Montréal Canadiens | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$98,009,166	-$2,509,166	$0	20/23	41/50	$1,752,500

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

forwards (12 - $55,716,666)	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	NHL		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		25	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		, C			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
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
Blais, Sammy	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						25.7		0.0 %	$55,716,666	$42,015,833	$26,175,000	$26,175,000	$23,325,000	$15,450,000

defense (7 - $25,925,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	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			NHL	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		28	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
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	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Struble, Jayden	-		, LD	NHL	Draft	23	-		RFA
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$25,925,000	$18,800,000	$15,050,000	$15,050,000	$15,050,000	$15,050,000

goalies (3 - $14,615,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Price, Carey	1 UFA	NMC	G		Draft	37	11.0		$10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000	UFA
Montembeault, Sam	2 UFA		G	NHL	Waivers claim	28	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						29.7		0.0 %	$14,615,000	$4,115,000	$0	$0	$0	$0

dead cap

Season

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non-roster

forwards (14 - $11,121,667)	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	20	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
Kapanen, Oliver	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	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
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	19	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	C	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	21	0.9		$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	RFA
Farrell, Sean	1 RFA		C	Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
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
Belzile, Alex	1 UFA		RW	Inactive	Signed	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Simoneau, Xavier	-		C	Inactive	Draft	24	-		UFA (No QO)
TOTAL						22.8		0.0 %	$11,121,667	$6,125,000	$1,818,333	$0	$0	$0

defense (6 - $4,108,334)	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	20	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
Trudeau, William	1 RFA		LD	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Clurman, Nate	1 UFA		RD	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Del Gaizo, Marc	1 UFA			Inactive	Draft	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Hoefenmayer, Noel	-		LD	Inactive		26	-		UFA (No QO)
TOTAL						23.5		0.0 %	$4,108,334	$1,783,334	$886,667	$0	$0	$0

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		28	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						24.0		0.0 %	$2,073,333	$923,333	$923,333	$0	$0	$0

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)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST 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	17	G	MTL	2025	3	82	Aug. 15, 2030
Mooney, L.J.	18	RW	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	17	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	19	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	20	C	MTL	2023	6	165	Jun. 1, 2027
Harris, Sam	21	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	22	RD	MTL	2021	3	87	-
Sobolev, Daniil	22	RD	MTL	2021	5	142	-
Gordin, Alexander	23	C	MTL	2020	6	171	-
Smilanic, Ty	23	C, LW	FLA	2020	3	74	-
Smith, Jack	23	C, LW	MTL	2020	4	102	Aug. 15, 2026

Draft Picks

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