List of NHL players who were not drafted

This is a list of NHL players who were never drafted in the NHL Entry Draft (i.e., they were signed as a free agent) by last name, since the first complete NHL Draft of 1969. Prior to 1969, NHL players were acquired by sponsorship.

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A

* Adams, Greg
* Ahola, Peter
* Avery, Sean

B

* Backstrom, Niklas
* Balon, Dave
* Bartecko, Lubos
* Belanger, Jesse
* Belfour, Ed
* Bergeron, Marc-Andre
* Blake, Jason
* Bouillon, Francis
* Bourque, Phil
* Bourque, Rene
* Boyle, Dan
* Brashear, Donald
* Brathwaite, Fred
* Brookbank, Sheldon
* Brookbank, Wade
* Brooks, Alex
* Brown, Doug
* Burrows, Alexandre

C

* Campbell, Darcy
* Carter, Ryan
* Casey, Jon
* Charron, Guy
* Ciccarelli, Dino
* Clarkson, David
* Classen, Greg
* Colley, Kevin
* Collins, Rob
* Conklin, Ty
* Conner, Chris
* Corazzini, Carl
* Cote, Riley
* Coulombe, Patrick
* Courtnall, Geoff
* Cowan, Jeff
* Cullen, Mark

D

* Dahlquist, Chris
* Delmore, Andy
* Dubielewicz, Wade
* Duchesne, Steve
* Dupuis, Pascal

E

* Eaton, Mark
* Ellis, Matt
* Ersberg, Erik

F

* Fairbairn, Bill
* Fedotenko, Ruslan
* Fiddler, Vernon
* Fortier, Marc
* Frycer, Miroslav

G

* Giordano, Mark
* Girardi, Daniel
* Glencross, Curtis
* Glumac, Mike
* Godard, Eric
* Gorges, Josh
* Greene, Andy
* Green, Mike
* Gretzky, Wayne

H

* Halpern, Jeff
* Hamilton, Jeff
* Healy, Glenn
* Hedberg, Anders
* Hicke, Ernie
* Hodson, Kevin
* Huddy, Charlie

I

*Ivanāns, Raitis

J

* Jennings, Grant
* Johnson, Mike
* Jones, Randy
* Joseph, Curtis

K

* Kariya, Steve
* Keane, Mike
* Kerr, Tim
* Kisio, Kelly
* Klemm, Jon
* Konopka, Zenon
* Korab, Jerry
* Krog, Jason
* Kunitz, Chris

L

* Lambert, Denny
* Lapointe, Guy
* Larose, Chad
* Lebda, Brett
* Ledyard, Grant
* Lefebvre, Sylvain
* Lonsberry, Ross

M

* Maciver, Norm
* MacLellan, Brian
* Macoun, Jamie
* Madden, John
* Manery, Randy
* Marcotte, Don
* McDonald, Andy
* McSorley, Marty
* Messier, Eric
* Michalek, Zbynek
* Milbury, Mike
* Mullen, Joe
* Muir, Bryan
* Murdoch, Bob

N

O

* Oates, Adam
* Odgers, Jeff
* Ondrus, Ben
* Ortmeyer, Jed
* Orr, Colton

P

* Paslawski, Greg
* Pelley, Rod
* Penner, Dustin
* Perrin, Eric
* Pettersson, Jorgen
* Pothier, Brian
* Potvin, Jean
* Poulin, Dave

Q

R

* Rafalski, Brian
* Redmond, Mickey
* Reinprecht, Steve
* Resch, Glenn
* Ridley, Mike
* Rissmiller, Pat
* Robinson, Scott
* Robitaille, Randy
* Robert, Rene
* Robertson, Geordie
* Roloson, Dwayne
* Rucchin, Steve

* Salming, Borje
* Sejna, Peter
* Shannon, Ryan
* Simpson, Todd
* Sinisalo, Ilkka
* Skolney, Wade
* Skudra, Peter
* Smail, Doug
* Snyder, Dan
* St. Louis, Martin
* St. Pierre, Martin
* Stastny, Marian
* Stastny, Peter

T

* Thomas, Steve
* Thoresen, Patrick
* Tinordi, Mark
* Tkaczuk, Walt

U

* Unger, Garry

V

* Vandermeer, Jim
* Varlamov, Sergei

W

* Weaver, Mike
* White, Todd
* Wood, Randy
* Wozniewski, Andy
* Winchester, Jesse

X

Y

* Yayo, Tony

Z

* Zinger, Dwayne