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Cap Hit93.5M

Cap Space10.5M

Playoff85.4M

Roster18/23

Contracts35/50

LTIR8.8M

Cap Hit$93,537,500

Cap Space$10,462,500

Playoff Cap$85,425,000

Roster18/23

Contracts35/50

LTIR$8,800,000

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (13 - $62,362,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Eichel, Jack "A"	8 UFA	NMC	NHL		29	13.0		$13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000	$13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000	$13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000	$13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000	$13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000	$13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000
Marner, Mitch	7 UFA	NMC	NHL		29	11.5		$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000
Stone, Mark "C"	1 UFA	NMC	NHL		34	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
Hertl, Tomas	4 UFA	M-NTC, NMC	NHL		32	7.8		$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	UFA
Karlsson, William "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Expansion	33	5.7		$5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000
Barbashev, Ivan	2 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		30	4.8		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	UFA
Dowd, Nic	1 UFA		NHL		36	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
Kolesar, Keegan	2 UFA		NHL		29	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	$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
Howden, Brett	4 UFA		NHL		28	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	$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 $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
Bowman, Braeden	1 RFA	ELC	NHL	Signed	23	0.8		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000
Holtz, Alexander	1 RFA		NHL		24	0.8		$837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500 $837,500
Sissons, Colton	-		NHL		32	-
Smith, Cole	-		NHL		30	-
TOTAL					29.9		0.0 %	$62,362,500	$42,250,000	$34,750,000	$34,750,000	$25,500,000	$25,500,000

defense (7 - $22,925,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Theodore, Shea	6 UFA	NTC	NHL	Expansion	30	7.1		$7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000	$7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000	$7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000	$7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000	$7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000	$7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000
Hanifin, Noah	6 UFA	NTC	NHL		29	7.1		$7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000	$7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000	$7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000	$7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000	$7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000	$7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000
Lauzon, Jeremy	6 UFA	NTC	NHL		29	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	$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
McNabb, Brayden	2 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Expansion	35	3.5		$3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000	$3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000	UFA
Wotherspoon, Parker	1 UFA		NHL		28	1.0		$500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000
Hutton, Ben	-		NHL	Signed	33	-
Andersson, Rasmus	-		NHL		29	-
TOTAL					30.4		0.0 %	$22,925,000	$22,425,000	$18,775,000	$18,775,000	$18,775,000	$18,775,000

goalies (2 - $8,250,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Hill, Adin	5 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL		30	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
Hart, Carter	1 UFA		G		Signed	27	1.9		$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000
TOTAL						28.5		0.0 %	$8,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-

Season-Ending Injured Reserve (1 - $8,800,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Pietrangelo, Alex "A"	1 UFA	NMC		IR	Signed	36	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	UFA
TOTAL						36.0		0.0 %	$8,800,000	-	-	-	-	-

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forwards (18 - $9,149,028)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Weiermair, Alex	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Connelly, Trevor	3 RFA	ELC50	LW	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167	$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167	$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167 $974,167	RFA
Hallum, Jackson	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750 $933,750	RFA
Gustafson, Jordan	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	RFA
Uronen, Tuomas	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500	$902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500 $902,500	RFA
Cataford, Mathieu	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667	$901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667 $901,667	RFA
Swick, Trent	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	RFA
Hemmerling, Ben	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$896,111 $896,111 $896,111 $896,111 $896,111 $896,111 $896,111 $896,111 $896,111	RFA
Uchacz, Kai	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Signed	23	0.8		$882,500 $882,500 $882,500 $882,500 $882,500 $882,500 $882,500 $882,500 $882,500
Sapovaliv, Matyas	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333	RFA
Brabenec, Jakub	-		C	Minor	Draft	22	-		RFA
Fleming, Joe	-		RW	Minor	Signed	23	-		RFA
Demek, Jakub	-		C		Draft	23	-		RFA
Laczynski, Tanner	-			Minor	Signed	29	-
Lavoie, Raphael	-		, C	Minor	Signed	25	-
Rondbjerg, Jonas	-		, RW		Draft	27	-
Saad, Brandon	-				Signed	33	-
Smith, Reilly	-			Minor		35	-
TOTAL						24.1		0.0 %	$9,149,028	$4,653,334	$1,949,167	-	-	-

defense (6 - $3,803,833)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Davies, Jeremy	1 UFA		LD	Minor	Signed	29	1.1		$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
Ride, Bronson	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	21	0.9		$970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500	$970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500	$970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500 $970,500	RFA
Kmec, Viliam	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Signed	22	0.8		$858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333	RFA
Megna, Jaycob	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	33	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000
Cormier, Lukas	-		RD, LD	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Coghlan, Dylan	-			Minor	Signed	28	-
TOTAL						26.2		0.0 %	$3,803,833	$970,500	$970,500	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $2,786,250)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Moysevich, Pavel	3 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	RFA
Whitehead, Cameron	1 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$906,250 $906,250 $906,250 $906,250 $906,250 $906,250 $906,250 $906,250 $906,250	RFA
Lindbom, Carl	3 RFA		G	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000
TOTAL						22.3		0.0 %	$2,786,250	$1,880,000	$1,880,000	-	-	-

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 (15)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Piiparinen, Juho	17	RD	2026 · R1 · #29	VGK	2026	1	29	Jun. 1, 2030
Wilmott, Benjamin	19	C	2026 · R3 · #92	VGK	2026	3	92	Jun. 1, 2028
Burick, Sean	18	RD	2026 · R3 · #95	VGK	2026	3	95	Jun. 1, 2028
Sivertson, Jonah	17	RW	2026 · R4 · #113	VGK	2026	4	113	Jun. 1, 2028
Mclaughlin, Will	18	LD	2026 · R5 · #159	VGK	2026	5	159	Jun. 1, 2028
Minchak, Matthew	19	G	2026 · R6 · #191	VGK	2026	6	191	Jun. 1, 2028
Pakarinen, Noel	17	LW	2026 · R7 · #207	VGK	2026	7	207	Jun. 1, 2030
Ihs-Wozniak, Jakob	19	C	2025 · R2 · #55	VGK	2025	2	55	Jun. 1, 2029
Nobert, Mateo	18	C	2025 · R3 · #85	VGK	2025	3	85	Jun. 1, 2027
Sjöqvist, Gustav	20	D	2025 · R6 · #187	VGK	2025	6	187	Jun. 1, 2029
Van Vliet, Lucas	20	C	2024 · R7 · #197	VGK	2024	7	197	Aug. 15, 2028
Karki, Arttu	21	LD	2023 · R3 · #96	VGK	2023	3	96	Jun. 1, 2027
Ellis, Noah	24	RD	2020 · R6 · #184	VGK	2020	6	184	Aug. 15, 2026
Donovan, Ryder	25	C	2019 · R4 · #110	VGK	2019	4	110	—
Dzierkals, Martins	29	LW	2015 · R3 · #68	TOR	2015	3	68	—