Pittsburgh Penguins (PIT)

Est. 1967

Current Cap Hit: $109,194,857
Projected Cap Hit: $109,194,857
Projected Cap Space: $-5,194,857
Contracts: 43
Roster: 46
Injuries: 3
Retained Contracts: 1
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history

Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2026-2027 *
2027-2028
2028-2029
2029-2030

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
87 Sidney Crosby NMC C 38 UFA $8,700,000
59 Egor Chinakhov RW 25 UFA $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000
71 Evgeni Malkin NMC, M-NTC C 39 UFA $5,500,000
17 Bryan Rust RW 34 UFA $5,125,000 $5,125,000
67 Rickard Rakell M-NTC RW 33 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000
96 Andrei Kuzmenko M-NTC LW 30 UFA $5,000,000
18 Thomas Novak C 29 UFA $3,500,000
46 Blake Lizotte C 28 UFA $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000
19 Connor Dewar C 27 UFA $2,250,000 $2,250,000
16 Justin Brazeau RW 28 UFA $1,500,000
29 Hendrix Lapierre C 24 RFA $1,300,000 $1,300,000
85 Elmer Söderblom LW 25 RFA $1,125,000
72 Bill Zonnon WE LW 19 RFA $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000
81 Benjamin Kindel WE C 19 RFA $986,250 $986,250
Melvin Fernström WE RW 20 RFA $965,000 $965,000 $965,000
Mikhail Ilyin WE RW 21 RFA $951,666 $951,666
2 Rutger McGroarty WE RW 22 RFA $950,000
26 Tristan Broz WE C 23 RFA $942,500
Atley Calvert WE C 22 RFA $930,000 $930,000
22 Tanner Howe WE LW 20 RFA $929,166 $929,166 $929,166
85 Avery Hayes WE RW 23 RFA $905,000
11 Filip Hållander Injured C 26 RFA $850,000
83 Oliver Okuliar LW 26 UFA $850,000
41 David Gustafsson C 26 UFA $850,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
65 Erik Karlsson (Ret: 13.0%) NMC D 36 UFA $10,005,000
58 Kris Letang NMC, M-NTC D 39 UFA $6,100,000 $6,100,000
49 Samuel Girard M-NTC D 28 UFA $5,000,000
27 Ryan Graves M-NTC D 31 UFA $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 34 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
6 Kaedan Korczak D 25 UFA $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000
67 Declan Carlile Injured D 26 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
7 Jake Livanavage WE D 22 RFA $975,000
44 Chase Pietila WE D 22 RFA $960,000 $960,000
7 Peyton Kettles WE D 18 RFA $958,333 $958,333 $958,333
50 Finn Harding WE D 21 RFA $955,000 $955,000
6 Daniel Laatsch WE D 24 RFA $935,000
45 Harrison Brunicke WE D 20 RFA $929,166 $929,166 $929,166
82 Caleb Jones Injured D 29 UFA $900,000
38 Owen Pickering WE D 22 RFA $886,666
52 Philip Kemp D 27 UFA $850,000
7 Ilya Solovyov D 25 RFA $850,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
37 Artūrs Šilovs G 25 RFA $2,800,000
Gabriel D'Aigle WE G 19 RFA $995,000 $995,000 $995,000
1 Sergey Murashov WE G 22 RFA $936,110
30 Joel Blomqvist WE G 24 RFA $875,000 $875,000
33 Taylor Gauthier G 25 UFA $850,000

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

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Retained Position Age 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Parker Wotherspoon (Ret: 50.0%) D 28 $500,000
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Ville Koivunen LW 23 RFA
Alexander Alexeyev D 26 RFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Vasiliy Ponomarev 24 C Qualifying Offer 2020 53 OA (round 2)
Alexander Alexeyev 26 D Qualifying Offer 2018 31 OA (round 1)
Nicholas Robertson 24 LW Qualifying Offer 2019 53 OA (round 2)
Ville Koivunen 23 LW Qualifying Offer 2021 51 OA (round 2)
2026 Expiration
Filip Lindberg 27 G 2026-06-30 2019 197 OA (round 7)
Cruz Lucius 22 RW 2026-08-15 2022 124 OA (round 4)
2027 Expiration
Emil Järventie 21 LW 2027-06-01 2023 217 OA (round 7)
Jordan Charron 19 RW 2027-06-01 2025 154 OA (round 5)
Kale Dach 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 201 OA (round 7)
Kalle Kangas 21 D 2027-06-01 2023 223 OA (round 7)
Quinn Beauchesne 19 D 2027-06-01 2025 148 OA (round 5)
Ryan Miller 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 130 OA (round 5)
Travis Hayes 18 RW 2027-06-01 2025 105 OA (round 4)
Luke Devlin 22 C 2027-08-15 2022 182 OA (round 6)
Zam Plante 21 C 2027-08-15 2022 150 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Cooper Foster 21 C 2028-06-01 2023 174 OA (round 6)
Joona Väisänen 21 D 2028-06-01 2024 175 OA (round 6)
Mac Swanson 20 C 2028-08-15 2024 207 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Brady Peddle 19 D 2029-06-01 2025 91 OA (round 3)
Carter Sanderson 18 LW 2029-06-01 2025 169 OA (round 6)
Charlie Trethewey 18 D 2029-06-01 2025 73 OA (round 3)
Parker Von Richter 20 D 2029-06-01 2026 111 OA (round 4)
Tomáš Galvas 20 D 2029-06-01 2026 54 OA (round 2)
William Horcoff 19 C 2029-06-01 2025 24 OA (round 1)
2030 Expiration
Liam Ruck 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 22 OA (round 1)
Markus Ruck 18 C 2030-06-01 2026 39 OA (round 2)
Matvei Nikonovich 18 G 2030-06-01 2026 160 OA (round 5)
Pierce Mbuyi 18 LW 2030-06-01 2026 86 OA (round 3)
Other Expiration
Alex D'Orio 27 G Indefinite Undrafted N/A
Joseph Masonius 29 D Indefinite 2016 181 OA (round 6)
Kirill Tankov 24 C Indefinite 2021 218 OA (round 7)
Notes