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Cap Hit93.0M

Cap Space11.0M

Playoff80.5M

Roster20/23

Contracts30/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$93,016,076

Cap Space$10,983,924

Playoff Cap$80,489,166

Roster20/23

Contracts30/50

LTIR$0

Year	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (15 - $50,958,333)	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
Gallagher, Brendan "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Draft	34	6.3		$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
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	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	20	0.9		$940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833
Laine, Patrik	-		, RW			28	-
Bolduc, Zack	-			NHL		23	-
Veleno, Joe	-			NHL	Signed	26	-
Dach, Kirby	-					25	-
TOTAL						26.5		0.0 %	$50,958,333	$28,675,000	$26,175,000	$23,325,000	$15,450,000	$7,600,000

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 (3 - $5,060,833)	Years Remaining	Terms	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	1 RFA		G	NHL	Draft	25	0.9		$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000
Fowler, Jacob	2 RFA	ELC	G	NHL	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
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$5,060,833	$938,333	-	-	-	-

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$1,934,410

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non-roster

forwards (13 - $5,472,500)	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	21	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
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
Tuch, Luke	-		LW	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Belzile, Alex	-		RW	Minor	Signed	34	-		UFA
Farrell, Sean	-		C	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Roy, Joshua	-			Minor	Draft	22	-
Davidson, Jared	-		, C	Minor	Draft	23	-
Blais, Sammy	-			Minor	Waivers	30	-
Chiasson, Jake	-		C	Minor		23	-		RFA
TOTAL						24.2		0.0 %	$5,472,500	$1,940,833	-	-	-	-

defense (9 - $4,788,751)	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
Clurman, Nate	-			Minor	Signed	28	-		UFA
Laroque, Gannon	-		RD	Minor		22	-		RFA
Trudeau, William	-		LD	Minor	Draft	23	-		RFA
Del Gaizo, Marc	-			Minor	Signed	26	-		UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						22.8		0.0 %	$4,788,751	$3,892,084	$1,969,167	-	-	-

goalies (2 - $0)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Kahkonen, Kaapo	-	G	Minor	Signed	29	-		UFA
Shepard, Hunter	-	G	Minor		30	-
TOTAL					29.5		0.0 %	-	-	-	-	-	-

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$775Two-way Contract

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RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

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Reserve List (25)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
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	19	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	23	C	2020 · R4 · #102	MTL	2020	4	102	Aug. 15, 2026