2020 NHL Free Agency Prediction Primer

 Welp, what can I say? We made it!

Before I get into where I think the top free agents are going to end up, I would like to congratulate the Tampa Bay Lightning on winning the Stanley Cup. I said Vegas would win around this time last year, accidentally jinxed them, and lo and behold, the Bolts are the best. Now go party like you already started to do. I saw all y'all at the Buccaneers game last Sunday.

Now, free agency. Did anybody think we'd get to the point where players will be switching teams? It might be harder with, you know, a pandemic going on and all, but free agency will be a thing, players will be finding new homes, and the league will be flipped on its head.

So, after the success of my list last year, I've decided to do my 2nd annual Free Agency Prediction Primer. All I will do is list the top free agents, and give my predictions as to where they will go. Not going to go into detail as to why I think they will go there, but just list my predictions. Also no RFAs, just unrestricted free agents. They will be listed in order of cap hit during the 2019-20 season.


The List


Henrik Lundqvist - Washington Capitals

Bobby Ryan - Philadelphia Flyers

Alex Pietrangelo - Toronto Maple Leafs

Braden Holtby - Vancouver Canucks

Taylor Hall - Nashville Predators

Corey Crawford - Chicago Blackhawks

Mikael Granlund - Calgary Flames

Justin Schultz - Winnipeg Jets

Tyson Barrie - Vegas Golden Knights

Torey Krug - Detroit Red Wings

Mike Hoffman - New York Islanders

Wayne Simmonds - Edmonton Oilers

Andy Greene - New Jersey Devils

Alex Galchenyuk - Winnipeg Jets

Sami Vatanen - New Jersey Devils

Craig Anderson - Dallas Stars

Carl Soderberg - Carolina Hurricanes

TJ Brodie - Florida Panthers

Tyler Toffoli - Vancouver Canucks

Chris Tanev - Pittsburgh Penguins

Craig Smith - New Jersey Devils

Jimmy Howard - Edmonton Oilers

Evgeni Dadonov - Florida Panthers

Vladislav Namestnikov - Minnesota Wild

Travis Hamonic - Edmonton Oilers

Cody Eakin - Winnipeg Jets

Justin Braun - Boston Bruins

Jacob Markstrom - Los Angeles Kings

Michael Grabner - New York Rangers

Radko Gudas - Toronto Maple Leafs

Thomas Greiss - Detroit Red Wings

Brenden Dillon - Vancouver Canucks

Conor Sheary - Washington Capitals

Cam Talbot - Calgary Flames

Erik Haula - Minnesota Wild

Anton Khudobin - Ottawa Senators


I cannot wait until each and every single one of these is wrong on Friday. I also cannot wait to laugh at the ridiculous wads of cash that will be spent around. Let the free agent frenzy commence!


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