Welcome to the NHL offseason.

The annual entry draft commences on July 7 in Montreal and will be followed six days later by the arrival of the free-agency signing period, which means corner offices in 32 cities across the U.S. and Canada will be buzzing at a high rate for the foreseeable future.

Who stays? Who goes?

And wherever they end up, how much will they make?

The B/R hockey team got together to compile a list of the top six players headed for unrestricted free agency and predicted where each will be playing come October and how much cash they might command.

Scroll through to see what we came up with and drop a thought or two of your own in the comments.

Johnny Gaudreau, LW, Calgary Flames

When it comes to Calgary GM Brad Treliving, there's good news and bad news.

The good news is that his top-line forward, Johnny Gaudreau, is coming off the best season of his NHL career and is on the record saying he and his family love living in southern Alberta.

The bad news is that Gaudreau is at the end of a six-year, $40.5 million deal and warrants a raise, and that New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald has a track record as a big spender.

Fitzgerald reached this point on the league calendar last year looking to make a big splash and quickly did so, plucking defenseman Dougie Hamilton away from Carolina with a seven-year offer worth $63 million.

It just so happens the Devils are flush with salary-cap space again this summer, so it's no stretch to suggest he'll assemble a similar proposal for Gaudreau—perhaps a tick higher at $9.25 million annually—that'll allow the 28-year-old to return to his home state and fit into a young lineup featuring former No. 1 overall picks Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier.

The Call: Gaudreau to New Jersey for seven years, $64.75 million.