Washington Capitals (WSH)
Est. 1974
Current Cap Hit:
$84,907,498
Projected Cap Hit:
$84,907,498
Projected Cap Space:
$-2,407,498
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history
Contracts: 43
Roster: 24/50
Injuries: 4
Retained Contracts: 3
Draft Picks
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | |
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | NMC, M-NTC | LW | 38 | UFA | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | ||||
| 77 | T.J. Oshie 🇨🇭 | M-NTC | RW | 37 | UFA | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | |||||
| 43 | Tom Wilson | M-NTC | RW | 30 | UFA | $5,166,666 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | + |
| 17 | Dylan Strome | C | 27 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||
| 67 | Max Pacioretty | LW | 35 | UFA | $4,000,000 | |||||||
| 15 | Sonny Milano | LW | 27 | UFA | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | |||||
| 26 | Nic Dowd 🇨🇭 | C | 33 | UFA | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 | ||||||
| 96 | Nicolas Aubé-Kubel | RW | 28 | UFA | $1,225,000 | |||||||
| 63 | Ivan Miroshnichenko 🚌 | LW | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | |||||
| 29 | Hendrix Lapierre 🚌 | C | 22 | RFA | $0 (Emergency) | $863,333 | ||||||
| 24 | Connor McMichael | C | 23 | RFA | $863,333 | |||||||
| 21 | Aliaksei Protas | C | 23 | UFA | $789,166 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | ||
| 23 | Michael Sgarbossa | C | 31 | UFA | $0 (Emergency) | $775,000 | ||||||
| 47 | Beck Malenstyn | LW | 26 | RFA | $762,500 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | |
| 74 | John Carlson | M-NTC | D | 34 | UFA | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | ||||
| 3 | Nick Jensen | D | 33 | UFA | $4,050,000 | $4,050,000 | $4,050,000 | |||||
| 57 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 32 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |||||
| 42 | Martin Fehérváry 🇨🇭 | D | 24 | RFA | $2,675,000 | $2,675,000 | $2,675,000 | |||||
| 25 | Ethan Bear | D | 26 | UFA | $2,062,500 | $2,062,500 | ||||||
| 38 | Rasmus Sandin | D | 24 | UFA | $1,400,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | ||
| 27 | Alexander Alexeyev | D | 24 | RFA | $825,000 | $825,000 | ||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | |
| 35 | Darcy Kuemper | M-NTC | G | 34 | UFA | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | |||
| 79 | Charlie Lindgren | G | 30 | UFA | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 | ||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | |
| 19 | Nicklas Bäckström | M-NTC | C | 36 | UFA | $9,200,000 | $9,200,000 |
Icons: 🚌=Waivers exempt 🇨🇭=Injured 🧑⚖️=Suspended
Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Retained | Position | Age | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | ||||
| Evgeny Kuznetsov (Ret: 50.0%) | C | 31 | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 | ||||||||
| Anthony Mantha (Ret: 50.0%) | RW | 29 | $2,850,000 | |||||||||
| Joel Edmundson (Ret: 50.0%) | D | 30 | $1,750,000 | |||||||||
| Future | Position | Age | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | ||||
| Zac Funk | RW,LW | 20 | — | $905,000 | $905,000 | $905,000 | ||||||
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | |||
| Pierrick Dubé 🚌 | RW | 23 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
$0
($870,000) |
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| Henrik Rybinski | RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($859,166) |
$0
($859,166) |
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| Bogdan Trineyev 🚌 | RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($859,166) |
$0
($859,166) |
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| Ryan Hofer 🚌 | C | 21 | RFA |
$0
($851,666) |
$0
($851,666) |
$0
($851,666) |
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| Joe Snively | C | 28 | UFA |
$0
($800,000) |
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| Ethen Frank | C | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Matthew Phillips | C | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Alex Limoges | C | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Riley Sutter | RW | 24 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Ludwig Persson 🚌 | LW | 20 | RFA | On Loan |
$0
($846,666) |
$0
($846,666) |
$0
($846,666) |
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| Alexander Suzdalev 🚌 | LW | 20 | RFA | On Loan |
$0
($846,666) |
$0
($846,666) |
$0
($846,666) |
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| Andrew Cristall 🚌 | LW | 19 | RFA | In Juniors |
$0
($905,000) |
$0
($905,000) |
$0
($905,000) |
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| Hardy Häman Aktell | D | 25 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
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| Vincent Iorio 🚌 | D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($814,166) |
$0
($814,166) |
$0
($814,166) |
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| Dylan McIlrath | D | 32 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Chase Priskie | D | 28 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Lucas Johansen | D | 26 | RFA |
$0
($762,500) |
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| Mitchell Gibson 🚌 | G | 24 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
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| Clay Stevenson 🚌 | G | 25 | UFA |
$0
($855,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Garin Bjorklund 🚌 | G | 21 | RFA |
$0
($843,333) |
$0
($843,333) |
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| Hunter Shepard | G | 28 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Henrik Borgström | C | 26 | RFA | |||||||||