New Jersey Devils | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$95,065,75495.1M	$434,246434K	$83,468,33383.5M	$4,817,2934.8M	21/2321/23	49/5049/50

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

forwards (15 - $55,000,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Meier, Timo	6 UFA	NMC		NHL		29	9.2		$8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000	$8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000	$8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000	$8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000	$8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000	$8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000
Hughes, Jack "A"	5 UFA				Draft	24	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	$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
Bratt, Jesper	6 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	27	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	$7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000
Hischier, Nico "C"	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	26	7.6		$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	UFA
Palat, Ondrej "A"	2 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Signed	34	6.3		$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
Mercer, Dawson	2 RFA			NHL	Draft	24	4.2		$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	RFA
Brown, Connor	4 UFA	NTC			Signed	31	3.1		$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	UFA
Noesen, Stefan	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	32	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
Glass, Cody	2 UFA					26	2.6		$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
Gritsyuk, Arseni	1 RFA	ELC	RW	NHL	Draft	24	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Lammikko, Juho	1 UFA		C	NHL	Signed	29	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	UFA
Cotter, Paul	1 RFA			NHL		25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
McLaughlin, Marc	1 UFA		, C	SOIR		26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Glendening, Luke	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	36	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Halonen, Brian	1 UFA		LW	NHL	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						27.9		0.0 %	$55,000,000	$50,175,000	$27,675,000	$27,675,000	$24,675,000	$16,675,000

defense (8 - $33,543,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Hamilton, Dougie	3 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Signed	32	9.4		$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	UFA
Hughes, Luke	7 UFA		, RD	NHL	Draft	22	9.4		$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
Pesce, Brett	5 UFA	NTC			Signed	30	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	$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
Dillon, Brenden	2 UFA	NTC		NHL	Signed	34	4.2		$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	UFA
Siegenthaler, Jonas	3 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		28	3.6		$3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000	$3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000	$3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000	UFA
Casey, Seamus	2 RFA	ELC		NHL	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	RFA
Nemec, Simon	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	21	1.0		$918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333	RFA
Cholowski, Dennis	1 UFA			NHL		27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						26.9		0.0 %	$33,543,333	$31,850,000	$26,900,000	$14,500,000	$14,500,000	$9,000,000

goalies (2 - $5,925,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Markstrom, Jacob	3 UFA	NMC	G		35	6.3		$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	$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
Allen, Jake	5 UFA	NTC	G	NHL	35	1.9		$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	UFA
TOTAL					35.0		0.0 %	$5,925,000	$7,800,000	$7,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-

long-term injured reserve (2 - $4,817,293)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Kovacevic, Johnathan	5 UFA	NTC		LTIR	28	4.2		$3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293	$3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293	$3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293	$3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293	$3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293 $3,817,293	UFA
Dadonov, Evgenii	1 UFA	NTC / M-NTC	, LW	LTIR	36	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
TOTAL					32.0		0.0 %	$4,817,293	$3,817,293	$3,817,293	$3,817,293	$3,817,293	-

dead cap

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$1,000,000

LTIR overage (1 - $182,707)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Kovacevic, Johnathan	5 UFA	NTC		LTIR		28	4.2		$182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707	$182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707	$182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707	$182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707	$182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707 $182,707	UFA
TOTAL						28.0		0.0 %	$182,707	$182,707	$182,707	$182,707	$182,707	-

Season

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non-roster

forwards (13 - $10,621,666)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Hameenaho, Lenni	3 RFA	ELC	RW	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
Lachance, Shane	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor		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
Wendt, Dylan	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Squires, Cam	3 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333	$838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333	$838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333	RFA
Filmon, Josh	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333	$838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333 $838,333	RFA
Parent, Xavier	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Schmelzer, Ryan	1 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	32	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Crookshank, Angus	2 UFA		, C	Minor	Draft	26	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
Bordeleau, Thomas	1 RFA		C	Minor		23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
MacEwen, Zack	1 UFA			Minor		29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Gruden, Jonathan	1 UFA		LW	Minor		25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Hardman, Mike	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Legare, Nathan	1 UFA			Minor		24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						24.3		0.0 %	$10,621,666	$4,326,666	$1,788,333	-	-	-

defense (6 - $5,113,334)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Diotte, Mikael	2 RFA	ELC	RD	Junior	Signed	22	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
Edwards, Ethan	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	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
Hanzel, Jeremy	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor		22	0.9		$851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667	$851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667	RFA
Vilen, Topias	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667	RFA
White, Colton	1 UFA		LD	Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Addison, Calen	1 RFA		RD, LD	Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						23.7		0.0 %	$5,113,334	$2,726,667	-	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $2,550,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Brennan, Tyler	1 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Malek, Jakub	1 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Daws, Nico	1 RFA		G	Minor	Draft	24	0.9		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	RFA
TOTAL						23.0		0.0 %	$2,550,000	-	-	-	-	-

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 (21)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Fondrk, Conrad	18	C	NJD	2025	2	50	Aug. 15, 2029
Kevan, Benjamin	18	RW	NJD	2025	2	63	Aug. 15, 2029
Moe, Mason	18	C	NJD	2025	3	90	Aug. 15, 2029
Bennett, Trenten	19	G	NJD	2025	4	99	Aug. 15, 2029
Hillström, Gustav	18	C	NJD	2025	4	114	Jun. 1, 2029
Rozsíval, David	18	RW	NJD	2025	6	161	Jun. 1, 2029
Holmgren, Sigge	18	D	NJD	2025	6	178	Jun. 1, 2027
Louhivaara, Veeti	19	G	NJD	2024	5	146	Jun. 1, 2028
Melovsky, Matyas	21	C	NJD	2024	6	171	Jun. 1, 2026
Pikkarainen, Kasper	19	RW	NJD	2024	3	85	Jun. 1, 2028
Silayev, Anton	19	LD	NJD	2024	1	10	-
Yegorov, Mikhail	19	G	NJD	2024	2	49	Aug. 15, 2029
Cheslock, Chase	21	RD	NJD	2023	5	154	Aug. 15, 2027
Karpovich, Daniil	20	LD	NJD	2023	6	186	-
Barabosha, Artem	21	RD	NJD	2022	7	198	-
Leddy, Charlie	21	RD	NJD	2022	4	126	Aug. 15, 2026
Orlov, Daniil	21	LD	NJD	2022	4	110	-
Hurtig, Viktor	23	RD	NJD	2021	6	164	Aug. 15, 2026
Salminen, Samu	22	C	NJD	2021	3	68	Aug. 15, 2026
Popugaev, Nikita	26	LW	NJD	2017	4	98	-
Zaitsev, Yegor	27	LD	NJD	2017	7	205	-

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Legend

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