Montréal Canadiens (MTL)

Est. 1909

Current Cap Hit: $90,700,416
Projected Cap Hit: $90,700,416
Projected Cap Space: $-2,700,416
Contracts: 45
Roster: 24
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 2
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
92 Patrik Laine M-NTC LW 26 UFA $8,700,000 $8,700,000
14 Nick Suzuki C 25 UFA $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000
13 Cole Caufield RW 24 UFA $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 +
11 Brendan Gallagher NMC, M-NTC RW 32 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000
17 Josh Anderson M-NTC RW 30 UFA $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000
28 Christian Dvorak M-NTC LW 29 UFA $4,450,000
40 Joel Armia RW 31 UFA $3,400,000
77 Kirby Dach C 24 RFA $3,362,500 $3,362,500
15 Alex Newhook C 24 RFA $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000
71 Jake Evans C 28 UFA $1,700,000
20 Juraj Slafkovský WE LW 20 UFA $950,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 +
51 Emil Heineman WE LW 23 RFA $897,500
62 Owen Beck WE C 21 RFA $853,333 $853,333 $853,333
55 Michael Pezzetta LW 26 UFA $812,500
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
8 Mike Matheson M-NTC D 31 UFA $4,875,000 $4,875,000
45 Alexandre Carrier D 28 UFA $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000
58 David Savard D 34 UFA $3,500,000
72 Arber Xhekaj D 24 RFA $1,300,000 $1,300,000
48 Lane Hutson WE D 21 RFA $950,000 $950,000
47 Jayden Struble WE D 23 RFA $867,500
21 Kaiden Guhle WE D 23 UFA $863,333 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 +
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
35 Sam Montembeault G 28 UFA $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000
75 Jakub Dobeš WE G 23 RFA $925,000
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
31 Carey Price NMC G 37 UFA $10,500,000 $10,500,000

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

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Retained Position Age 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Jake Allen (Ret: 50.0%) G 34 $1,925,000
Jeff Petry (Ret: 37.5%) D 37 $2,343,750
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Rafaël Harvey-Pinard LW 26 RFA $0
($1,100,000)
Luke Tuch WE LW 22 RFA $0
($912,500) 		$0
($912,500)
Sean Farrell WE C 23 RFA $0
($897,500)
Filip Mešár WE RW 21 RFA $0
($886,666) 		$0
($886,666) 		$0
($886,666)
Florian Xhekaj WE LW 20 RFA $0
($866,666) 		$0
($866,666) 		$0
($866,666)
Jared Davidson WE C 22 RFA $0
($862,500) 		$0
($862,500)
Xavier Simoneau WE C 23 RFA $0
($855,000)
Riley Kidney WE C 21 RFA $0
($836,666) 		$0
($836,666)
Joshua Roy WE RW 21 RFA $0
($834,166) 		$0
($834,166)
Lucas Condotta C 27 RFA $0
($775,000)
Brandon Gignac C 27 RFA $0
($775,000)
Alex Barré-Boulet C 27 UFA $0
($775,000)
Oliver Kapanen WE C 21 RFA On Loan $0
($925,000) 		$0
($925,000) 		$0
($925,000)
David Reinbacher D 20 RFA $0
($918,333) 		$0
($918,333) 		$0
($918,333)
Adam Engström D 21 RFA $0
($896,666) 		$0
($896,666) 		$0
($896,666)
Logan Mailloux WE D 21 RFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
William Trudeau WE D 22 RFA $0
($856,666)
Noel Hoefenmayer WE D 26 RFA $0
($775,000)
Gustav Lindström D 26 RFA $0
($775,000)
Cayden Primeau G 25 RFA $0
($890,000)
Connor Hughes WE G 28 UFA $0
($775,000)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2024 Expiration
Blake Biondi 22 C 2024-08-15 2020 109 OA (round 4)
2025 Expiration
Daniil Sobolev 21 D 2025-06-01 2021 142 OA (round 5)
Joe Vrbetic 22 G 2025-06-01 2021 214 OA (round 7)
Quentin Miller 20 G 2025-07-01 2023 128 OA (round 4)
Rhett Pitlick 24 LW 2025-08-15 2019 131 OA (round 5)
2026 Expiration
Owen Protz 19 D 2026-06-01 2024 102 OA (round 4)
Tyler Thorpe 19 R 2026-06-01 2024 130 OA (round 5)
Vinzenz Rohrer 20 C 2026-06-01 2022 75 OA (round 3)
Jack Smith 22 C 2026-08-15 2020 102 OA (round 4)
Luke Mittelstadt 22 D 2026-08-15 2023 197 OA (round 7)
2027 Expiration
Filip Eriksson 20 C 2027-06-01 2023 165 OA (round 6)
Emmett Croteau 21 G 2027-08-15 2022 162 OA (round 6)
Sam Harris 21 LW 2027-08-15 2023 133 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Aatos Koivu 18 C 2028-06-01 2024 70 OA (round 3)
Mikus Vecvanags 19 G 2028-06-01 2024 134 OA (round 5)
Rasmus Bergqvist 19 D 2028-06-01 2024 224 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Ben Merrill 19 C 2029-08-15 2024 166 OA (round 6)
Logan Sawyer 18 C 2029-08-15 2024 78 OA (round 3)
Michael Hage 18 C 2029-08-15 2024 21 OA (round 1)
Other Expiration
Alexander Gordin 23 RW Indefinite 2020 171 OA (round 6)
Bogdan Konyushkov 22 D Indefinite 2023 110 OA (round 4)
Dmitri Kostenko 22 D Indefinite 2021 87 OA (round 3)
Ivan Demidov 19 R Indefinite 2024 5 OA (round 1)
Jakov Novak 26 LW Indefinite 2018 188 OA (round 7)
Makar Khanin 19 R Indefinite 2024 210 OA (round 7)
Ty Smilanic 23 C Indefinite 2020 74 OA (round 3)
Yevgeni Volokhin 19 G Indefinite 2023 144 OA (round 5)
Notes