Montréal Canadiens (MTL)
Est. 1909
Current Cap Hit: $98,092,746
Projected Cap Hit:
$98,092,746
Projected Cap Space:
$5,907,254
Contracts: 29
Roster: 30
Injuries: 3
Retained Contracts: 1
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2026-2027 |
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| 2028-2029 |
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| 2029-2030 |
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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 | 26 | 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 | ||||||
| 15 | Alex Newhook | C | 25 | RFA | $2,900,000 | |||||||
| 71 | Jake Evans | C | 30 | UFA | $2,850,000 | $2,850,000 | $2,850,000 | |||||
| 85 | Alexandre Texier | C | 26 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| 96 |
Vinzenz Rohrer
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C | 21 | RFA | $972,500 | $972,500 | ||||||
| 24 |
Tyler Thorpe
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RW | 20 | RFA | $968,333 | $968,333 | ||||||
| 91 | Oliver Kapanen | C | 22 | RFA | $942,500 | |||||||
| 63 |
Florian Xhekaj
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LW | 22 | RFA | $941,666 | |||||||
| 93 |
Ivan Demidov
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RW | 20 | RFA | $940,833 | |||||||
| 46 |
Filip Mešár
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RW | 22 | RFA | $886,666 | |||||||
| 62 |
Owen Beck
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C | 22 | RFA | $853,333 | |||||||
| 82 | Lucas Condotta | 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 | D | 24 | UFA | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | $5,550,000 | |||
| 45 | Alexandre Carrier | D | 29 | UFA | $3,750,000 | |||||||
| 47 | Jayden Struble | D | 24 | RFA | $1,412,500 | |||||||
| Luke Mittelstadt | D | 23 | RFA | $1,013,750 | $1,013,750 | |||||||
| 68 |
Owen Protz
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D | 20 | RFA | $1,004,000 | $1,004,000 | ||||||
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Bryce Pickford
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D | 20 | RFA | $965,000 | $965,000 | $965,000 | ||||||
| 64 |
David Reinbacher
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D | 21 | RFA | $909,166 | $909,166 | ||||||
| 42 |
Adam Engström
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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 | RFA | $965,000 | |||||||
| 32 |
Jacob Fowler
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G | 21 | RFA | $945,833 | $945,833 | ||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 77 | Kirby Dach | C | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 76 | Zachary Bolduc | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| 72 | Arber Xhekaj | D | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 90 | Joe Veleno | C | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| 92 |
Patrik Laine
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LW | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| # | SOIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 55 |
Gannon Laroque
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D | 22 | UFA |
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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 | ||
| Jared Davidson | C | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Sean Farrell | C | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Alex Belzile | RW | 34 | UFA | ||||||||
| Sammy Blais | LW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| Jake Chiasson | C | 23 | UFA | ||||||||
| Marc Del Gaizo | D | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| Nate Clurman | D | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| Hunter Shepard | G | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| Kaapo Kähkönen | G | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Arber Xhekaj | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Brett Berard | 23 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 134 OA (round 5) |
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| Hunter McKown | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Jared Davidson | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2022 | 130 OA (round 5) |
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| Kirby Dach | 25 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 3 OA (round 1) |
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| Maksymilian Szuber | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2022 | 163 OA (round 6) |
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| Sean Farrell | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 124 OA (round 4) |
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| Zachary Bolduc | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 17 OA (round 1) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Jack Smith | 23 | C | 2026-08-15 | 2020 | 102 OA (round 4) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Andrew MacNiel | 18 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 189 OA (round 6) |
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| Carlos Händel | 19 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 177 OA (round 6) |
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| Filip Eriksson | 21 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 165 OA (round 6) |
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| Hayden Paupanekis | 19 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 69 OA (round 3) |
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| Quentin Miller | 21 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 128 OA (round 4) |
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| Emmett Croteau | 22 | G | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 162 OA (round 6) |
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| Sam Harris | 22 | LW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 133 OA (round 5) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Aatos Koivu | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 70 OA (round 3) |
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| Mikus Vecvanags | 20 | G | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 134 OA (round 5) |
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| Rasmus Bergqvist | 21 | D | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 224 OA (round 7) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Alexander Zharovsky | 19 | RW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 34 OA (round 2) |
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| Alexis Cournoyer | 20 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 145 OA (round 5) |
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| Arseni Radkov | 18 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 82 OA (round 3) |
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| Cooper Cleaves | 20 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2026 | 93 OA (round 3) |
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| L.J. Mooney | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 113 OA (round 4) |
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| Maxon Vig | 20 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 209 OA (round 7) |
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| Tyler Deakos | 19 | RW | 2029-06-01 | 2026 | 224 OA (round 7) |
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| Ben Merrill | 20 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 166 OA (round 6) |
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| Logan Sawyer | 20 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 78 OA (round 3) |
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| Michael Hage | 20 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 21 OA (round 1) |
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| 2030 Expiration | ||||||
| Brayden Klimpke | 18 | D | 2030-06-01 | 2026 | 117 OA (round 4) |
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| Gleb Pugachyov | 18 | RW | 2030-06-01 | 2026 | 26 OA (round 1) |
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| Jean-Samuel Daigneault | 18 | D | 2030-06-01 | 2026 | 221 OA (round 7) |
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| Parker Trottier | 18 | LW | 2030-06-01 | 2026 | 189 OA (round 6) |
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| Timofei Runtso | 18 | D | 2030-06-01 | 2026 | 57 OA (round 2) |
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| Wesley Royston | 18 | RW | 2030-06-01 | 2026 | 190 OA (round 6) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Alexander Gordin | 24 | RW | Indefinite | 2020 | 171 OA (round 6) |
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| Bogdan Konyushkov | 23 | D | Indefinite | 2023 | 110 OA (round 4) |
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| Dmitri Kostenko | 23 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 87 OA (round 3) |
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| Jakov Novak | 27 | LW | Indefinite | 2018 | 188 OA (round 7) |
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| Makar Khanin | 21 | RW | Indefinite | 2024 | 210 OA (round 7) |
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| Ty Smilanic | 24 | C | Indefinite | 2020 | 74 OA (round 3) |
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| Yevgeni Volokhin | 21 | G | Indefinite | 2023 | 144 OA (round 5) |
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