Pittsburgh Penguins (PIT)

Est. 1967

Current Cap Hit: $113,452,357
Projected Cap Hit: $113,452,357
Projected Cap Space: $-9,452,357
Contracts: 45
Roster: 48
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
87 Sidney Crosby NMC C 38 UFA $8,700,000
59 Egor Chinakhov RW 25 UFA $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000
71 Evgeni Malkin NMC, M-NTC C 40 UFA $5,500,000
17 Bryan Rust RW 34 UFA $5,125,000 $5,125,000
67 Rickard Rakell M-NTC RW 33 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000
96 Andrei Kuzmenko M-NTC LW 30 UFA $5,000,000
18 Thomas Novak C 29 UFA $3,500,000
89 Nicholas Robertson LW 24 RFA $3,250,000 $3,250,000
46 Blake Lizotte C 28 UFA $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000
19 Connor Dewar C 27 UFA $2,250,000 $2,250,000
16 Justin Brazeau RW 28 UFA $1,500,000
29 Hendrix Lapierre C 24 RFA $1,300,000 $1,300,000
85 Elmer Söderblom LW 25 RFA $1,125,000
72 Bill Zonnon WE LW 19 RFA $1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000
81 Benjamin Kindel WE C 19 RFA $986,250 $986,250
Melvin Fernström WE RW 20 RFA $965,000 $965,000 $965,000
Mikhail Ilyin WE RW 21 RFA $951,666 $951,666
2 Rutger McGroarty WE RW 22 RFA $950,000
26 Tristan Broz WE C 23 RFA $942,500
Atley Calvert WE C 22 RFA $930,000 $930,000
22 Tanner Howe WE LW 20 RFA $929,166 $929,166 $929,166
85 Avery Hayes WE RW 23 RFA $905,000
11 Filip Hållander Injured C 26 RFA $850,000
83 Oliver Okuliar LW 26 UFA $850,000
41 David Gustafsson C 26 UFA $850,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
65 Erik Karlsson (Ret: 13.0%) NMC D 36 UFA $10,005,000
58 Kris Letang NMC, M-NTC D 39 UFA $6,100,000 $6,100,000
49 Samuel Girard M-NTC D 28 UFA $5,000,000
27 Ryan Graves M-NTC D 31 UFA $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 35 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
6 Kaedan Korczak D 25 UFA $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000
67 Declan Carlile Injured D 26 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Tomáš Galvas WE D 20 RFA $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500
7 Jake Livanavage WE D 22 RFA $975,000
44 Chase Pietila WE D 22 RFA $960,000 $960,000
7 Peyton Kettles WE D 18 RFA $958,333 $958,333 $958,333
50 Finn Harding WE D 21 RFA $955,000 $955,000
6 Daniel Laatsch WE D 24 RFA $935,000
45 Harrison Brunicke WE D 20 RFA $929,166 $929,166 $929,166
82 Caleb Jones Injured D 29 UFA $900,000
38 Owen Pickering WE D 22 RFA $886,666
52 Philip Kemp D 27 UFA $850,000
7 Ilya Solovyov D 26 RFA $850,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
37 Artūrs Šilovs G 25 RFA $2,800,000
Gabriel D'Aigle WE G 19 RFA $995,000 $995,000 $995,000
1 Sergey Murashov WE G 22 RFA $936,110
30 Joel Blomqvist WE G 24 RFA $875,000 $875,000
33 Taylor Gauthier G 25 UFA $850,000

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
Parker Wotherspoon (Ret: 50.0%) D 28 $500,000
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Ville Koivunen LW 23 RFA
Alexander Alexeyev D 26 RFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Vasiliy Ponomarev 24 C Qualifying Offer 2020 53 OA (round 2)
Alexander Alexeyev 26 D Qualifying Offer 2018 31 OA (round 1)
Ville Koivunen 23 LW Qualifying Offer 2021 51 OA (round 2)
2026 Expiration
Filip Lindberg 27 G 2026-06-30 2019 197 OA (round 7)
Cruz Lucius 22 RW 2026-08-15 2022 124 OA (round 4)
2027 Expiration
Emil Järventie 21 LW 2027-06-01 2023 217 OA (round 7)
Jordan Charron 19 RW 2027-06-01 2025 154 OA (round 5)
Kale Dach 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 201 OA (round 7)
Kalle Kangas 21 D 2027-06-01 2023 223 OA (round 7)
Quinn Beauchesne 19 D 2027-06-01 2025 148 OA (round 5)
Ryan Miller 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 130 OA (round 5)
Travis Hayes 18 RW 2027-06-01 2025 105 OA (round 4)
Luke Devlin 22 C 2027-08-15 2022 182 OA (round 6)
Zam Plante 21 C 2027-08-15 2022 150 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Cooper Foster 21 C 2028-06-01 2023 174 OA (round 6)
Joona Väisänen 21 D 2028-06-01 2024 175 OA (round 6)
Mac Swanson 20 C 2028-08-15 2024 207 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Brady Peddle 19 D 2029-06-01 2025 91 OA (round 3)
Carter Sanderson 18 LW 2029-06-01 2025 169 OA (round 6)
Charlie Trethewey 18 D 2029-06-01 2025 73 OA (round 3)
Parker Von Richter 20 D 2029-06-01 2026 111 OA (round 4)
William Horcoff 19 C 2029-06-01 2025 24 OA (round 1)
2030 Expiration
Liam Ruck 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 22 OA (round 1)
Markus Ruck 18 C 2030-06-01 2026 39 OA (round 2)
Matvei Nikonovich 18 G 2030-06-01 2026 160 OA (round 5)
Pierce Mbuyi 18 LW 2030-06-01 2026 86 OA (round 3)
Other Expiration
Alex D'Orio 27 G Indefinite Undrafted N/A
Joseph Masonius 29 D Indefinite 2016 181 OA (round 6)
Kirill Tankov 24 C Indefinite 2021 218 OA (round 7)
Notes