Carolina Hurricanes (CAR)
Est. 1979
Current Cap Hit: $103,333,718
Projected Cap Hit:
$94,749,710
Projected Cap Space:
$9,250,290
Contracts: 31
Roster: 32
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2025-2026 |
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| 2026-2027 |
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| 2027-2028 |
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| 2028-2029 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 20 | Sebastian Aho | NMC | C | 28 | UFA | $9,750,000 | $9,750,000 | $9,750,000 | $9,750,000 | $9,750,000 | $9,750,000 | |
| 27 | Nikolaj Ehlers | NMC | LW | 30 | UFA | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | ||
| 37 | Andrei Svechnikov | M-NTC | RW | 26 | UFA | $7,750,000 | $7,750,000 | $7,750,000 | ||||
| 24 | Seth Jarvis | C | 24 | UFA | $7,420,087 | $7,420,087 | $7,420,087 | $7,420,087 | $7,420,087 | $7,420,087 | ||
| 22 | Logan Stankoven | C | 23 | UFA | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | + | |
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Jackson Blake
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RW | 22 | UFA | $5,117,002 | $5,117,002 | $5,117,002 | $5,117,002 | $5,117,002 | $5,117,002 | + | |
| 82 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | M-NTC | C | 25 | UFA | $4,820,000 | $4,820,000 | $4,820,000 | $4,820,000 | |||
| 71 | Taylor Hall | NMC | LW | 34 | UFA | $3,166,666 | $3,166,666 | |||||
| 48 | Jordan Martinook | M-NTC | LW | 33 | UFA | $3,125,000 | ||||||
| 11 | Jordan Staal | NTC | C | 37 | UFA | $2,975,000 | ||||||
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William Carrier
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NMC | LW | 31 | UFA | $2,150,000 | $2,150,000 | $2,150,000 | $2,150,000 | |||
| 77 | Mark Jankowski | M-NTC | C | 31 | UFA | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | |||||
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Eric Robinson
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LW | 31 | UFA | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | |||||
| 49 |
Ivan Ryabkin
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C | 19 | RFA | $953,333 | $953,333 | $953,333 | |||||
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Gleb Trikozov
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LW | 21 | RFA | $937,500 | |||||||
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Bradly Nadeau
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LW | 21 | RFA | $918,333 | |||||||
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Charlie Cerrato
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F | 21 | RFA | $915,000 | $915,000 | |||||||
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Felix Unger Sörum
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RW | 20 | RFA | $903,333 | $903,333 | ||||||
| 54 | Juha Jääskä | LW | 28 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 19 | K'Andre Miller | D | 26 | UFA | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | + | |
| 74 | Jaccob Slavin | NMC | D | 32 | UFA | $6,395,955 | $6,395,955 | $6,395,955 | $6,395,955 | $6,395,955 | $6,395,955 | + |
| 26 | Sean Walker | M-NTC | D | 31 | UFA | $3,625,000 | $3,625,000 | $3,625,000 | ||||
| 4 | Shayne Gostisbehere | M-NTC | D | 33 | UFA | $3,200,000 | ||||||
| 5 | Jalen Chatfield | M-NTC | D | 30 | UFA | $3,075,000 | ||||||
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Joel Nyström
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D | 24 | UFA | $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | ||||
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Noel Fransén
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D | 20 | RFA | $990,000 | $990,000 | |||||||
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Dominik Badinka
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D | 20 | RFA | $930,766 | $930,766 | $930,766 | |||||
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Charles-Alexis Legault
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D | 22 | RFA | $915,833 | |||||||
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Bryce Montgomery
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D | 23 | RFA | $854,910 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 52 | Pyotr Kochetkov | G | 27 | UFA | $2,000,000 | |||||||
| 32 | Brandon Bussi | G | 28 | UFA | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | |||||
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Ruslan Khazheyev
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G | 21 | RFA | $920,000 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 21 | Alexander Nikishin | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 44 | Nicolas Deslauriers | LW | 35 | UFA | ||||||||
| 6 | Mike Reilly | D | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| 31 | Frederik Andersen | G | 36 | UFA |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | ||
| Justin Robidas | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Noel Gunler | RW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Skyler Brind'Amour | C | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| Viktor Neuchev | LW | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Aleksi Heimosalmi | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Domenick Fensore | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Kyle Masters | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Ronan Seeley | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Cayden Primeau | G | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| Nikita Quapp | G | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Givani Smith | RW | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| Noah Philp | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Ryan Suzuki | C | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| Josiah Slavin | LW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Juuso Välimäki | D | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Amir Miftakhov | G | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Aleksi Heimosalmi | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 44 OA (round 2) |
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| Alexander Nikishin | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 69 OA (round 3) |
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| Cayden Primeau | 26 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2017 | 199 OA (round 7) |
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| Domenick Fensore | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 90 OA (round 3) |
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| Justin Robidas | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 147 OA (round 5) |
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| Kyle Masters | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 118 OA (round 4) |
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| Nikita Quapp | 23 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 187 OA (round 6) |
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| Noel Gunler | 24 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 41 OA (round 2) |
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| Ronan Seeley | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 208 OA (round 7) |
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| Skyler Brind'Amour | 26 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2017 | 177 OA (round 6) |
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| Viktor Neuchev | 22 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2022 | 74 OA (round 3) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Filip Ekberg | 19 | RW | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 221 OA (round 7) |
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| Roman Bausov | 19 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 87 OA (round 3) |
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| Jayden Perron | 21 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 94 OA (round 3) |
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| Michael Emerson | 22 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 190 OA (round 6) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Justin Poirier | 19 | RW | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 156 OA (round 5) |
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| Oskar Vuollet | 20 | LW | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 133 OA (round 5) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Kurban Limatov | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 67 OA (round 3) |
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| Semyon Frolov | 19 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 41 OA (round 2) |
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| Viggo Nordlund | 19 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 183 OA (round 6) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Alexander Pelevin | 22 | D | Indefinite | 2022 | 205 OA (round 7) |
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| Alexander Perevalov | 22 | LW | Indefinite | 2022 | 71 OA (round 3) |
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| Alexander Rykov | 20 | RW | Indefinite | 2023 | 100 OA (round 4) |
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| Alexander Siryatsky | 19 | D | Indefinite | 2024 | 124 OA (round 4) |
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| Andrey Krutov | 20 | LW | Indefinite | 2024 | 220 OA (round 7) |
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| Fyodor Avramov | 20 | LW | Indefinite | 2024 | 188 OA (round 6) |
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| Jacob Kucharski | 26 | G | Indefinite | 2018 | 197 OA (round 7) |
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| Nikita Artamonov | 20 | LW | Indefinite | 2024 | 50 OA (round 2) |
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| Nikita Guslistov | 24 | C | Indefinite | 2021 | 209 OA (round 7) |
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| Roman Shokhrin | 20 | D | Indefinite | 2024 | 184 OA (round 6) |
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| Stanislav Yarovoi | 22 | RW | Indefinite | 2023 | 126 OA (round 4) |
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| Timur Kol | 19 | D | Indefinite | 2024 | 168 OA (round 6) |
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| Timur Mukhanov | 21 | LW | Indefinite | 2023 | 163 OA (round 6) |
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| Vladimir Grudinin | 22 | D | Indefinite | 2022 | 156 OA (round 5) |
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| Yegor Naumov | 23 | G | Indefinite | 2021 | 200 OA (round 7) |
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| Yegor Velmakin | 23 | G | Indefinite | 2023 | 222 OA (round 7) |
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