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>47</td>
<td>Zdeno Chara</td>
<td>WSH</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>$795K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>48</td>
<td>Tyler Bozak</td>
<td>STL</td>
<td>C/RW</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>$5M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>49</td>
<td>Mathieu Perreault</td>
<td>WPG</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>$4.13M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>50</td>
<td>Patrik Nemeth</td>
<td>COL</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>$3M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>51</td>
<td>Ian Cole</td>
<td>MIN</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>$4.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>52</td>
<td>Eric Staal</td>
<td>MTL</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>$3.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>53</td>
<td>Brandon Sutter</td>
<td>VAN</td>
<td>C/RW</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>$4.35M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>54</td>
<td>Luke Schenn</td>
<td>TBL</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>$800K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>55</td>
<td>Jon Merrill</td>
<td>MTL</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>$925K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>56</td>
<td>Zach Bogosian</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>$1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>57</td>
<td>Ryan Murray</td>
<td>NJD</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>$4.6M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>58</td>
<td>Tomas Nosek</td>
<td>VGK</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>$1.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>59</td>
<td>Jake Virtanen</td>
<td>VAN</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>$2.55M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>60</td>
<td>Alex Chiasson</td>
<td>EDM</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>$2.15M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>61</td>
<td>Zach Parise</td>
<td>MIN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>$7.53M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>62</td>
<td>Ryan Donato</td>
<td>SJS</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>$1.9M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>63</td>
<td>Pierre-Edouard Bellemare</td>
<td>COL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>$1.8M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>64</td>
<td>Michael Raffl</td>
<td>WSH</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>$1.6M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>65</td>
<td>David Rittich</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>2.86</td>
<td>.901</td>
<td>$2.75M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>66</td>
<td>Bobby Ryan</td>
<td>DET</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>$1M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>67</td>
<td>Andrew Cogliano</td>
<td>DAL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>$3.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>68</td>
<td>Alex Galchenyuk</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>$1.05M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>69</td>
<td>Derek Ryan</td>
<td>CGY</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>$3.13M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>70</td>
<td>Jimmy Vesey</td>
<td>VAN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>$900K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>71</td>
<td>Travis Hamonic</td>
<td>VAN</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>$1.25M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>72</td>
<td>Erik Gustafsson</td>
<td>MTL</td>
<td>LD</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>$3M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>73</td>
<td>Devan Dubnyk</td>
<td>COL</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>3.20</td>
<td>.895</td>
<td>$4.33M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>74</td>
<td>Brady Keeper</td>
<td>FLA</td>
<td>RD</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>$715K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>75</td>
<td>Cedric Paquette</td>
<td>CAR</td>
<td>C/LW</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>$1.65M</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Next up</strong>: G Tuukka Rask, G Henrik Lundqvist. Both coming off major surgeries.</p>
<p><strong>Signed</strong>: Alex Ovechkin, Gabriel Landeskog, Taylor Hall, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie, Adam Larsson, Jamie Oleksiak, Jamie Oleksiak, Barclay Goodrow, Alec Martinez, Marc Staal, Keith Yandle, Tony DeAngelo, Joel Armia, Paul Stastny, Brandon Montour, Mike Reilly.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="151"></div>
<p><strong>Retired</strong>: Niklas Hjalmarsson, Craig Anderson.</p>
