With the vast majority of the NHL’s restricted free agents reaching settlements with their teams over the summer, only five RFA cases remain unsolved into September.

And now training camp looms in mere days, prompting late-summer settlements by Minnesota’s Marco Rossi and Calgary’s Connor Zary

A couple of these young studs without contracts can make the argument for big money and a long-term commitment, but the rest will be negotiating bridge contracts and still must prove themselves worthy of a major payday.

Here is the updated compensation chart for RFAs who choose to sign an offer sheet.

And here is the latest scuttlebutt circulating the five RFAs (minimum 10 NHL games played in 2024-25) still without contract, ranked in order of awesomeness.

Does anyone on this list dare not repor

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