Vegas Golden Knights (VGK)
Est. 2016
Current Cap Hit: $101,185,830
Projected Cap Hit:
$95,304,958
Projected Cap Space:
$195,042
Contracts: 34
Roster: 36
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2024-2025 |
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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 | |||||
| 16 | Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 24 | RFA | $1,835,000 | |||||||
Trevor Connelly
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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 | ||||||
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Jakub Demek
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C | 22 | RFA | $851,683 | |||||||
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Trent Swick
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L | 21 | RFA | $850,000 | $850,000 | $850,000 | ||||||
| 77 |
Kai Uchacz
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C | 21 | RFA | $845,000 | $845,000 | ||||||
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Braeden Bowman
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RW | 21 | RFA | $845,000 | $845,000 | |||||||
| 63 |
Ben Hemmerling
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RW | 21 | RFA | $820,833 | $820,833 | ||||||
| 25 |
Matyáš Šapovaliv
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C | 21 | RFA | $803,333 | $803,333 | ||||||
| 8 |
Mathieu Cataford
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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 | |||||||
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Christoffer Sedoff
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D | 23 | RFA | $870,000 | |||||||
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Joe Fleming
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D | 21 | RFA | $836,666 | |||||||
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Viliam Kmec
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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 | |
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Akira Schmid
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G | 25 | RFA | $875,000 | |||||||
| Cameron Whitehead | G | 22 | RFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | |||||||
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Jesper Vikman
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G | 23 | RFA | $858,000 | |||||||
| 30 |
Carl Lindbom
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G | 22 | RFA | $840,000 | |||||||
| # | SOIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
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Jordan Gustafson
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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
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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 | ||||||||
| 91 | Reilly Smith | RW | 34 | 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 |
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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 | ||
| Jakub Brabenec | C | 21 | RFA | ||||||||
| 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) |
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| Cole Schwindt | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 81 OA (round 3) |
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| Isaiah Saville | 24 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 135 OA (round 5) |
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| Jakub Brabenec | 21 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 102 OA (round 4) |
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| Lukas Cormier | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 68 OA (round 3) |
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| Nicolas Hague | 26 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2017 | 34 OA (round 2) |
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| Raphaël Lavoie | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 38 OA (round 2) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Noah Ellis | 23 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2020 | 184 OA (round 6) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Arttu Kärki | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 96 OA (round 3) |
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| Abram Wiebe | 21 | 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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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Pavel Moysevich | 20 | G | Indefinite | 2024 | 83 OA (round 3) |
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