Vegas Golden Knights (VGK)

Est. 2016

Current Cap Hit: $103,185,830
Projected Cap Hit: $103,177,139
Projected Cap Space: $-7,677,139
Contracts: 36
Roster: 37
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 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
9 Jack Eichel NMC C 28 UFA $10,000,000
61 Mark Stone NMC RW 33 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000
48 Tomáš Hertl (Ret: 17.0%) NMC, M-NTC C 31 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 Nicolas Roy C 28 UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000
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
91 Reilly Smith NTC RW 34 UFA $2,000,000
16 Pavel Dorofeyev LW 24 RFA $1,835,000
Trevor Connelly WE L 19 RFA $975,000 $975,000 $975,000
Jackson Hallum LW 22 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Tuomas Uronen RW 20 RFA $852,500 $852,500 $852,500
13 Jakub Demek WE C 22 RFA $851,683
Trent Swick WE L 21 RFA $850,000 $850,000 $850,000
77 Kai Uchacz WE C 22 RFA $845,000 $845,000
Braeden Bowman WE RW 22 RFA $845,000 $845,000
63 Ben Hemmerling WE RW 21 RFA $820,833 $820,833
25 Matyáš Šapovaliv WE C 21 RFA $803,333 $803,333
8 Mathieu Cataford WE C 20 RFA $801,666 $801,666 $801,666
28 Tanner Laczynski C 28 UFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
7 Alex Pietrangelo NMC D 35 UFA $8,800,000 $8,800,000
27 Shea Theodore NTC D 29 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
17 Ben Hutton D 32 UFA $975,000
44 Christoffer Sedoff WE D 23 RFA $870,000
50 Joe Fleming WE D 22 RFA $836,666
79 Viliam Kmec WE D 21 RFA $833,333 $833,333
6 Kaedan Korczak D 24 RFA $825,000
# 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 WE G 25 RFA $875,000
Cameron Whitehead G 22 RFA $875,000 $875,000
32 Jesper Vikman WE G 23 RFA $858,000
30 Carl Lindbom WE G 22 RFA $840,000
# SOIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
Jordan Gustafson WE C 21 RFA $838,691 $830,000
# Free Agents Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
26 Alexander Holtz WE RW 23 RFA
22 Cole Schwindt C 24 RFA
36 Raphaël Lavoie C 24 RFA
14 Nicolas Hague D 26 RFA
68 Callahan Burke C 28 UFA
70 Tanner Pearson LW 32 UFA
95 Victor Olofsson LW 29 UFA
20 Brandon Saad LW 32 UFA
46 Jonas Røndbjerg RW 26 UFA
18 Robert Hägg D 30 UFA
65 Dysin Mayo D 28 UFA
35 Ilya Samsonov G 28 UFA
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
90 Robin Lehner G 33 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
Jakub Brabenec WE C 21 RFA $0
($828,333)
Lukas Cormier D 23 RFA
Isaiah Saville G 24 RFA
Gage Quinney C 29 UFA
Mason Geertsen LW/D 30 UFA
Mason Morelli LW 29 UFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Alexander Holtz 23 RW Qualifying Offer 2020 7 OA (round 1)
Cole Schwindt 24 C Qualifying Offer 2019 81 OA (round 3)
Isaiah Saville 24 G Qualifying Offer 2019 135 OA (round 5)
Jakub Brabenec 21 C Qualifying Offer 2021 102 OA (round 4)
Lukas Cormier 23 D Qualifying Offer 2020 68 OA (round 3)
Nicolas Hague 26 D Qualifying Offer 2017 34 OA (round 2)
Raphaël Lavoie 24 C Qualifying Offer 2019 38 OA (round 2)
2026 Expiration
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)
2028 Expiration
Lucas Van Vliet 19 C 2028-08-15 2024 197 OA (round 7)
Other Expiration
Pavel Moysevich 20 G Indefinite 2024 83 OA (round 3)
Notes