Vegas Golden Knights (VGK)

Est. 2016

Current Cap Hit: $89,058,275
Projected Cap Hit: $89,888,275
Projected Cap Space: $-1,888,275
Contracts: 47
Roster: 26
Injuries: 2
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
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
9 Jack Eichel NMC C 28 UFA $10,000,000 $10,000,000
61 Mark Stone NMC RW 32 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
48 Tomáš Hertl (Ret: 17.0%) NMC C 31 UFA $6,754,125 $6,754,125 $6,754,125 $6,754,125 $6,754,125 $6,754,125
71 William Karlsson M-NTC C 32 UFA $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000
49 Ivan Barbashev M-NTC C 29 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
91 Reilly Smith (Ret: 62.5%) M-NTC RW 34 UFA $1,875,000
10 Nicolas Roy C 28 UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
21 Brett Howden C 27 UFA $1,900,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
16 Pavel Dorofeyev LW 24 RFA $1,835,000 $1,835,000
20 Brandon Saad LW 32 UFA $1,500,000
55 Keegan Kolesar RW 28 UFA $1,400,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
95 Victor Olofsson LW 29 UFA $1,075,000
22 Cole Schwindt C 23 RFA $800,000
70 Tanner Pearson LW 32 UFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
7 Alex Pietrangelo NMC D 35 UFA $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000
15 Noah Hanifin NTC D 28 RFA $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 $7,350,000 +
27 Shea Theodore M-NTC D 29 UFA $5,200,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 $7,425,000 +
3 Brayden McNabb M-NTC D 34 UFA $2,850,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000
2 Zach Whitecloud D 28 UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000
14 Nicolas Hague D 26 RFA $2,294,150
17 Ben Hutton D 31 UFA $975,000 $975,000
6 Kaedan Korczak D 24 RFA $825,000 $825,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
33 Adin Hill M-NTC G 28 UFA $4,900,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 +
35 Ilya Samsonov G 28 UFA $1,800,000
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
90 Robin Lehner M-NTC G 33 UFA $0
# SOIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Jordan Gustafson WE C 21 RFA $0 $830,000 $830,000

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

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Future Position Age 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Trent Swick L 20 — $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
Kai Uchacz C 21 — $845,000 $845,000
Braeden Bowman RW 21 — $845,000 $845,000
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030
Alexander Holtz WE RW 23 RFA $0
($894,166)
Jakub Demek WE C 21 RFA $0
($851,683) 		$0
($851,683)
Jakub Brabenec WE C 21 RFA $0
($846,666)
Ben Hemmerling WE RW 20 RFA $0
($820,833) 		$0
($820,833) 		$0
($820,833)
Matyáš Šapovaliv WE C 21 RFA $0
($803,333) 		$0
($803,333) 		$0
($803,333)
Gage Quinney C 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Mason Geertsen LW/D 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Mason Morelli LW 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Tanner Laczynski C 27 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Callahan Burke C 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Raphaël Lavoie C 24 RFA $0
($775,000)
Jonas Røndbjerg RW 26 RFA $0
($766,666)
Mathieu Cataford WE C 20 RFA In Juniors $0
($828,333) 		$0
($828,333) 		$0
($828,333)
Dysin Mayo D 28 UFA $0
($950,000)
Christoffer Sedoff WE D 23 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Joe Fleming WE D 21 RFA $0
($836,666) 		$0
($836,666)
Viliam Kmec WE D 21 RFA $0
($833,333) 		$0
($833,333) 		$0
($833,333)
Lukas Cormier WE D 23 RFA $0
($794,166)
Robert Hägg D 30 UFA $0
($775,000)
Akira Schmid WE G 24 RFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
Jesper Vikman WE G 23 RFA $0
($858,000) 		$0
($858,000)
Isaiah Saville WE G 24 RFA $0
($849,666)
Carl Lindbom WE G 21 RFA $0
($840,000) 		$0
($840,000)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2025 Expiration
Artur Cholach 21 D 2025-06-01 2021 190 OA (round 6)
2026 Expiration
Jackson Hallum 22 LW 2026-08-15 2020 91 OA (round 3)
Noah Ellis 23 D 2026-08-15 2020 184 OA (round 6)
2027 Expiration
Arttu Kärki 20 D 2027-06-01 2023 96 OA (round 3)
Abram Wiebe 21 D 2027-08-15 2022 209 OA (round 7)
Cameron Whitehead 21 G 2027-08-15 2022 128 OA (round 4)
2028 Expiration
Lucas Van Vliet 19 C 2028-08-15 2024 197 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Trevor Connelly 19 L 2029-08-15 2024 19 OA (round 1)
Other Expiration
Pavel Moysevich 20 G Indefinite 2024 83 OA (round 3)
Notes