New Jersey Devils (NJD)

Est. 1982

Current Cap Hit: $98,708,333
Projected Cap Hit: $98,177,646.3
Projected Cap Space: $-2,677,646.299999997
Contracts: 49
Roster: 26
Injuries: 5
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
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Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2025-2026 *
2026-2027
2027-2028
2028-2029

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
28 Timo Meier NMC RW 29 UFA $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000
63 Jesper Bratt NMC LW 27 UFA $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000
13 Nico Hischier M-NTC C 26 UFA $7,250,000 $7,250,000
18 Ondřej Palát NMC, M-NTC LW 34 UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000
91 Dawson Mercer C 23 RFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
16 Connor Brown NTC RW 31 UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
11 Stefan Noesen Injured M-NTC RW 32 UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000
12 Cody Glass C 26 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
33 Evgenii Dadonov M-NTC RW 36 UFA $1,000,000
81 Arseny Gritsyuk WE RW 24 RFA $925,000
83 Juho Lammikko WE LW 29 UFA $800,000
47 Paul Cotter C 25 RFA $775,000
21 Marc McLaughlin Injured C 26 RFA $775,000
14 Luke Glendening C 36 UFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
7 Dougie Hamilton NMC, M-NTC D 32 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
43 Luke Hughes WE D 22 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 +
22 Brett Pesce NTC D 30 UFA $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000
8 Johnathan Kovacevic Injured NTC D 28 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
5 Brenden Dillon NTC D 34 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
71 Jonas Siegenthaler M-NTC D 28 UFA $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000
24 Seamus Casey WE Injured D 21 RFA $950,000 $950,000
17 Šimon Nemec WE D 21 RFA $918,333
44 Dennis Cholowski D 27 UFA $775,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
25 Jacob Markström (Ret: 31.0%) NMC G 35 UFA $4,140,000
34 Jake Allen NTC G 35 UFA $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
86 Jack Hughes C 24 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
# Professional Tryout Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
31 Adam Scheel G 26 UFA
35 Georgi Romanov G 25 UFA

Icons: WE=Waivers Exempt Injured=Injured Suspended=Suspended 🧑‍⚖️=Suspended

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
Lenni Hämeenaho WE RW 20 RFA $0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000)
Shane Lachance WE LW 22 RFA $0
($925,000) 		$0
($925,000)
Dylan Wendt WE RW 24 RFA $0
($870,000)
Josh Filmon WE LW 21 RFA $0
($838,333) 		$0
($838,333)
Cam Squires WE RW 20 RFA $0
($838,333) 		$0
($838,333) 		$0
($838,333)
Zack MacEwen C 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Ryan Schmelzer C 32 UFA $0
($775,000)
Brian Halonen LW 26 UFA $0
($775,000)
Jonathan Gruden C 25 RFA $0
($775,000)
Mike Hardman LW 26 UFA $0
($775,000)
Nathan Légaré RW 24 RFA $0
($775,000)
Angus Crookshank LW 26 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Thomas Bordeleau C 23 RFA $0
($775,000)
Mikael Diotte WE D 22 RFA $0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000)
Ethan Edwards WE D 23 RFA $0
($925,000) 		$0
($925,000)
Jeremy Hanzel WE D 22 RFA $0
($851,666) 		$0
($851,666)
Xavier Parent WE D 24 RFA $0
($850,000)
Topias Vilén WE D 22 RFA $0
($836,666)
Colton White D 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Calen Addison D 25 RFA $0
($775,000)
Tyler Brennan WE G 22 RFA $0
($870,000)
Jakub Málek WE G 23 RFA $0
($867,500)
Nico Daws G 24 RFA $0
($812,500)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2025 Expiration
Cole Brown 20 LW 2025-06-01 2023 164 OA (round 6)
2026 Expiration
Matyas Melovsky 21 C 2026-06-01 2024 171 OA (round 6)
Charles Leddy 21 D 2026-08-15 2022 126 OA (round 4)
Samu Salminen 22 C 2026-08-15 2021 68 OA (round 3)
Viktor Hurtig 23 D 2026-08-15 2021 164 OA (round 6)
2027 Expiration
Trenten Bennett 19 G 2027-06-01 2025 99 OA (round 4)
Chase Cheslock 20 D 2027-08-15 2023 154 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Kasper Pikkarainen 19 R 2028-06-01 2024 85 OA (round 3)
Veeti Louhivaara 19 G 2028-06-01 2024 146 OA (round 5)
2029 Expiration
Ben Kevan 18 C 2029-06-01 2025 63 OA (round 2)
Conrad Fondrk 18 C 2029-06-01 2025 50 OA (round 2)
David Rozsíval 18 RW 2029-06-01 2025 161 OA (round 6)
Gustav Hillström 18 C 2029-06-01 2025 114 OA (round 4)
Mason Moe 18 C 2029-06-01 2025 90 OA (round 3)
Mikhail Yegorov 19 G 2029-06-01 2024 49 OA (round 2)
Sigge Holmgren 18 D 2029-06-01 2025 178 OA (round 6)
Other Expiration
Anton Silayev 19 D Indefinite 2024 10 OA (round 1)
Artem Barabosha 21 D Indefinite 2022 198 OA (round 7)
Artur Gavrus 31 C Indefinite 2012 180 OA (round 6)
Daniil Karpovich 20 D Indefinite 2023 186 OA (round 6)
Daniil Orlov 21 D Indefinite 2022 110 OA (round 4)
Nikita Popugaev 26 LW Indefinite 2017 98 OA (round 4)
Yegor Zaitsev 27 D Indefinite 2017 205 OA (round 7)
Notes