The NHL playoff field is down to four, and for most teams the offseason to-do lists are starting to take shape.

Hire a new coach. Finish the general manager search. Which unrestricted free agents stay? Who goes? Find a starting goalie. Sign a reliable backup. Upgrade the goalie position in general.

The Athletic’s free-agent list and trade board are already live with a few goalies making the cut — Frederik Andersen is the top-rated UFA goalie, per Dom Luszczyszyn. And like the 2023 free-agent class in general, the UFA goalies are fine. There is no superstar expected to be on the open market, but some strong players and useful depth are available.

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For the purpose of today’s list, we’ve opened up the ranking to restricted free agents as well, to save us from debating whether or not a team should sign Cam Talbot or James Reimer.

So, let’s take a look at which free-agent goalies could be available this summer via free agency, trades — offersheet — and who might realistically stay put with their current team.

Note: The Athletic’s trade board lists Connor Hellebuyck as one of the top trade candidates of the summer. Given he is not a free agent (yet) he is not on this list. 

 

Tristan Jarry, Pittsburgh Penguins (UFA)

Current cap hit: $3.5 million

Jarry has been a source of unpredictability in Pittsburgh over the last few seasons.

Jarry was fine in 2020-21 during the regular season — his first year not backing up Matt Murray — and, uh, not very good in the playoffs as the Penguins lost in six games to the Islanders. Then, last season, Jarry was excellent, with a bigger workload (58 games) and a .919 save percentage … and then he missed the first six games of the playoffs because of a broken foot en route to another early exit for the Penguins.

This season, he had a bad start, by his own admission, because he was dealing with an injury. Jarry started to heat up through November and December before he got hurt at the Winter Classic and missed the next three weeks. He came back for two games, got hurt again, and missed another month.