Dallas Stars | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$94,714,91694.7M	$785,084785K	$88,071,66688.1M	$1,250,0001.3M	21/2321/23	47/5047/50

Year	R1Round 1	R2Round 2	R3Round 3	R4Round 4	R5Round 5	R6Round 6	R7Round 7
2026
2027
2028

forwards (16 - $61,977,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Rantanen, Mikko	8 UFA	NMC		NHL		29	12.6		$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000
Seguin, Tyler "A"	2 UFA	NMC		NHL		33	10.3		$9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000	$9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000 $9,850,000	UFA
Hintz, Roope "A"	6 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	28	8.8		$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000
Johnston, Wyatt	5 UFA			NHL	Draft	22	8.8		$8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000	$8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000	$8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000	$8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000	$8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000	UFA
Robertson, Jason	1 RFA			NHL	Draft	26	8.1		$7,750,000 $7,750,000 $7,750,000 $7,750,000 $7,750,000 $7,750,000 $7,750,000 $7,750,000	RFA
Duchene, Matt	4 UFA	NMC			Signed	34	4.7		$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 $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 $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 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000	UFA
Steel, Sam	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	27	2.2		$2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000	$2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000	UFA
Faksa, Radek	3 UFA			NHL		31	2.1		$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000	$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000	$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000	UFA
Benn, Jamie "C"	1 UFA				Draft	36	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	UFA
Bourque, Mavrik	1 RFA			NHL	Draft	23	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
McDonald, Kyle	1 RFA	ELC	RW	SOIR	Signed	23	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Hryckowian, Justin	1 RFA	ELC	, C	NHL	Signed	24	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Wheatcroft, Chase	1 RFA	ELC	C	SOIR	Signed	23	0.9		$862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500	RFA
Back, Oskar	2 UFA			IR	Draft	25	0.9		$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	UFA
Blackwell, Colin	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	32	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Bastian, Nathan	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						27.7		0.0 %	$61,977,500	$48,900,000	$35,350,000	$33,350,000	$28,850,000	$20,450,000

defense (8 - $24,288,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Heiskanen, Miro "A"	4 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	26	8.8		$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	$8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000 $8,450,000	UFA
Lindell, Esa "A"	5 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	31	5.5		$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 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	UFA
Harley, Thomas	9 UFA		, RD	NHL	Draft	24	4.2		$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	$10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000	$10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000	$10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000	$10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000	$10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000 $10,587,000
Lyubushkin, Ilya	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	31	3.4		$3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000	$3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000	UFA
Bichsel, Lian	2 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	21	1.0		$918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333	$918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333	RFA
Krys, Luke	1 RFA	ELC	RD	SOIR	Signed	25	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Petrovic, Alexander	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Capobianco, Kyle	1 UFA		LD	NHL	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						27.4		0.0 %	$24,288,333	$28,455,333	$24,287,000	$24,287,000	$15,837,000	$10,587,000

goalies (2 - $9,250,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Oettinger, Jake	8 UFA	G	NHL	Draft	26	8.6		$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000	$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000	$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000	$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000	$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000	$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000
DeSmith, Casey	2 UFA	G	NHL	Signed	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 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000	UFA
TOTAL					30.0		0.0 %	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	$8,250,000	$8,250,000	$8,250,000	$8,250,000

long-term injured reserve (1 - $1,250,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Lundkvist, Nils	1 RFA				Signed	25	1.3		$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000	RFA
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$1,250,000	-	-	-	-	-

dead cap

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$368,250

buyout history (1 - $1,433,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Suter, Ryan	1 UFA			Inactive	Signed	40	-		$1,433,333 $1,433,333 $1,433,333 $1,433,333 $1,433,333 $1,433,333 $1,433,333 $1,433,333	UFA
TOTAL						40.0		0.0 %	$1,433,333	-	-	-	-	-

Season

Show LTIR

non-roster

forwards (14 - $11,895,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Scott, Harrison	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	25	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Hemming, Emil	3 RFA	ELC50	RW	Minor	Draft	19	1.0		$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	RFA
Fuder, Jaxon	3 RFA	ELC50	C	Minor	Signed	19	1.0		$916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667	$916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667	$916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 $916,667	RFA
Hyry, Arttu	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Ertel, Justin	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Martino, Ayrton	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Seminoff, Matthew	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
MacDonell, Angus	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
Tuomaala, Samu	1 RFA	ELC	RW	NHL		22	0.9		$830,833 $830,833 $830,833 $830,833 $830,833 $830,833 $830,833 $830,833	RFA
Arcuri, Francesco	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	RFA
Stranges, Antonio	1 RFA		LW	Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Lind, Kole	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Hughes, Cameron	2 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Erne, Adam	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	30	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						23.3		0.0 %	$11,895,000	$5,219,167	$2,709,167	-	-	-

defense (6 - $5,174,167)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Taylor, Trey	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	23	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Punnett, Connor	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
White, Gavin	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$857,500 $857,500 $857,500 $857,500 $857,500 $857,500 $857,500 $857,500	RFA
Muhonen, Niilopekka	3 RFA	ELC50	LD	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
Bertucci, Tristan	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667	$846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667	$846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667	RFA
Kolyachonok, Vladislav	1 UFA			Minor		24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						21.7		0.0 %	$5,174,167	$3,541,667	$1,696,667	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $2,400,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Tiefensee, Arno	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
Poirier, Remi	2 UFA		G	Minor	Draft	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Kraws, Ben	1 RFA		G	Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						24.0		0.0 %	$2,400,000	$1,625,000	-	-	-	-

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 (11)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Schmidt, Cameron	18	RW	DAL	2025	3	94	Jun. 1, 2027
Gorzynski, Brandon	18	C	DAL	2025	4	126	Jun. 1, 2027
Joki, Atte	18	C	DAL	2025	5	146	Jun. 1, 2029
Goos, Mans	18	G	DAL	2025	5	158	Jun. 1, 2029
Sharkey, Dawson	19	RW	DAL	2025	6	190	Jun. 1, 2027
Paquette, Charlie	19	RW	DAL	2025	7	222	Jun. 1, 2027
Samuelsson, William	20	C	DAL	2024	7	222	Jun. 1, 2028
Bradshaw, Sebastian	20	LW	DAL	2023	7	221	Aug. 15, 2028
Minnetian, Aram	20	RD	DAL	2023	4	125	Aug. 15, 2027
Fegaras, George	21	RD	DAL	2022	3	83	Aug. 15, 2027
Mayorov, Maxim	21	G	DAL	2022	5	147	-

Draft Picks

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Legend

Unsigned Players