The 2014 NHL free agent period officially has begun.
The league kicked it off this year Tuesday at noon ET by releasing a full list of players who are free agents this offseason. The list is divided into three groups — Group 2 (restricted free agents), Group 3 (unrestricted free agents) and Group 6 (players who are unrestricted free agents after not receiving a qualifying offer).
The league’s restricted free agents are subject to draft-choice compensation based on the contract they receive from their new team. Here’s how it breaks down:
$1,110,249 or below: None
Over $1,110,249 to $1,682,194: Third-round choice
Over $1,682,194 to $3,364,391: Second-round choice
Over $3,364,391 to $5,046,585: First-round and third-round choice
Over $5,046,585 to $6,728,781: First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,728,781 to $8,410,976: Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $8,410,976: Four first-round choices
To check out NESN.com’s rankings of the best free agents at each position, click here.
Here is the full list of NHL free agents, listed by the last team for which they played.
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Restricted Free Agents: Jesse Blacker, Mat Clark, Louis Leblanc, Andre Petersson, Jakob Silfverberg, Devante Smith-Pelly, Sami Vatanen.
Unrestricted Free Agents: Jonas Hiller, Saku Koivu, Mathieu Perreault, Stephane Robidas, Teemu Selanne, David Steckel, Zack Stortini, Daniel Winnik, Nolan Yonkman.
UFAs Who Didn’t Sign Qualifying Offer: None.
ARIZONA COYOTES
RFAs: Brandon McMillan, Jordan Szwarz.
UFAs: Paul Bissonnette, Mathieu Brodeur, Thomas Greiss, Jeff Halpern, Tim Kennedy, John Mitchell, Derek Morris, David Moss, Radim Vrbata, Justin Weller, Ethan Werek, Brandon Yip.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Cade Fairchild, Brett Hextall, Andy Miele.
BOSTON BRUINS
RFAs: Matt Bartkowski, Jordan Caron, Tommy Cross, Craig Cunningham, Justin Florek, Matt Fraser, Tyler Randell, Zach Trotman, David Warsofsky.
UFAs: Jarome Iginla, Chad Johnson, Nick Johnson, Andrej Meszaros, Mike Moore, Corey Potter, Shawn Thornton.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Blake Parlett.
BUFFALO SABRES
RFAs: Luke Adam, Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno, Matt Hackett, Chad Ruhwedel.
UFAs: Cory Conacher, Nick Crawford, Matt D’Agostini, Connor Knapp, Zenon Konopka, Matt MacKenzie, Jamie McBain, Kevin Porter, John Scott, Shawn Szydlowski, Alexander Sulzer, Henrik Tallinder, Jamie Tardif, Marek Zagrapan.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
CALGARY FLAMES
RFAs: Chad Billins, Lance Bouma, Joe Colborne, Mark Cundari, Joni Ortio.
UFAs: Chris Butler, Paul Byron, Mike Cammalleri, David Eddy, T.J. Galiardi, Blair Jones, Joey MacDonald, James Martin, Olivier Roy, Derek Smith, Ben Street, Kevin Westgarth.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Christopher Breen.
CAROLINA HURRICANES
RFAs: Zach Boychuk, Michal Jordan, Greg Nemisz, Rasmus Rissanen, Justin Shugg, Jared Staal, Jiri Tlusty.
UFAs: Nicolas Blanchard, Drayson Bowman, Radek Dvorak, Mark Flood, Tommi Kivisto, Mike Komisarek, Andrei Loktionov, Manny Malhotra, Justin Peters, Joni Pitkanen, Aaron Palushaj, Brett Sutter, Kellan Tochkin.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Brett Bellemore, Matthew Corrente, Mike Murphy.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
RFAs: None.
UFAs: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Terry Broadhurst, Sheldon Brookbank, Brian Connelly, Byron Froese, David Gilbert, Michal Handzus, Nikolai Khabibulin, Jason LaBarbera, Philippe Lefebvre, Brad Mills, Theo Peckham, Peter Regin.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
RFAs: Tyson Barrie, Paul Carey, Stefan Elliott, Karl Stollery.
UFAs: Andre Benoit, Guillaume Desbiens, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Matt Hunwick, Bryan Lerg, Kieran Millan, Mark Olver, Kent Patterson, Cory Sarich, Paul Stastny, David Van Der Gulik, JT Wyman.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Brad Malone.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
RFAs: Sean Collins, Tim Erixon, Matt Frattin, Cody Goloubef, Ryan Johansen, Ilari Melart, David Savard, Corey Tropp, Dana Tyrell, Will Weber.
UFAs: Cody Bass, Anton Blomqvist, Blake Comeau, Oliver Gabriel, Jake Hansen, Derek MacKenzie, Mike McKenna, Patrick McNeill, Nick Schultz, Jack Skille, Matt Taormina.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Carter Camper, Jeremy Smith, Paul Thompson.
DALLAS STARS
RFAs: Brenden Dillon, Cody Eakin, Cameron Gaunce, Scott Glennie, Antoine Roussel.
UFAs: Ryan Button, Vernon Fiddler, Maxime Fortunus, Dustin Jeffrey, Tristan King, Hubert Labrie, Chris Mueller, Cristopher Nilstorp, Toby Petersen, Austin Smith, Tim Thomas, Francis Wathier, Ray Whitney.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
DETROIT RED WINGS
RFAs: Adam Almqvist, Mitch Callahan, Danny DeKeyser, Landon Ferraro, Andrej Nestrasil, Tomas Tatar.
UFAs: Daniel Alfredsson, Dick Axelsson, Todd Bertuzzi, Daniel Cleary, Willie Coetzee, Cory Emmerton, Gleason Fournier, David Legwand, Max Nicastro, Trevor Parkes, Kyle Quincey, Mikael Samuelsson.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
EDMONTON OILERS
RFAs: Richard Bachman, Luke Gazdic, Curtis Hamilton, Roman Horak, Philip Larsen, Andrew Miller, Jeff Petry, Tyler Pitlick, Justin Schultz.
UFAs: Anton Belov, Ben Eager, Taylor Fedun, Mark Fraser, Denis Grebeshkov, Ryan Jones, Steve MacIntyre, Ryan Smyth.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
RFAs: Erik Gudbranson, Jimmy Hayes, Dmitry Kulikov, Ryan Martindale, Dylan Olsen, Brandon Pirri, Garrett Wilson.
UFAs: Steven Anthony, Krystofer Barch, Scott Clemmensen, Roman Derlyuk, Tom Gilbert, Matt Gilroy, Scott Gomez, Jonathan Hazen, Mattias Lindstrom, Anthony Luciani, Mark Mancari, Jon Matsumoto, Mike Mottau, Greg Rallo, Jonathan Rheault, Ryan Whitney, Jesse Winchester.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Michael Caruso.
LOS ANGELES KINGS
RFAs: Jean-Francois Berube, Dwight King, Brayden McNabb.
UFAs: Colin Fraser, James Livingston, Willie Mitchell, Jonathan Parker, Steve Quailer.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Andrew Campbell.
MINNESOTA WILD
RFAs: Jonathon Blum, Justin Fontaine, Darcy Kuemper, Nino Niederreiter.
UFAs: Ilya Bryzgalov, Josh Caron, Tyler Cuma, John Curry, Jake Dowell, Kristopher Foucault, Dany Heatley, Jon Landry, Mikko Lehtonen, Cody McCormick, Matt Moulson, Nate Prosser, Michael Rupp, Clayton Stoner, Brad Winchester.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Steven Kampfer, Carson McMillan, Kyle Medvec.
MONTREAL CANADIENS
RFAs: Lars Eller, Joonas Nattinen, P.K. Subban.
UFAs: Mike Blunden, Francis Bouillon, Robert Czarnik, Peter Delmas, Devan Dubnyk, Brian Gionta, Douglas Murray, George Parros, Martin St. Pierre, Nick Tarnasky, Thomas Vanek, Mike Weaver, Ryan White.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
RFAs: Taylor Beck, Anthony Bitetto, Mattias Ekholm, Ryan Ellis, Joonas Jarvinen, Simon Moser, Scott Valentine.
UFAs: Daniel Bang, Michael Del Zotto, Patrick Eaves, Joe Piskula, Alexander Radulov, Joonas Rask, Bryan Rodney, Charles-Olivier Roussel, Ryan Thang.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
RFAs: Brandon Burlon, Maxime Clermont, Eric Gelinas, Jacob Josefson, Keith Kinkaid, Harri Pesonen, Mattias Tedenby, Scott Timmins, Alexander Urbom, David Wohlberg.
UFAs: Steve Bernier, Riley Boychuk, Martin Brodeur, Ryan Carter, Mark Fayne, Stephen Gionta, Maxim Noreau, Rod Pelley, Harry Young.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Mike Hoeffel.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
RFAs: Casey Cizikas, Matt Donovan, Brett Gallant, Aaron Ness, Anders Nilsson, Kevin Poulin.
UFAs: Dan Boyle, Chris Bruton, Marc Cantin, Joe Diamond, Joe Finley, Justin Johnson, Matt Mangene, Radek Martinek, Evgeni Nabokov, Ken Reiter.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
NEW YORK RANGERS
RFAs: Ryan Bourque, Derick Brassard, Chris Kreider, Danny Kristo, Jason Missiaen, John Moore, Mats Zuccarello.
UFAs: Arron Asham, Kyle Beach, Stu Bickel, Brian Boyle, Daniel Carcillo, Raphael Diaz, Justin Falk, Micheal Haley, Kyle Jean, Aaron Johnson, David LeNeveu, Dominic Moore, Benoit Pouliot, Darroll Powe, Scott Stajcer, Anton Stralman, Danny Syvret, Jason Wilson.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
OTTAWA SENATORS
RFAs: Stephane Da Costa, Dave Dziurzynski, Derek Grant, Eric Gryba, Robin Lehner, Cole Schneider, Michael Sdao.
UFAs: Ben Blood, Joe Corvo, Corey Cowick, Tyler Eckford, Wacey Hamilton, Ales Hemsky, Matt Kassian, Nathan Lawson, Milan Michalek, Ilya Zubov.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Alex Grant, Jim O’Brien.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
RFAs: Jason Akeson, Erik Gustafsson, Brandon Manning, Tye McGinn.
UFAs: Marc-Andre Bourdon, Tyler Brown, Yann Danis, Steve Downie, Cullen Eddy, Ray Emery, Kyle Flanagan, Bruno Gervais, Hal Gill, Adam Hall, Cal Heeter, Ben Holmstrom, Tyler Hostetter, Kris Newbury, Chris Vande Velde.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
RFAs: Simon Despres, Bobby Farnham, Jayson Megna, Philip Samuelsson, Nick Spaling, Brandon Sutter.
UFAs: Chris Conner, Nick Drazenovic, Deryk Engelland, Tanner Glass, Marcel Goc, Jussi Jokinen, Chuck Kobasew, Brendan Mikkelson, Matt Niskanen, Brooks Orpik, Taylor Pyatt, Lee Stempniak, Joe Vitale, Tomas Vokoun.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Brian Gibbons, Spencer Machacek, Zach Sill, Harry Zolnierczyk.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
RFAs: Sergei Andronov, David Shields, Vladimir Sobotka, Sebastian Wannstrom.
UFAs: Keith Aucoin, Alexandre Bolduc, Patrick Cannone, Taylor Chorney, Carlo Colaiacovo, Adam Cracknell, Christian Hanson, Ryan Miller, Brenden Morrow, Steve Ott, Brett Ponich, Derek Roy, Tyler Shattock.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Eric Selleck.
SAN JOSE SHARKS
RFAs: Jason Demers, Taylor Doherty, Harri Sateri, James Sheppard, Matt Tennyson, Tommy Wingels.
UFAs: Sena Acolatse, Adam Comrie, Rob Davison, Scott Hannan, Bracken Kearns, John McCarthy, Nick Petrecki, Chad Rau, Brodie Reid, Sebastian Stalberg, Marek Viedensky
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Matt Pelech.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
RFAs: Brett Connolly, Dmitry Korobov, Richard Panik, Philippe Paradis, Andrej Sustr.
UFAs: Keith Aulie, Cedric Desjardins, Michael Kostka, Pierre-Cedric Labrie, Charles Landry, Brian Lee, Anders Lindback, Tom Pyatt, Sami Salo, Dan Sexton, Geoff Walker.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: None.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
RFAs: Spencer Abbott, Carter Ashton, Jerry D’Amigo, Cody Franson, Jake Gardiner, Peter Holland, James Reimer.
UFAs: Cameron Abney, Troy Bodie, Dave Bolland, Leo Komarov, Nikolai Kulemin, Drew MacIntyre, Jay McClement, Paul Ranger, Mason Raymond, Kenny Ryan, Trevor Smith, Jerred Smithson, Brad Staubitz.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: TJ Brennan.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
RFAs: Peter Andersson, Darren Archibald, Joe Cannata, Brandon DeFazio, Zack Kassian, Chris Tanev, Linden Vey, Yannick Weber.
UFAs: Andrew Alberts, Zac Dalpe, Benn Ferriero, Pascal Pelletier, Mike Santorelli, Yann Sauve, Jordan Schroeder, Colin Stuart.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Alex Biega, Jeremy Welsh.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
RFAs: Michael Latta, Edward Pasquale, Cameron Schilling, Nate Schmidt.
UFAs: Julien Brouillette, Nicolas Deschamps, Brett Flemming, Chay Genoway, Mikhail Grabovski, Peter LeBlanc, David Leggio, Dustin Penner, Joel Rechlicz, Brandon Segal, Ryan Stoa, Tyson Strachan, Matt Watkins.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: David Kolomatis.
WINNIPEG JETS
RFAs: John Albert, Ben Chiarot, Patrice Cormier, Michael Hutchinson, Carl Klingberg, Eric O’Dell.
UFAs: Keaton Ellerby, Andrew Gordon, Matt Halischuk, Olli Jokinen, Al Montoya, Devin Setoguchi, Cody Sol, Chris Thorburn, James Wright.
Non-Qualifying Offer UFAs: Zach Redmond, Jerome Samson.
