Nashville Predators | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$84,433,961	$11,066,039	$0	18/23	41/50	$0

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

forwards (11 - $37,838,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Forsberg, Filip "A"	5 UFA	NMC		NHL		30	8.9		$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	UFA
Stamkos, Steven	3 UFA	NMC		NHL	Signed	35	8.4		$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	UFA
Marchessault, Jonathan	4 UFA	NMC	, C	NHL	Signed	34	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	$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
O'Reilly, Ryan "A"	2 UFA			NHL	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	UFA
Bunting, Michael	1 UFA			NHL		29	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	UFA
Haula, Erik	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		34	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	UFA
Smith, Cole	1 UFA			NHL	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	UFA
Svechkov, Fedor	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	22	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
McCarron, Michael	1 UFA		, RW	NHL	Signed	30	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	UFA
L'Heureux, Zachary	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	22	0.9		$863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333	RFA
Evangelista, Luke	-			NHL	Draft	23	-		RFA
TOTAL						29.3		0.0 %	$37,838,333	$26,500,000	$22,000,000	$14,000,000	$8,500,000	$0

defense (8 - $27,784,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Josi, Roman "C"	3 UFA	NMC			Draft	35	9.5		$9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000	$9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000	$9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000 $9,059,000	UFA
Skjei, Brady	6 UFA	NMC		NHL	Signed	31	7.3		$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000
Hague, Nicolas	4 UFA			NHL		26	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	$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
Perbix, Nick	2 UFA			NHL	Draft	27	2.9		$2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000	$2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000	UFA
Barron, Justin	1 RFA		, LD	NHL		23	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	RFA
Blankenburg, Nick	1 UFA		, LD	NHL	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Wilsby, Adam	2 RFA				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	RFA
Englund, Andreas	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						27.8		0.0 %	$27,784,000	$25,084,000	$21,559,000	$12,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000

goalies (2 - $8,577,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Saros, Juuse	8 UFA	NMC	G	NHL	Draft	30	8.1		$7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000	$7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000	$7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000	$7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000	$7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000	$7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000 $7,740,000
Annunen, Justus	1 RFA		G	NHL		25	0.9		$837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500	RFA
TOTAL						27.5		0.0 %	$8,577,500	$7,740,000	$7,740,000	$7,740,000	$7,740,000	$7,740,000

dead cap

retained salary (2 - $1,678,572)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Sissons, Colton	1 UFA		NHL	31	3.0		$1,428,572 $1,428,572 $1,428,572 $1,428,572 $1,428,572 $1,428,572 $1,428,572 $1,428,572	UFA
Ekholm, Mattias	1 UFA	, RD	NHL	35	6.5		$250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000	UFA
TOTAL				33.0		0.0 %	$1,678,572	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

buyout history (2 - $8,555,556)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Duchene, Matt	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	34	8.4		$6,555,556 $6,555,556 $6,555,556 $6,555,556 $6,555,556 $6,555,556 $6,555,556 $6,555,556	$1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556	$1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556	$1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556 $1,555,556	UFA
Turris, Kyle	3 UFA		C, RW	Retired		35	-		$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
TOTAL						34.5		0.0 %	$8,555,556	$3,555,556	$3,555,556	$1,555,556	$0	$0

Season

Show LTIR

non-roster

forwards (13 - $11,036,668)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Wood, Matthew	2 RFA	ELC		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	RFA
Rolston, Ryder	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor		23	0.9		$895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000	RFA
Schaefer, Reid	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor		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
Edstrom, David	3 RFA	ELC	C	Loan		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
Kemell, Joakim	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
Willis, Joey	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
O'Hara, Cole	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
Roest, Austin	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000	$845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000	RFA
Gojsic, Hiroki	3 RFA	ELC50	RW	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	RFA
Lind, Kalan	3 RFA	ELC	LW	Junior	Draft	20	0.8		$806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667	$806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667	$806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667	RFA
Mutter, Navrin	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Lucchini, Jacob	1 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	30	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Wiesblatt, Ozzy	2 RFA			Minor		23	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	RFA
TOTAL						21.9		0.0 %	$11,036,668	$8,591,668	$3,388,334	$0	$0	$0

defense (7 - $5,853,334)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Ufko, Ryan	2 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	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
Molendyk, Tanner	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Junior	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
Gibson, Andrew	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor		20	0.9		$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	RFA
Stastney, Spencer	1 UFA			Minor	Draft	25	0.9		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	UFA (Group 6)
Matier, Jack	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$801,667 $801,667 $801,667 $801,667 $801,667 $801,667 $801,667 $801,667	RFA
Gravel, Kevin	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Oesterle, Jordan	1 UFA			Minor	Waivers	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$5,853,334	$2,676,667	$1,751,667	$0	$0	$0

goalies (2 - $1,630,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Chrona, Magnus	1 RFA	G	Minor		24	0.9		$855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000	RFA
Murray, Matt	2 UFA	G	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
TOTAL					25.5		0.0 %	$1,630,000	$775,000	$0	$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 (27)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Martin, Brady	18	C	NSH	2025	1	5	Jun. 1, 2027
Reid, Cameron	18	LD	NSH	2025	1	21	Jun. 1, 2027
Lee, Ryker	18	RW	NSH	2025	1	26	Aug. 15, 2029
Rombach, Jacob	18	LD	NSH	2025	2	35	Aug. 15, 2029
Rombach, Jacob	18	LD	NSH	2025	2	35	Aug. 15, 2029
Ivankovic, Jack	18	G	NSH	2025	2	58	Jun. 1, 2027
Huang, Alex	17	D	NSH	2025	4	122	Jun. 1, 2027
Nieminen, Daniel	19	D	NSH	2025	6	163	Jun. 1, 2029
Gustafsson, Viggo	18	LD	NSH	2024	3	77	Jun. 1, 2028
Marques, Miguel	19	RW	NSH	2024	3	87	Jun. 1, 2026
Milota, Jakub	19	G	NSH	2024	4	99	Jun. 1, 2026
Norringer, Viktor	18	LW	NSH	2024	4	127	Jun. 1, 2028
Pahlsson, Erik	21	C	NSH	2024	7	213	Aug. 15, 2028
Stiga, Teddy	19	C	NSH	2024	2	55	Aug. 15, 2028
Surin, Egor	18	C	NSH	2024	1	22	-
Fink, Aiden	20	RW	NSH	2023	7	218	Aug. 15, 2027
Muzzatti, Sutter	22	C	NSH	2023	5	143	Aug. 15, 2026
Nilsson, Felix	20	C	NSH	2023	2	43	Jun. 1, 2027
Ingram, Adam	21	C	NSH	2022	3	82	Aug. 15, 2026
Kulonummi, Kasper	21	RD	NSH	2022	3	84	Jun. 1, 2026
Strinden, Ben	23	C	NSH	2022	7	210	Aug. 15, 2026
Fontaine, Gunnarwolfe	24	LW	NSH	2020	7	202	Aug. 15, 2025
McLane, Chase	25	C	NSH	2020	7	209	Aug. 15, 2025
Reid, Luke	23	RD	NSH	2020	6	166	Aug. 15, 2025
Chystyakov, Semyon	23	LD	NSH	2019	4	117	-
Walther, Isak	23	RW	NSH	2019	6	179	Aug. 15, 2025
Volkov, Konstantin	27	G	NSH	2016	6	168	-

Draft Picks

dead cap

non-roster

Legend

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