`Sharks Jersey # Order

Note on waiver exemption - this is the player's status as of the start of the season. So playing the number of games indicated will remove their waiver exemption.

NHL roster (5): G, D, F

NHL contracts (45+1) active until at least 6/30/2026:

Goalies (6): Askarov, Brossoit, Carriere, Nedeljkovic, ++Price, Skarek

Defense (12+1): Allan, Beck, Cagnoni (ELC), Carlsson, Desharnais, Dickinson (ELC), Ferraro, Klingberg, Leddy,Mukamahdulin, Orlov, Woo; >>Sahlin Wallenius (ELC)

Forwards (27): Afanasyev, Bystedt (ELC), Cardwell (ELC), Celebrini (ELC), Chernyshov (ELC), ++Couture, Dellandrea, Eklund (ELC), Gaudette, Giles, Goodrow, Graf (ELC), Halttunen (ELC), Huntington, Kurashev, Laberge, Lund (ELC), Misa (ELC), Musty (ELC), Ostapchuk (ELC), Reaves, Regenda, Sherwood, Smith (ELC), Toffoli, Wennberg, White

Legend: >> ELC slidable contract, NHL, NHL IR, AHL, ECHL. On loan to Junior (overaer)/European team. ~~Suspended~~. [[name]] non-roster (preseson injury, visa issues, covid protocol, NHL investigation, etc). [covid, but still on roster] ((getting out of covid)) ++ injured "retired"

AHL deals (6) 2025-26:

Goalie (1):Matt Davis (through 25-26)

Defense (2): John Gormley, Braden Haché

Forward (3): Anthony Vincent, Donavan Houle, Lucas Vanroboys, Oliver Wahlstrom

Number	Name	Birth Country	League playing in	Social Media	Position	Shoots/ Catches	Birthday	Acquired	Links (Stats, Bios, etc.)	Under Contract 'Till	Waiver Exempt 25-26
1	Christian Kirsch	Switzerland	UMass 25-29		Goalie		6/18/2006	ED24/4/116	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior \| College	-	n/a
2	Will Smith	USA	NHL		Center	Right	3/17/2005	ED23/1/4	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	270630 ELC	Y2/86
3	John Klingberg	Sweden	NHL		Defense	Right	8/14/1992	FA250701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
4	Nick Leddy	USA	NHL		Defense	Left	3/20/1991	WA250703	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \|	260630	N
5	Vincent Desharnais	Canada	NHL		Defense	Right	5/29/1996	TR250305	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
6	Sam Dickinson	Canada	OHL / NHL		Defense	Left	6/7/2006	ED24/1/11	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	3-year ELC	Y4/160
9	Dimitry Orlov	Russia	NHL		Defense	Left	7/23/1991	FA250703	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \|	270630	N
10	Ty Dellandrea	Canada	NHL		Center	Right	7/21/2000	TR240619	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
11	Egor Afanasyev	Russia	AHL		Left	Left	1/23/2001	TR240623	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630	N Cleared 10/15
13	Quentin Musty	USA	AHL		Left	Left	7/6/2005	ED23/1/26	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	280630 ELC	Y3/160
14	Kasper Halttunen	Finland	AHL		Wing	Right	6/7/2005	ED23/2/36	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	280630 ELC	Y3/160
15	Shane Bowers	Canada	NHL		Cnter	Left	7/30/1999	TR250702	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N Cleared 10/1
16	Colin White	USA	AHL		Center	Right	1/30/1997	FA240813	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N Cleared 10/5
18	Filip Bystedt	Sweden	AHL		Center	Left	2/4/2004	ED22/1/27	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Europe	270630 ELC	Y2/160
21	Alex Wennberg	Sweden	NHL		Center	Left	9/22/1994	FA240701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630 290630 NTC	N
23	Barclay Goodrow	Canada	NHL		Right	Left	2/26/1993	FA140306 / WA240619	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \|TSN \| PP \| AHL	270630 MNTC	N
24	Oliver Wahlstrom	USA	AHL		Forward	Right	6/13/2000	FA250916	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260603 AHL	N/A
25	Mattias Havelid	Sweden	AHL		Defense	Right	1/1/2004	ED22/2/45	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	280630 ELC	Y3/80
30	Yaroslav Askarov	Russia	NHL		Goalie	Right	6/16/2002	TR240823	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	270630	Y1/64
31	Joshua Ravensbergen	Canada	WHL Prince George		Goalie	Right	11/27/2006	ED25/1/30	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
32	Lucas Carlsson	Sweden	AHL		Defense	Left	7/5/1997	FA240701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	USA	NHL		Goalie	Left	1/7/1996	TR250701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630 280630	N
34	Matt Davis	Canada	AHL		Goalie	Right	6/16/2001	FA250422	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
35	Gabriel Carriere	Canada	AHL		Goalie	Right	11/6/2000	FA240412	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630	Y1/60
36	Jakub Skarek	Czechia	AHL		Goale	Left	11/10/1999	FA250710	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630	N Cleared 10/1
38	Mario Ferraro	Canada	NHL		Defense	Left	9/17/1998	ED17/2/49	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630	N
40	Jimmy Huntington	Canada	AHL		Center	Left	11/18/1998	FA250701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N Cleared 10/1
41	Samuel Laberge	Canada	AHL		Left	Left	410/1997	FA250701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N Cleared 10/1
42	Luca Cagnoni	Canada	NHL		Defense	Left	12/21/2004	ED23/4/123	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	270630 ELC	Y2/154
43	Michael Fisher	USA	Northeastern HE (#16, '27)		Defense	Right	5/2/2004	ED22/3/76	NHL \| IHDB\| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	BFO	n/a
44	Keifer Sherwood	USA	NHL		Right	Right	3/31/1995	TR260119	NHL \| IHDB\| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP	260630 310630 NTC	N
46	Cam Lund	USA	NHL		Center	Right	6/7/2004	ED22/2/34	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	280630 ELC	Y2/149
48	Eric Pohlkamp	USA	Bemidji ('27, #23)		Defense	Right	3/23/2004	ED23/5/132	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	-	n/a
49	Cole McKinney	USA	USHL NDTP -> UM '29		Center	Right	3/16/2007	ED25/2/53	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
50	Joey Muldowney	USA	UConn (#8, '27)		Right	Right	6/5/2004	ED22/6/172	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	BFO	n/a
51	Collin Graf	USA	NHL		Center	Right	9/21/2002	FA240404	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	Y1/40
54	Patrick Giles	USA	NHL		Right	Right	1/3/2000	TR250305	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
55	Teddy Mutryn	USA	USHL Chicago -> BC '30		Center	Right	2/16/2007	ED25/3/95	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
56	Ethan Cardwell	Canada	AHL		Right	Right	8/30/2002	ED21/4/121	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	Y1/74
57	Max Heise	Canada	BCHL -> WHL -> MSU '30		Center	Right	2/26/2006	ED25/5/150	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior \| College	-	n/a
62	Carson Wetsch	Canada	WHL		Right	Right	5/4/2006	ED24/3/82	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
63	Zack Ostapchuk	Canada	AHL		Center	Left	5/29/2003	TR250307	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	Y1/97
64	Zachary Sharp	USA	NCHC WMU '28		Defense	Left	3/29/2005	ED25/4/124	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	-
65	Leo Sahlin Wallenius	Sweden	SweJr		Defense	Left	4/10/2006	ED24/2/53	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	3-year ELC	Y4/160
67	Lucas Vanroboys	Canada	AHL		Forward	Right	7/24/1999	FA240412	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
68	Colton Roberts	Canada	WHL		Defense	Right	6/8/2006	ED24/5/131	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
70	Noah Beck	Canada	AHL		Defense	Left	3/25/2001	FA250325	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	Y2/60
71	Macklin Celebrini	Canada	NHL		Center	Left	6/13/2006	ED24/1/1	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	270630 ELC	Y2/90
72	William Eklund	Sweden	NHL		Left	Left	10/12/2002	ED21/1/7	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC 290630	N
73	Tyler Toffoli	Canada	NHL		Center	Right	4/24/1992	FA240701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	280630 NMC	N
74	Haoxi (Simon) Wang	China	OHL Niagra -> BU '30		Defense	Left	7/27/2007	ED25/2/33	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior \| College	-	n/a
75	Ryan Reaves	Canada	NHL		Right	Right	1/20/1987	TR250710	NHL \|IHDB \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP	260630	N
76	Anthony Vincent	USA	AHL		Forward	Right	8/12/1997	FA230313	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
77	Michael Misa	Canada	OHL Sagina		Forward	Left	2/16/2007	ED25/1/2	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	280630 ELC	Y5/160
79	John Gormley	USA	AHL		Defense	Right	8/19/2000	FA250328	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
80	Reese Laubach	USA	Penn State ('27, #29)		Center	Right	11/20/2003	ED22/7/217	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	BFO	n/a
81	Adam Gaudette	USA	NHL		Right	Right	10/3/1969	FA250701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	270630	N
83	Donovan Villeneuve-Houle	Canada	AHL		Forward	Right	11/4/1999	FA240412	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
84	Pavol Regenda	Slovakia	AHL		Left	Left	12/7/1999	TR250122	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N Cleared 10/6
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	Russia	AHL		Defense	Left	1/10/2002	TR230226	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	N
86	Braden Haché	Canada	AHL		Defense	Left	5/21/2003	FA240603	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
88	Brandon Svoboda	USA	Boston University '27		Center	Right	2/4/2005	ED23/3/71	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior \| College	-	n/a
89	Nate Misskey	Canada	AHL/NHL		Defense	Right	1/12/2005	ED24/5/143	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
92	Igor Chernyshov	Russia	KHL		Left	Right	11/30/2005	ED24/2/33	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	280630 ELC	Y3/160
96	Philipp Kurashev	Switzerland	NHL		Forward	Left	10/12/1999	FA250701	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
98	Jack Bar		ECHL		Defense			FA251010	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630 AHL	N/A
(39)	Laurent Brossoit	Canada	AHL		Goalie	Left	3/23/1993	TR260108	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630	N
(42)	Nolan Allan	Canada	AHL		Defense	Left	4/28/2001	TR260108	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630 ELC
39	Logan Couture	Canada	Injured (SOIR)		Center	Left	3/28/1989	ED07/1/9	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP	270630 NTC	N
	Jett Woo	Canada	AHL		Defense	Right	7/27/2000	TR260305	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL	260630
	Carey Price		IR		Goalie			TR250905	n/a	260630	N
	Ilyas Magomedsultanov	Russia	VHL Yaroslavl Jr. -> MHL		Defense	Left	10/24/2006	ED25/4/115	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
	Richard Gallant	USA	USHL NDTP -> Harvard '29		Left	Left	6/12/2007	ED25/5/150	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
	David Klee	USA	North Dakota '27		Center	Left	5/10/2005	ED23/7/196	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior \| College	-	n/a
	Yegor Rimashevskiy	Belarus	Russian Jr		Right	Right	2/1/2005	ED23/7/203	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a
	Eli Barnett	Canada	Vermont '27		Defense	Right	9/16/2003	ED22/7/195	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	BFO	n/a
	Yaroslav Korostelyov	Russia	MHL		Goalie	Left	8/7/2005	ED24/7/194	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	n/a

	Sasha (Alexander) Chmelevski	USA	KHL		Center	Right	6/9/1999	ED17/6/185	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL	RFA - QO'd 2022 (signed in KHL through 2024) (Rights held through 2025-26 season)	N
	Emil Galimov		KHL		Left	Left	5/9/1992	ED13/7/207	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	(rights held indefinitely)	N
	Martin Kaut	Czechia	Czech		Right	Right	10/2/1999	TR230125	NHL \| IHDB\| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL	RFA / QO'd 2023 Signs deal with Czech team	N
	Yegor Spiridonov	Russia	KHL SKA St. Petersburg		Center	Right	1/22/2001	ED19/4/108	NHL \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \|PP \| AHL \| ECHL \| KHL	(rights held indefinitely)	N

Below are players in the Sharks' organization under NHL (and/or AHL) contracts that expire Summer 2026.

Goalies: Free. RFA: Carriere . UFA:Brossoit, ~~Nedelhovic~~, Price. UFA6: Skarek. UFA: .

Defense: Free .RFA: Mukhamadullin, Beck, Allen. UFA: Deharnais, Ferraro, Klingberg, Leddy, Carlsson. UFA6: Woo. UFA: .

Forwards: Free. RFA: Dellandrea, Kurashev, Graf, Ostapchuk, Cardwell. UFA: ~~Sherwood~~, Reaves, White, Laberge, Huntington, Bowers UFA6: Afanayev, Bowers, Giles, Regenda. UFA:

Unsigned Sharks draftees/prospects

2019: C Yegor Spiridonov (KHL)

2022: D Michael Fisher (college, '27), R Joey Muldowney (college, '27), D Eli Barnett (college, '27), C Reese Laubach (college, '27)

2023: C Brandon Svoboda (college, '28/BFO), D Eric Pohlkamp (college, '27), C David Klee (college, '29/BFO), RW Yegor Rimashevskiy (Belarus)

2024: R Carson Wetsch (WHL/BFO), G Christian Kirsch (Europe->USHL->College), D Colton Roberts (WHL -> NCAA, '29/BFO), D Nate Misskey (WHL/BFO), G Yaroslav Korostelyov (Europe)

2025: G Joshua Ravensbergen (WHL->College), D Haoxi (Simon) Wang (OHL-> College), C Cole McKinney (USHL), C Teddy Mutryn (USHL->BC), D Zachary Sharp (NCHC), C Max Heise (BCHL), L Richard Gallant (USHL -> Harvard '29)

Which draftees do the Sharks need to sign/make contract offers to:

(Pre-2025 draftee) Sharks have to offer contracts to any college players leaving college before graduation (e.g., after freshman, sophomore, junior season) by June 1 of the year they leave college.
- 2026, potentially: Fisher, Muldowney, Barnett, Laubach, Svoboda, Polkamp, Klee, Roberts
- 2027, potentially: Svoboda, Klee, Roberts
- 2028, potentially: Klee, Roberts
(Pre-2025 draftee) Sharks have to sign their college graduating draftees/prospects by August 15, or (potentially) lose them as free agents.
- 2027, Fisher, Muldowney, Barnett, Laubach, Pohlkamp
- 2028, Svoboda
- 2029, Klee, Roberts
(Pre-2025 draftee) IIHF European players - rights held until age 27
- Spiridonov until 2028
- Rimashevskiy held until 2032
- Kirsch, Korostelyov held until 2033
(Pre-2025 draftee) Sharks have until June 1, to sign major junior players who were drafted two years previously
- 2026, Wetsch, Misskey
2025 draftees: 18yo draftee rights held for four years, 19 yo draftee rights held for three years. If in NCAA at "expiration", rights extended until 30 days after notifying NHL they are no longer playing in college.
2026 draftees: (Rights held 4 years or after graduation)
Defected players/rights held indefinitely:
- Chmelevski
- Emil Galimov (32, but defected)
- Martin Kaut (24)
- Rimashevsky
- Spiridonov

Notes

Each NHL team is limited to having fifty (50) players signed to NHL contracts. (Players aged 18 or 19 playing in North American major junior leagues or Europe are excluded from that number.) Each NHL team may have no more than ninety players in their organizational depth chart.

The average salary for 2018-19 was $3,244,126.

NHL salary cap (per team) for 2025-2026 is $95.5m.

If the club/team wishes to take a player to arbitration, they have from June 15 or 48 hours after Stanley Cup being awarded (first period) or 5:01pm ET July 5 to 5pm ET July 6 to elect arbitration. A team can take a player to arbitration only once (but a player can elect arbitration as many times as he wants). If a team takes a player to arbitration, they cannot walk away from the award. If a player-elected arbitration award is $4,084,219 (2017) or greater, teams can "walk away" from the arbitration (and match negotiated contract up to 85% of arbitration award with new club).

The minimum NHL player salary is 2021-22 $750,000.

QO amounts from CBA: Article 10.2 (a)(ii) Players earning $660,000 or less will be entitled to qualifying offers (QO) at 110% of their prior year’s salary; players earning more than $660,000 and up to $1 million will be entitled to QOs at 105% of prior year’s salary (but not to exceed $1 million); players earning more than $1 million will be entitled to QO at 100% of their prior year’s salary.

Official free agent list and RFA compensation

OFFER COMPENSATION 2025-6
Offer Sheet (AAV)	Compensation
$1,544,424 or less	None
Over $1,544,424 to $2,340,037	3rd
Over $2,340,037 to $4,680,076	2nd
Over $4,680,076 to $7,020,113	1st, 3rd
Over $7,020,113 to $9,360,153	1st, 2nd, 3rd
Over $9,360,153 to $11,700,192	(2) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Over $11,700,192	(4) 1st

Arbitration-eligible players must elect arbitration by July 5, 2018. See CBA Article 12. 2019 arbitration walk away: over $4,397,832

Age of signing NHL contract	Years professional experience
18-20	4 years
21	3 years
22-23	2 years
24+	1 year

Nominally, Accrued Season means any league year during which a player was on a club's active NHL roster for 40 (30 if the player is a goalie) or more regular season games.

Group 1 Free Agent - not enough experience to be group 2

RFA (Group 2); must be re-signed or receive a qualifying offer by 6/30/23 (6/25 or the Monday after the entry draft, whichever is later); otherwise become UFAs. * = arbitration rights.

UFA Group 3: a player age 27 with four accrued seasons or with seven accrued seasons

UFA Group 6: "age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff)."

UFA (neither group 3 or 6; or no QO or released or bought out by organization or expiring AHL contract)

NHL = NHL.com (NHL San Jose Sharks)
IHDB = hockeydb.com (Internet Hockey Database)
Elite - Elite Prospects
NHLPA = nhlpa.com (NHL Players' Assocation)
TSN = tsn.ca/nhl
PP = Puckpedia.com
AHL = theahl.com
+ = NHL Rookie
IR = injured reserve
ED = entry draft (YY/R/OOO - year, round, overall)
TR = trade (YYMMDD - year, month, day)
FA = free agency signing (YYMMDD - year, month, day)
RFA = contract expired; new negotiations in progress
? (only) = prospect in organization with unknown assignment for upcoming season. May have completed college, may be ready to leave juniors.
YYMMDD? - esimated ELC contract expiration
R = pro rookie
V = AHL veteran
(nn) = jersey number worn at camp

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