Pittsburgh Penguins (PIT)

Est. 1967

Current Cap Hit: $98,837,360
Projected Cap Hit: $97,331,895.07
Projected Cap Space: $6,668,104.930000007
Contracts: 47
Roster: 29
Injuries: 5
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 39 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 40 UFA $5,500,000
17 Bryan Rust Injured RW 34 UFA $5,125,000 $5,125,000
67 Rickard Rakell M-NTC RW 33 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000
10 Andrei Kuzmenko M-NTC LW 30 UFA $5,000,000
41 Ville Koivunen LW 23 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 +
18 Thomas Novak C 29 UFA $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000
14 Nicholas Robertson LW 25 RFA $3,250,000 $3,250,000
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 Injured RW 28 UFA $1,500,000
22 Hendrix Lapierre C 24 RFA $1,300,000 $1,300,000
25 Elmer Söderblom LW 25 RFA $1,125,000
81 Benjamin Kindel WE C 19 RFA $986,250 $986,250
43 Melvin Fernström WE Injured RW 20 RFA $965,000 $965,000 $965,000
11 Filip Hållander C 26 RFA $850,000
13 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 Injured M-NTC D 31 UFA $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 35 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
72 Declan Carlile D 26 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
7 Ilya Solovyov D 26 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
35 Gabriel D'Aigle WE Injured G 19 RFA $995,000 $995,000 $995,000
1 Sergey Murashov WE G 22 RFA $936,110

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 29 $500,000
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Bill Zonnon WE LW 20 RFA $0
($1,075,000) 		$0
($1,075,000) 		$0
($1,075,000)
Mikhail Ilyin WE RW 21 RFA $0
($951,666) 		$0
($951,666)
Rutger McGroarty WE RW 22 RFA $0
($950,000)
Tristan Broz WE C 24 RFA $0
($942,500)
Atley Calvert WE C 23 RFA $0
($930,000) 		$0
($930,000)
Tanner Howe WE LW 20 RFA $0
($929,166) 		$0
($929,166) 		$0
($929,166)
Avery Hayes WE RW 24 RFA $0
($905,000)
Oliver Okuliar LW 26 UFA $0
($850,000)
Jake Livanavage WE D 22 RFA $0
($975,000)
Chase Pietila WE D 22 RFA $0
($960,000) 		$0
($960,000)
Finn Harding WE D 21 RFA $0
($955,000) 		$0
($955,000)
Daniel Laatsch WE D 24 RFA $0
($935,000)
Harrison Brunicke WE D 20 RFA $0
($929,166) 		$0
($929,166) 		$0
($929,166)
Caleb Jones D 29 UFA $0
($900,000)
Owen Pickering WE D 22 RFA $0
($886,666)
Philip Kemp D 27 UFA $0
($850,000)
Tomáš Galvas WE D 20 RFA On Loan $0
($1,007,500) 		$0
($1,007,500) 		$0
($1,007,500)
Peyton Kettles WE D 19 RFA In Juniors $0
($958,333) 		$0
($958,333) 		$0
($958,333)
Joel Blomqvist WE G 24 RFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
Taylor Gauthier G 25 UFA $0
($850,000)
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)
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 19 RW 2027-06-01 2025 105 OA (round 4)
Luke Devlin 22 C 2027-08-15 2022 182 OA (round 6)
Zam Plante 22 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 22 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 19 LW 2029-06-01 2025 169 OA (round 6)
Charlie Trethewey 19 D 2029-06-01 2025 73 OA (round 3)
Parker Von Richter 20 D 2029-06-01 2026 111 OA (round 4)
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