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Cap Hit79.0M

Cap Space25.0M

Playoff58.2M

Roster19/23

Contracts38/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$79,020,000

Cap Space$24,980,000

Playoff Cap$58,170,000

Roster19/23

Contracts38/50

LTIR$0

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (14 - $41,550,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Nichushkin, Valeri	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		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
Coyle, Charlie	6 UFA	NMC		NHL	Signed	34	5.8		$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
Garland, Conor	6 UFA			NHL		30	5.8		$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000	$6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
Monahan, Sean	3 UFA	NMC		NHL	Signed	31	5.3		$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	UFA
Voronkov, Dmitri	1 RFA				Draft	25	4.0		$4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000
Marchenko, Kirill	1 RFA			NHL	Draft	25	3.7		$3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000
Olivier, Mathieu	5 UFA	M-NTC				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	$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	$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	$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	$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	UFA
Wood, Miles	3 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		30	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	UFA
Johnson, Kent	1 RFA		, C	NHL	Draft	23	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
Lundestrom, Isac	1 UFA				Signed	26	1.3		$1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000
Lomberg, Ryan	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	31	1.3		$1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000	$1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000
Fantilli, Adam	-			NHL	Draft	21	-
Sillinger, Cole	-			NHL	Draft	23	-
Heinen, Danton	-			NHL		31	-
TOTAL						27.9		0.0 %	$41,550,000	$30,425,000	$29,125,000	$21,125,000	$15,000,000	$12,000,000

defense (7 - $32,070,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Werenski, Zach "A"	2 UFA	NMC		Draft	28	9.2		$9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333	$9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333	UFA
Provorov, Ivan	6 UFA	NMC	NHL		29	8.2		$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000
Severson, Damon	5 UFA	NTC		Signed	31	6.0		$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	UFA
Fabbro, Dante	3 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Waivers	28	4.0		$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	UFA
Gudbranson, Erik "A"	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	34	1.7		$1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000
Christiansen, Jake	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	26	0.9		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000
Mateychuk, Denton	1 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667
TOTAL					28.1		0.0 %	$32,070,000	$28,458,333	$18,875,000	$14,750,000	$14,750,000	$8,500,000

goalies (3 - $5,400,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Merzlikins, Elvis	1 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL	Draft	32	5.2		$5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000
Fedotov, Ivan	-		G	NHL		29	-		UFA
Greaves, Jet	-		G	Minor	Signed	25	-
TOTAL						28.7		0.0 %	$5,400,000	-	-	-	-	-

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forwards (13 - $9,790,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Eernisse, Joshua	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500 $952,500	RFA
Bezeau, Riley	1 RFA		RW	NHL	Signed	24	0.9		$940,000 $940,000 $940,000 $940,000 $940,000 $940,000 $940,000 $940,000 $940,000	RFA
Pinelli, Luca	2 RFA	ELC	, C	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167	$934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167 $934,167	RFA
Keskinen, Oiva	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	RFA
McCue, Max	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	23	0.8		$883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333 $883,333	RFA
Williams, Jack	2 RFA		RW	Minor	Signed	24	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
Pyyhtia, Mikael	2 RFA		, LW	Minor	Draft	24	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
Dumais, Jordan	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
Del Bel Belluz, Luca	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000
Malatesta, James	1 RFA			Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
Sillinger, Owen	1 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Fasching, Hudson	-			Minor	Signed	30	-		UFA
Tuch, Luke	-		LW	Minor		24	-		RFA
TOTAL						23.9		0.0 %	$9,790,000	$3,594,167	-	-	-	-

defense (12 - $6,499,444)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Buckberger, Boston	2 RFA	ELC	D	Minor	Signed	23	1.0		$1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000	$1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000	RFA
Elick, Charlie	3 RFA	ELC50	RD	Junior	Draft	20	0.9		$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	RFA
Marrelli, Luca	3 RFA	ELC50	RD		Draft	20	0.9		$931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944	$931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944	$931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944 $931,944	RFA
MacDonald, Caleb	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500	RFA
Richard, Guillaume	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	RFA
White, Colton	2 UFA			Minor	Signed	29	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
Ceulemans, Corson	1 RFA		RD	Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
Svozil, Stanislav	-		LD	Minor	Draft	23	-		UFA (No QO)
Mayo, Dysin	-			Minor	Signed	29	-
Berni, Tim	-		LD	Minor	Draft	26	-		RFA
Zamula, Egor	-			Minor	Signed	26	-
Smith, Brendan	-				Signed	37	-
TOTAL						25.2		0.0 %	$6,499,444	$3,821,944	$1,896,944	-	-	-

goalies (4 - $3,644,445)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Ivanov, Sergei	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000	$970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000 $970,000	RFA
Gardner, Evan	3 RFA	ELC50	G	Junior	Draft	20	0.9		$963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889	$963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889	$963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889 $963,889	RFA
Lalonde, Nolan	1 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Signed	22	0.8		$860,556 $860,556 $860,556 $860,556 $860,556 $860,556 $860,556 $860,556 $860,556	RFA (10.2)
Copley, Pheonix	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	34	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
TOTAL						24.5		0.0 %	$3,644,445	$1,933,889	$963,889	-	-	-

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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

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Reserve List (22)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Hemming, Oscar	17	LW	2026 · R1 · #14	CBJ	2026	1	14	Aug. 15, 2030
Di Iorio, Alessandro	18	C	2026 · R3 · #94	CBJ	2026	3	94	Jun. 1, 2028
Jardine, Evan	18	LW	2026 · R4 · #121	CBJ	2026	4	121	Aug. 15, 2030
Snell, Parker	18	G	2026 · R5 · #142	CBJ	2026	5	142	Jun. 1, 2028
Uronen, Anttoni	18	C	2026 · R6 · #182	CBJ	2026	6	182	Jun. 1, 2030
Woo, Jonas	19	RD	2026 · R6 · #185	CBJ	2026	6	185	Jun. 1, 2028
Novak, Filip	18	LW	2026 · R7 · #206	CBJ	2026	7	206	Jun. 1, 2030
Smith, Jackson	19	LD	2025 · R1 · #14	CBJ	2025	1	14	Jun. 1, 2027
Andreyanov, Pyotr	19	G	2025 · R1 · #20	CBJ	2025	1	20	—
Vass, Malte	19	LD	2025 · R3 · #76	CBJ	2025	3	76	Jun. 1, 2029
Griffin, Owen	19	C	2025 · R5 · #160	CBJ	2025	5	160	Jun. 1, 2027
Hedin Raftheim, Victor	18	D	2025 · R6 · #173	CBJ	2025	6	173	Jun. 1, 2029
Loranger, Jérémy	19	C	2025 · R7 · #198	CBJ	2025	7	198	Aug. 15, 2029
Ashton, Luke	21	LD	2024 · R6 · #165	CBJ	2024	6	165	Aug. 15, 2028
Henricks, Tanner	19	RD	2024 · R4 · #101	CBJ	2024	4	101	Aug. 15, 2029
Strahl, Melvin	21	G	2023 · R5 · #156	CBJ	2023	5	156	Jun. 1, 2027
Strathmann, Andrew	21	LD	2023 · R4 · #98	CBJ	2023	4	98	Aug. 15, 2028
Whitelaw, William	21	RW	2023 · R3 · #66	CBJ	2023	3	66	Aug. 15, 2027
Dolzhenkov, Kirill	22	RW	2022 · R4 · #109	CBJ	2022	4	109	—
Fisher, James	22	RW	2022 · R7 · #203	CBJ	2022	7	203	Aug. 15, 2027
Makarov, Nikolai	23	LD	2021 · R5 · #132	CBJ	2021	5	132	—
Quenneville, Peter	32	C	2013 · R7 · #195	CBJ	2013	7	195	—