New Jersey Devils (NJD)

Est. 1982

Current Cap Hit: $93,262,499
Projected Cap Hit: $93,512,499
Projected Cap Space: $-5,512,499
Contracts: 50
Roster: 29
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 1
Daily Cap Breakdown
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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
28 Timo Meier NMC RW 28 UFA $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 +
63 Jesper Bratt NMC LW 26 UFA $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 +
13 Nico Hischier M-NTC C 26 UFA $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000
18 Ondřej Palát NMC LW 34 UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
91 Dawson Mercer C 23 RFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
56 Erik Haula NTC LW 34 UFA $3,150,000 $3,150,000
11 Stefan Noesen M-NTC RW 32 UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000
19 Cody Glass C 26 RFA $2,500,000
90 Tomáš Tatar LW 34 UFA $1,800,000
14 Nathan Bastian RW 27 UFA $1,350,000
42 Curtis Lazar C 30 UFA $1,000,000
29 Nolan Foote LW 24 RFA $825,000
47 Paul Cotter C 25 RFA $775,000 $775,000
37 Justin Dowling C 34 UFA $775,000
91 Daniel Sprong RW 28 UFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
7 Dougie Hamilton NMC D 31 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
22 Brett Pesce NTC D 30 UFA $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000
5 Brenden Dillon NTC D 34 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
6 Brian Dumoulin (Ret: 50.0%) M-NTC D 33 UFA $1,575,000
23 Kurtis MacDermid D 31 UFA $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000
24 Seamus Casey WE D 21 RFA $950,000 $950,000 $950,000
43 Luke Hughes WE D 21 RFA $925,000
17 Šimon Nemec WE D 21 RFA $918,333 $918,333
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D 27 UFA $766,666 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
25 Jacob Markström (Ret: 31.0%) NMC G 35 UFA $4,140,000 $4,140,000
34 Jake Allen (Ret: 50.0%) M-NTC G 34 UFA $1,925,000
50 Nico Daws WE G 24 RFA $812,500 $812,500
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
86 Jack Hughes C 23 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
71 Jonas Siegenthaler M-NTC D 27 UFA $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000

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
Trent Frederic (Ret: 25.0%) C 27 $575,000
Penalties Position Age 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Ilya Kovalchuk (Cap Recapture) LW 42 $250,000
Future Position Age 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Xavier Parent D 24 — $850,000
Ethan Edwards D 22 — $925,000 $925,000
Shane Lachance LW 21 — $925,000 $925,000
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Dylan Wendt WE RW 24 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Cam Squires WE RW 20 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Josh Filmon WE LW 21 RFA $0
($838,333) 		$0
($838,333) 		$0
($838,333)
Shane Bowers C 25 RFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Ryan Schmelzer WE C 31 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Nathan Légaré RW 24 RFA $0
($775,000)
Max Willman C 30 UFA $0
($775,000)
Samuel Laberge C 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Brian Halonen WE LW 26 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Jonathan Gruden C 24 RFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Mike Hardman LW 26 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Marc McLaughlin C 25 RFA $0
($775,000)
Mikael Diotte WE D 22 RFA $0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000) 		$0
($950,000)
Topias Vilén WE D 22 RFA $0
($836,666) 		$0
($836,666)
Colton White D 27 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Tory Dello WE D 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Santeri Hatakka D 24 RFA $0
($775,000)
Dennis Cholowski D 27 UFA $0
($775,000)
Tyler Brennan WE G 21 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Isaac Poulter WE G 23 RFA $0
($812,500)
Jakub Málek WE G 23 RFA On Loan $0
($867,500) 		$0
($867,500)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2025 Expiration
Cole Brown 19 LW 2025-06-01 2023 164 OA (round 6)
2026 Expiration
Matyas Melovsky 20 C 2026-06-01 2024 171 OA (round 6)
Charles Leddy 21 D 2026-08-15 2022 126 OA (round 4)
Samu Salminen 22 C 2026-08-15 2021 68 OA (round 3)
Viktor Hurtig 22 D 2026-08-15 2021 164 OA (round 6)
2027 Expiration
Lenni Hämeenaho 20 RW 2027-06-01 2023 58 OA (round 2)
Chase Cheslock 20 D 2027-08-15 2023 154 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Kasper Pikkarainen 18 R 2028-06-01 2024 85 OA (round 3)
Veeti Louhivaara 19 G 2028-06-01 2024 146 OA (round 5)
2029 Expiration
Mikhail Yegorov 19 G 2029-06-01 2024 49 OA (round 2)
Other Expiration
Anton Silayev 19 D Indefinite 2024 10 OA (round 1)
Arseny Gritsyuk 24 RW Indefinite 2019 129 OA (round 5)
Artem Barabosha 21 D Indefinite 2022 198 OA (round 7)
Artur Gavrus 31 C Indefinite 2012 180 OA (round 6)
Daniil Karpovich 20 D Indefinite 2023 186 OA (round 6)
Daniil Orlov 21 D Indefinite 2022 110 OA (round 4)
Nikita Popugaev 26 LW Indefinite 2017 98 OA (round 4)
Yegor Zaitsev 26 D Indefinite 2017 205 OA (round 7)
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