Vegas Golden Knights (VGK)
Est. 2016
Current Cap Hit: $107,466,604
Projected Cap Hit:
$104,656,771.42
Projected Cap Space:
$-9,156,771.420000002
Contracts: 49
Roster: 28
Injuries: 5
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2025-2026 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 93 | Mitchell Marner | NMC | RW | 28 | UFA | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | + |
| 9 | Jack Eichel | NMC | C | 29 | UFA | $10,000,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | + |
| 48 | Tomáš Hertl (Ret: 17.0%) | NMC, M-NTC | C | 32 | UFA | $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 | |||||
| 49 | Ivan Barbashev | M-NTC | C | 29 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | ||||
| 10 | Colton Sissons (Ret: 50.0%) | C | 32 | UFA | $1,428,571 | |||||||
| 21 | Brett Howden | C | 27 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |||
| 55 | Keegan Kolesar | RW | 28 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |||||
| 19 | Reilly Smith | NTC | RW | 34 | UFA | $2,000,000 | ||||||
| 20 | Brandon Saad | NTC | LW | 33 | UFA | $2,000,000 | ||||||
| 16 | Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 25 | RFA | $1,835,000 | |||||||
Trevor Connelly
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L | 19 | RFA | $975,000 | $975,000 | $975,000 | ||||||
| 13 |
Jakub Demek
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C | 22 | RFA | $851,683 | |||||||
| 26 | Alexander Holtz | RW | 23 | RFA | $839,725 | $835,352 | ||||||
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Jordan Gustafson
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C | 21 | RFA | $830,000 | $830,000 | |||||||
| 23 | Cole Reinhardt | LW | 25 | UFA | $812,500 | $812,500 | ||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 27 | Shea Theodore | NTC | D | 30 | UFA | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | + |
| 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 | + |
| 3 | Brayden McNabb | NTC | D | 34 | UFA | $3,650,000 | $3,650,000 | $3,650,000 | ||||
| 2 | Zach Whitecloud | D | 28 | UFA | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | |||||
| 5 |
Jérémy Lauzon
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D | 28 | UFA | $2,000,000 | |||||||
| 17 | Ben Hutton | D | 32 | UFA | $975,000 | |||||||
| 6 | Kaedan Korczak | D | 24 | UFA | $825,000 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | |||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 33 | Adin Hill | M-NTC | G | 29 | UFA | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | |
| 40 | Akira Schmid | G | 25 | RFA | $875,000 | |||||||
| 30 |
Carl Lindbom
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G | 22 | RFA | $840,000 | |||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 61 | Mark Stone | NMC | RW | 33 | UFA | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | |||||
| 7 | Alex Pietrangelo | NMC | D | 35 | UFA | $8,800,000 | $8,800,000 | |||||
| # | Professional Tryout | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 79 | Carter Hart | G | 27 | UFA |
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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 | ||
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Jackson Hallum
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LW | 23 | RFA |
$0
($925,000) |
$0
($925,000) |
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Tuomas Uronen
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RW | 20 | RFA |
$0
($852,500) |
$0
($852,500) |
$0
($852,500) |
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Trent Swick
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L | 21 | RFA |
$0
($850,000) |
$0
($850,000) |
$0
($850,000) |
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Kai Uchacz
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C | 22 | RFA |
$0
($845,000) |
$0
($845,000) |
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Braeden Bowman
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RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($845,000) |
$0
($845,000) |
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Jakub Brabenec
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C | 22 | RFA |
$0
($828,333) |
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Ben Hemmerling
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RW | 21 | RFA |
$0
($820,833) |
$0
($820,833) |
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Matyáš Šapovaliv
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C | 21 | RFA |
$0
($803,333) |
$0
($803,333) |
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Mathieu Cataford
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C | 20 | RFA |
$0
($801,666) |
$0
($801,666) |
$0
($801,666) |
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| Tanner Laczynski | C | 28 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Jonas Røndbjerg | RW | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Raphaël Lavoie | C | 25 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Jérémy Davies | D | 28 | UFA |
$0
($1,150,000) |
$0
($1,150,000) |
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Christoffer Sedoff
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D | 23 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
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Joe Fleming
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D | 22 | RFA |
$0
($836,666) |
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Viliam Kmec
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D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($833,333) |
$0
($833,333) |
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| Jaycob Megna | D | 32 | UFA |
$0
($800,000) |
$0
($800,000) |
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| Dylan Coghlan | D | 27 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Lukas Cormier | D | 23 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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Cameron Whitehead
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G | 22 | RFA |
$0
($875,000) |
$0
($875,000) |
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Jesper Vikman
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G | 23 | RFA |
$0
($858,000) |
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Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Jakub Brabenec | 22 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 102 OA (round 4) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Noah Ellis | 23 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2020 | 184 OA (round 6) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Alex Weiermair | 20 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 186 OA (round 6) |
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| Arttu Kärki | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 96 OA (round 3) |
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| Mateo Nobert | 18 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 85 OA (round 3) |
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| Abram Wiebe | 22 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 209 OA (round 7) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Lucas Van Vliet | 19 | C | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 197 OA (round 7) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Gustav Sjöqvist | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 187 OA (round 6) |
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| Jakob Ihs Wozniak | 18 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 55 OA (round 2) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Pavel Moysevich | 21 | G | Indefinite | 2024 | 83 OA (round 3) |
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