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Cap Hit92.5M

Cap Space11.5M

Playoff84.9M

Roster20/23

Contracts41/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$92,538,016

Cap Space$11,461,984

Playoff Cap$84,888,432

Roster20/23

Contracts41/50

LTIR$0

Year	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
2027
2028
2029
2030

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (14 - $50,007,858)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Norris, Josh	4 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		27	7.6		$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	UFA
Benson, Zach	7 UFA			Draft	21	7.2		$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000
Thompson, Tage "A"	4 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		28	6.9		$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	UFA
Doan, Josh	7 UFA		NHL		24	6.7		$6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000	$6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000	$6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000	$6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000	$6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000	$6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000 $6,950,000
McLeod, Ryan	3 UFA		NHL		26	4.8		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	UFA
Zucker, Jason	1 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Signed	34	4.6		$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000
Quinn, Jack	1 RFA		NHL	Draft	24	3.2		$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000
Malenstyn, Beck	6 UFA	NTC	NHL		28	2.8		$2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667	$2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667	$2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667	$2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667	$2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667	$2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667 $2,916,667
Danforth, Justin	1 UFA			Signed	33	1.7		$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	UFA
Kulich, Jiri	1 RFA	ELC		Draft	22	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667
Ostlund, Noah	1 RFA	ELC		Draft	22	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667
Sheary, Conor	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	34	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Krebs, Peyton	-		NHL		25	-
Kampf, David	-		NHL		31	-
TOTAL					27.1		0.0 %	$50,007,858	$37,459,524	$37,459,524	$32,459,524	$17,366,667	$17,366,667

defense (7 - $29,835,714)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Dahlin, Rasmus "C"	6 UFA	NMC	NHL	Draft	26	10.6		$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000
Power, Owen	5 UFA		NHL	Draft	23	8.0		$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	UFA
Samuelsson, Mattias "A"	4 UFA		NHL	Draft	26	4.1		$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	UFA
Zellweger, Olen	3 RFA		NHL		22	3.0		$3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000	$3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000	$3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000 $3,100,000
Timmins, Conor	1 UFA		NHL		27	2.1		$2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000
Crevier, Louis	1 RFA				25	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000
Stanley, Logan	-		NHL		28	-
TOTAL					25.3		0.0 %	$29,835,714	$26,735,714	$26,735,714	$23,635,714	$19,350,000	$11,000,000

goalies (2 - $6,250,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	3 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL	Draft	27	4.6		$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	UFA
Lyon, Alex	1 UFA		G		Signed	33	1.4		$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
TOTAL						30.0		0.0 %	$6,250,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	-

dead cap

buyout history (2 - $6,444,444)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Skinner, Jeff	4 UFA	NMC		Inactive	Signed	34	8.7		$6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444	$2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444	$2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444	$2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444
Ehrhoff, Christian	2 UFA		LD	Retired		43	-
TOTAL						38.5		0.0 %	$6,444,444	$2,444,444	$2,444,444	$2,444,444	-	-

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non-roster

forwards (14 - $9,870,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Richard, Jake	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750	$1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750	RFA
Carrick, Sam	1 UFA			Minor		34	1.0		$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Kopff, Tyler	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Helenius, Konsta	2 RFA	ELC50		Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750	$953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750 $953,750	RFA
Fiddler-Schultz, Riley	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500	RFA
Kuntar, Trevor	2 UFA		, C	Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000
Polin, Jason	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
McDonough, Aidan	1 UFA		LW	NHL	Signed	26	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Kozak, Tyson	2 RFA			Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	RFA
Meyer, Carson	1 UFA		RW		Signed	28	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA
Geertsen, Mason	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	31	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Nadeau, Olivier	-		RW	Minor	Draft	23	-		UFA (No QO)
Leschyshyn, Jake	-		C	Minor	Signed	27	-		UFA
Pearson, Tanner	-			Minor		33	-
TOTAL						26.1		0.0 %	$9,870,000	$3,667,500	-	-	-	-

defense (11 - $7,253,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Strbak, Maxim	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333	$1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333	$1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333	RFA
McCarthy, Gavin	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833	$990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833	$990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833 $990,833	RFA
Mrtka, Radim	3 RFA	ELC50	RD	Junior	Draft	19	0.9		$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167	$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167	$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167	RFA
Komarov, Vsevolod	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	RFA
Metsa, Zach	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Gilbert, Dennis	1 UFA				Signed	29	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Rathbone, Jack	1 UFA		LD	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	UFA
Johnson, Ryan	2 RFA			Minor	Draft	24	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	RFA
Belliveau, Isaac	-		LD	Minor		23	-		UFA (No QO)
Bayreuther, Gavin	-		LD	Minor		32	-		UFA
Novikov, Nikita	-		LD	Minor	Draft	22	-		UFA (No QO)
TOTAL						24.3		0.0 %	$7,253,333	$3,818,333	$2,993,333	-	-	-

goalies (4 - $3,517,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Ratzlaff, Scott	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000	$935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000 $935,000	RFA
Leinonen, Topias	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000	RFA
Villalta, Matt	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Ellis, Colten	1 RFA		G	Minor	Waivers	25	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$3,517,500	$1,855,000	-	-	-	-

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

Contract Continues

🟥Unrestricted Free Agent

🟦Restricted Free Agent

$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

These are players whose rights are held by the team until the date listed.

Reserve List (25)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Rudolph, Daxon	18	RD	2026 · R1 · #4	BUF	2026	1	4	Jun. 1, 2028
Morozov, Ilia	17	C	2026 · R1 · #20	BUF	2026	1	20	Aug. 15, 2030
Murnieks, Olivers	17	C	2026 · R4 · #124	BUF	2026	4	124	Jun. 1, 2028
Szongoth, Doman	18	C	2026 · R5 · #156	BUF	2026	5	156	Jun. 1, 2030
Dumont, Dylan	17	RW	2026 · R6 · #188	BUF	2026	6	188	Jun. 1, 2028
Bedkowski, David	19	RD	2025 · R3 · #71	BUF	2025	3	71	Jun. 1, 2027
Kucharcik, Matous	19	C	2025 · R4 · #103	BUF	2025	4	103	Jun. 1, 2027
Meloche, Samuel	18	G	2025 · R4 · #116	BUF	2025	4	116	Jun. 1, 2027
Laberge, Noah	19	D	2025 · R5 · #135	BUF	2025	5	135	Jun. 1, 2027
Schultz, Ashton	19	C	2025 · R6 · #167	BUF	2025	6	167	Aug. 15, 2029
Novotny, Melvin	19	LW	2025 · R7 · #195	BUF	2025	7	195	Jun. 1, 2029
Prokhorov, Yevgeni	19	G	2025 · R7 · #199	BUF	2025	7	199	—
Rucinski, Ryan	19	C	2025 · R7 · #219	BUF	2025	7	219	Aug. 15, 2029
Geary, Patrick	22	LD	2024 · R6 · #172	BUF	2024	6	172	Aug. 15, 2027
Kleber, Adam	20	RD	2024 · R2 · #42	BUF	2024	2	42	Aug. 15, 2028
Osburn, Luke	19	LD	2024 · R4 · #108	BUF	2024	4	108	Aug. 15, 2030
Zelenov, Vasily	20	RW	2024 · R7 · #204	BUF	2024	7	204	—
Ziemer, Brodie	20	RW	2024 · R3 · #71	BUF	2024	3	71	Aug. 15, 2028
Keohane, Sean	21	LD	2023 · R6 · #173	BUF	2023	6	173	Aug. 15, 2028
Panocha, Norwin	21	LD	2023 · R7 · #205	BUF	2023	7	205	Jun. 1, 2027
Poltapov, Prokhor	23	LW	2021 · R2 · #33	BUF	2021	2	33	—
Sardarian, Stiven	23	RW	2021 · R3 · #88	BUF	2021	3	88	Aug. 15, 2026
Costantini, Matteo	23	C	2020 · R5 · #131	BUF	2020	5	131	—
Glotov, Vasily	28	C	2016 · R7 · #190	BUF	2016	7	190	—
Kryukov, Artyom	44	C	2000 · R1 · #15	BUF	2000	1	15	—