Here are the most frequently signed UFAs as posted on ACGMs.
The listed term and salary are averages from across all ACGMs.
1. Blake Coleman: 3 years x $3,525,709
2. Jamie Oleksiak: 3 years x $3,184,947
3. Dougie Hamilton: 6 years x $8,402,954
4. Chris Driedger: 3 years x $3,107946
5. Phillip Danault: 4 years x $5,121,951
6. Zach Hyman: 5 years x $4,900,610
7. Alec Martinez: 3 years x $5,608,750
8. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: 5 years x $6,191,026
9. Jonathan Bernier: 2 years x $3,125,641
10. Adam Larsson: 4 years x $4,016,216
11. Linus Ullmark: 3 years x $3,918,056
12. Ryan Getzlaf: 1 year x $2,737,143
13. Gabriel Landeskog: 6 years x $7,600,714
14. Ian Cole: 2 years x $2,209,242
15. Jani Hakanpää: 2 years x $1,428,333
16. Alexander Wennberg: 3 years x $3,437,097
17. Barclay Goodrow: 3 years x $2,165,517
18. Travis Hamonic: 2 years x $2,059,821
19. Taylor Hall: 4 years x $6,637,500
20. Philipp Grubauer: 5 years x $5,730,952
A couple of interesting tidbits:
1. The highest average salary is Alex Ovechkin (3 years x $10.2m), but he is not among the most frequently signed.
2. Dougie Hamilton average contract with Carolina: 6 years x $8.04m. Hamilton’s average contract with all other teams: 6 years x $8.54m. So he is getting about $500k more away from Hurricanes.
3. Landeskog is getting over $800k more from non-Colorado teams.
4. Blake Coleman is being signed in nearly 12% of ACGMs. His average ACGM salary is $3.5 million while his projected salary from EW is $4.8 million.
5. Oleksiak is being signed in about 8% of ACGMs. His average salary is $3.2 million, EW projection is $4.1m.
6. Danualt and Hyman all appear in about 6% of ACGMs. Both are being signed for about 75 cents on dollar.
7. Two guys that are being signed well above their EW projections are Ryan Getzlaf and Ian Cole.
8. David Savard is being signed to 2x his projected salary. Jake McCabe, 3x.
9. The most common “cheap vets” (guys under $1 million) are Jason Spezza and Matt Nieto. Brett Ritchie and Luke Schenn are getting attention too.
Just for comparison-sake, here are the contract projections from Evolving Wild for the top skaters listed above.
1. Blake Coleman: 4 years x $4,759,000
2. Jamie Oleksiak: 5 years x $4,089,000
3. Dougie Hamilton: 7 years x $8,479,000
5. Phillip Danault: 7 years x $6,363,000
6. Zach Hyman: 7 years x $6,850,000
7. Alec Martinez: 4 years x $5,655,000
8. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: 7 years x $8,215,000
10. Adam Larsson: 5 years x $4,069,000
12. Ryan Getzlaf: 1 year x $2,078,000
13. Gabriel Landeskog: 7 years x $8,784,000
14. Ian Cole: 1 year x $1,140,000
15. Jani Hakanpää: 1 year x $1,292,000
16. Alexander Wennberg: 4 years x $4,248,000
17. Barclay Goodrow: 4 years x $3,063,000
18. Travis Hamonic: 1 year x $1,726,000
19. Taylor Hall: 7 years x $7,187,000