NHL Rumors: Top UFA Forwards and Potential Destinations, and the Top 50 NHL Trade Candidates
Top UFA forwards and potential destinations

David Satriano of NHL,com: Looking at the top free agent forwards and potential landing spots for them.

Evgenii Dadonov – Florida Panthers – Possible landing spots: Panthers, New York Islanders, Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals.

Alex Galchenyuk – Minnesota Wild – Possible landing spots: Panthers, Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets

Mikael Granlund – Nashville Predators – Possible landing spots: Kings, Panthers, Jets, Wild, Canadiens

Taylor Hall – Arizona Coyotes – Possible landing spots: Islanders, Avalanche, Flames, Jets, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins

Mike Hoffman – Florida Panthers – Possible landing spots: Avalanche, Capitals, Jets, Panthers, Islanders, Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets

Ilya Kovalchuk – Washington Capitals – Possible landing spots: Avalanche, Bruins, Oilers, Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers

Pat Maroon – Tampa Bay Lightning – Possible landing spots: Lightning, Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers

Vladislav Namestnikov – Colorado Avalanche – Possible landing spots: Kings, Blue Jackets, Panthers, Avalanche, Canadiens

Bobby Ryan – Ottawa Senators – Possible landing spots: Flyers, Devils, Avalanche, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Rangers

Wayne Simmonds – Buffalo Sabres – Possible landing spots: Oilers, Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks, Devils

Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks – Possible landing spots: Sharks, Stars, Penguins, Maple Leafs, Blues

Tyler Toffoli – Vancouver Canucks – Possible landing spots: Canucks, Blue Jackets, Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks

Top 50 NHL players who could get traded

Frank Seravalli of TSN: Top 50 TSN Trade bait board

RK  PLAYER  TEAM POS CAP HIT YEARS
1  Oliver Ekman-Larsson  ARI LD $8.25M 7
2  Patrik Laine  WPG LW/RW $6.75M 1
3  Matt Dumba  MIN RD $6M 3
4  Matt Murray  PIT G $3.75M RFA
5  Marc-Andre Fleury  VGK G $7M 2
6  Josh Anderson  CBJ RW $1.85M RFA
7  Jake DeBrusk  BOS LW $863K RFA
8  Ottawa’s 2nd Round Picks
9  Jake Virtanen  VAN RW $1.25M RFA
10  Tuukka Rask  BOS G $7M 1
11  Keith Yandle  FLA LD $6.35M 3
12  Yanni Gourde  TB C $5.17M 5
13  Tyler Johnson  TB C/W $5M 4
14  Alex Killorn  TB LW $4.45M 3
15  Ryan Donato  MIN LW $1.9M 1
16  Ryan Strome  NYR C $3.1M RFA
17  Alex Pietrangelo  STL RD $6.5M UFA
18  Andreas Johnsson  TOR LW $3.4M 3
19  Elvis Merzlikins  CBJ G $4M 2
20  Joonas Korpisalo  CBJ G $2.8M 2
21  Darcy Kuemper  ARI G $4.5M 2
22  Noah Hanifin  CGY LD $4.95M 4
23  Frederik Andersen  TOR G $5M 1
24  Brandon Saad  CHI RW $6M 1
25  Matt Duchene  NSH C $8M 6
26  Ryan Johansen  NSH C $8M 5
27  Nick Bonino  NSH C $4.1M 1
28  Brady Skjei  CAR LD $5.25M 4
29  Max Domi  MTL C/LW $3.15M RFA
30  Shayne Gostisbehere  PHI LD $4.5M 3
31  Kyle Palmieri  NJ RW $4.65M 1
32  Phillip Danault  MTL C $3.08M 1
33  Johnny Boychuk  NYI RD $6M 2
34  Brandon Sutter  VAN C/RW $4.38M 1
35  Jaden Schwartz  STL LW $5.3M 1
36  Tyler Bozak  STL C $5M 1
37  Jonathan Marchessault  VGK RW $5M 4
38  Alec Martinez  VGK LD $4.1M 1
39  Paul Stastny  VGK C $6.5M 1
40  Phil Kessel  ARI RW $6.8M 2
41  Kris Russell  EDM RD $4M 1
42  Vincent Trocheck  CAR C $4.75M 2
43  Alex Wennberg  CBJ C $4.7M 3
44  Brandon Montour  BUF RD $3.4M RFA
45  Tony DeAngelo  NYR RD $925K RFA
46  Evan Bouchard  EDM RD $863K 3
47  Devan Dubnyk  MIN G $4.33M 1
48  Martin Jones  SJ G $5.75M 4
49  Dougie Hamilton  CAR RD $5.75M 1
50  Sergei Bobrovsky  FLA G $10M 6