Montréal Canadiens (MTL)

Est. 1909

Current Cap Hit: $89,885,212
Projected Cap Hit: $88,431,168.69
Projected Cap Space: $7,068,831.310000002
Contracts: 42
Roster: 25
Injuries: 4
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history

Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2025-2026 *
2026-2027 *
2027-2028
2028-2029

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
92 Patrik Laine M-NTC LW 27 UFA $8,700,000
14 Nick Suzuki C 26 UFA $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
20 Juraj Slafkovský LW 21 UFA $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 $7,600,000 +
11 Brendan Gallagher NMC, M-NTC RW 33 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000
17 Josh Anderson M-NTC RW 31 UFA $5,500,000 $5,500,000
77 Kirby Dach Injured C 24 RFA $3,362,500
15 Alex Newhook C 24 RFA $2,900,000 $2,900,000
71 Jake Evans C 29 UFA $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000
93 Ivan Demidov WE R 19 RFA $940,833 $940,833
91 Oliver Kapanen WE C 22 RFA $925,000 $925,000
90 Joe Veleno C 25 UFA $900,000
76 Zachary Bolduc WE C 22 RFA $863,333
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
53 Noah Dobson D 25 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 +
21 Kaiden Guhle D 23 UFA $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000 $5,550,000
8 Mike Matheson M-NTC D 31 UFA $4,875,000
45 Alexandre Carrier D 29 UFA $3,750,000 $3,750,000
47 Jayden Struble WE D 24 RFA $1,412,500 $1,412,500
72 Arber Xhekaj D 24 RFA $1,300,000
48 Lane Hutson WE D 21 RFA $950,000
64 David Reinbacher WE Injured D 20 RFA $886,666 $886,666 $886,666
84 William Trudeau Injured D 23 RFA $775,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
35 Sam Montembeault G 28 UFA $3,150,000 $3,150,000
75 Jakub Dobeš WE G 24 RFA $965,000 $965,000
# SOIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
29 Gannon Laroque WE D 22 RFA $4,380
# Professional Tryout Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
70 Kevin Mandolese G 25 UFA

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

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
Luke Tuch WE LW 23 RFA $0
($912,500)
Filip Mešár WE RW 21 RFA $0
($886,666) 		$0
($886,666)
Tyler Thorpe WE R 20 RFA $0
($868,333) 		$0
($868,333) 		$0
($868,333)
Florian Xhekaj WE LW 21 RFA $0
($866,666) 		$0
($866,666)
Jared Davidson WE C 23 RFA $0
($862,500)
Owen Beck WE C 21 RFA $0
($853,333) 		$0
($853,333)
Riley Kidney WE C 22 RFA $0
($836,666)
Joshua Roy WE RW 22 RFA $0
($834,166)
Lucas Condotta C 28 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Alex Belzile RW 34 UFA $0
($775,000)
Sean Farrell C 23 RFA $0
($775,000)
Vinzenz Rohrer WE C 21 RFA On Loan $0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000)
Adam Engström WE D 21 RFA $0
($896,666) 		$0
($896,666)
Nate Clurman D 27 UFA $0
($775,000)
Marc Del Gaizo D 26 RFA $0
($775,000)
Kaapo Kähkönen G 29 UFA $0
($1,150,000)
Jacob Fowler WE G 20 RFA $0
($923,333) 		$0
($923,333) 		$0
($923,333)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2025 Expiration
Quentin Miller 20 G 2025-07-01 2023 128 OA (round 4)
2026 Expiration
Owen Protz 19 D 2026-06-01 2024 102 OA (round 4)
Jack Smith 23 C 2026-08-15 2020 102 OA (round 4)
Luke Mittelstadt 22 D 2026-08-15 2023 197 OA (round 7)
2027 Expiration
Andrew MacNiel 18 D 2027-06-01 2025 189 OA (round 6)
Bryce Pickford 19 D 2027-06-01 2025 81 OA (round 3)
Carlos Händel 18 D 2027-06-01 2025 177 OA (round 6)
Filip Eriksson 20 C 2027-06-01 2023 165 OA (round 6)
Hayden Paupanekis 18 C 2027-06-01 2025 69 OA (round 3)
Emmett Croteau 21 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 19 C 2028-06-01 2024 70 OA (round 3)
Mikus Vecvanags 19 G 2028-06-01 2024 134 OA (round 5)
Rasmus Bergqvist 20 D 2028-06-01 2024 224 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Alexander Zharovsky 18 RW 2029-06-01 2025 34 OA (round 2)
Alexis Cournoyer 19 G 2029-06-01 2025 145 OA (round 5)
Arseni Radkov 18 G 2029-06-01 2025 82 OA (round 3)
L.J. Mooney 18 C 2029-06-01 2025 113 OA (round 4)
Maxon Vig 19 D 2029-06-01 2025 209 OA (round 7)
Ben Merrill 19 C 2029-08-15 2024 166 OA (round 6)
Logan Sawyer 19 C 2029-08-15 2024 78 OA (round 3)
Michael Hage 19 C 2029-08-15 2024 21 OA (round 1)
Other Expiration
Alexander Gordin 24 RW Indefinite 2020 171 OA (round 6)
Bogdan Konyushkov 22 D Indefinite 2023 110 OA (round 4)
Dmitri Kostenko 23 D Indefinite 2021 87 OA (round 3)
Jakov Novak 26 LW Indefinite 2018 188 OA (round 7)
Makar Khanin 20 R Indefinite 2024 210 OA (round 7)
Ty Smilanic 23 C Indefinite 2020 74 OA (round 3)
Yevgeni Volokhin 20 G Indefinite 2023 144 OA (round 5)
Notes