The following is a list of notable players who have signed as free agents with, or been loaned, traded, or otherwise transferred to European clubs during the 2025 off-season.

Where applicable, the club that holds the player’s NHL negotiating rights is also noted. 

If a player’s name is highlighted, it means that the news of his transfer of signing was featured or mentioned in a THN International article. Click on the link to read the story.

Noteworthy players who skated for European clubs last season and are still available on the free-agent market can be seen here. 

Players are separated by position and listed according to age.

Goaltenders:

Július Hudáček G 36 SVK Kölner Haie (GER) – Dresdner Eislöwen (GER)
Antti Raanta G 35 FIN Genève-Servette (SUI) – Lukko Rauma (FIN)
Sami Aittokallio G 32 FIN HK Nitra (SVK) – Glasgow Clan (GBR)
Chris Driedger G 31 CAN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) – Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Spencer Martin G 30 CAN Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) – CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Adam Húska G 28 SVK HC Lugano (SUI) – Admiral Vladivostok (RUS)
Aleš Stezka G 28 CZE Seattle Kraken (NHL) – Kometa Brno (CZE)
Evan Fitzpatrick G 27 CAN Red Bull Munich (GER) – Nuremburg Ice Tigers (GER)
Connor Hughes CAN Montreal Canadiens (NHL) – Lausanne HC (SUI)
Waltteri Ignatjew G 25 FIN Calgary Flames (NHL) – Linköping HC (SWE)
Jakub Škarek G 25 CZE New York Islanders (NHL) IFK Helsinki (FIN)

Antti Raanta Signs With Hometown Finnish Team Antti Raanta is finally going home. On Monday, Liiga club Lukko, located in Raanta’s hometown of Rauma, on Finland’s west coast,

Defensemen:

Jakub Kindl D 38 CZE  Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat (FIN) – Boxers de Bordeaux (FRA)
Michal Kempný D 34 CZE Sparta Prague (CZE) – Brynäs (SWE)
Miika Koivisto D 34 FIN Timrå IK (SWE) – Vaasan Sport (FIN)
Jesse Blacker D 34 KAZ Avtomobil Yekaterinburg (RUS) – Avangard Omsk (RUS)
Sami Vatanen D 33 FIN Genève-Servette (SUI) – JYP Jyväskylä (FIN)
Mark Pysyk D 33 CAN SaiPa Lappeenranta (FIN) – Sparta Prague (CZE)
Ryan Murphy D 32 CAN Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) – Red Bull Munich (GER)
Darren Dietz D 31 KAZ Avtomobil Yekaterinburg (RUS) – Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Connor Carrick D 31 USA Edmonton Oilers (NHL) – HC Lugano (SUI)
Mikael Seppälä  D 31 FIN HV71 (SWE) – Sparta Prague (CZE)
Dillon Heatherington D 30 Anaheim Ducks (NHL) – Red Bull Munich (GER)
Theodor Lennström D 30 SWE Genève-Servette (SUI) – Linköping HC (SWE)
Jordan Gross D 30 USA Dinamo Minsk (BLR) – Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Madison Bowey D 30 CAN Cleveland Monsters (AHL) – Augsburger Panther (GER)
Lukáš Klok D 30 CZE SC Bern (SUI) – EHC Kloten (SUI)
Robert Hägg D 30 SWE Vegas Golden Knights (NHL) – Brynäs (SWE)
Brady Keeper D 29 CAN HK Poprad (SVK) – Glasgow Clan (GBR)
Andreas Borgman D 29 SWE Fribourg-Gottéron (SUI) – HV71 (SWE)
Keaton Thompson D 29 USA Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS) – Grizzlys Wolfsburg (GER)
Mark Friedman D 29 CAN Nashville Predators (NHL) – Rögle BK (SWE)
Sami Niku D 28 FIN EHC Kloten (SUI) – Lausanne HC (SUI)
Gabriel Carlsson D 28 EV Zug (SUI) – Färjestad BK (SWE)
Nicolas Mattinen D 27 Toronto Maple Leafs (TOR) – Adler Mannheim (GER)
Tarmo Reunanen D 27 FIN Energie Karlovy Vary (CZE) – TPS Turku (FIN)
Filip Roos D 26 SWE Ottawa Senators (NHL) – Färjestad BK (SWE)
Gustav Lindström D 26 SWE Montreal Canadiens (NHL) – Djurgården (SWE)
 Luke Martin D 26 USA IFK Helsinki (FIN) – Örebro HK (SWE)
Thomas Grégoire D 26 CAN EHC Kloten (SUI) – Severstsal Cherepovets (RUS)
Mattias Norlinder D 24 SWE MoDo (SWE) – Brynäs (SWE)
Erik Brännström D 25 SWE Buffalo Sabres (NHL) – Lausanne HC (SUI)
Filip Král D 25 CZE Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) – Kometa Brno (CZE)
Valtteri Pulli D 24 FIN HC Lugano (SUI) – Djurgården (SWE)
Topi Niemelä D 23 FIN Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) – Malmö Redhawks (SWE)
Roni Hirvonen D 23 FIN Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) – Kärpät Oulu (FIN)

Erik Brännström Signs Multi-Year Deal In Switzerland Swedish defenseman Erik Brännström, 25, has signed a three-year contract with Lausanne HC, the National League club announced on Monday.

Forwards:

David Booth W 40 USA Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) – Melbourne Ice (AUS)
Vladimír Sobotka F 37 CZE Sparta Prague (CZE) – Dynamo Pardubice (CZE)
Tomáš Zohorna F 37 CZE Motor České Budějovice (CZE) – Kometa Brno (CZE)
Michael Raffl W 36 AUT Lausanne HC (SUI) – Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
Zach Boychuk F 35 CAN Eisbären Berlin (GER) – Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO)
Teemu Hartikainen 35 FIN Genève-Servette (SUI) – KalPa Kuopio (FIN)
André Petersson RW 34 SWE HV71 (SWE) – SCL Tigers (SUI)
Tomáš Tatar 34 SVK New Jersey Devils (NHL) – EV Zug (SUI)
Taylor Beck F 34 CAN Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS) – Genève-Servette (SUI)
Lukáš Radil W 34 CZE Dynamo Pardubice (CZE) – Mountfield HK (CZE)
Scott Wilson LW 33 CAN Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RUS) – Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS)
Linden Vey C 33 CAN Fribourg-Gottéron (SUI) – Vienna Capitals (AUT)
Mike Sgarbossa C 32 CAN Washington Capitals (NHL) – HC Lugano (SUI)
Patrick Russell W 31 DEN Linköping HC (SWE) – Kölner Haie (GER)
Tim Bozon LW 31 FRA Lausanne HC (SUI) – Genève-Servette (SUI)
Reid Boucher RW 31 USA Avangard Omsk (RUS) – Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (RUS)
Alexander Khokhlachyov F 31 RUS HK Sochi (RUS) – Lada Togliatti (RUS)
Riley Barber W 31 Neftekhimik Nizkhnekamsk (RUS) – ERC Ingolstadt (GER)
Jack Rodewald F 31 CAN Admiral Vladivostok (RUS) – Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RUS)
Chris Tierney C 31 CAN Dinamo Minsk (BLR) – HC Ambrì-Piotta (SUI)
Justin Kloos F 31 USA Leksands IF (SWE) – HV71 (SWE)
Henrik Haapala W 31 FIN Malmö Redhawks (SWE) – Tappara Tampere (FIN)
Drake Caggiula F 30 CAN Edmonton Oilers (NHL) – Lausanne HC (SUI)
Nic Petan F 30 CAN Ak Bars Kazan (RUS) – HC Ambrì-Piotta (SUI)
Balázs Sebők F 30 HUN Fehérvár AV19 (HUN) – Ässät Pori (FIN)
Sean Malone C 29 USA SCL Tigers (SUI) – Örebro HK (SWE)
Jayce Hawryluk RW 29 CAN EHC Kloten (SUI) – HKM Zvolen (SVK)
Axel Holmström C 29 SWE Vaasan Sport (FIN) – HC Litvínov (CZE)
Ryan MacInnis C 29 USA Adler Mannheim (GER) – Kölner Haie (GER)

List Of Available Free Agents In EuropeThe following is a list of notable players who finished the 2024-25 season with a European club and have no contract to play anywhere in 2025-26, and are therefore free agents. Only players whose seasons have finished are listed. 

Karson Kuhlman RW 29 USA Lukko Rauma (FIN) – Rögle BK (SWE)
Fredrik Olofsson F 29 SWE EV Zug (SUI) – Rögle BK (SWE)
Dominik Kubalík W 29 CZE HC Ambri-Piotta (SUI) – EV Zug (SUI)
Daniel Audette C 29 CAN EHC Kloten (SUI) – Rytíři Kladno (CZE)
Radim Zohorna F 28 CZE HC Lugano (SUI) – Färjestad BK (SWE)
Evgeny Svechnikov W 28 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS) – Amur Khabarovsk (RUS)
Mārtiņš Dzierkals W 28 LAT Skellefteå AIK (SWE) – Sparta Prague (CZE)
Chase Pearson F 27 CAN Villacher EV (AUT) – Nottingham Panthers (GBR)
Henrik Borgström F 27 SWE HV71 (SWE) – Fribourg-Gottéron (SUI)
Rasmus Asplund F 27 SWE Florida Panthers (NHL) – HC Davos (SUI)
Jere Innala LW 27 FIN Colorado Avalanche (NHL) – Frölunda HC (SWE)
Lukáš Jašek F 27 CZE MoDo (SWE) – Ilves Tampere (FIN)
Joachim Blichfeld W 26 DEN Rögle BK (SWE) – Tappara Tampere (FIN)
Lukáš Rousek F 26 CZE Buffalo Sabres (NHL) – HV71 (SWE)
Oscar Flynn LW 26 CZE Bílí Tygři Liberec (CZE) – Oceláři Třinec (CZE)
Rasmus Kupari F 25 FIN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) – HC Lugano (SUI)
Jesse Ylönen W 25 FIN Nashville Predators (NHL) – Djurgården (SWE)
Egor Sokolov W 25 RUS Utah Mammoth (NHL) – CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Egor Sokolov W 25 RUS CSKA Moscow (RUS) – Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)
Dominik Bokk W 25 GER Löwen Frankfurt (GER) – Kölner Haie (GER)
Justin Schütz LW 24 GER Kölner Haie (GER) – Adler Mannheim (GER)
Ruslan Iskhakov F 24 RUS CSKA Moscow (RUS) – Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS) New York Islanders
Michal Teplý W 24 CZE Oceláři Třinec (CZE) – HC Plzeň (CZE)
Aku Räty W 23 FIN Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) – Kärpät Oulu (FIN)
Jakub Konečný C 22 CZE Kometa Brno (CZE) – Rytíři Kladno (CZE)
Victor Stjernborg F 22 SWE Växjö Lakers (SWE) – Skellefteå AIK (SWE)  Chicago Blackhawks
Adam Bareš F 21 CZE Lahti Pelicans (FIN) – Rytíři Kladno (CZE)
Alex Čiernik W 20 SVK Leigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) – Lahti Pelicans (FIN) Philadelphia Flyers
Lucas Pettersson C 19 SWE MoDo (SWE) – Brynäs (SWE) Anaheim Ducks

Photo © Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images: Rasmus Kupari playing for the Winnipeg Jets in the 2024-25 NHL season. 

Tomáš Tatar Signs Multi-Year Deal In Switzerland Slovak forward Tomáš Tatar, 34, has signed a two-year contract in Switzerland with EV Zug,