Florida Panthers (FLA)
Est. 1993
Current Cap Hit: $103,180,000
            
                Projected Cap Hit:
                
                    $99,805,784.43
                
            
            
                Projected Cap Space:
                
                    $-4,305,784.430000007
                
            
            Contracts: 48
            Roster: 28
            Injuries: 4
            Retained Contracts: 0
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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 | |
| 13 | Sam Reinhart | NMC, M-NTC | C | 30 | UFA | $8,625,000 | $8,625,000 | $8,625,000 | $8,625,000 | $8,625,000 | $8,625,000 | + | 
| 9 | Sam Bennett | NMC | C | 29 | UFA | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | + | 
| 23 | Carter Verhaeghe | NMC | C | 30 | UFA | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | + | 
| 63 | Brad Marchand | NMC | LW | 37 | UFA | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | |
| 15 | Anton Lundell | C | 24 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||
| 17 | Evan Rodrigues | C | 32 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||
| 27 | Eetu Luostarinen | C | 27 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||
| 70 | Jesper Boqvist | C | 27 | UFA | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | ||||||
| 10 | A.J. Greer | LW | 28 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 22 | Cole Schwindt | C | 24 | RFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| 12 | Jonah Gadjovich | LW | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | $905,000 | $905,000 | |||||
| 11 | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | 22 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 71 | Luke Kunin | C | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 18 | Noah Gregor | C | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 3 | Seth Jones (Ret: 26.0%) | NMC | D | 31 | UFA | $7,030,000 | $7,030,000 | $7,030,000 | $7,030,000 | $7,030,000 | ||
| 5 | Aaron Ekblad | NMC | D | 29 | UFA | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 | + | 
| 42 | Gustav Forsling | NMC | D | 29 | UFA | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | + | 
| 77 | Niko Mikkola | D | 29 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | + | |
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                        Dmitry Kulikov
                    
                    
                    
                    
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                D | 35 | UFA | $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 | |||||
| 26 | Uvis Balinskis | D | 29 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 2 | Jeff Petry | D | 37 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 22 | Tobias Björnfot | D | 24 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 37 | Donovan Sebrango | D | 23 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 72 | Sergei Bobrovsky | NMC, M-NTC | G | 37 | UFA | $10,000,000 | ||||||
| 40 | Daniil Tarasov | G | 26 | UFA | $1,050,000 | |||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 16 | Aleksander Barkov | NMC | C | 30 | UFA | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | ||
| 19 | Matthew Tkachuk | NMC | LW | 27 | UFA | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | ||
| 92 | Tomáš Nosek | LW | 33 | UFA | $775,000 | 
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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 | ||
| 
                Anton Lundmark
                
                
                
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            RW,LW | 24 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Ben Steeves
                
                
                
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            LW | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Jack Devine
                
                
                
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            RW | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Ryan McAllister
                
                
                
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            C | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($896,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                Sandis Vilmanis
                
                
                
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            LW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($855,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($855,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Gracyn Sawchyn
                
                
                
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            C | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($846,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($846,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($846,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                Hunter St. Martin
                
                
                
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            L | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($829,166)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($829,166)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($829,166)  | 
                
            
                
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                Josh Davies
                
                
                
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            LW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($828,333)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($828,333)  | 
                
            
                
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                Kai Schwindt
                
                
                
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            LW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($798,333)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($798,333)  | 
                
            
                
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| Nolan Foote | LW | 24 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Jack Studnicka | C | 26 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| MacKenzie Entwistle | RW | 26 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Wilmer Skoog | C | 26 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Mikuláš Hovorka
                
                
                
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            D | 24 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Marek Alscher
                
                
                
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            D | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Evan Nause
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($864,166)  | 
                
            
                
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                Ludvig Jansson
                
                
                
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            D | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($855,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($855,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($855,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Michael Benning
                
                
                
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            D | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Cooper Black
                
                
                
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            G | 24 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($950,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Kirill Gerasimyuk
                
                
                
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            G | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($875,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($875,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Oliver Okuliar | LW | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Oliver Okuliar | 25 | LW | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Luke Coughlin | 20 | D | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 191 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Logan Hutsko | 26 | RW | 2026-06-30 | 2018 | 89 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Tyler Muszelik | 21 | G | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 189 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Albert Wikman | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 127 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Olof Glifford | 20 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 159 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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| Shamar Moses | 18 | RW | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 129 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Linus Eriksson | 19 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 58 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| Simon Zether | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 129 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Arvid Drott | 18 | RW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 192 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Brendan Dunphy | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 197 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Mads Kongsbak Klyvø | 18 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 112 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Shea Busch | 18 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 128 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Yegor Midlak | 18 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 224 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Alexander Delnov | 31 | LW | Indefinite | 2012 | 114 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Denis Gabdrakhmanov | 20 | G | Indefinite | 2024 | 201 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Matvei Shuravin | 19 | D | Indefinite | 2024 | 97 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Sergei Gayduchenko | 36 | G | Indefinite | 2007 | 202 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Stepan Gorbunov | 19 | C | Indefinite | 2024 | 169 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Stepan Zvyagin | 21 | LW | Indefinite | 2023 | 198 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Vladislav Lukashevich | 22 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 120 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Yaroslav Kosov | 32 | LW | Indefinite | 2011 | 124 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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