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.

This list was last updated on July 28, 2025.

Goaltenders:

Július Hudáček G 36 SVK Kölner Haie (GER) – Dresdner Eislöwen (GER)
Antti Raanta G 35 FIN Genève-Servette (SUI) – Lukko Rauma (FIN)
Louis Domingue G 33 CAN New York Rangers (NHL) – Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Johan Mattsson G 33 SWE Barys Astana (KAZ) – Adler Mannheim (GER)
Sami Aittokallio G 32 FIN HK Nitra (SVK) – Glasgow Clan (GBR)
Maxime Lagacé G 32 CAN Färjestad BK (SWE)  – Graz 99ers (AUT)
Chris Driedger G 31 CAN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) – Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Collin Delia G 31 USA Edmonton Oilers (NHL) – Brynäs (SWE)
Spencer Martin G 30 CAN Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) – CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Adam Húska G 28 SVK HC Lugano (SUI) – Admiral Vladivostok (RUS)
Connor Hughes G 28 CAN Montreal Canadiens (NHL) – Lausanne HC (SUI)  
Aleš Stezka G 28 CZE Seattle Kraken (NHL) – Kometa Brno (CZE)
Evan Fitzpatrick G 27 CAN Red Bull Munich (GER) – Nuremberg Ice Tigers (GER)
Dylan Ferguson G 26 CAN Minnesota Wild (NHL) – HK Nitra (SVK)
Waltteri Ignatjew G 25 FIN Calgary Flames (NHL) – Linköping HC (SWE)
Damian Clara G 20 ITA San Diego Gulls (AHL) – Brynäs (SWE) Anaheim Ducks

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, <a href="https://www.raumanlukko.fi/uutiset/antti-raanta-tekee-paluun-kotiin">announced that the 36-year-old goaltender had signed a one-year contract</a>.

Defensemen:

Jakub Kindl D 38 CZE  Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat (FIN) – Boxers de Bordeaux (FRA)
T.J. Brennan D 36 USA HC Ajoie (SUI) – Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO)
Michal Kempný D 34 CZE Sparta Prague (CZE) – Brynäs (SWE)
Jakub Jeřábek D 34 CZE Oceláři Třinec (CZE)  – HC Plzeň (CZE)
Miika Koivisto D 34 FIN Timrå IK (SWE) – Vaasan Sport (FIN)
Markus Lauridsen D 34 DEN Löwen Frankfurt (GER) – HC Pusteral (ITA)
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)
Jason Fram D 30 CHN Asiago (ITA) – Glasgow Clan (GBR) 
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)
Jack Dougherty D 29 USA Vienna Capitals (AUT)  – Sheffield Steelers (GBR)
Keaton Thompson D 29 USA Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS) – Grizzlys Wolfsburg (GER)
Mark Friedman D 29 CAN Nashville Predators (NHL) – Rögle BK (SWE)
Jakub Zbořil D 28 CZE Dynamo Pardubice (CZE) – HC Vítkovice (CZE)
Sami Niku D 28 FIN EHC Kloten (SUI) – Lausanne HC (SUI)
Gabriel Carlsson D 28 SWE EV Zug (SUI) – Färjestad BK (SWE)
Nicolas Mattinen D 27 FIN Toronto Maple Leafs (TOR) – Adler Mannheim (GER)
Maxime Lajoie D 27 CAN Seattle Kraken (NHL) – Avangard Omsk (RUS)
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)
Noel Hoefenmayer D 26 CAN Montreal Canadiens (NHL)  – HK Sochi (RUS)
Thomas Grégoire D 26 CAN EHC Kloten (SUI) – Severstal Cherepovets (RUS)
Mattias Norlinder D 24 SWE MoDo (SWE) – Brynäs (SWE)
Ty Smith D 25 CAN Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) – Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
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)
John Ludvig D 24 CZE Colorado Avalanche (NHL) – Dynamo Pardubice (CZE)
Topi Niemelä D 23 FIN Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) – Malmö Redhawks (SWE)
Roni Hirvonen D 23 FIN Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) – Kärpät Oulu (FIN)
Samuel Kňažko D 22 SVK Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)  – HC Vítkovice (CZE)

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)
Nicklas Bäckström C 37 SWE Washington Capitals (NHL) – Brynäs (SWE)
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)
Andy Andreoff F 34 CAN Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS) – ZSC Lions (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)
Josh Leivo W 32 CAN Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RUS) – Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Miikka Salomäki F 32 FIN Sparta Prague (CZE) – CAN SaiPa Lappeenranta (FIN)
Patrick Russell W 31 DEN Linköping HC (SWE) – Kölner Haie (GER)
Tim Bozon LW 31 FRA Lausanne HC (SUI) – Genève-Servette (SUI)
Andrew Poturalski F 31 USA San Jose Sharks (NHL) – Avangard Omsk (RUS)
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)
Charles Hudon F 31 CAN Los Angeles Kings (NHL) – Djurgården (SWE)
Justin Kloos F 31 USA Leksands IF (SWE) – HV71 (SWE)
Michal Krištof F 31 SVK SCL Tigers (SUI) – HK Nitra (SVK)  
Jakob Lilja LW 31 SWE Fribourg-Gottéron (SUI) – Löwen Frankfurt (GER) 
Henrik Haapala W 31 FIN Malmö Redhawks (SWE) – Tappara Tampere (FIN)
Mikhail Grigorenko F 31 RUS SKA St. Petersburg (RUS) – Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Drake Caggiula F 30 CAN Edmonton Oilers (NHL) – Lausanne HC (SUI)
Niko Ojamäki RW 30 FIN EHC Kloten (SUI) – Rytíři Kladno (CZE)
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)
Brendan Perlini LW 29 CAN Lausanne HC (SUI) – HC Lugano (SUI)
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 Europe The 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.&nbsp;

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)
Daniel Sprong W 28 NED New Jersey Devils (NHL) – CSKA Moscow (RUS)
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)
Kieffer Bellows LW 27 USA Nashville Predators (NHL) – Brynäs (SWE)
Lukáš Jašek F 27 CZE MoDo (SWE) – Ilves Tampere (FIN)
Cliff Pu F 27 CAN HC La Chaux-de-Fonds (SUI) – Sheffield Steelers (GBR)
Jesse Puljujärvi W 27 FIN Florida Panthers (NHL) – Genève-Servette (SUI)  
Joachim Blichfeld W 26 DEN Rögle BK (SWE) – Tappara Tampere (FIN)
Lukáš Rousek F 26 CZE Buffalo Sabres (NHL) – HV71 (SWE)
Kristian Vesalainen W 26 FIN IFK Helsinki (FIN) – HPK (FIN) Winnipeg Jets
Igor Larionov Jr. C 26 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RUS) – SKA St. Petersburg (RUS)
Oscar Flynn LW 26 CZE Bílí Tygři Liberec (CZE) – Oceláři Třinec (CZE)
Mathias Emilio Pettersen F 25 NOR Dallas Stars (NHL) – Djurgården (SWE)
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)
Nikolai Kovalenko W 25 RUS San Jose Sharks (NHL) – CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Dominik Bokk W 25 GER Löwen Frankfurt (GER) – Kölner Haie (GER) 
Justin Schütz LW 24 GER Kölner Haie (GER) – Adler Mannheim (GER)
Dmytro Timashov W 24 SWE Genève-Servette (SUI) – Admiral Vladivostok (RUS)
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)
Adam Raška W 23 RUS Minnesota Wild (NHL)  – Sparta Prague (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
Topi Rönni C 21 FIN Dukla Michalovce (SVK)  – Vaasan Sport (FIN)
Topi Rönni C 21 Vaasan Sport (FIN) – Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) 
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, <a href="https://www.evz.ch/en/news/teams/men/2025/05/tomas-tatar-joins-evz-for-the-next-two-years/">the National League club announced on Tuesday</a>.