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Cap Hit92.1M

Cap Space11.9M

Playoff67.6M

Roster18/23

Contracts29/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$92,125,000

Cap Space$11,875,000

Playoff Cap$67,625,000

Roster18/23

Contracts29/50

LTIR$0

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (14 - $48,175,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Meier, Timo	5 UFA	NMC			29	8.5		$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	UFA
Hughes, Jack "A"	4 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Draft	25	7.7		$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 "A"	5 UFA	NMC	NHL	Draft	27	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	$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
Hischier, Nico "C"	1 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Draft	27	7.0		$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
Mercer, Dawson	1 RFA		NHL	Draft	24	3.8		$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
Brown, Connor	3 UFA	NTC		Signed	32	2.9		$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	1 UFA	M-NTC		Signed	33	2.6		$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
Glass, Cody	1 UFA		NHL		27	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
Tsyplakov, Maxim	1 UFA		NHL		27	2.2		$2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000
Bjugstad, Nick	1 UFA		NHL		33	1.7		$1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000
Cotter, Paul	-		NHL		26	-
Gritsyuk, Arseni	-			Draft	25	-
Dadonov, Evgenii	-		NHL	Signed	37	-
MacEwen, Zack	-				29	-
TOTAL					28.6		0.0 %	$48,175,000	$27,675,000	$27,675,000	$24,675,000	$16,675,000	-

defense (8 - $34,900,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Hamilton, Dougie	2 UFA	M-NTC, NMC	NHL	Signed	33	8.7		$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	6 UFA		NHL	Draft	22	8.7		$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 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
Pesce, Brett	4 UFA	NTC		Signed	31	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	$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	1 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Signed	35	3.8		$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
Kovacevic, Johnathan	4 UFA	NTC	NHL		28	3.8		$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 $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 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	UFA
Siegenthaler, Jonas	2 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		29	3.3		$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
Nemec, Simon	-			Draft	22	-
Cholowski, Dennis	-		NHL		28	-
TOTAL					28.5		0.0 %	$34,900,000	$30,900,000	$18,500,000	$18,500,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000

goalies (2 - $7,800,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Markstrom, Jacob	2 UFA	M-NTC	G		36	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	UFA
Allen, Jake	4 UFA	NTC	G	NHL	35	1.7		$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					35.5		0.0 %	$7,800,000	$7,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-	-

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$1,250,000

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non-roster

forwards (14 - $5,520,416)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Melovsky, Matyas	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	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
Hameenaho, Lenni	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$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
Squires, Cam	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333	$938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333 $938,333	RFA
Lachance, Shane	1 RFA	ELC		Minor		22	0.9		$933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750
Filmon, Josh	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$913,333 $913,333 $913,333 $913,333 $913,333 $913,333 $913,333 $913,333 $913,333	RFA
Crookshank, Angus	1 UFA		, C	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Schmelzer, Ryan	-		C	Minor	Signed	32	-		UFA
Gruden, Jonathan	-		LW	Minor		26	-		UFA (Group 6)
Hardman, Mike	-		LW	Minor	Signed	27	-		UFA
Parent, Xavier	-		, C	Minor	Signed	25	-
Legare, Nathan	-			Minor		25	-
Wendt, Dylan	-		RW	Minor	Signed	25	-		RFA
Halonen, Brian	-			Minor	Signed	27	-
McLaughlin, Marc	-			Minor		26	-
TOTAL						24.8		0.0 %	$5,520,416	$2,860,833	-	-	-	-

defense (8 - $4,785,417)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Silayev, Anton	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	20	1.0		$1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000	$1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000	$1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000	RFA
Diotte, Mikael	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Casey, Seamus	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000
Edwards, Ethan	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	24	0.9		$933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750	RFA
Hanzel, Jeremy	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor		23	0.8		$876,667 $876,667 $876,667 $876,667 $876,667 $876,667 $876,667 $876,667 $876,667	RFA
Addison, Calen	-		RD, LD	Minor	Signed	26	-		RFA
White, Colton	-			Minor	Signed	29	-
Vilen, Topias	-			Minor	Draft	23	-
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$4,785,417	$1,075,000	$1,075,000	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $0)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Brennan, Tyler	-	G	Minor	Draft	22	-		RFA
Malek, Jakub	-	G	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Daws, Nico	-	G	Minor	Draft	25	-
TOTAL					23.7		0.0 %	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

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🟥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 (20)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Fondrk, Conrad	19	C	2025 · R2 · #50	NJD	2025	2	50	Aug. 15, 2029
Kevan, Benjamin	19	RW	2025 · R2 · #63	NJD	2025	2	63	Aug. 15, 2029
Moe, Mason	19	C	2025 · R3 · #90	NJD	2025	3	90	Aug. 15, 2029
Bennett, Trenten	20	G	2025 · R4 · #99	NJD	2025	4	99	Aug. 15, 2029
Hillström, Gustav	19	C	2025 · R4 · #114	NJD	2025	4	114	Jun. 1, 2029
Rozsíval, David	19	RW	2025 · R6 · #161	NJD	2025	6	161	Jun. 1, 2029
Holmgren, Sigge	19	D	2025 · R6 · #178	NJD	2025	6	178	Jun. 1, 2027
Louhivaara, Veeti	20	G	2024 · R5 · #146	NJD	2024	5	146	Jun. 1, 2028
Pikkarainen, Kasper	19	RW	2024 · R3 · #85	NJD	2024	3	85	Jun. 1, 2028
Yegorov, Mikhail	20	G	2024 · R2 · #49	NJD	2024	2	49	Aug. 15, 2029
Cheslock, Chase	21	RD	2023 · R5 · #154	NJD	2023	5	154	Aug. 15, 2027
Karpovich, Daniil	21	LD	2023 · R6 · #186	NJD	2023	6	186	—
Brown, Cole	21	RW, LW	2023 · R6 · #164	NJD	2023	6	164	—
Barabosha, Artem	22	RD	2022 · R7 · #198	NJD	2022	7	198	—
Leddy, Charlie	22	RD	2022 · R4 · #126	NJD	2022	4	126	Aug. 15, 2026
Orlov, Daniil	22	LD	2022 · R4 · #110	NJD	2022	4	110	—
Hurtig, Viktor	24	RD	2021 · R6 · #164	NJD	2021	6	164	Aug. 15, 2026
Salminen, Samu	23	C	2021 · R3 · #68	NJD	2021	3	68	Aug. 15, 2026
Popugaev, Nikita	27	LW	2017 · R4 · #98	NJD	2017	4	98	—
Zaitsev, Yegor	28	LD	2017 · R7 · #205	NJD	2017	7	205	—