Chicago Blackhawks (CHI)
Est. 1926
Current Cap Hit: $77,414,642
            
                Projected Cap Hit:
                
                    $75,185,903.19
                
            
            
                Projected Cap Space:
                
                    $20,314,096.810000002
                
            
            Contracts: 41
            Roster: 23
            Injuries: 3
            Retained Contracts: 1
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Draft Picks
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 28 | André Burakovsky | M-NTC | LW | 30 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | |||||
| 59 | Tyler Bertuzzi | M-NTC | LW | 30 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | ||||
| 86 | Teuvo Teräväinen | M-NTC | LW | 31 | UFA | $5,400,000 | $5,400,000 | |||||
| 95 | Ilya Mikheyev (Ret: 15.0%) | M-NTC | RW | 31 | UFA | $4,037,500 | ||||||
| 17 | Nick Foligno | LW | 38 | UFA | $4,500,000 | |||||||
| 16 | Jason Dickinson | C | 30 | UFA | $4,250,000 | |||||||
| 8 | Ryan Donato | M-NTC | C | 29 | UFA | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |||
| 24 | Sam Lafferty | C | 30 | RFA | $2,000,000 | |||||||
| 98 | 
                    
                        Connor Bedard
                    
                    
                    
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                C | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
| 91 | 
                    
                        Frank Nazar
                    
                    
                    
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                C | 21 | UFA | $950,000 | $6,599,991 | $6,599,991 | $6,599,991 | $6,599,991 | $6,599,991 | + | |
| 84 | 
                    
                        Landon Slaggert
                    
                    
                    
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                LW | 23 | RFA | $900,000 | $900,000 | ||||||
| 34 | 
                    
                        Colton Dach
                    
                    
                    
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                C | 22 | RFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 6 | 
                    
                        Shea Weber
                    
                    
                    
                    
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                D | 40 | UFA | $7,857,143 | |||||||
| 72 | Alex Vlasic | D | 24 | UFA | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | |||
| 5 | 
                    
                        Connor Murphy
                    
                    
                    
                    
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                M-NTC | D | 32 | UFA | $4,400,000 | ||||||
| 44 | Wyatt Kaiser | D | 23 | RFA | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | ||||||
| 48 | Matt Grzelcyk | D | 31 | UFA | $1,000,000 | |||||||
| 55 | 
                    
                        Artyom Levshunov
                    
                    
                    
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                D | 20 | RFA | $975,000 | $975,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 
                    
                        Sam Rinzel
                    
                    
                    
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                D | 21 | RFA | $941,666 | $941,666 | ||||||
| 46 | Louis Crevier | D | 24 | RFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | ||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 30 | Spencer Knight | G | 24 | UFA | $4,500,000 | $5,833,333 | $5,833,333 | $5,833,333 | ||||
| 39 | 
                    
                        Laurent Brossoit
                    
                    
                    
                    
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                G | 32 | UFA | $3,300,000 | |||||||
| 40 | Arvid Söderblom | G | 26 | UFA | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | 
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Buyouts | Position | Age | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |||
| TJ Brodie | D | 35 | $3,233,333 | $258,333 | |||||||
| Retained | Position | Age | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |||
| Seth Jones (Ret: 26.0%) | D | 31 | $2,470,000 | $2,470,000 | $2,470,000 | $2,470,000 | $2,470,000 | ||||
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | ||
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                Ryan Greene
                
                
                
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            C | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Oliver Moore
                
                
                
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            C | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($941,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($941,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                Paul Ludwinski
                
                
                
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            C | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($900,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($900,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Aidan Thompson
                
                
                
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            C | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($895,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($895,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Martin Mišiak
                
                
                
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            RW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($878,333)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($878,333)  | 
                
            
                
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                Gavin Hayes
                
                
                
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            LW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Nick Lardis
                
                
                
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            LW | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Dominic Toninato | C | 31 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($850,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($850,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Samuel Savoie
                
                
                
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            LW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($846,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($846,666)  | 
                
            
                
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| Joey Anderson | RW | 27 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($800,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Anton Frondell
                
                
                
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            C | 18 | RFA | On Loan | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Marek Vanacker
                
                
                
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            L | 19 | RFA | In Juniors | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($942,500)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($942,500)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($942,500)  | 
                
            
                
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                AJ Spellacy
                
                
                
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            R | 19 | RFA | In Juniors | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($874,166)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($874,166)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($874,166)  | 
                
            
                
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                Kevin Korchinski
                
                
                
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            D | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($918,333)  | 
                
            
                
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                Taige Harding
                
                
                
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            D | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($880,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($880,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Ethan Del Mastro
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($847,499)  | 
                
            
                
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                Ryan Mast
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($828,333)  | 
                
            
                
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                Nolan Allan
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($825,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Dmitry Kuzmin
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($805,833)  | 
                
            
                
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                Stanislav Berezhnoy
                
                
                
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            G | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Drew Commesso
                
                
                
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            G | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($925,000)  | 
                
            
                
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Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| 2024 Expiration | ||||||
| Liam Gorman | 25 | C | 2024-08-15 | 2018 | 177 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Alex Pharand | 20 | C | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 99 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Marcel Marcel | 22 | LW | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 131 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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| Milton Oscarson | 22 | C | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 167 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Ty Henry | 19 | D | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 163 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Victor Stjernborg | 22 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2021 | 108 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Riku Tohila | 21 | C | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 199 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Ashton Cumby | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 162 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Ilya Kanarsky | 20 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 194 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Janne Peltonen | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 195 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Jiří Felcman | 20 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 93 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Julius Sumpf | 20 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 98 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Nathan Behm | 18 | RW,LW | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 66 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Parker Holmes | 18 | LW | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 107 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Joel Svensson | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 138 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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| Adam Gajan | 21 | G | 2028-08-15 | 2023 | 35 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| Jack Pridham | 20 | R | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 92 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Sacha Boisvert | 19 | C | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 18 OA (round 1) | 
                    
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Mason West | 18 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 29 OA (round 1) | 
                    
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| Václav Nestrašil | 18 | RW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 25 OA (round 1) | 
                    
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| John Mustard | 19 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 67 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Artur Kayumov | 27 | LW | Indefinite | 2016 | 50 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| Ivan Nalimov | 31 | G | Indefinite | 2014 | 179 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Jake Ryczek | 27 | D | Indefinite | 2016 | 203 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Maxim Shalunov | 32 | RW | Indefinite | 2011 | 109 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Parker Foo | 27 | LW | Indefinite | 2017 | 144 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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| Roman Kantserov | 21 | RW | Indefinite | 2023 | 44 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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