PuckPedia posted a Tweet which lists the NCAA-playing graduates whose NHL-drafting teams’ rights expire on August 15th, making the players unrestricted free agents.
The list includes 22-year-old outgoing Michigan State University captain and 2021 Detroit draft pick Red Savage, who may be holding out to try and land an NHL contract. My gut feeling is that the Red Wings are trying to sign the hard-working grinding forward to an AHL deal, and he may expect more, contractually speaking.
Over 25 drafted players that played NCAA will be UFA's on Aug 15 if they are not signed to NHL contracts.
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) July 24, 2025
Full list:https://t.co/BAeaKM4MhS pic.twitter.com/mya9jFvp30
The PuckPedia list mostly includes some solid depth players this summer, but it would not surprise me if an NHL contract or three were doled out to these players. Isaac Howard being traded to Edmonton kind of took the air out of the NCAA free agency balloon.
