Inside AHL Hockey: AHL Free Agent Big Board 2022 (Version 1.0)
Defenseman Joseph Duszak wasn't tendered a qualifying offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday.

Inside AHL Hockey: AHL Free Agent Big Board 2022 (Version 1.0)

Tony Androckitis

Tony Androckitis

— 8 min read

Today is the day! While most in hockey media will be scanning and relaying the latest NHL free agency action in the coming days, make Inside AHL Hockey your one-stop HUB for everything AHL Free Agency this summer.

Yesterday, we unveiled our annual AHL Free Agent Tracker 2022 (Version 1.0) with our largest tracking summer yet! Nearly 400 players in this off-season's tracker, complete with their respective AHL stats from the 2021-22 season. Version 2.0, which will be updated daily, will be available for Inside AHL Hockey subscribers beginning tonight!

Below, a quick list of the top 100 AHL level free agents available with the top-15 free agent goalies, top-35 free agent defensemen and top-50 forwards hitting the free agent market at noon. This story will also have a 2.0 version available for subscribers that will be updated daily to reflect who signed where/who is still available.

Please note: This was a lengthy project that took weeks worth of time to complete.

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Top 15 Goalies

1. Troy Grosenick (Providence)2021-22 AHL Stats: 30GP, 16-6-4, 2.00 GAA, .933 SV%, 3 SO

2. Charlie Lindgren (Springfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 34GP, 24-7-1, 2.21 GAA, .925 SV%, 3 SO

3. Alex Lyon (Chicago)2021-22 AHL Stats: 30GP, 18-7-3, 2.16 GAA, .912 SV%, 3 SO

4. Kevin Poulin (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 30GP, 18-8-3, 2.34 GAA, .920 SV%, 2 SO

5. Louis Domingue (W-B/Scranton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 22GP, 10-9-2, 2.41 GAA, .924 SV%, 0 SO

6. Pheonix Copley (Hershey)2021-22 AHL Stats: 35GP, 18-12-5, 2.38 GAA, .913 SV%, 2 SO

7. Calvin Pickard (Grand Rapids)2021-22 AHL Stats: 43GP, 21-16-5, 2.58 GAA, .918 SV%, 1 SO

8. Cory Schneider (Bridgeport)2021-22 AHL Stats: 30GP, 14-11-4, 2.71 GAA, .921 SV%, 1 SO

9. Keith Kinkaid (Hartford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 37GP, 20-14-2, 2.94 GAA, .904 SV%, 1 SO

10. Aaron Dell (Rochester)2021-22 AHL Stats: 22GP, 12-7-1, 2.91 GAA, .909 SV%, 0 SO

11. Antoine Bibeau (Charlotte)2021-22 AHL Stats: 10GP, 4-1-2, 2.48 GAA, .905 SV%, 0 SO

12. Collin Delia (Rockford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 22GP, 11-9-2, 3.04 GAA, .905 SV%, 1 SO

13. Pat Nagle (Lehigh Valley)2021-22 AHL Stats: 22GP, 10-6-6, 2.74 GAA, .904 SV%, 2 SO

14. Evan Cormier (Manitoba)2021-22 AHL Stats: 14GP, 8-3-3, 2.72 GAA, .905 SV%, 1 SO

15. Christopher Gibson (Charlotte)2021-22 AHL Stats: 14GP, 7-5-2, 2.80 GAA, .907 SV%, 1 SO

Honorable Mentions

Matt Jurusik (Texas)2021-22 AHL Stats: 22GP, 10-6-4, 2.95 GAA, .901 SV%, 1 SO

Michael Houser (Rochester)2021-22 AHL Stats: 11GP, 5-4-0, 2.98 GAA, .900 SV%, 0 SO

Top 35 Defensemen

1. RD Jordan Gross (Colorado)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 10G-55A, +20, 44 PIM

2. RD Joseph Duszak (Toronto)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 7G-45A, +3, 62 PIM

3. RD Ethan Prow (Rochester)2021-22 AHL Stats: 70GP, 10G-39A, -5, 6 PIM

4. LD Xavier Ouellet (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 8G-33A, -5, 47 PIM

5. LD Nikolas Brouillard (San Diego)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 13G-26A, -6, 131 PIM

6. RD Connor Carrick (Charlotte)2021-22 AHL Stats: 59GP, 10G-22A, +4, 67 PIM

7. RD Cody Franson (Hershey)2021-22 AHL Stats: 62GP, 9G-26A, -14, 14 PIM

8. RD Chase Priskie (Charlotte)2021-22 AHL Stats: 54GP, 8G-23A, +11, 26 PIM

9 LD Jeremy Davies (Milwaukee)2021-22 AHL Stats: 54GP, 6G-25A, +13, 47 PIM

10. LD Trevor Carrick (San Diego)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 10G-20A, -1, 45 PIM

11. RD Madison Bowey (Abbotsford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 53GP, 8G-20A, +18 PIM, 80 PIM

12. LD Dennis Cholowski (Charlotte)2021-22 AHL Stats: 31GP, 3G-15A, +8, 8 PIM

13. RD Andy Welinski (Stockton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 39GP, 3G-16A, +12, 18 PIM

14. LD Christian Wolanin (Ontario)2021-22 AHL Stats: 37GP, 1G-17A, -2, 22 PIM

15. LD Wyatt Kalynuk (Rockford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 52GP, 7G-20A, -3, 55 PIM

Not qualified by Chicago Monday, entering free agency as a UFA.

16. LD Derrick Pouliot (Henderson)2021-22 AHL Stats: 42GP, 2G-17A, -1, 36 PIM

17. LD Cameron Gaunce (Ontario)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 7G-20A, +12, 63 PIM

18. RD Nick DeSimone (Stockton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 68GP, 4G-21A, +10, 28 PIM

19. RD Adam Clendening (Lehigh Valley)2021-22 AHL Stats: 74GP, 5G-37A, -15, 78 PIM

20. RD Louie Belpedio (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 69GP, 11G-18A, -1, 92 PIM

21. RD Mitch Reinke (W-B/Scranton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 63GP, 3G-24A, +17, 6 PIM

22. RD Alex Green (Syracuse)2021-22 AHL Stats: 73GP, 5G-21A, +6, 31 PIM

23. LD Zac Leslie (Belleville)2021-22 AHL Stats: 64GP, 4G-23A, -8, 69 PIM

24. RD Brogan Rafferty (San Diego)2021-22 AHL Stats: 65GP, 4G-20A, -1, 36 PIM

25. RD Thomas Schemitsch (Cleveland)2021-22 AHL Stats: 71GP, 6G-17A, -6, 46 PIM

26. LD Dennis Gilbert (Colorado)2021-22 AHL Stats: 52GP, 6G-17A, +1, 41 PIM

27. RD Roland McKeown (Colorado)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 3G-17A, +22, 49 PIM

28. LD Sami Niku (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 36GP, 2G-11A, +3, 14 PIM

29. LD Thomas Hickey (Bridgeport)2021-22 AHL Stats: 44GP, 6G-12A, +15, 18 PIM

30. LD Tyler Wotherspoon (Utica)2021-22 AHL Stats: 53GP, 3G-18A, +26, 22 PIM

31. LD Cole Hults (Tucson)2021-22 AHL Stats: 54GP, 7G-10A, -17, 34 PIM

Not qualified by Arizona Monday, hitting free agency as a UFA.

32. LD Ryan Stanton (Rockford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 56GP, 3G-15A, +8, 42 PIM

33. RD Logan Day (Lehigh Valley)2021-22 AHL Stats: 72GP, 6G-13A, +1, 26 PIM

34. LD Matt Bartkowski (W-B/Scranton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 72GP, 4G-12A, +7, 29 PIM

35. LD Ian McCoshen (Henderson)2021-22 AHL Stats: 60GP, 2G-9A, +1, 60 PIM

Honorable Mentions

LD Chris Bigras (Chicago)2021-22 AHL Stats: 40GP, 5G-8A, +10, 18 PIM

LD Fredrik Claesson (Syracuse)2021-22 AHL Stats: 47GP, 0G-14A, +19, 20 PIM

RD Cole Clayton (Cleveland)2021-22 AHL Stats: 55GP, 2G-14A, -13, 30 PIM

LD Anthony Bitetto (Hartford/San Jose)2021-22 AHL Stats: 53GP, 6G-11A, -18, 54 PIM

RD Josh Wesley (Springfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 65GP, 5G-7A, +11, 58 PIM

Top 50 Forwards

1. C Andrew Poturalski (Chicago)2021-22 AHL Stats: 71GP, 28G-73A, +24, 36 PIM

2. RW Martin Frk (Ontario)2021-22 AHL Stats: 58GP, 40G-33A, +16, 73 PIM

3. RW Kiefer Sherwood (Colorado)2021-22 AHL Stats: 57GP, 36G-39A, +24, 34 PIM

4. RW Sheldon Rempal (Abbotsford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 55GP, 33G-36A, +6, 46 PIM

5. C/RW Cooper Marody (Bakersfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 52GP, 21G-34A, +12, 52 PIM

6. C Chase De Leo (Utica)2021-22 AHL Stats: 55GP, 21G-35A, -3, 18 PIM

7. C Austin Czarnik (Bridgeport)2021-22 AHL Stats: 38GP, 14G-23A, -3, 8 PIM

8. LW Brendan Perlini (Bakersfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 18GP, 11G-7A, +5, 20 PIM

9. RW Dylan Sikura (Colorado)2021-22 AHL Stats: 60GP, 33G-40A, +15, 16 PIM

10. RW Rocco Grimaldi (Milwaukee)2021-22 AHL Stats: 44GP, 26G-26A, +14, 14 PIM

11. C Nic Petan (Abbotsford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 37GP, 12G-32A, +7, 20 PIM

12. LW Josh Leivo (Chicago)2021-22 AHL Stats: 54GP, 22G-24A, +10, 38 PIM

13. LW Charles Hudon (Syracuse)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 30G-27A, -10, 56 PIM

14. LW AJ Greer (Utica)2021-22 AHL Stats: 53GP, 22G-30A, +10, 102 PIM

15. RW Sam Anas (Springfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 75GP, 20G-44A, -8, 12 PIM

16. RW Justin Bailey (Abbotsford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 30GP, 15G-12A, +5, 20 PIM

17. C Mark Jankowski (Rochester)2021-22 AHL Stats: 32GP, 10G-17A, +2, 18 PIM

18. C Laurent Dauphin (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 18GP, 11G-5A, -6, 12 PIM

19. C Cedric Paquette (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 14GP, 9G-1A, +1, 28 PIM

20. LW Phil Di Giuseppe (Abbotsford)2021-22 AHL Stats: 42GP, 12G-24A, +3, 37 PIM

21. LW C.J. Smith (Chicago)2021-22 AHL Stats: 60GP, 24G-34A, Even, 18 PIM

22. RW Riley Barber (Grand Rapids)2021-22 AHL Stats: 49GP, 28G-25A, -14, 24 PIM

23. LW Kyle Rau (Iowa)2021-22 AHL Stats: 55GP, 25G-28A, +10, 56 PIM

24. C Glenn Gawdin (Stockton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 62GP, 15G-35A, +15, 75 PIM

25. C Joel L'Esperance (Texas)2021-22 AHL Stats: 62GP, 24G-25A, +4, 30 PIM

26. C Jean-Sebastien Dea (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 70GP, 26G-26A, -2, 52 PIM

27. LW Justin Kirkland (Stockton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 25G-23A, -3, 75 PIM

28. LW Andrew Agozzino (Belleville)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 20G-23A, -5, 61 PIM

29. RW Hudson Fasching (Tucson)2021-22 AHL Stats: 51GP, 14G-23A, -22, 18 PIM

30. C Alex Belzile (Laval)2021-22 AHL Stats: 32GP, 10G-12A, +1, 23 PIM

31. LW James Neal (Springfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 28GP, 14G-12A, -1, 10 PIM

32. LW Chris Terry (Bridgeport)2021-22 AHL Stats: 61GP, 30G-31A, -3, 62 PIM

33. LW Michael Dal Colle (Bridgeport)2021-22 AHL Stats: 39GP, 9G-13A, -2, 8 PIM

34. LW Mackenzie MacEachern (Springfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 47GP, 12G-13A, +3, 51 PIM

35. LW Cole Smith (Milwaukee)2021-22 AHL Stats: 59GP, 21G-20A, +3, 62 PIM

36. RW Zach Senyshyn (Belleville/Providence)2021-22 AHL Stats: 67GP, 19G-15A, +8, 20 PIM

37. LW Anthony Louis (Texas)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 24G-31A, -2, 22 PIM

38. RW Nick Merkley (Hartford/San Jose)2021-22 AHL Stats: 59GP, 16G-30A, -14, 38 PIM

39. RW Luke Philp (Stockton)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 21G-23A, +24, 16 PIM

40. C Ben Jones (Henderson)2021-22 AHL Stats: 66GP, 25G-16A, +8, 74 PIM

41. LW Alex Limoges (San Diego)2021-22 AHL Stats: 62GP, 23G-17A, -9, 13 PIM

42. C Alan Quine (Henderson)2021-22 AHL Stats: 39GP, 6G-22A, +1, 8 PIM

43. LW Cameron Hughes (Providence)2021-22 AHL Stats: 59GP, 14G-31A, -7, 39 PIM

44. C Dakota Joshua (Springfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 35GP, 9G-11A, -3, 23 PIM

45. C/LW Jake Lucchini (Belleville)2021-22 AHL Stats: 72GP, 20G-31A, +3, 14 PIM

46. RW Adam Cracknell (Bakersfield)2021-22 AHL Stats: 58GP, 21G-26A, +6, 16 PIM

47. RW Steven Fogarty (Providence)2021-22 AHL Stats: 62GP, 12G-30A, -1, 34 PIM

48. LW Turner Elson (Grand Rapids)2021-22 AHL Stats: 73GP, 21G-24A, +1, 30 PIM

49. RW Logan Shaw (Belleville)2021-22 AHL Stats: 53GP, 15G-20A, -3, 20 PIM

50. LW Scott Wilson (Charlotte)2021-22 AHL Stats: 71GP, 24G-16A, -4, 25 PIM

Honorable Mentions

RW Brian Pinho (Hershey)2021-22 AHL Stats: 27GP, 8G-9A, -2, 6 PIM

RW Jesper Froden (Providence)2021-22 AHL Stats: 49GP, 16G-18A, -4, 26 PIM

C Joseph Blandisi (Toronto)2021-22 AHL Stats: 43GP, 12G-17A, -3, 48 PIM

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