Washington Capitals (WSH)

Est. 1974

Current Cap Hit: $100,676,665
Projected Cap Hit: $104,576,665
Projected Cap Space: $-16,576,665
Contracts: 48
Roster: 28
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
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
8 Alex Ovechkin Injured NMC, M-NTC LW 39 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois NMC LW 26 UFA $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 +
43 Tom Wilson M-NTC RW 30 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 +
88 Andrew Mangiapane M-NTC LW 28 UFA $5,800,000
17 Dylan Strome C 27 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
21 Aliaksei Protas C 23 UFA $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000
20 Lars Eller Injured C 35 UFA $2,450,000
24 Connor McMichael C 23 RFA $2,100,000 $2,100,000
22 Brandon Duhaime RW 27 UFA $1,850,000 $1,850,000
26 Nic Dowd C 34 UFA $1,300,000
16 Taylor Raddysh RW 26 UFA $1,000,000
63 Ivan Miroshnichenko WE LW 20 RFA $950,000 $950,000
29 Hendrix Lapierre WE C 22 RFA $863,333
58 Henrik Rybinski WE RW 23 RFA $859,166
13 Jakub Vrána LW 28 UFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
74 John Carlson M-NTC D 34 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000
3 Matt Roy M-NTC D 29 UFA $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000
6 Jakob Chychrun M-NTC D 26 UFA $4,600,000
38 Rasmus Sandin D 24 UFA $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 33 UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000
42 Martin Fehérváry D 25 RFA $2,675,000 $2,675,000
27 Alexander Alexeyev D 25 RFA $825,000
52 Dylan McIlrath D 32 UFA $775,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
79 Charlie Lindgren G 31 UFA $1,100,000
48 Logan Thompson G 27 UFA $766,666
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
19 Nicklas Bäckström M-NTC C 37 UFA $9,200,000
77 T.J. Oshie M-NTC RW 38 UFA $5,750,000
15 Sonny Milano LW 28 UFA $1,900,000 $1,900,000

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 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Zac Funk WE RW,LW 21 RFA $0
($905,000) 		$0
($905,000) 		$0
($905,000)
Andrew Cristall WE LW 19 RFA $0
($873,333) 		$0
($873,333) 		$0
($873,333)
Pierrick Dubé WE RW 23 RFA $0
($870,000)
Bogdan Trineyev WE RW 22 RFA $0
($859,166)
Ryan Hofer WE C 22 RFA $0
($851,666) 		$0
($851,666)
Alexander Suzdalev WE LW 20 RFA $0
($815,000) 		$0
($815,000) 		$0
($815,000)
Michael Sgarbossa C 32 UFA $0
($775,000)
Ethen Frank C 26 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Spencer Smallman RW 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Riley Sutter RW 25 RFA $0
($775,000)
Alex Limoges C 27 RFA $0
($775,000)
Luke Philp C 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Ludwig Persson WE LW 21 RFA On Loan $0
($815,000) 		$0
($815,000) 		$0
($815,000)
Terik Parascak WE R 18 RFA In Juniors $0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000)
Ilya Protas WE L 18 RFA In Juniors $0
($889,166) 		$0
($889,166) 		$0
($889,166)
Ēriks Mateiko WE L 19 RFA In Juniors $0
($889,166) 		$0
($889,166) 		$0
($889,166)
Ethan Bear D 27 UFA $912,500
($2,062,500)
Vincent Iorio WE D 22 RFA $0
($814,166) 		$0
($814,166)
Chase Priskie D 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Hardy Häman Aktell D 26 RFA $0
($775,000)
Leon Muggli WE D 18 RFA On Loan $0
($940,833) 		$0
($940,833) 		$0
($940,833)
Cameron Allen WE D 19 RFA In Juniors $0
($886,666) 		$0
($886,666) 		$0
($886,666)
Garin Bjorklund WE G 22 RFA $0
($843,333)
Hunter Shepard G 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Clay Stevenson WE G 25 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Mitchell Gibson WE G 25 RFA $0
($775,000)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2025 Expiration
Brett Hyland 21 C 2025-06-01 2023 200 OA (round 7)
Håkon Hänelt 21 C 2025-06-01 2021 151 OA (round 5)
Patrick Thomas 20 C 2025-06-01 2023 104 OA (round 4)
Brent Johnson 21 D 2025-08-15 2021 80 OA (round 3)
David Gucciardi 22 D 2025-08-15 2022 213 OA (round 7)
2026 Expiration
Chase Clark 22 G 2026-08-15 2021 183 OA (round 6)
Joaquim Lemay 22 D 2026-08-15 2021 119 OA (round 4)
Ryan Chesley 20 D 2026-08-15 2022 37 OA (round 2)
2027 Expiration
Antoine Keller 20 G 2027-06-01 2023 206 OA (round 7)
Ryan Leonard 19 RW 2027-08-15 2023 8 OA (round 1)
2028 Expiration
Miroslav Satan 18 C 2028-06-01 2024 212 OA (round 7)
Petr Sikora 18 C 2028-06-01 2024 178 OA (round 6)
Cole Hutson 18 D 2028-08-15 2024 43 OA (round 2)
2029 Expiration
Nicholas Kempf 18 G 2029-08-15 2024 114 OA (round 4)
Other Expiration
Tobias Geisser 25 D Indefinite 2017 120 OA (round 4)
Notes