Montréal Canadiens (MTL)

Est. 1909

Current Cap Hit: $101,989,165
Projected Cap Hit: $101,989,165
Projected Cap Space: $2,010,835
Contracts: 44
Roster: 26
Injuries: 3
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
14 Nick Suzuki M-NTC C 27 UFA $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000
13 Cole Caufield RW 25 UFA $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000
20 Juraj Slafkovský LW 22 UFA $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 +
17 Josh Anderson M-NTC RW 32 UFA $5,500,000
24 Phillip Danault M-NTC C 33 UFA $5,500,000
76 Zachary Bolduc C 23 UFA $4,200,000 $4,200,000 $4,200,000 $4,200,000
77 Kirby Dach C 25 UFA $3,600,000
15 Alex Newhook C 25 UFA $2,900,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000
71 Jake Evans C 30 UFA $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000
85 Alexandre Texier C 27 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
22 Chris Kreider NMC LW 35 UFA $2,150,000
91 Oliver Kapanen C 23 RFA $942,500
63 Florian Xhekaj WE LW 22 RFA $941,666
93 Ivan Demidov WE RW 20 UFA $940,833 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 $9,150,000 +
82 Lucas Condotta Injured C 29 UFA $850,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
53 Noah Dobson M-NTC D 26 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 +
48 Lane Hutson D 22 UFA $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 +
8 Mike Matheson NMC D 32 UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
21 Kaiden Guhle Injured D 24 UFA $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000
45 Alexandre Carrier D 30 UFA $3,750,000
72 Arber Xhekaj D 25 RFA $1,500,000
47 Jayden Struble D 25 RFA $1,412,500
94 Bryce Pickford WE Injured D 20 RFA $965,000 $965,000 $965,000
42 Adam Engström WE D 22 RFA $896,666
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
35 Sam Montembeault G 29 UFA $3,150,000
75 Jakub Dobeš G 25 UFA $965,000 $5,357,575 $5,357,575 $5,357,575
# Professional Tryout Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
70 Kevin Mandolese G 26 UFA

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
Brendan Gallagher (Ret: 50.0%) RW 34 $3,250,000
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Tyler Thorpe WE RW 21 RFA $0
($968,333) 		$0
($968,333)
Filip Mešár WE RW 22 RFA $0
($886,666)
Owen Beck WE C 22 RFA $0
($853,333)
Alex Belzile RW 35 UFA $0
($850,000)
Sam Poulin RW 25 RFA $0
($850,000)
Brett Berard WE LW 24 RFA $0
($850,000)
Jared Davidson WE C 24 RFA $0
($850,000)
Hunter McKown C 24 RFA $0
($850,000)
Sasha Pastujov WE RW 23 RFA $0
($850,000)
Vinzenz Rohrer WE C 22 RFA On Loan $0
($972,500) 		$0
($972,500)
Luke Mittelstadt D 23 RFA $0
($1,013,750) 		$0
($1,013,750)
Owen Protz WE D 20 RFA $0
($1,004,000) 		$0
($1,004,000)
David Reinbacher WE D 21 RFA $0
($909,166) 		$0
($909,166)
Ethan Samson WE D 23 RFA $0
($850,000)
Reilly Walsh D 27 UFA $0
($850,000)
Maksymilian Szuber WE D 24 RFA $0
($850,000)
Bogdan Konyushkov D 23 RFA On Loan $0
($1,013,750) 		$0
($1,013,750)
Kaapo Kähkönen G 30 UFA $0
($1,000,000)
Jacob Fowler WE G 21 RFA $0
($945,833) 		$0
($945,833)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2027 Expiration
Andrew MacNiel 19 D 2027-06-01 2025 189 OA (round 6)
Carlos Händel 19 D 2027-06-01 2025 177 OA (round 6)
Filip Eriksson 21 C 2027-06-01 2023 165 OA (round 6)
Hayden Paupanekis 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 69 OA (round 3)
Quentin Miller 21 G 2027-06-01 2023 128 OA (round 4)
Emmett Croteau 22 G 2027-08-15 2022 162 OA (round 6)
Sam Harris 22 LW 2027-08-15 2023 133 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Aatos Koivu 20 C 2028-06-01 2024 70 OA (round 3)
Mikus Vecvanags 20 G 2028-06-01 2024 134 OA (round 5)
Rasmus Bergqvist 21 D 2028-06-01 2024 224 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Alexander Zharovsky 19 RW 2029-06-01 2025 34 OA (round 2)
Alexis Cournoyer 20 G 2029-06-01 2025 145 OA (round 5)
Arseni Radkov 19 G 2029-06-01 2025 82 OA (round 3)
Cooper Cleaves 20 D 2029-06-01 2026 93 OA (round 3)
L.J. Mooney 19 C 2029-06-01 2025 113 OA (round 4)
Maxon Vig 20 D 2029-06-01 2025 209 OA (round 7)
Tyler Deakos 19 RW 2029-06-01 2026 224 OA (round 7)
Ben Merrill 20 C 2029-08-15 2024 166 OA (round 6)
Logan Sawyer 20 C 2029-08-15 2024 78 OA (round 3)
Michael Hage 20 C 2029-08-15 2024 21 OA (round 1)
2030 Expiration
Brayden Klimpke 18 D 2030-06-01 2026 117 OA (round 4)
Gleb Pugachyov 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 26 OA (round 1)
Jean-Samuel Daigneault 18 D 2030-06-01 2026 221 OA (round 7)
Parker Trottier 18 LW 2030-06-01 2026 189 OA (round 6)
Timofei Runtso 19 D 2030-06-01 2026 57 OA (round 2)
Wesley Royston 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 190 OA (round 6)
Other Expiration
Alexander Gordin 25 RW Indefinite 2020 171 OA (round 6)
Dmitri Kostenko 24 D Indefinite 2021 87 OA (round 3)
Jakov Novak 27 LW Indefinite 2018 188 OA (round 7)
Makar Khanin 21 RW Indefinite 2024 210 OA (round 7)
Ty Smilanic 24 C Indefinite 2020 74 OA (round 3)
Yevgeni Volokhin 21 G Indefinite 2023 144 OA (round 5)
Notes