Top NCAA Free Agents -- NHL Comps

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Created by: NHLfan10506

Team: 2023-24 Custom Team

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 23, 2024

Published: Mar. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I have tried to pick some potential NHL comps for the top names (minus the goalies). First, these are just stylistic comparisons. Second, I am not great at picking the best NHL comps...so I picked two for each.

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NCAA Free Agent Tiers

TIER I:
Collin Graf, RW, Quinnipiac (ECAC)

TIER II:

TIER III:
Dylan Anhorn, LHD, St. Cloud State (NCHC)*
Drew Bavaro, RHD, Notre Dame (Big Ten) -- signed by BOS
Jacob Bengtsson, LHD, Boston College (Hockey East)
Zach Bookman, RHD, Merrimack (Hockey East)*
Riese Gaber, RW, North Dakota (NCHC)
Luke Grainger, C, Western Michigan (NCHC)
TJ Hughes, C, Michigan (Big Ten)
Jacob Quillan, C, Quinnipiac (ECAC)

TIER IV:
Karsen Dorwart, C, Michigan State (Big Ten)
Christian Fitzgerald, C, Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Justin Hryckowian, C, Northeastern (Hockey East) -- signed by DAL
Colton Huard, RHD, New Hampshire (Hockey East)*
Joey Larson, RW, Michigan State (Big Ten)
Ondrej Psenicka, RW, Cornell (ECAC)
Gabriel Seger, C, Cornell (ECAC)
Dylan Wendt, RW, Western Michigan (NCHC)
Jared Westcott, LW, Lake Superior State (CCHA)*
Jack Williams, RW, Northeastern (Hockey East)*

TIER V:
Dalton Bancroft, RW, Cornell (ECAC)
Josh Eernisse, RW, Michigan (Big Ten)
Luke Haymes, C, Dartmouth (ECAC)*
Carter King, C, Denver (NCHC)
Luke Krys, RHD, Providence (Hockey East) -- signed by DAL
Liam McLinskey, C, Holy Cross (Atlantic)*
Jaxon Nelson, C, Minnesota (Big Ten)
Carter Wilkie, RW, RIT (Atlantic)

TIER VI:
Lynden Breen, C, Maine (Hockey East)
Tim Lovell, LHD, Arizona State (Ind)*
Mason Marcellus, C, Quinnipiac (ECAC)
Sam Morton, C, Minnesota State (CCHA) -- signed by CGY
Evan Murr, RHD, Minnesota State (CCHA)*
Jack Musa, LW, Mass-Amherst (Hockey East)
Josh Nadeau, RW, Maine (Hockey East)
John Prokop, LHD, Union (ECAC)*
Garrett Schifsky, C, Michigan (Big Ten)
Ben Steeves, LW, Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC)*

TIER VII:
Boston Buckberger, LHD, Denver (NCHC)
Christian Felton, RHD, Merrimack (Hockey East) -- signed by VAN
Andre Ghantous, RW, Northern Michigan (CCHA) -- signed by NJD
Matteo Giampa, RW, Canisius (Atlantic)*
Bret Link, RW, Colorado College (NCHC)*
Ryland Mosley, LW, Michigan Tech (CCHA)
Nash Nienhuis, LHD, Michigan State (Big Ten)
Luke Rowe, RHD, Air Force (Atlantic) -- signed by LAK
Luc Salem, LHD, St. Lawrence (ECAC)*
Lukas Sillinger, C, Arizona State (Ind)*
Sam Stevens, C/W, Boston University (Hockey East)
Austen Swankler, C, Michigan Tech (CCHA)
Simon Tassy, RW, Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Pito Walton, RHD, Northeastern (Hockey East)*

TIER VIII:
Matthew Barbolini, C, Miami (NCHC) -- signed by TOR
Brandon Chabrier, RHD, Maine (Hockey East)
Mathieu Gosselin, RW, Clarkson (ECAC) -- signed by TOR
Aiden Hansen-Bukata, LHD, RIT (Atlantic)
Chris Hedden, LHD, Air Force (Atlantic)*
Case McCarthy, RHD, Boston University (Hockey East)
Patrick Moynihan, RW, Notre Dame (Big Ten) -- signed by Chicago (AHL)
Nick Poisson, C/W, Providence (Hockey East)*
David Silye, C, Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Lleyton Roed, LW, Bemidji State (CCHA)*
Travis Treloar, C, Quinnipiac (ECAC)
Gleb Veremyev, C, Colorado College (NCHC)*
Jeremy Wilmer, LW, Boston University (Hockey East)

TIER IX:
Nick Anderson, RHD, Colgate (ECAC)*
David Andreychuk, LW, Yale (ECAC)*
Joey Baez, RW, Army (Atlantic)*
Jacques Bouquot, C/LW, Penn State (Big Ten) -- signed by PHI
Scooter Brickey, RHD, Ohio State (Big Ten) -- signed by PIT
Gianfranco Cassaro, LHD, RIT (Atlantic)
Spencer Cox, LHD, Miami (NCHC)*
Brenden Datema, RHD, Canisius (Atlantic) -- signed by NSH
Mathieu De St. Phalle, RW, Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Liam Devlin, LW, New Hampshire (Hockey East)*
William Dineen, LW, Yale (ECAC)*
Jacob Guevin, RHD, Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC)
Lukas Gustafsson, LHD, Boston College (Hockey East)
Kyler Head, LW, Mercyhurst (Atlantic)*
Matthew Kopperud, F, Arizona State (Ind) -- signed by NYI
Kyler Kupka, LW, St. Cloud State (NCHC)*
Jayden Lee, RHD, Quinnipiac (ECAC)
Ian Murphy, RW/C, Princeton (ECAC)*
Joe Palodichuk, LHD, Wisconsin (Big Ten)
Kristof Papp, C, Northern Michigan (CCHA)*
Jack Randl, LW, Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC)
Anthony Romano, C/RW, Clarkson (ECAC) -- signed by DAL
Ryan St. Louis, LW, Brown (ECAC)*
Ryan Siedem, RHD, Notre Dame (Big Ten)*
Hunter Strand, C, Notre Dame (Big Ten)*
Cristophe Tellier, LW, Quinnipiac (ECAC)
Marshall Warren, LHD, Michigan (Big Ten)

[* season has ended]

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Possible expiring rights names to watch...

TIER III
Alex Campbell, LW, Northeastern (Hockey East) (PHI)

TIER IV
Hunter McDonald, LHD, Northeastern (Hockey East) (PHI) -- AHL deal with PHI
Alex Jefferies, LW, Merrimack (Hockey East) (NYI) -- AHL deal with NYI
Mike Koster, LHD, Minnesota (Big Ten) (TOR)

TIER V
Bryce Brodzinski, RW, Minnesota (Big Ten) (PHI)
Sam Colangelo, RW, Northeastern (Hockey East) (ANA)
Artem Shlaine, C, Northern Michigan (CCHA) (NJD)

TIER VI
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, LW/C, Northeastern (Hockey East) (NSH)
Dominic James, LW/C, Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC) (CHI)
Luke Tuch, LW, Boston University (Hockey East) (MTL)
Cade Webber, LHD, Boston University (Hockey East) (TOR)

TIER VII
Carson Bantle, LW, Wisconsin (Big Ten) (ARI)
Blake Biondi, LW, Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC) (MTL)
Connor Kelley, RHD, Providence (Hockey East) (CHI)
Jacob Truscott, LHD, Michigan (Big Ten) (VAN)

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
91	$83,500,000	$256,649,524	$0	$4,332,500	-$173,149,524

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
UFA, FREE AGENT $800,000$800,000	COMP, ONE $800,000$800,000	COMP, TWO $800,000$800,000
RW - Graf, Collin $800,000$800,000	Connor, Kyle $7,142,857$7,142,857 LW UFA - 3	Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
C - Quillan, Jacob $800,000$800,000	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($1,850,000$2M) C RFA - 1	Moore, Trevor $4,200,000$4,200,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5
RW - Gaber, Riese $800,000$800,000	Marchessault, Jonathan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Atkinson, Cam $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
C - Hughes, TJ $800,000$800,000	Couturier, Sean $7,750,000$7,750,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Barbashev, Ivan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5
RHD - Bookman, Zach $800,000$800,000	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Drysdale, Jamie $2,300,000$2,300,000 RD RFA - 3
C - Grainger, Luke $800,000$800,000	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 6
LHD - Anhorn, Dylan $800,000$800,000	Leddy, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Walman, Jake $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3
C - Fitzgerald, Christian $800,000$800,000	Hagel, Brandon $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Coleman, Blake $4,900,000$4,900,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 4
RW - Wendt, Dylan $800,000$800,000	Bertuzzi, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA - 1
LHD - Bengtsson, Jacob $800,000$800,000	McDonagh, Ryan $6,750,000$6,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Kulak, Brett $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3
C - Dorwart, Karsen $800,000$800,000	Larkin, Dylan $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NTC UFA - 8	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7
RHD - Huard, Colton $800,000$800,000	Hronek, Filip $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD RFA - 1	Zub, Artem $4,600,000$4,600,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4
RW - Larson, Joey $800,000$800,000	Eberle, Jordan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Palmieri, Kyle $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
RW - Williams, Jack $800,000$800,000	Boeser, Brock $6,650,000$6,650,000 RW UFA - 2	Pavelski, Joe $3,500,000$3,500,000 ($2,000,000$2M) RW NMC UFA - 1
RW - Nadeau, Josh $800,000$800,000	Yamamoto, Kailer $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW RFA - 1	Phillips, Matthew $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 1
C - Seger, Gabriel $800,000$800,000	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Nelson, Brock $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
LW - Westcott, Jared $800,000$800,000	Tolvanen, Eeli $1,450,000$1,450,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Amadio, Michael $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 1
LW - Psenicka, Ondrej $800,000$800,000	Rasmussen, Michael $1,460,000$1,460,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Martinook, Jordan $1,800,000$1,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
RW - Bancroft, Dalton $800,000$800,000	O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Vesey, Jimmy $800,000$800,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
C - Nelson, Jaxon $800,000$800,000	Bjugstad, Nick $2,100,000$2,100,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Kastelic, Mark $835,000$835,000 C, RW RFA - 2
C - King, Carter $800,000$800,000	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Pageau, Jean-Gabriel $5,000,000$5,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3
RW - Wilkie, Carter $800,000$800,000	Huberdeau, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 8	Zegras, Trevor $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, LW RFA - 3
C - Breen, Lynden $800,000$800,000	Barzal, Mathew $9,150,000$9,150,000 C, RW UFA - 8	Milano, Sonny $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
RHD - Murr, Evan $800,000$800,000	Carrier, Alexandre $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Spence, Jordan $820,000$820,000 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 1
C - Haymes, Luke $800,000$800,000	McCann, Jared $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Novak, Thomas $800,000$800,000 C UFA - 1
LHD - Prokop, John $800,000$800,000	Lohrei, Mason $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2	Mukhamadullin, Shakir $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) LD RFA - 2
RW - Eernisse, Josh $800,000$800,000	Lafferty, Sam $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1	Sundqvist, Oskar $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 1
C - McLinskey, Liam $800,000$800,000	Pinto, Shane $775,000$775,000 C RFA - 1	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
RHD - Bavaro, Drew $800,000$800,000	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,100,000$5,100,000 RD UFA - 4
C - Hryckowian, Justin $800,000$800,000	Bennett, Sam $4,425,000$4,425,000 C UFA - 2	Colton, Ross $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW UFA - 4
RHD - Krys, Luke $800,000$800,000	Hamonic, Travis $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 2	Emberson, Ty $775,000$775,000 RD RFA - 1
C - Morton, Sam $800,000$800,000	Poehling, Ryan $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Gregor, Noah $775,000$775,000 LW, RW RFA - 1

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FORWARDS (87)
Right Wing: TWO COMP ($800,000) - Jake Guentzel ($4,500,000) - Trevor Moore ($4,200,000) - Cam Atkinson ($5,875,000) - Ivan Barbashev ($5,000,000) - Jamie Drysdale ($2,300,000) - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ($5,125,000) - Jake Walman ($3,400,000) - Blake Coleman ($4,900,000) - Luke Kunin ($2,750,000) - Brett Kulak ($2,750,000) - Dylan Cozens ($7,100,000) - Artem Zub ($4,600,000) - Kyle Palmieri ($5,000,000) - Joe Pavelski ($3,500,000) - Matthew Phillips ($775,000) - Brock Nelson ($6,000,000) - Michael Amadio ($762,500) - Jordan Martinook ($1,800,000) - Jimmy Vesey ($800,000) - Mark Kastelic ($835,000) - Jean-Gabriel Pageau ($5,000,000) - Trevor Zegras ($5,750,000) - Sonny Milano ($1,900,000) - Jordan Spence ($820,000) - Thomas Novak ($800,000) - Shakir Mukhamadullin ($894,167) - Oskar Sundqvist ($775,000) - Kirby Dach ($3,362,500)
Centre: ONE COMP ($800,000) - Kyle Connor ($7,142,857) - Matthew Beniers ($897,500) - Jonathan Marchessault ($5,000,000) - Sean Couturier ($7,750,000) - Kris Letang ($6,100,000) - Nick Suzuki ($7,875,000) - Nick Leddy ($4,000,000) - Brandon Hagel ($1,500,000) - Tyler Bertuzzi ($5,500,000) - Ryan McDonagh ($6,750,000) - Dylan Larkin ($8,700,000) - Filip Hronek ($4,400,000) - Jordan Eberle ($5,500,000) - Brock Boeser ($6,650,000) - Kailer Yamamoto ($1,500,000) - Charlie Coyle ($5,250,000) - Eeli Tolvanen ($1,450,000) - Michael Rasmussen ($1,460,000) - Drew O'Connor ($925,000) - Nick Bjugstad ($2,100,000) - Noel Acciari ($2,000,000) - Jonathan Huberdeau ($10,500,000) - Mathew Barzal ($9,150,000) - Alexandre Carrier ($2,500,000) - Jared McCann ($5,000,000) - Mason Lohrei ($925,000) - Sam Lafferty ($1,150,000) - Shane Pinto ($775,000)
Left Wing: FREE AGENT UFA ($800,000) - Collin RW - Graf ($800,000) - Jacob C - Quillan ($800,000) - Riese RW - Gaber ($800,000) - TJ C - Hughes ($800,000) - Zach RHD - Bookman ($800,000) - Luke C - Grainger ($800,000) - Dylan LHD - Anhorn ($800,000) - Christian C - Fitzgerald ($800,000) - Dylan RW - Wendt ($800,000) - Jacob LHD - Bengtsson ($800,000) - Karsen C - Dorwart ($800,000) - Colton RHD - Huard ($800,000) - Joey RW - Larson ($800,000) - Jack RW - Williams ($800,000) - Josh RW - Nadeau ($800,000) - Gabriel C - Seger ($800,000) - Jared LW - Westcott ($800,000) - Ondrej LW - Psenicka ($800,000) - Dalton RW - Bancroft ($800,000) - Jaxon C - Nelson ($800,000) - Carter C - King ($800,000) - Carter RW - Wilkie ($800,000) - Lynden C - Breen ($800,000) - Evan RHD - Murr ($800,000) - Luke C - Haymes ($800,000) - John LHD - Prokop ($800,000) - Josh RW - Eernisse ($800,000) - Liam C - McLinskey ($800,000)

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DETAILS
Roster Size: 91
Salary Cap: $83,500,000
Cap Hit: $256,649,524
Cap Space: -$173,149,524

Mar. 24 at 12:02 p.m.

Caniac2000

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You clearly put a lot of effort into this, but Cade Webbers rights belong to Toronto, not Carolina.

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