Charles Dickens opened "A Tale of Two Cities" with: It was thebest of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishne s" or,what the hockey world calls, free agency.

Some of the biggest names in the game will beavailable come 12 p.m. ET on July 1 as unrestricted free agents. Where they'll land is anyone's gue s, but the salary cap Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey rising only $2 million to $81.5 million does impact who can reel ina big fish and who will net a group of minnows.

NHL FREE AGENCY 2019:

Already off the list is one of the biggest fish of them all in defenseman eight-year, $92 million to stay in San Jose. Philadelphia also concluded a , reuniting the forward with his former head coach Alain Vigneault.

As for the restricted free agents, will we see the first offer sheet since 2013? The list of players available consists of the superstars of today andtomorrow especially in Mitch Marner, Jordan Binnington, Brayden Point andMikko Rantanen Phil Haynes Jersey . The only question is whether or not a GM will risk their next four first-round draft picks for one of these surefire stars.

Sporting News has all the top free agent signingsfor you right here.

NHL free agency tracker: Full list of signings in 2019Top 50 UFA players availablePlayerPos.2018-19 team(s)2019-20 team1. Artemi PanarinLWBlue Jackets2. Matt DucheneCSenators/Blue Jackets3. Sergei BobrovskyGBlue Jarran Reed Jersey Jackets4. Joe PavelskiCSharks5. Corey PerryRWDucks6. Robin LehnerGIslanders7. Wayne SimmondsRWFlyers/Predators8. Mats ZuccarelloLWRangers/Stars9. Marcus Johan sonLWDevils/Bruins10. Gustav NyquistCRed Wings/SharksBlue Jackets (4 years, $22 million)11. Tyler MyersDJetsCanucks (5 years, $30 million)12. Jake GardinerDMaple Leafs13. Anders LeeLWIslanders14. Ryan DzingelCSenators/Blue JacketsHurricanes (2 years, $6.75 million)15. Anton StralmanDLightningPanthers (3 years, $16.5 million)16.Micheal FerlandLWHurricanes17. Patrick MarleauCMaple Leafs18. Semyon VarlamovGAvalanche19.Joe ThorntonCSharks20. Petr MrazekGHurricanes21. Brett ConnollyRWCapitalsPanthers (4 years, $13 million)22. Brandon TanevLWJets23. Brian BoyleCDevils/Predators24. Cam TalbotGOilers/Flyers25. Justin WilliamsRWHurricanes26.Dion PhaneufDKings27. Valeri NichushkinRWDallas Stars28. Ron HainseyDMaple Leafs29.Derick Bra sardCPenguins/Panthers/Avalanche30. Pat MaroonLWBlues31. Valtteri FilppulaCIslandersRed Wings (2 years, $6 million)32. Joonas DonskoiRWSharksAvalanche (4 years, Ugo Amadi Jersey $15.6 million)33. Jason SpezzaCStars34.Mike SmithGFlames35.Curtis McElhinneyGHurricanesLightning (2 years, $2.6 million)36. Andrej SekeraDOilersStars (1 year, $1.5 K.J. Wright Jersey million)37. Tyler EnnisLWMaple Leafs38. Deryk EngellandDGolden Knights39. Noel AcciariCBruinsPanthers (3 years, $5 million)40.Nathan BeaulieuDSabres/JetsJets (1 year, $1 million)41. Thomas VanekLWRed Wings42. Luke SchennDDucks/CanucksLightning (1 year, $700,000)43. Pierre-Edouard BellemareCGolden KnightsAvalanche (2 years, $3.6 million)44. Riley SheahanCPenguins/Panthers45. Richard PanikRWCoyotesCapitals (4 years, $11 million)46. Gregg McKeggCHurricanesRangers (1 year, $750,000)47. Ryan HartmanRWPredators/FlyersWild (2 years, $3.8 million)48. Jason PominvilleRWSabres49. Keith KinkaidGDevils/Blue JacketsCanadiens (1 year, $1.75 million)50. Michael Del ZottoDBluesDucks Richard Sherman Jersey (1 year, $750,000)Top 20RFA players availablePlayerPos.2018-19 team2019-20 team1. Mitch MarnerRWMaple Leafs2. Jordan BinningtonGBlues3. Mikko RantanenRWAvalanche4. Sebastian AhoCHurricanes; 5. Brayden PointCLightning6. Patrik LaineRWJets7.Kyle ConnorLWJets8.Brock BoeserRWCanucks9.Timo MeierRWSharksSharks (4 years, $24 million)10. Matthew TkachukLWFlames11. Kevin LabancRWSharks12. Jacob TroubaDJets13. Zach WerenskiDBlue Jackets14. Charlie McAvoyDBruins15. David RittichGFlames16. Ivan ProvorovDFlyers17. Ryan DonatoCBruins/Wild18. Jakub VranaLWCapitals19. Travis KonecnyRWFlyers20. Pavel BuchnevichRWRangersRangers (2 years, $6.5 million)