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Cap Hit69.8M

Cap Space34.2M

Playoff50.4M

Roster17/23

Contracts34/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$69,775,000

Cap Space$34,225,000

Playoff Cap$50,423,333

Roster17/23

Contracts34/50

LTIR$0

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

Season

Projections

LTIR

forwards (13 - $29,900,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Dubois, Pierre-Luc	5 UFA	NMC			27	8.2		$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	UFA
Wilson, Tom "A"	5 UFA	M-NTC		Draft	32	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	UFA
Strome, Dylan "A"	2 UFA		NHL	Signed	29	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
Protas, Aliaksei	3 UFA		NHL	Draft	25	3.2		$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	UFA
Beauvillier, Anthony	1 UFA		NHL		29	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
Frank, Ethen	2 UFA		NHL	Signed	28	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	$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	UFA
Leonard, Ryan	1 RFA	ELC		Draft	21	0.9		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000
Sourdif, Justin	1 RFA				24	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000
Ovechkin, Alex "C"	-		NHL	Draft	40	-
McMichael, Connor	-		NHL	Draft	25	-
Duhaime, Brandon	-		NHL	Signed	29	-
Lapierre, Hendrix	-		NHL	Draft	24	-
Kampf, David	-		NHL	Signed	31	-
TOTAL					28.0		0.0 %	$29,900,000	$25,375,000	$18,375,000	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	-

defense (8 - $31,025,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Chychrun, Jakob	7 UFA	NMC	NHL		28	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
Fehervary, Martin	7 UFA		NHL	Draft	26	5.8		$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 $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 $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 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
Roy, Matt	4 UFA		NHL	Signed	31	5.5		$5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000	$5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000	$5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000	$5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000	UFA
Sandin, Rasmus	3 UFA		NHL		26	4.4		$4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000	$4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000	$4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000	UFA
Liljegren, Timothy	2 UFA		NHL		27	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
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
McIlrath, Dylan	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	34	0.8		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000
van Riemsdyk, Trevor	-		NHL	Signed	34	-
TOTAL					29.0		0.0 %	$31,025,000	$28,600,000	$25,350,000	$20,750,000	$15,000,000	$15,000,000

goalies (2 - $8,850,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Thompson, Logan	5 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL		29	5.6		$5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000	$5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000	$5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000	$5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000	$5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000	UFA
Lindgren, Charlie	2 UFA		G	NHL	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	UFA
TOTAL						30.5		0.0 %	$8,850,000	$8,850,000	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	-

dead cap

buried penalty (1 - $0)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Milano, Sonny	-			Minor	Signed	30	-
TOTAL						30.0		0.0 %	-	-	-	-	-	-

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non-roster

forwards (20 - $13,856,668)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Niederbach, Theodor	1 RFA		C	NHL	Signed	24	1.0		$1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000	RFA
Sikora, Petr	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	20	1.0		$995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000	$995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000	$995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000 $995,000	RFA
Lakovic, Lynden	3 RFA	ELC50	LW	Junior	Draft	19	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
Gastrin, Milton	3 RFA	ELC50	C	Minor	Draft	19	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
Parascak, Terik	3 RFA	ELC50	RW	Junior	Draft	20	0.9		$941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667	$941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667	$941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667 $941,667	RFA
Mateiko, Eriks	3 RFA	ELC50	LW	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	RFA
Protas, Ilya	3 RFA	ELC50	, LW	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	RFA
Miroshnichenko, Ivan	2 RFA			Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$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 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Thomas, Patrick	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000	RFA
Funk, Zac	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	RFA
Trineyev, Bogdan	2 RFA			Minor	Draft	24	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
Cristall, Andrew	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167	$889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167 $889,167	RFA
Persson, Ludwig	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	RFA
Suzdalev, Alexander	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	RFA
Smallman, Spencer	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	29	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA
Hofer, Ryan	-		C	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Rybinski, Henrik	-		RW	Minor	Signed	24	-		UFA (Group 6)
Leason, Brett	-			Minor	Signed	27	-
Milano, Sonny	-			Minor	Signed	30	-
Bongiovanni, Wyatt	-		C	Minor		26	-		UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						22.8		0.0 %	$13,856,668	$9,384,168	$5,750,001	-	-	-

defense (7 - $5,431,666)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Hutson, Cole	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833	$940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833 $940,833	RFA
Muggli, Leon	3 RFA	ELC50	LD	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	$932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500 $932,500	RFA
Allen, Cam	2 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000	$930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000 $930,000	RFA
Chesley, Ryan	2 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333	$923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333	RFA
Gucciardi, David	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500 $892,500	RFA
Belpedio, Louie	1 UFA		RD	Minor	Signed	30	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA
Schueneman, Corey	-		, RD	Minor		30	-		UFA
TOTAL						23.4		0.0 %	$5,431,666	$3,726,666	$932,500	-	-	-

goalies (4 - $1,612,500)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32
Gibson, Mitchell	1 UFA	G	Minor	Draft	26	0.8		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA
Stevenson, Clay	1 UFA	G	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000
Bjorklund, Garin	-	G	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Vikman, Jesper	-	G	Minor		24	-		RFA
TOTAL					25.3		0.0 %	$1,612,500	-	-	-	-	-

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

These are players whose rights are held by the team until the date listed.

Reserve List (9)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTDRAFT	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Schäfer, Maxim	19	LW	2025 · R3 · #96	WSH	2025	3	96	Jun. 1, 2029
Crowder, Jackson	19	C	2025 · R5 · #155	WSH	2025	5	155	Aug. 15, 2029
Dahlqvist, Aron	19	D	2025 · R6 · #180	WSH	2025	6	180	Jun. 1, 2029
Kempf, Nicholas	20	G	2024 · R4 · #114	WSH	2024	4	114	Aug. 15, 2029
Satan, Miroslav	20	C	2024 · R7 · #212	WSH	2024	7	212	Jun. 1, 2028
Keller, Antoine	21	G	2023 · R7 · #206	WSH	2023	7	206	Jun. 1, 2027
Hyland, Brett	23	LW, C	2023 · R7 · #200	WSH	2023	7	200	—
Clark, Chase	24	G	2021 · R6 · #183	WSH	2021	6	183	Aug. 15, 2026
Lemay, Joaquim	23	LD	2021 · R4 · #119	WSH	2021	4	119	Aug. 15, 2026