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Cap Hit97.9M

Cap Space6.1M

Playoff96.3M

Roster17/23

Contracts31/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$97,891,841

Cap Space$6,108,159

Playoff Cap$96,350,000

Roster17/23

Contracts31/50

LTIR$0

Year	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (14 - $62,900,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
MacKinnon, Nathan "A"	5 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	30	12.1		$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	UFA
Necas, Martin	8 UFA	NMC	, C	NHL		27	11.1		$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000
Nelson, Brock	2 UFA	NMC		NHL		34	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	UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel "C"	3 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Draft	33	6.7		$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	UFA
Nichushkin, Valeri	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	31	5.9		$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	UFA
Kadri, Nazem	3 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		35	6.7		$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		30	4.3		$4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000
Roy, Nicolas	1 UFA					29	2.9		$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
O'Connor, Logan	5 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	29	2.4		$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	UFA
Kelly, Parker	4 UFA			NHL	Signed	27	1.6		$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	UFA
Brindley, Gavin	2 RFA		, C	NHL		21	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	RFA
Drury, Jack	-			NHL		26	-
Kiviranta, Joel	-				Signed	30	-
Bardakov, Zakhar	-			NHL		25	-
TOTAL						29.1		0.0 %	$62,900,000	$55,400,000	$47,025,000	$34,425,000	$26,600,000	$11,500,000

defense (7 - $24,950,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Makar, Cale "A"	1 UFA		NHL	Draft	27	8.7		$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
Toews, Devon	5 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		32	7.0		$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	UFA
Malinski, Sam	4 UFA	NTC	NHL	Signed	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	$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
Manson, Josh	2 UFA	M-NTC			34	3.8		$3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000	$3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000	UFA
Burns, Brent	-		NHL	Signed	41	-
Kulak, Brett	-		NHL		32	-
Blankenburg, Nick	-		NHL		28	-
TOTAL					31.6		0.0 %	$24,950,000	$15,950,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	$7,250,000	-

goalies (2 - $7,750,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Blackwood, Mackenzie	4 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL	29	5.0		$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	UFA
Wedgewood, Scott	1 UFA		G	NHL	33	2.4		$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
TOTAL					31.0		0.0 %	$7,750,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$2,291,841

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forwards (16 - $4,486,667)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
DiMarsico, Matthew	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	RFA
Hughes, T.J.	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500	RFA
Gay, Cooper	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	RFA
Prishchepov, Nikita	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$831,667 $831,667 $831,667 $831,667 $831,667 $831,667 $831,667 $831,667 $831,667	RFA
Nielsen, Tristen	1 UFA		, C	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Stienburg, Matt	-		C	Minor	Draft	25	-		UFA (Group 6)
Bradley, Chase	-		LW	Minor	Signed	24	-		RFA
Felhaber, Tye	-		LW	Minor	Signed	27	-		UFA
Gushchin, Danil	-			Minor		24	-		RFA
Tynan, T.J.	-			Minor	Signed	34	-
Puustinen, Valtteri	-			Minor		27	-		UFA
Makar, Taylor	-			Minor	Draft	25	-
Ivan, Ivan	-			Minor	Signed	23	-
Barré-Boulet, Alex	-		, C	Minor	Signed	29	-
Polin, Jason	-			Minor	Signed	27	-
Ranta, Sampo	-		LW	Minor	Draft	26	-		RFA
TOTAL						25.6		0.0 %	$4,486,667	$980,000	-	-	-	-

defense (9 - $5,310,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Stjernberg, Gustav	2 RFA	ELC	D	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	RFA
Behrens, Sean	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$911,667 $911,667 $911,667 $911,667 $911,667 $911,667 $911,667 $911,667 $911,667	RFA
Gagne, Alex	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	RFA
Weinstein, Saige	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	21	0.8		$883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333	$883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333	RFA
Aamodt, Wyatt	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA
Middleton, Keaton	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Attard, Ronnie	-		RD	Minor	Signed	27	-		UFA
MacDonald, Jacob	-		RD, LD	Minor	Signed	33	-		UFA
Ahcan, Jack	-			Minor	Signed	29	-
TOTAL						26.1		0.0 %	$5,310,000	$1,863,333	-	-	-	-

goalies (4 - $2,767,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Novosyolov, Nikita	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500	$979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500 $979,500	RFA
Nabokov, Ilya	1 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Miner, Trent	1 RFA		G	Minor	Draft	25	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Chrona, Magnus	-		G	Minor		25	-		UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$2,767,000	$979,500	-	-	-	-

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$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

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NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

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Reserve List (14)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Dell'Elce, Francesco	21	D	2025 · R3 · #77	COL	2025	3	77	Aug. 15, 2029
Funck, Linus	19	D	2025 · R4 · #118	COL	2025	4	118	Jun. 1, 2029
Roed, Nolan	20	C	2025 · R7 · #214	COL	2025	7	214	Aug. 15, 2029
Cloutier, Louka	19	G	2024 · R5 · #132	COL	2024	5	132	Aug. 15, 2029
Fisher, Jake	21	C	2024 · R4 · #121	COL	2024	4	121	Aug. 15, 2028
Humphreys, Christian	20	C	2024 · R7 · #215	COL	2024	7	215	Aug. 15, 2029
Pitner, Tory	20	RD	2024 · R6 · #185	COL	2024	6	185	Aug. 15, 2028
Yunin, Ivan	20	G	2024 · R5 · #137	COL	2024	5	137	—
Gulyayev, Mikhail	21	LD	2023 · R1 · #31	COL	2023	1	31	—
Ishimnikov, Nikita	21	RD	2023 · R5 · #155	COL	2023	5	155	—
Romaine, Chris	22	RD	2022 · R6 · #193	COL	2022	6	193	Aug. 15, 2028
Kempf, Hank	24	LD	2021 · R7 · #208	NYR	2021	7	208	—
Buyalsky, Andrei	25	C	2021 · R3 · #92	COL	2021	3	92	—
Shmakov, Shamil	26	G	2018 · R7 · #202	COL	2018	7	202	—