New Jersey Devils | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$89,230,833	$6,269,167	$0	23/23	47/50	$1,000,000

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

forwards (13 - $53,900,000)	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		28	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	26	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	23	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		NHL	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			NHL		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
MacDermid, Kurtis	2 UFA			NHL		31	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	$1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000	UFA
Dadonov, Evgenii	1 UFA	NTC / M-NTC		Inactive		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
Lammikko, Juho	1 UFA		LW	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		, C	NHL		25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						28.5		0.0 %	$53,900,000	$51,325,000	$27,675,000	$27,675,000	$24,675,000	$16,675,000

defense (8 - $27,593,333)	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
Pesce, Brett	5 UFA	NTC		NHL	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
Kovacevic, Johnathan	5 UFA	NTC		NHL		28	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	$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	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
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
Addison, Calen	1 RFA		RD, LD	NHL	Signed	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Hughes, Luke	-		, RD	NHL	Draft	21	-		RFA
TOTAL						27.4		0.0 %	$27,593,333	$25,900,000	$21,900,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	$0

goalies (3 - $6,737,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Markstrom, Jacob	1 UFA	NMC	G	NHL		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	UFA
Allen, Jake	5 UFA	NTC	G	Inactive		34	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
Daws, Nico	1 RFA		G	NHL	Draft	24	0.9		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	RFA
TOTAL						31.0		0.0 %	$6,737,500	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$0

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non-roster

forwards (15 - $12,321,666)	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		21	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
Gritsyuk, Arseni	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	24	1.0		$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
Schmelzer, Ryan	1 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	31	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)
Halonen, Brian	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
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
Gruden, Jonathan	1 UFA		C	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
McLaughlin, Marc	1 UFA		, C	Minor		26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Crookshank, Angus	2 UFA			Minor	Draft	25	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
TOTAL						24.0		0.0 %	$12,321,666	$4,326,666	$1,788,333	$0	$0	$0

defense (7 - $6,063,334)	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
Casey, Seamus	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	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
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
Cholowski, Dennis	1 UFA			Minor		27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						23.6		0.0 %	$6,063,334	$3,676,667	$0	$0	$0	$0

goalies (2 - $1,737,500)	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	21	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
TOTAL						22.0		0.0 %	$1,737,500	$0	$0	$0	$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 (22)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST SIGN BY
Fondrk, Conrad	18	C	NJD	2025	2	50	Aug. 15, 2029
Kevan, Benjamin	18	F	NJD	2025	2	63	Aug. 15, 2029
Moe, Mason	18	C	NJD	2025	3	90	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	F	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	18	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	20	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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