NHL Free Agents 2015: Ranking Top Available Players at Every Position

In this NHL meat market, there is little filet mignon and lots of flank steak.

This, of course, is not unexpected anymore, not since the league lowered the requirements of being an unrestricted free agent to either 27 years of age or seven years of NHL service. Teams lock up their young, star players now with long-term contracts in order to eliminate the possibility of losing them for nothing.

That does not mean there are no tempting players who figure to be available July 1 when the market opens. The following slideshow lists our estimates of the top three players at each position who are likely to be available. It's possible some of them will re-sign with their teams by next week, but at…