PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED 00 L Adam Beckman* 2023/2024 RFA Minnesota Wild NHL/Iowa Wild AHL Trade Minnesota 06/21/24 00 R Paul Cotter 2025/2026 RFA Vegas Golden Knights NHL Trade Vegas 06/29/24 00 R Nathan Legare* 2024/2025 RFA Utica Comets AHL/Laval Rocket AHL Trade Montreal 03/11/24 00 R Jake Malone* AHL SPC 25/26 Utica Comets AHL/Boston College HE FA NCAA 04/17/24 00 R Dylan Wendt* 2025/2026 RFA Utica Comets AHL/Western Michigan University NCHC FA NCAA 04/04/24 13 C Nico Hischier 2026/2027 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Draft New Jersey 1/1 '17 14 R Nathan Bastien 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Waivers Seattle 11/25/21 15 C Shane Bowers* 2025/2026 RFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL Trade Boston 06/26/23 18 L Ondrej Palat 2026/2027 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL FA Tampa Bay 07/14/22 20 C Michael McLeod Restricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL Draft New Jersey 1/12 '16 23 L Kurtis MacDermid 2026/2027 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Colorado Avalanche NHL Trade Colorado 03/01/24 28 L Timo Meier 2030/2031 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Trade San Jose 02/26/23 29 L Nolan Foote Restricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL Trade Tampa Bay 02/17/20 36 L Joseph Gambardella AHL SPC 24/25 Utica Comets AHL FA Edmonton 07/29/21 37 C Justin Dowling 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL FA Vancouver 07/01/23 42 C Curtis Lazar 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Trade Vancouver 03/03/23 46 L Max Willman 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL FA Philadelphia 10/07/23 48 L Brian Halonen* 2025/2026 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL FA NCAA 03/28/22 56 C Erik Haula 2025/2026 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL FA Boston 07/13/22 61 R Chase Stillman* 2025/2026 RFA Utica Comets AHL Draft New Jersey 1/29 '21 63 L Jesper Bratt 2030/2031 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Draft New Jersey 6/162 '16 79 L Samuel Laberge 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL FA Utica AHL 11/25/23 79 C Ryan Schmelzer 2025/2026 UFA Utica Comets AHL FA ECHL 06/19/18 86 C Jack Hughes 2029/2030 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Draft New Jersey 1/1 '19 89 L Josh Filmon* 2025/2026 RFA Swift Current Broncos WHL Draft New Jersey 6/166 '22 91 C Dawson Mercer Restricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL Draft New Jersey 1/18 '20
defensemen
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED 00 D Mikael Diotte* 2026/2027 RFA Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL FA QMJHL 03/02/24 07 D Dougie Hamilton 2027/2028 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL FA Carolina 07/28/21 13 D Topias Vilen* 2025/2026 RFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL Draft New Jersey 5/129 '21 17 D Simon Nemec 2025/2026 RFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL Draft New Jersey 1/2 '22 43 D Luke Hughes 2024/2025 RFA New Jersey Devils NHL Draft New Jersey 1/4 '21 52 D Cal Foote Restricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL FA Nashville 08/06/23 57 D Nick DeSimone 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Calgary Flames NHL/Calgary Wranglers AHL Waivers Calgary 01/25/24 59 D Daniil Misyul* 2024/2025 RFA Utica Comets AHL Draft New Jersey 3/70 '19 71 D Jonas Siegenthaler 2027/2028 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL Trade Washington 04/11/21 72 D Seamus Casey* 2026/2027 RFA University of Michigan Big-10 Draft New Jersey 2/46 '22 81 D Michael Vukojevic* Restricted FA Utica Comets AHL Draft New Jersey 3/82 '19 82 D Santeri Hatakka* Restricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL Trade San Jose 02/26/23
goalies
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED 25 G Jacob Markstrom 2025/2026 UFA Calgary Flames NHL Trade Calgary 06/29/24 34 G Jake Allen 2024/2025 UFA New Jersey Devils NHL/Montreal Canadiens NHL Trade Montreal 03/08/24 50 G Nico Daws Restricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL/Utica Comets AHL Draft New Jersey 3/84 '20 51 G Tyler Brennan* 2025/2026 RFA Adirondack Thunder ECHL Draft New Jersey 4/102 '22 65 G Isaac Poulter* 2024/2025 RFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA Utica AHL 02/15/24 85 G Jakub Malek* 2025/2026 RFA Ilves Tampere SM-liiga Draft New Jersey 4/100 '21
injured reserve
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED
unrestricted free agents
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED 00 R Eric Cooley* AHL UFA Did Not Play FA Chicago 07/10/23 00 L Ryan Fitzgerald AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL FA Lehigh Valley 07/10/23 00 R Yushiroh Hirano AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA Abbotsford 07/10/23 00 F Jace Isley* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA WHL 09/20/23 00 L Erik Middendorf* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA ECHL 04/13/23 11 C Chris Tierney Unrestricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL FA Montreal 07/14/23 45 C Kyle Criscuolo Unrestricted FA Utica Comets AHL FA San Jose 07/01/23 67 L Xavier Parent* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL FA QMJHL 07/18/22 72 R T.J. Friedmann* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA NCAA 4/11/23 75 C Filip Engaras* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL Trade Bakersfield 01/23/23 83 R Timur Ibragimov* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL Trade San Jose 02/26/23 92 L Tomas Nosek Unrestricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL FA Boston 07/19/23 02 D Brendan Smith Unrestricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL FA Carolina 07/13/22 34 D Tyler Wotherspoon Unrestricted FA Utica Comets AHL FA Utica 07/13/22 39 D Robbie Russo AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL FA San Jose AHL 07/29/21 55 D Will MacKinnon* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA Lehigh Valley 07/20/23 47 D Colin Felix* AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA NCAA 04/20/22 01 G Keith Kinkaid Unrestricted FA Chicago Wolves AHL FA Chicago AHL 09/13/23 31 G Kaapo Kahkonen Unrestricted FA New Jersey Devils NHL/San Jose Sharks NHL Trade San Jose 04/08/24 60 G Jeremy Brodeur AHL UFA Utica Comets AHL/Adirondack Thunder ECHL FA EIHL 07/06/23
minor league depth
assigned to utica comets ahl
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED
assigned to adirondack thunder echl
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED
ASSIGNED TO JUNIOR
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRED
unsigned prospects
PLAYERS CONTRACT 2023/2024 TEAM (S) HOW ACQUIRE 00 G Veeti Louhivaara* Unsigned JyP Jyvaskyla SM-liiga/JyP Jr. Draft New Jersey 5/146 ‘24 00 G Mikhail Yegorov* Unsigned Omaha Lancers USHL Draft New Jersey 2/49 ‘24 00 D Artem Barabosha* Unsigned CSKA Moscow KHL Draft New Jersey 7/198 '22 00 D Chase Cheslock* Unsigned University of St. Thomas CCHA Draft New Jersey 5/154 '23 00 D Daniil Karpovich* Unsigned Yekaterinburg KHL Draft New Jersey 6/186 '23 00 D Daniil Orlov* Unsigned Moscow Spartak KHL Draft New Jersey 4/110 '22 00 D Anton Silayev* Unsigned NIzhny Novgorod Torpedo KHL Draft New Jersey 1/10 ‘24 00 D Yegor Zaitsev Unsigned Moscow Spartak KHL Draft New Jersey 7/205 '17 73 D Ethan Edwards* Unsigned University of Michigan Big-10 Draft New Jersey 4/120 '20 74 D Charles Leddy* Unsigned Boston College HE Draft New Jersey 4/126 '22 84 D Viktor Hurtig* Unsigned Michigan State University Big-10 Draft New Jersey 6/164 '21 00 C Max Graham* Unsigned Kelowna Rockets WHL Draft New Jersey 5/139 ‘24 00 L Arseny Gritsyuk* Unsigned SKA St. Petersburg KHL Draft New Jersey 5/129 '19 00 R Lenni Hameenaho* Unsigned Assat Pori SM-liiga Draft New Jersey 2/58 '23 00 R Petr Hauser* Unsigned Sparta Praha Extraliga Draft New Jersey 5/141 '22 00 C Matyas Melovsky* Unsigned Baie-Comeau Drakkar QMJHL Draft New Jersey 6/171 ‘24 00 R Kasper Pikkarainen* Unsigned TPS Turku SM-liiga Draft New Jersey 3/85 ‘24 00 R Herman Traff* Unsigned HV71 SHL/HV 71 Jr./Vasteras IK Allsvenskan Draft New Jersey 3/91 ‘24 57 R Cam Squires* Unsigned Cape Breton Screaming Eagles QMJHL Draft New Jersey 4/122 '23 62 L Cole Brown* Unsigned Brantford Bulldogs OHL Draft New Jersey 6/164 '23 68 C Samu Salminen* Unsigned University of Connecticut HE Draft New Jersey 4/68 '21 78 C Artem Shlaine* Unsigned Northern Michigan University CCHA Draft New Jersey 5/130 '20