Montréal Canadiens | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$90,746,66690.7M	$4,753,3344.8M	$73,969,16674.0M	$00	21/2321/23	42/5042/50

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

forwards (13 - $56,766,666)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Laine, Patrik	1 UFA	M-NTC	, RW			27	9.1		$8,700,000 $8,700,000 $8,700,000 $8,700,000 $8,700,000 $8,700,000 $8,700,000 $8,700,000	UFA
Suzuki, Nick "C"	5 UFA			NHL		26	8.2		$7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000	$7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000	$7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000	$7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000	$7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000	UFA
Caufield, Cole	6 UFA			NHL	Draft	24	8.2		$7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000	$7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000	$7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000	$7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000	$7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000	$7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000
Slafkovsky, Juraj	8 UFA			NHL	Draft	21	8.0		$7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000	$7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000	$7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000	$7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000	$7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000	$7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000
Gallagher, Brendan "A"	2 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Draft	33	6.8		$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	UFA
Anderson, Josh	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		31	5.8		$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
Dach, Kirby	1 RFA					24	3.5		$3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500	RFA
Newhook, Alex	2 RFA			NHL		24	3.0		$2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000	$2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000	RFA
Evans, Jake	4 UFA			NHL	Draft	29	3.0		$2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000	$2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000	$2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000	$2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000	UFA
Demidov, Ivan	2 RFA	ELC	RW	NHL	Draft	19	1.0		$940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833	$940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833	RFA
Kapanen, Oliver	2 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	22	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Veleno, Joe	1 RFA			NHL	Signed	25	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	RFA
Bolduc, Zack	1 RFA	ELC		NHL		22	0.9		$863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333	RFA
TOTAL						25.2		0.0 %	$56,766,666	$42,940,833	$26,175,000	$26,175,000	$23,325,000	$15,450,000

defense (8 - $28,112,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Dobson, Noah	8 UFA	M-NTC			25	9.9		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
Guhle, Kaiden	6 UFA			Draft	23	5.8		$5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000	$5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000	$5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000	$5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000	$5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000	$5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000
Matheson, Mike "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		31	5.1		$4,875,000 $4,875,000 $4,875,000 $4,875,000 $4,875,000 $4,875,000 $4,875,000 $4,875,000	UFA
Carrier, Alexandre	2 UFA		NHL		29	3.9		$3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000	$3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000	UFA
Struble, Jayden	2 RFA		NHL	Draft	24	1.5		$1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500	$1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500 $1,412,500	RFA
Xhekaj, Arber	1 RFA		NHL	Signed	24	1.4		$1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000	RFA
Hutson, Lane	9 UFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	$8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000	$8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000	$8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000	$8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000	$8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000
Del Gaizo, Marc	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL					25.4		0.0 %	$28,112,500	$29,062,500	$23,900,000	$23,900,000	$23,900,000	$23,900,000

goalies (2 - $4,115,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Montembeault, Sam	2 UFA	G	NHL	Waivers	29	3.3		$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	UFA
Dobes, Jakub	2 RFA	G	NHL	Draft	24	1.0		$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
TOTAL					26.5		0.0 %	$4,115,000	$4,115,000	-	-	-	-

dead cap

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$1,752,500

Season

Show LTIR

non-roster

forwards (12 - $10,196,667)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Rohrer, Vinzenz	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Tuch, Luke	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	23	1.0		$912,500 $912,500 $912,500 $912,500 $912,500 $912,500 $912,500 $912,500	RFA
Mesar, Filip	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Thorpe, Tyler	3 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333	$868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333	$868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333 $868,333	RFA
Xhekaj, Florian	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667	$866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667 $866,667	RFA
Davidson, Jared	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500 $862,500	RFA
Beck, Owen	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333	$853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333	RFA
Kidney, Riley	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667	RFA
Roy, Joshua	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	RFA
Belzile, Alex	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	34	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Condotta, Lucas	2 UFA		, LW	Minor	Signed	27	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
Farrell, Sean	1 RFA		C	Minor	Draft	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						23.3		0.0 %	$10,196,667	$5,200,000	$1,818,333	-	-	-

defense (5 - $4,170,001)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Engstrom, Adam	2 RFA	ELC	LD, RD	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667	$896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667	RFA
Reinbacher, David	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Laroque, Gannon	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor		22	0.9		$836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667	RFA
Clurman, Nate	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Trudeau, William	1 RFA		LD	Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						22.8		0.0 %	$4,170,001	$1,783,334	$886,667	-	-	-

goalies (2 - $2,073,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Kahkonen, Kaapo	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	29	1.2		$1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000	UFA
Fowler, Jacob	3 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	20	1.0		$923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333	$923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333	$923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333	RFA
TOTAL						24.5		0.0 %	$2,073,333	$923,333	$923,333	-	-	-

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 (29)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Zharovsky, Alexander	18	RW	MTL	2025	2	34	-
Paupanekis, Hayden	18	C	MTL	2025	3	69	Jun. 1, 2027
Pickford, Bryce	19	D	MTL	2025	3	81	Jun. 1, 2027
Radkov, Arseni	18	G	MTL	2025	3	82	Aug. 15, 2030
Mooney, L.J.	18	C	MTL	2025	4	113	Aug. 15, 2029
Cournoyer, Alexis	19	G	MTL	2025	5	145	Aug. 15, 2029
Handel, Carlos	18	RD	MTL	2025	6	177	Jun. 1, 2027
MacNiel, Andrew	18	D	MTL	2025	6	189	Jun. 1, 2027
Vig, Maxon	19	D	MTL	2025	7	209	Aug. 15, 2029
Bergqvist, Rasmus	20	LD	MTL	2024	7	224	Jun. 1, 2028
Hage, Michael	19	C	MTL	2024	1	21	Aug. 15, 2028
Khanin, Makar	20	RW	MTL	2024	7	210	-
Koivu, Aatos	19	C	MTL	2024	3	70	Jun. 1, 2028
Merrill, Ben	20	C	MTL	2024	6	166	Aug. 15, 2029
Protz, Owen	19	LD	MTL	2024	4	102	Jun. 1, 2026
Sawyer, Logan	19	C	MTL	2024	3	78	Aug. 15, 2028
Vecvanags, Mikus	19	G	MTL	2024	5	134	Aug. 15, 2030
Eriksson, Filip	21	C	MTL	2023	6	165	Jun. 1, 2027
Harris, Sam	22	LW	MTL	2023	5	133	Aug. 15, 2027
Konyushkov, Bogdan	22	RD	MTL	2023	4	110	-
Miller, Quentin	20	G	MTL	2023	4	128	Aug. 15, 2029
Mittelstadt, Luke	22	LD	MTL	2023	7	197	Aug. 15, 2026
Volokhin, Yevgeni	20	G	MTL	2023	5	144	-
Croteau, Emmett	21	G	MTL	2022	6	162	Aug. 15, 2027
Kostenko, Dmitri	23	RD	MTL	2021	3	87	-
Sobolev, Daniil	22	RD	MTL	2021	5	142	-
Gordin, Alexander	24	RW	MTL	2020	6	171	-
Smilanic, Ty	23	C	FLA	2020	3	74	-
Smith, Jack	23	C	MTL	2020	4	102	Aug. 15, 2026

Draft Picks

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Legend

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