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Cap Hit87.2M

Cap Space16.8M

Playoff77.7M

Roster19/23

Contracts39/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$87,195,000

Cap Space$16,805,000

Playoff Cap$77,718,333

Roster19/23

Contracts39/50

LTIR$0

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (13 - $50,745,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Kucherov, Nikita "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	33	9.1		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
Point, Brayden	4 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	30	9.1		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	UFA
Guentzel, Jake	5 UFA	NMC		NHL		31	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	UFA
Hagel, Brandon	6 UFA	NTC		NHL		27	6.3		$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000
Cirelli, Anthony	5 UFA	NTC		NHL	Draft	28	6.0		$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	UFA
Paul, Nicholas	3 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		31	3.0		$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	UFA
Gourde, Yanni	5 UFA	NTC		NHL		34	2.2		$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	UFA
Holmberg, Pontus	1 UFA				Signed	27	1.5		$1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000
Goncalves, Gage	1 RFA		, C	NHL	Draft	25	1.2		$1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000
Geekie, Conor	1 RFA	ELC		NHL		22	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667
Girgensons, Zemgus	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	32	0.8		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000
Bjorkstrand, Oliver	-			NHL		31	-
Perry, Corey	-			NHL		41	-
TOTAL						30.2		0.0 %	$50,745,000	$36,733,333	$36,733,333	$33,583,333	$24,083,333	$6,500,000

defense (8 - $25,700,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Hedman, Victor "C"	3 UFA	NMC		Draft	35	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	UFA
Moser, J.J.	8 UFA		NHL		26	6.5		$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000	$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000	$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000	$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000	$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000	$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000
Cernak, Erik	5 UFA	NTC	NHL		29	5.0		$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	UFA
McDonagh, Ryan "A"	3 UFA		NHL		37	3.9		$4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000	$4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000	$4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000	UFA
Lilleberg, Emil	1 RFA		NHL	Signed	25	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000
Crozier, Maxwell	2 UFA			Draft	26	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	UFA
Raddysh, Darren	-		NHL	Signed	30	-
Carlile, Declan	-			Signed	26	-
TOTAL					29.3		0.0 %	$25,700,000	$24,875,000	$24,050,000	$11,950,000	$11,950,000	$6,750,000

goalies (2 - $10,750,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Vasilevskiy, Andrei	2 UFA	M-NTC	G		Draft	31	9.1		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	UFA
Johansson, Jonas	1 UFA		G	NHL	Signed	30	1.2		$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000
TOTAL						30.5		0.0 %	$10,750,000	$9,500,000	-	-	-	-

dead cap

buyout history (1 - $0)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Lecavalier, Vincent	1 UFA		C	Retired		46	-
TOTAL						46.0		0.0 %	-	-	-	-	-	-

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non-roster

forwards (17 - $14,506,889)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Rautiainen, Benjamin	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500	$1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500	$1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500	RFA
Steen, Noah	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	21	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
Czata, Ethan	3 RFA	ELC50	C	Junior	Draft	19	0.9		$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000	RFA
O'Reilly, Sam	3 RFA	ELC50	RW	Junior		20	0.9		$936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056	$936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056	$936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056 $936,056	RFA
James, Dominic	1 RFA	ELC			Signed	23	0.9		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000
Kurth, Connor	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$907,500 $907,500 $907,500 $907,500 $907,500 $907,500 $907,500 $907,500 $907,500	RFA
Flinton, Cooper	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	RFA
Mercuri, Lucas	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor		24	0.9		$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	RFA
Allard, Tristan	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$897,500 $897,500 $897,500 $897,500 $897,500 $897,500 $897,500 $897,500 $897,500	RFA
Roelens, Milo	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000	RFA
Szturc, Gabriel	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000	RFA
Gauthier, Ethan	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333	$893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333 $893,333	RFA
Duke, Dylan	1 RFA	ELC	, LW	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500
Abruzzese, Nick	1 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Sabourin, Scott	1 UFA				Signed	33	0.8		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Pelletier, Jakob	2 UFA			Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	UFA
Chaffee, Mitchell	-			Minor	Signed	28	-
TOTAL						23.4		0.0 %	$14,506,889	$5,599,389	$2,908,556	-	-	-

defense (7 - $4,270,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Gill, Dyllan	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000	RFA
Groshev, Maxim	2 RFA			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
D'Astous, Charle-Édouard	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	28	0.8		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000
Lundmark, Simon	1 RFA			Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Santini, Steven	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	31	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500
Samson, Ethan	-		RD	Minor		22	-		RFA
Mitchell, Ian	-			Minor		27	-		UFA
TOTAL						25.6		0.0 %	$4,270,000	$875,000	-	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $922,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Meneghin, Harrison	2 RFA	ELC	G	NHL	Draft	21	0.9		$922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500	$922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500	RFA
Fanti, Ryan	-		G	Minor	Signed	26	-		UFA (Group 6)
Halverson, Brandon	-		G	NHL	Signed	30	-
TOTAL						25.7		0.0 %	$922,500	$922,500	-	-	-	-

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$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

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NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

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Reserve List (17)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Foster, Aiden	19	C	2025 · R4 · #127	TBL	2025	4	127	Jun. 1, 2027
Baldwin, Everett	19	D	2025 · R5 · #151	TBL	2025	5	151	Jun. 1, 2027
Heil, Caleb	19	G	2025 · R7 · #193	TBL	2025	7	193	Aug. 15, 2029
Luttsev, Roman	20	C	2025 · R7 · #206	TBL	2025	7	206	—
Spada, Grant	18	D	2025 · R7 · #212	TBL	2025	7	212	Jun. 1, 2027
Burrows, Hagen	20	RW	2024 · R4 · #128	TBL	2024	4	128	Aug. 15, 2029
Connor, Joe	21	LW	2024 · R7 · #195	TBL	2024	7	195	Aug. 15, 2028
Saarelainen, Joona	20	C	2024 · R5 · #149	TBL	2024	5	149	Jun. 1, 2028
Pridham, Jack	20	RW	2024 · R3 · #92	CHI	2024	3	92	Aug. 15, 2028
Clark, Warren	21	RD	2023 · R6 · #179	TBL	2023	6	179	Aug. 15, 2027
Harvey, Jack	23	LW	2023 · R7 · #193	TBL	2023	7	193	Aug. 15, 2027
Shaugabay, Jayson	21	RW	2023 · R4 · #115	TBL	2023	4	115	Aug. 15, 2028
Hay, Ethan	21	C	2023 · R7 · #211	TBL	2023	7	211	—
Veinbergs, Klavs	23	LW	2022 · R7 · #224	TBL	2022	7	224	Aug. 15, 2027
Pylenkov, Daniil	25	LD	2021 · R7 · #196	TBL	2021	7	196	—
Shalagin, Mikhail	26	LW	2019 · R7 · #198	TBL	2019	7	198	—
Webster, McKade	25	C	2019 · R7 · #213	TBL	2019	7	213	—