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Cap Hit88.8M

Cap Space15.2M

Playoff83.7M

Roster18/23

Contracts33/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$88,820,243

Cap Space$15,179,757

Playoff Cap$83,739,166

Roster18/23

Contracts33/50

LTIR$0

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (13 - $44,458,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Suzuki, Nick "C"	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		26	7.6		$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	5 UFA			NHL	Draft	25	7.5		$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	UFA
Slafkovsky, Juraj	7 UFA			NHL	Draft	22	7.3		$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 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000
Anderson, Josh	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		32	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
Danault, Phillip	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		33	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
Newhook, Alex	1 RFA			NHL		25	2.8		$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
Evans, Jake	3 UFA			NHL	Draft	30	2.7		$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
Texier, Alexandre	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	26	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	UFA
Kapanen, Oliver	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	22	0.9		$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500
Demidov, Ivan	9 UFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	20	0.9		$940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833	$9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000	$9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000	$9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000	$9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000	$9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000
Bolduc, Zack	-			NHL		23	-
Dach, Kirby	-					25	-
Laine, Patrik	-		, RW			28	-
TOTAL						25.9		0.0 %	$44,458,333	$37,825,000	$35,325,000	$32,475,000	$24,600,000	$16,750,000

defense (7 - $35,062,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Dobson, Noah	7 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		26	9.1		$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 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
Hutson, Lane	8 UFA		NHL	Draft	22	8.5		$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 $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
Matheson, Mike "A"	5 UFA	NMC	NHL		32	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	UFA
Guhle, Kaiden	5 UFA			Draft	24	5.3		$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	UFA
Carrier, Alexandre	1 UFA				29	3.6		$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
Struble, Jayden	1 RFA		NHL	Draft	24	1.4		$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
Xhekaj, Arber	-		NHL	Signed	25	-
TOTAL					26.0		0.0 %	$35,062,500	$29,900,000	$29,900,000	$29,900,000	$29,900,000	$18,350,000

goalies (2 - $4,115,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Montembeault, Sam	1 UFA	G		Waivers	29	3.0		$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
Dobes, Jakub	4 UFA	G	NHL	Draft	25	0.9		$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	$5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575	$5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575	$5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575
TOTAL					27.0		0.0 %	$4,115,000	$5,357,575	$5,357,575	$5,357,575	-	-

dead cap

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$1,934,410

retained salary (1 - $3,250,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Gallagher, Brendan "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL		34	6.3		$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
TOTAL						34.0		0.0 %	$3,250,000	-	-	-	-	-

Remove Ads

non-roster

forwards (13 - $7,172,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Rohrer, Vinzenz	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500	$972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500 $972,500	RFA
Thorpe, Tyler	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333	$968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333 $968,333	RFA
Xhekaj, Florian	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667
Mesar, Filip	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Beck, Owen	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333 $853,333
Belzile, Alex	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	34	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Condotta, Lucas	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Poulin, Sam	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Farrell, Sean	-		C	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Davidson, Jared	-		, C	Minor	Draft	24	-
Chiasson, Jake	-		C	Minor		23	-		UFA (No QO)
McKown, Hunter	-		C	Minor		23	-		RFA
Berard, Brett	-			Minor		23	-
TOTAL						23.9		0.0 %	$7,172,500	$1,940,833	-	-	-	-

defense (7 - $5,638,751)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Mittelstadt, Luke	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	1.0		$1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750	$1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750 $1,013,750	RFA
Protz, Owen	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	20	1.0		$1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167	$1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167	$1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167 $1,004,167	RFA
Pickford, Bryce	3 RFA	ELC50	D	Minor	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
Reinbacher, David	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167	$909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167 $909,167	RFA
Engstrom, Adam	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 $896,667
Samson, Ethan	1 RFA		RD	Minor	Signed	22	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
Szuber, Maksymilian	-		RD, LD	Minor		23	-		RFA
TOTAL						21.6		0.0 %	$5,638,751	$3,892,084	$1,969,167	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $1,945,833)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Kahkonen, Kaapo	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	29	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	UFA
Fowler, Jacob	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$945,833 $945,833 $945,833 $945,833 $945,833 $945,833 $945,833 $945,833 $945,833	$938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333	RFA
Shepard, Hunter	-		G	Minor		30	-
TOTAL						26.7		0.0 %	$1,945,833	$938,333	-	-	-	-

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 (33)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Pugachyov, Gleb	18	RW	2026 · R1 · #26	MTL	2026	1	26	—
Runtso, Timofei	19	RD	2026 · R2 · #57	MTL	2026	2	57	Jun. 1, 2030
Cleaves, Cooper	20	RD	2026 · R3 · #93	MTL	2026	3	93	Jun. 1, 2029
Klimpke, Brayden	18	LD	2026 · R4 · #117	MTL	2026	4	117	Jun. 1, 2031
Trottier, Parker	18	LW	2026 · R6 · #189	MTL	2026	6	189	Jun. 1, 2031
Royston, Wesley	18	RW	2026 · R6 · #190	MTL	2026	6	190	Jun. 1, 2030
Daigneault, Jean-Samuel	18	LD	2026 · R7 · #221	MTL	2026	7	221	Jun. 1, 2030
Deakos, Tyler	19	RW	2026 · R7 · #224	MTL	2026	7	224	Jun. 1, 2029
Zharovsky, Alexander	19	RW	2025 · R2 · #34	MTL	2025	2	34	—
Paupanekis, Hayden	19	C	2025 · R3 · #69	MTL	2025	3	69	Aug. 15, 2030
Radkov, Arseni	18	G	2025 · R3 · #82	MTL	2025	3	82	Aug. 15, 2031
Mooney, L.J.	19	C	2025 · R4 · #113	MTL	2025	4	113	Aug. 15, 2029
Cournoyer, Alexis	20	G	2025 · R5 · #145	MTL	2025	5	145	Aug. 15, 2029
Handel, Carlos	19	RD	2025 · R6 · #177	MTL	2025	6	177	Jun. 1, 2029
MacNiel, Andrew	18	D	2025 · R6 · #189	MTL	2025	6	189	Jun. 1, 2027
Vig, Maxon	20	D	2025 · R7 · #209	MTL	2025	7	209	Aug. 15, 2029
Bergqvist, Rasmus	21	LD	2024 · R7 · #224	MTL	2024	7	224	Jun. 1, 2028
Hage, Michael	20	C	2024 · R1 · #21	MTL	2024	1	21	Aug. 15, 2028
Khanin, Makar	21	RW	2024 · R7 · #210	MTL	2024	7	210	—
Koivu, Aatos	20	C	2024 · R3 · #70	MTL	2024	3	70	Jun. 1, 2028
Merrill, Ben	20	C	2024 · R6 · #166	MTL	2024	6	166	Aug. 15, 2029
Sawyer, Logan	20	C	2024 · R3 · #78	MTL	2024	3	78	Aug. 15, 2028
Vecvanags, Mikus	20	G	2024 · R5 · #134	MTL	2024	5	134	Aug. 15, 2031
Eriksson, Filip	21	C	2023 · R6 · #165	MTL	2023	6	165	Jun. 1, 2027
Harris, Sam	22	LW	2023 · R5 · #133	MTL	2023	5	133	Aug. 15, 2027
Konyushkov, Bogdan	23	RD	2023 · R4 · #110	MTL	2023	4	110	—
Miller, Quentin	21	G	2023 · R4 · #128	MTL	2023	4	128	Aug. 15, 2029
Volokhin, Yevgeni	21	G	2023 · R5 · #144	MTL	2023	5	144	—
Croteau, Emmett	22	G	2022 · R6 · #162	MTL	2022	6	162	Aug. 15, 2027
Kostenko, Dmitri	23	RD	2021 · R3 · #87	MTL	2021	3	87	—
Sobolev, Daniil	23	RD	2021 · R5 · #142	MTL	2021	5	142	—
Gordin, Alexander	24	RW	2020 · R6 · #171	MTL	2020	6	171	—
Smith, Jack	24	C	2020 · R4 · #102	MTL	2020	4	102	Aug. 15, 2026