Welcome to the Hartford Wolf Pack's 2025 offseason player tracker! This is your one-stop shop for all of the offseason's key dates, player signings, and more. See where the 2024-25 team is headed and how the 2025-26 team is shaping up!
PENDING FREE AGENTS
Below are all of the pending unrestricted free agents (UFA) and restricted free agents (RFA) who played for the Wolf Pack during the 2024-25 season.
Last Updated on June 24, 2025.
| Name | Position | Status | Transaction |
| Nicolas Aubé-Kubel | Forward | UFA | |
| Maxim Barbashev | Forward | UFA | |
| Alex Belzile | Forward | UFA | |
| Brendan Brisson | Forward | RFA | |
| Brett Budgell | Forward | UFA | |
| Lucas Edmonds | Forward | RFA | |
| Bo Groulx | Forward | UFA (G6) | |
| Blade Jenkins | Forward | UFA | |
| Jake Leschyshyn | Forward | UFA (G6) | |
| Blake McLaughlin | Forward | UFA | Signed with Vålerenga (Norway) 6/5/25 |
| Riley Nash^ | Forward | UFA | |
| Matt Rempe | Forward | RFA | Signed with NY Rangers (NHL) 6/18/25 |
| Nathan Sucese | Forward | UFA | |
| Carter Berger | Defenseman | UFA | |
| Ben Harpur | Defenseman | UFA | |
| Zac Jones# | Defenseman | RFA | |
| Matthew Robertson | Defenseman | RFA | Signed with NY Rangers (NHL) 6/20/25 |
| Chad Ruhwedel | Defenseman | UFA | |
| Talyn Boyko | Goaltender | RFA | |
| Louis Domingue | Goaltender | UFA | |
| Dylan Garand | Goaltender | RFA |
* = Denotes restricted free agent who did not receive a qualifying offer from the Rangers and therefore will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, 2025.
^ = Denotes a player who did not play during the 2024-25 season due to injury.
# = Denotes a player who appeared in games with the Wolf Pack on a conditioning stint during the 2024-25 season.
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT
The following players are under contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) or the parent New York Rangers (NHL) for the 2025-26 season. These players either suited up for the Wolf Pack during the 2024-25 season or were signed during the summer of 2025 and played in the AHL during the 2024-25 season.
| Name | Position | 2025-26 Contract | Term (Year Expires) |
| Brett Berard | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contact (2025-26, ELC) |
| Anton Blidh | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2026-27) |
| Jaroslav Chmelař | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2026-27, ELC) |
| Zakary Karpa | Forward | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | One-year contract (2025-26) |
| Noah Laba | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2026-27, ELC) |
| Sullivan Mack | Forward | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | One-year contract (2025-26) |
| Bryce McConnell-Barker | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2026-27, ELC) |
| Brennan Othmann | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2025-26, ELC) |
| Matt Rempe | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2026-27) |
| Dylan Roobroeck | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2026-27, ELC) |
| Adam Sýkora | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2026-27, ELC) |
| Kalle Väisänen | Forward | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2026-27, ELC) |
| Jackson Dorrington | Defenseman | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2027-28, ELC) |
| Casey Fitzgerald | Defenseman | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2025-26) |
| Blake Hillman | Defenseman | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | One-year contract (2025-26) |
| Connor Mackey | Defenseman | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2025-26) |
| Case McCarthy | Defenseman | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | Two-year contract (2025-26) |
| Cooper Moore | Defenseman | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | One-year contract (2025-26) |
| Matthew Robertson | Defenseman | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2026-27) |
| Brandon Scanlin | Defenseman | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2025-26) |
| Ryan Siedem | Defenseman | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | Two-year contract (2025-26) |
| Hugo Ollas | Goaltender | New York Rangers (NHL) | Two-year contract (2025-26, ELC) |
| Callum Tung | Goaltender | New York Rangers (NHL) | Three-year contract (2027-28, ELC) |
PLAYER TRADE NEWS
The following players have been involved in a trade consummated by the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) or New York Rangers (NHL). Players listed here either played with the Pack during the 2024-25 season or are under contract and played in the AHL during the 2024-25 season.
| Name | Position | 2025-26 Contract | Transaction | 2024-25 Team |
CONTRACT INFORMATION
A player that is a restricted free agent (RFA) has reached the end of their initial entry-level contract but is not yet an unrestricted free agent. Their rights are still held by the NHL team.
A player is an unrestricted free agent (UFA) if older than 25 (or after 7 years, whichever comes first) and his contract ends. UFAs can sign with any team.
All new players, under the age of 25, are required to sign an entry-level contract. Entry-level contracts are three years if the player is age 18-21, two years if age 22-24, and one year if age 24.
If a player signs an AHL contract, then he is not eligible to play in the NHL.
AHL DEVELOPMENT RULE
In the AHL, player development is a top priority. The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association have the following development rule in place:
Of the eighteen (18) skaters (not counting two goaltenders) that teams may dress for a game, at least thirteen (13) must be qualified as “development players.” Of those 13, twelve (12) must have played in 260 or fewer professional games (including AHL, NHL and European elite leagues), and one must have played in 320 or fewer professional games. All calculations for development status are based on regular-season totals as of the start of the season.
Players who have played in 321 or more professional games are considered veterans. Players who have played between 261 and 320 professional games are considered veteran exempt players.
Teams may dress five (5) veterans and one (1) veteran exempt player each game. There is no limit to how many veteran players a team may have on their roster at a given time.
Veteran and veteran exempt statuses are determined prior to each season and do not change during the course of the year.
Below is a list of players under contract with the New York Rangers (NHL) or Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) who qualify as either a veteran or a veteran exempt for the 2025-26 season.
| Name | Position | Games Played Entering 2025-26 | Vet Status | Under Contract With |
| Anton Blidh | Forward | 623 Professional Games Played | Veteran | New York Rangers (NHL) |
| Casey Fiztgerald | Defenseman | 277 Professional Games Played | Veteran Exempt | New York Rangers (NHL) |
KEY DATES
2025 NHL Entry Draft - June 27th and 28th: The 2025 NHL Entry Draft will be held over two days in late June. The first round will be held on Friday, June 27th, while the second through seventh rounds will be held on Saturday, June 28th. Both days will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA. The Rangers are scheduled to make eight selections during the draft.
They are slated to make selections in the second round (43rd ovr.), third round (70th ovr., 89th ovr.), fourth round (111th ovr.), fifth round (139th ovr.), sixth round (166th ovr., 171st ovr.), and seventh round (203rd ovr.).
The club transferred the 12th overall pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of the trade between the Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks on Jan. 31, 2025. The Penguins acquired the pick from the Canucks on Jan. 31, 2025.
Qualifying Offers - June 30th (5:00 p.m.): NHL teams must send a Qualifying Offer in order to retain the rights to any Restricted Free Agent. This occurs on the Monday following the NHL Entry Draft. With the draft being held on the 27th and 28th of June, this year's QO deadline is Monday, June 30th.
Teams are not required to send Qualifying Offers to RFAs. RFAs that do not receive a Qualifying Offer become UFAs on July 1, the opening of NHL Free Agency.
The qualifying offer is calculated from the players base salary (NHL salary minus signing bonus), and at a minimum must meet the season minimum salary requirements:
110% of the base salary if the base salary is less than or equal to the league minimum.
105% of the base salary if the base salary is greater than the league minimum or less than $1,000,000. However, this qualifying offer cannot exceed $1,000,000.
100% of the base salary if the base salary is equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
CBA Reference 10.2 (a) (ii)
Free Agency Begins - July 1st: The New York Rangers can sign any unrestricted free agents starting on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. EST. At this time, the Rangers can also sign any restricted free agent to an offer sheet, while the Wolf Pack can sign any unrestricted free agent to an AHL contract.
For more information on restricted free agent offer sheets, click here.
NEWS
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