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Cap Hit$92,593,33392.6M

Cap Space$2,906,6672.9M

Playoff$83,068,33383.1M

Roster22/2322/23

Contracts47/5047/50

LTIR$3,525,0003.5M

Year	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
2026
2027
2028

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forwards (13 - $49,075,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Meier, Timo	6 UFA	NMC			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		NHL	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 "A"	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	27	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
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	32	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
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
Tsyplakov, Maxim	2 UFA		NHL		27	2.4		$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 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000	UFA
Bjugstad, Nick	2 UFA		NHL		33	1.8		$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 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000	UFA
Dadonov, Evgenii	1 UFA	NTC / M-NTC	NHL		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
Hameenaho, Lenni	3 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	$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Gritsyuk, Arseni	1 RFA	ELC		Draft	24	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Cotter, Paul	1 RFA		NHL		26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL					27.4		0.0 %	$49,075,000	$46,375,000	$28,625,000	$27,675,000	$24,675,000	$16,675,000

defense (8 - $36,593,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	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		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	31	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	35	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		Draft	22	1.0		$918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 $918,333	RFA
Cholowski, Dennis	1 UFA		NHL		28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL					28.3		0.0 %	$36,593,333	$34,900,000	$30,900,000	$18,500,000	$18,500,000	$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		36	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					35.5		0.0 %	$5,925,000	$7,800,000	$7,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-

long-term injured reserve (2 - $3,525,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Noesen, Stefan	2 UFA	M-NTC	Signed	33	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
MacEwen, Zack	1 UFA			29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL				31.0		0.0 %	$3,525,000	$2,750,000	-	-	-	-

dead cap

Carryover BonusesCarryover Performance Bonuses$1,000,000

non-roster

forwards (12 - $9,671,666)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Lachance, Shane	2 RFA	ELC		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	25	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	32	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	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Halonen, Brian	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	27	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
Legare, Nathan	1 UFA			Minor		25	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		, 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
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)
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$9,671,666	$3,376,666	$838,333	-	-	-

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	Minor	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	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		23	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
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
White, Colton	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	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	-	-	-	-

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	25	0.9		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	RFA
TOTAL						23.3		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

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Reserve List (20)	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	19	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	19	C	NJD	2025	4	114	Jun. 1, 2029
Rozsíval, David	18	RW	NJD	2025	6	161	Jun. 1, 2029
Holmgren, Sigge	19	D	NJD	2025	6	178	Jun. 1, 2027
Louhivaara, Veeti	20	G	NJD	2024	5	146	Jun. 1, 2028
Pikkarainen, Kasper	19	RW	NJD	2024	3	85	Jun. 1, 2028
Silayev, Anton	19	LD	NJD	2024	1	10	-
Yegorov, Mikhail	20	G	NJD	2024	2	49	Aug. 15, 2029
Cheslock, Chase	21	RD	NJD	2023	5	154	Aug. 15, 2027
Karpovich, Daniil	21	LD	NJD	2023	6	186	-
Barabosha, Artem	21	RD	NJD	2022	7	198	-
Leddy, Charlie	22	RD	NJD	2022	4	126	Aug. 15, 2026
Orlov, Daniil	22	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	27	LW	NJD	2017	4	98	-
Zaitsev, Yegor	27	LD	NJD	2017	7	205	-