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Top remaining restricted free agents: The best 2024 RFAs still on the board
Steven Ellis
Sep 18, 2024
Top remaining restricted free agents: The best 2024 RFAs still on the board
Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Remember how crazy July 1 was? A total of 185 deals were signed for more than $1.2 billion, marking one of the wildest starts to the open market ever seen in NHL history.

But things have quieted down for the most part since then, and that includes on the restricted free agent mark. Right now, the significantly better unsigned players lie there, with teams retaining the rights to these players via qualifying offers earlier this summer.

For about 30 young, talented pros, they’re hoping for a bit of a raise in their RFA years before, in many cases, chasing bigger bucks as a UFA later on.

Using projections from consulting firm AFP Analytics, here’s a look at what the restricted free agent market looks like:

Top Remaining Restricted Free Agents

PlayerPosTeamAgeSalaryGPG/GAAPTS/SV%AFP Projection
Moritz SeiderDDET23$925K829427x$8.126M
Cole PerfettiRWWPG22$832K7119387x$5.584M
Dawson MercerCNJD22$832.5K8220336x$6.521M
Jordan SpenceDLAK23$775K712246x$4.415M
Nikita OkhotyukDCGY23$775K51192x$1.008M
Ilya SolovyovDCGY24$820K10031x$813K
Nikita AlexandrovCSTL23$775K23021x$874K
Jeremy SwaymanGBOS25$3.745M442.52.9165x$6.433M