Several restricted free agents were not issued qualifying offers by Monday's 5 p.m. ET deadline, making them unrestricted free agents.
Only players who appeared in at least one NHL game last season were included. Here's the list, according to PuckPedia.
| Player | Position | Previous Team |
|---|---|---|
| Brett Leason | F | ANA |
| Isac Lundestrom | F | ANA |
| Jakub Lauko | F | BOS |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | F | BOS |
| Philipp Kurashev | F | CHI |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | F | MTL |
| Nolan Foote | F | NJ |
| Arthur Kaliyev | F | NYR |
| Jakob Pelletier | F | PHI |
| Emil Bemstrom | F | PIT |
| Connor Dewar | F | PIT |
| Philip Tomasino | F | PIT |
| Klim Kostin | F | SJ |
| Nikolai Kovalenko | F | SJ |
| Noah Gregor | F | SJ |
| Pontus Holmberg | F | TOR |
| Reese Johnson | F | TOR |
| Kailer Yamamoto | F | UTA |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | D | BUF |
| Ian Mitchell | D | BOS |
| Ty Smith | D | CAR |
| Jordan Harris | D | CBJ |
| Zachary Jones | D | NYR |
| Samuel Bolduc | D | NYI |
| Scott Perunovich | D | NYI |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | D | PIT |
| Alexander Alexeyev | D | WSH |
| Yaniv Perets | G | CAR |
| Olivier Rodrigue | G | EDM |
| Georgi Romanov | G | SJ |
A full list of RFAs who were retained with qualifying offers can be found here.
Free agency opens Tuesday at noon.