Drafted NCAA players become Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA) if their drafting NHL team does not sign them by August 15th following their college graduation or fourth collegiate season.
| Player | Team | College | Draft | 2026/27 |
| Kyle Kukkonen | Anaheim | Wisconsin | 2021 | San Diego/AHL |
| Mason Langenbrunner | Boston | Harvard | 2020 | |
| Philip Svedeback | Boston | Providence | 2021 | |
| Oskar Jellvik | Boston | Boston College | 2021 | Rogle BK/SHL |
| Stiven Sardarian | Buffalo | Michigan Tech | 2021 | |
| Kienan Draper | Detroit | Michigan | 2020 | Grand Rapids/AHL |
| Jack Smith | Montreal | Minnesota State | 2020 | |
| Adam Ingram | Nashville | St. Cloud | 2022 | |
| Benjamin Strinden | Nashville | North Dakota | 2022 | Milwaukee/AHL |
| Sutter Muzzatti | Nashville | Notre Dame | 2023 | |
| Samu Salminen | New Jersey | Denver | 2021 | |
| Charlie Leddy | New Jersey | Quinnipac | 2022 | |
| Ryan Healey | NY Islanders | Harvard | 2022 | Hamilton/AHL |
| Tyson Dyck | Ottawa | Wisconsin | 2022 | |
| Owen McLaughlin | Philladelphia | Boston University | 2021 | Lehigh Valley/AHL |
| Cruz Lucius | Pittsburgh | Arizona State | 2022 | |
| Joe Miller | Toronto | Harvard | 2020 | Cincinati/ECHL |
| Cal Thomas | Utah | Minnesota | 2021 | |
| Noah Ellis | Vegas | Sacred Heart | 2020 | Kalamazoo/ECHL |
| Joaquim Lemay | Washington | Northeastern | 2021 | NCAA Medical waiver |
| Chase Clark | Washington | Canisius | 2021 |
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