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Cap Hit94.3M

Cap Space9.7M

Playoff67.3M

Roster21/23

Contracts40/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$94,343,750

Cap Space$9,656,250

Playoff Cap$67,325,000

Roster21/23

Contracts40/50

LTIR$0

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (13 - $53,693,750)	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"	6 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	$11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000	$11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000	$11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000	$11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000	$11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000 $11,700,000
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
Gritsyuk, Arseni	3 UFA			Draft	25	3.1		$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	$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	$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
Rodrigues, Evan	1 UFA				32	2.9		$3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750 $3,018,750
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
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
Boqvist, Jesper	1 UFA		NHL		27	1.4		$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Dadonov, Evgenii	-		NHL	Signed	37	-
TOTAL					29.1		0.0 %	$53,693,750	$42,625,000	$42,625,000	$36,375,000	$28,375,000	$11,700,000

defense (7 - $36,500,000)	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
Chisholm, Declan	1 UFA		NHL		26	1.5		$1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000
TOTAL					29.1		0.0 %	$36,500,000	$30,900,000	$18,500,000	$18,500,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000

goalies (2 - $2,900,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
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
Daws, Nico	2 UFA		G	NHL	Draft	25	1.1		$1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000	$1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000
TOTAL						30.0		0.0 %	$2,900,000	$2,900,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-	-

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forwards (15 - $8,982,916)	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		NHL	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
Lombardi, Amadeus	2 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	23	0.8		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	UFA (Group 6)
Parent, Xavier	1 RFA		, C	Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
McLaughlin, Marc	1 UFA			Minor		26	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Steeves, Ben	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	24	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA (Group 6)
Tufte, Riley	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Schmelzer, Ryan	-		C	Minor	Signed	32	-		UFA
Gruden, Jonathan	-		LW	Minor		26	-		UFA (Group 6)
Hardman, Mike	-		LW	Minor	Signed	27	-		UFA
Legare, Nathan	-			Minor		25	-
Wendt, Dylan	-		RW	Minor	Signed	25	-		UFA (No QO)
TOTAL						24.6		0.0 %	$8,982,916	$3,735,833	-	-	-	-

defense (9 - $6,573,750)	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 (10.2)
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
Morin, Etienne	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor		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
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
Kolyachonok, Vladislav	1 RFA			Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Addison, Calen	-		RD, LD	Minor	Signed	26	-		UFA (No QO)
Vilen, Topias	-			Minor	Draft	23	-
TOTAL						23.0		0.0 %	$6,573,750	$2,013,333	$1,075,000	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $1,875,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Rittich, David	1 UFA	G	Minor	Signed	33	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
Malek, Jakub	2 UFA	G	Minor	Draft	24	0.8		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	UFA (Group 6)
Brennan, Tyler	-	G	Minor	Draft	22	-		UFA (No QO)
TOTAL					26.3		0.0 %	$1,875,000	$875,000	-	-	-	-

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Unsigned Players

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Reserve List (27)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Command, Alexander	18	C	2026 · R1 · #12	NJD	2026	1	12	Jun. 1, 2028
Vanhanen, Matias	18	LW	2026 · R2 · #37	NJD	2026	2	37	Jun. 1, 2028
Shcherbakov, Nikita	18	LD	2026 · R2 · #44	NJD	2026	2	44	—
Gashilov, Lavr	18	C	2026 · R4 · #119	NJD	2026	4	119	—
Rusakovich, Daniil	18	G	2026 · R5 · #149	NJD	2026	5	149	—
Wilfley, Luke	18	C	2026 · R6 · #172	NJD	2026	6	172	Jun. 1, 2028
Mckenzie, Quinn	18	C	2026 · R7 · #222	NJD	2026	7	222	Jun. 1, 2028
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	—