Washington Capitals | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$90,300,000	$5,200,000	$0	22/23	41/50	$0

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

forwards (11 - $45,250,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Ovechkin, Alex "C"	1 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Draft	39	9.9		$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
Dubois, Pierre-Luc	6 UFA	NMC		NHL		27	8.9		$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 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000
Wilson, Tom "A"	6 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	31	6.8		$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
Strome, Dylan	3 UFA			NHL	Signed	28	5.2		$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 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	UFA
Protas, Aliaksei	4 UFA			NHL	Draft	24	3.5		$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 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	UFA
Dowd, Nic	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	35	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	UFA
Beauvillier, Anthony	2 UFA			Inactive		28	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
McMichael, Connor	1 RFA			NHL	Draft	24	2.2		$2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000	RFA
Milano, Sonny	1 UFA				Signed	29	2.0		$1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000	UFA
Duhaime, Brandon	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	28	1.9		$1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000	UFA
Frank, Ethen	1 UFA		C	NHL	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						29.1		0.0 %	$45,250,000	$29,125,000	$23,375,000	$18,375,000	$15,000,000	$15,000,000

defense (9 - $36,200,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Chychrun, Jakob	8 UFA	NMC		NHL		27	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
Carlson, John "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	35	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	UFA
Roy, Matt	5 UFA			NHL	Signed	30	6.0		$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 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000	UFA
Sandin, Rasmus	4 UFA			NHL		25	4.8		$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 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000	UFA
van Riemsdyk, Trevor	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	33	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	UFA
Fehervary, Martin	8 UFA			NHL	Draft	25	2.8		$2,675,000 $2,675,000 $2,675,000 $2,675,000 $2,675,000 $2,675,000 $2,675,000 $2,675,000	$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
Chisholm, Declan	2 UFA		, LD	NHL		25	1.7		$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 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000	UFA
McIlrath, Dylan	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	33	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	UFA
Rosen, Calle	1 UFA		, LD	NHL	Signed	31	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						29.3		0.0 %	$36,200,000	$27,750,000	$25,350,000	$25,350,000	$20,750,000	$15,000,000

goalies (2 - $8,850,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Thompson, Logan	6 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL		28	6.1		$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 $5,850,000 $5,850,000 $5,850,000
Lindgren, Charlie	3 UFA		G	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	UFA
TOTAL						29.5		0.0 %	$8,850,000	$8,850,000	$8,850,000	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$5,850,000

long-term injured reserve (2 - $0)	Years Remaining	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Backstrom, Nicklas "A"	-	Draft	37	-		UFA
Oshie, T.J. "A"	-		38	-		UFA
TOTAL			37.5		0.0 %	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

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forwards (23 - $14,465,001)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Miroshnichenko, Ivan	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Leonard, Ryan	2 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	RFA
Parascak, Terik	3 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	19	1.0		$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	RFA
Funk, Zac	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Junior	Signed	21	0.9		$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	$905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000 $905,000	RFA
Thomas, Patrick	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333	$878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333	$878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333 $878,333	RFA
Gastrin, Milton	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	18	0.9		$877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500	$877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500	$877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500 $877,500	RFA
Protas, Ilya	3 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	18	0.9		$856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667	$856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667	$856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667	RFA
Mateiko, Eriks	3 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667	$856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667	$856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667 $856,667	RFA
Hofer, Ryan	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 $851,667	RFA
Cristall, Andrew	3 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667	$841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667	$841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667	RFA
Sourdif, Justin	2 RFA			Minor		23	0.9		$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	RFA
Persson, Ludwig	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Loan	Draft	21	0.9		$815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000	$815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000	RFA
Suzdalev, Alexander	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000	$815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000 $815,000	RFA
Trineyev, Bogdan	1 RFA		RW	Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Smallman, Spencer	2 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	28	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
Rybinski, Henrik	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Clarke, Graeme	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)
Dube, Pierrick	-			Inactive	Signed	24	-		UFA (No QO)
Limoges, Alex	-		C	Inactive	Signed	27	-		UFA
Philp, Luke	-		C	Inactive	Signed	29	-		UFA
Sutter, Riley	-		RW	Inactive	Draft	25	-		UFA (Group 6)
Sgarbossa, Michael	-			Inactive	Signed	32	-		UFA
Lapierre, Hendrix	-			Minor	Draft	23	-		RFA
TOTAL						22.7		0.0 %	$14,465,001	$10,338,334	$5,253,334	$0	$0	$0

defense (6 - $5,130,833)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Chesley, Ryan	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$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 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333 $923,333	RFA
Muggli, Leon	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	18	1.0		$908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333	$908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333	$908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333 $908,333	RFA
Allen, Cam	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000	$855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000	$855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000	RFA
Gucciardi, David	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000	$855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000 $855,000	RFA
Iorio, Vincent	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$814,167 $814,167 $814,167 $814,167 $814,167 $814,167 $814,167 $814,167	RFA
Belpedio, Louie	2 UFA			Minor	Signed	29	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
TOTAL						22.0		0.0 %	$5,130,833	$4,316,666	$2,686,666	$0	$0	$0

goalies (3 - $1,550,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Bjorklund, Garin	1 RFA	G	Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Stevenson, Clay	2 UFA	G	Minor	Signed	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
Gibson, Mitchell	-	G	Inactive	Draft	26	-		UFA (No QO)
TOTAL					25.0		0.0 %	$1,550,000	$775,000	$0	$0	$0	$0

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Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

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50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

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$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 (13)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST SIGN BY
Lakovic, Lynden	18	LW	WSH	2025	1	27	Jun. 1, 2027
Schäfer, Maxim	18	F	WSH	2025	3	96	Jun. 1, 2029
Crowder, Jackson	18	F	WSH	2025	5	155	Aug. 15, 2029
Dahlqvist, Aron	18	D	WSH	2025	6	180	Jun. 1, 2029
Hutson, Cole	19	LD	WSH	2024	2	43	Aug. 15, 2028
Kempf, Nicholas	19	G	WSH	2024	4	114	Aug. 15, 2029
Satan, Miroslav	19	C	WSH	2024	7	212	Jun. 1, 2028
Sikora, Petr	19	C	WSH	2024	6	178	Jun. 1, 2028
Keller, Antoine	20	G	WSH	2023	7	206	Jun. 1, 2027
Clark, Chase	23	G	WSH	2021	6	183	Aug. 15, 2026
Johnson, Brent	22	RD	WSH	2021	3	80	Aug. 15, 2025
Lemay, Joaquim	22	LD	WSH	2021	4	119	Aug. 15, 2026
Geisser, Tobias	26	LD	WSH	2017	4	120	Feb. 13, 2026

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