Montréal Canadiens (MTL)
Est. 1909
Current Cap Hit: $87,154,315
Projected Cap Hit:
$88,712,916
Projected Cap Space:
$-712,916
Contracts: 45
Roster: 22
Injuries: 3
Retained Contracts: 2
Team logo history
Draft Picks
Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
2024-2025 | * | * | * | ||||
2025-2026 | * | ||||||
2026-2027 | * | ||||||
2027-2028 |
NHL Roster
# | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
92 | Patrik Laine | M-NTC | LW | 26 | UFA | $8,700,000 | $8,700,000 | |||||
14 | Nick Suzuki | C | 25 | UFA | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | ||
13 | Cole Caufield | RW | 23 | UFA | $7,850,000 | $7,850,000 | $7,850,000 | $7,850,000 | $7,850,000 | $7,850,000 | + | |
11 | Brendan Gallagher | NMC, M-NTC | RW | 32 | UFA | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | ||||
17 | Josh Anderson | M-NTC | RW | 30 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | ||||
28 | Christian Dvorak | M-NTC | LW | 28 | UFA | $4,450,000 | ||||||
40 | Joel Armia | RW | 31 | UFA | $3,400,000 | |||||||
77 | Kirby Dach | C | 23 | RFA | $3,362,500 | $3,362,500 | ||||||
15 | Alex Newhook | C | 23 | RFA | $2,900,000 | $2,900,000 | $2,900,000 | |||||
71 | Jake Evans | C | 28 | UFA | $1,700,000 | |||||||
20 | Juraj Slafkovský | LW | 20 | UFA | $950,000 | $7,600,000 | $7,600,000 | $7,600,000 | $7,600,000 | $7,600,000 | + | |
55 | Michael Pezzetta | LW | 26 | UFA | $812,500 | |||||||
# | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
8 | Mike Matheson | M-NTC | D | 30 | UFA | $4,875,000 | $4,875,000 | |||||
45 | Alexandre Carrier | D | 28 | UFA | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 | |||||
58 | David Savard | D | 34 | UFA | $3,500,000 | |||||||
48 | Lane Hutson | D | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | $950,000 | ||||||
21 | Kaiden Guhle | D | 22 | UFA | $863,333 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | + | |
# | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
35 | Sam Montembeault | G | 28 | UFA | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | |||||
30 | Cayden Primeau | G | 25 | RFA | $890,000 | |||||||
# | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
31 | Carey Price | NMC | G | 37 | UFA | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | |||||
# | SOIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
51 | Emil Heineman | LW | 23 | RFA | $103,376 | |||||||
64 | David Reinbacher | D | 20 | RFA | $153,856 | $918,333 | $918,333 |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
Retained | Position | Age | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |||
Jake Allen (Ret: 50.0%) | G | 34 | $1,925,000 | ||||||||
Jeff Petry (Ret: 37.5%) | D | 37 | $2,343,750 | ||||||||
Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | ||
Rafaël Harvey-Pinard | LW | 25 | RFA |
$0
($1,100,000) |
|||||||
Luke Tuch | LW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($912,500) |
$0
($912,500) |
||||||
Sean Farrell | C | 23 | RFA |
$0
($897,500) |
|||||||
Filip Mešár | RW | 20 | RFA |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
|||||
Florian Xhekaj | LW | 20 | RFA |
$0
($866,666) |
$0
($866,666) |
$0
($866,666) |
|||||
Jared Davidson | C | 22 | RFA |
$0
($862,500) |
$0
($862,500) |
||||||
Xavier Simoneau | C | 23 | RFA |
$0
($855,000) |
|||||||
Owen Beck | C | 20 | RFA |
$0
($853,333) |
$0
($853,333) |
$0
($853,333) |
|||||
Riley Kidney | C | 21 | RFA |
$0
($836,666) |
$0
($836,666) |
||||||
Joshua Roy | RW | 21 | RFA |
$0
($834,166) |
$0
($834,166) |
||||||
Lucas Condotta | C | 27 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Brandon Gignac | C | 27 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Alex Barré-Boulet | C | 27 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Oliver Kapanen | C | 21 | RFA | On Loan |
$0
($925,000) |
$0
($925,000) |
$0
($925,000) |
||||
Arber Xhekaj | D | 23 | RFA |
$150,000
($1,300,000) |
$150,000
($1,300,000) |
||||||
Adam Engström | D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($896,666) |
$0
($896,666) |
$0
($896,666) |
|||||
Logan Mailloux | D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($875,000) |
$0
($875,000) |
||||||
Jayden Struble | D | 23 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
|||||||
William Trudeau | D | 22 | RFA |
$0
($856,666) |
|||||||
Noel Hoefenmayer | D | 25 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Gustav Lindström | D | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Jakub Dobeš | G | 23 | RFA |
$0
($925,000) |
|||||||
Connor Hughes | G | 28 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Reserve Rights
Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
2024 Expiration | ||||||
Blake Biondi | 22 | C | 2024-08-15 | 2020 | 109 OA (round 4) | |
2025 Expiration | ||||||
Daniil Sobolev | 21 | D | 2025-06-01 | 2021 | 142 OA (round 5) | |
Joe Vrbetic | 22 | G | 2025-06-01 | 2021 | 214 OA (round 7) | |
Quentin Miller | 20 | G | 2025-07-01 | 2023 | 128 OA (round 4) | |
Rhett Pitlick | 23 | LW | 2025-08-15 | 2019 | 131 OA (round 5) | |
2026 Expiration | ||||||
Owen Protz | 18 | D | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 102 OA (round 4) | |
Tyler Thorpe | 19 | R | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 130 OA (round 5) | |
Vinzenz Rohrer | 20 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 75 OA (round 3) | |
Jack Smith | 22 | C | 2026-08-15 | 2020 | 102 OA (round 4) | |
Luke Mittelstadt | 21 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2023 | 197 OA (round 7) | |
2027 Expiration | ||||||
Filip Eriksson | 20 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 165 OA (round 6) | |
Emmett Croteau | 21 | G | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 162 OA (round 6) | |
Sam Harris | 21 | LW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 133 OA (round 5) | |
2028 Expiration | ||||||
Aatos Koivu | 18 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 70 OA (round 3) | |
Mikus Vecvanags | 18 | G | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 134 OA (round 5) | |
Rasmus Bergqvist | 19 | D | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 224 OA (round 7) | |
2029 Expiration | ||||||
Ben Merrill | 19 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 166 OA (round 6) | |
Logan Sawyer | 18 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 78 OA (round 3) | |
Michael Hage | 18 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 21 OA (round 1) | |
Other Expiration | ||||||
Alexander Gordin | 23 | RW | Indefinite | 2020 | 171 OA (round 6) | |
Bogdan Konyushkov | 22 | D | Indefinite | 2023 | 110 OA (round 4) | |
Dmitri Kostenko | 22 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 87 OA (round 3) | |
Ivan Demidov | 19 | R | Indefinite | 2024 | 5 OA (round 1) | |
Jakov Novak | 26 | LW | Indefinite | 2018 | 188 OA (round 7) | |
Makar Khanin | 19 | R | Indefinite | 2024 | 210 OA (round 7) | |
Ty Smilanic | 22 | C | Indefinite | 2020 | 74 OA (round 3) | |
Yevgeni Volokhin | 19 | G | Indefinite | 2023 | 144 OA (round 5) |