Washington Capitals (WSH)
Est. 1974
Current Cap Hit: $90,957,913
Projected Cap Hit:
$74,535,833
Projected Cap Space:
$29,464,167
Contracts: 35
Roster: 40
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 80 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | NMC | LW | 28 | UFA | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | ||
| 43 | Tom Wilson | M-NTC | RW | 32 | UFA | $6,540,000 | $6,540,000 | $6,540,000 | $6,540,000 | $6,540,000 | ||
| 17 | Dylan Strome | C | 29 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | ||||||
| 21 | Aliaksei Protas | C | 25 | UFA | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | |||||
| 72 | Anthony Beauvillier | LW | 29 | UFA | $2,750,000 | |||||||
| 53 |
Ethen Frank
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C | 28 | UFA | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | ||||||
| Theodor Niederbach | C | 24 | RFA | $1,025,000 | ||||||||
Petr Sikora
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C | 20 | RFA | $995,000 | $995,000 | $995,000 | ||||||
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Lynden Lakovic
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F | 19 | RFA | $974,166 | $974,166 | $974,166 | |||||
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Milton Gästrin
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C | 19 | RFA | $974,166 | $974,166 | $974,166 | ||||||
| 49 |
Patrick Thomas
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C | 21 | RFA | $965,833 | $965,833 | ||||||
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Ryan Leonard
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RW | 21 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
| 18 |
Terik Parascak
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RW | 20 | RFA | $941,666 | $941,666 | $941,666 | |||||
| 62 |
Ilya Protas
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LW | 19 | RFA | $932,500 | $932,500 | $932,500 | |||||
| 73 |
Ēriks Mateiko
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LW | 20 | RFA | $932,500 | $932,500 | $932,500 | |||||
| 63 |
Ivan Miroshnichenko
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LW | 22 | RFA | $925,000 | $925,000 | ||||||
| 71 |
Zac Funk
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RW,LW | 22 | RFA | $905,000 | |||||||
| 87 | Bogdan Trineyev | RW | 24 | RFA | $900,000 | $900,000 | ||||||
| 28 |
Andrew Cristall
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LW | 21 | RFA | $889,166 | $889,166 | ||||||
| 91 |
Alexander Suzdalev
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LW | 22 | RFA | $865,000 | |||||||
| 85 |
Ludwig Persson
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LW | 22 | RFA | $865,000 | |||||||
| 81 | Spencer Smallman | RW | 29 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 34 | Justin Sourdif | RW | 24 | RFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 6 | Jakob Chychrun | NMC | D | 28 | UFA | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | + |
| 42 | Martin Fehérváry | D | 26 | UFA | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | + | |
| 3 | Matt Roy | M-NTC | D | 31 | UFA | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | |||
| 38 | Rasmus Sandin | D | 26 | UFA | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | |||||
| 37 | Timothy Liljegren | D | 27 | UFA | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | ||||||
| 47 | Declan Chisholm | D | 26 | UFA | $1,600,000 | |||||||
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Cole Hutson
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D | 19 | RFA | $952,083 | $952,083 | |||||||
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Ryan Chesley
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D | 22 | RFA | $945,833 | $945,833 | ||||||
| 45 |
Leon Muggli
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D | 19 | RFA | $932,500 | $932,500 | $932,500 | |||||
| 54 |
Cameron Allen
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D | 21 | RFA | $930,000 | $930,000 | ||||||
| 93 |
David Gucciardi
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D | 23 | RFA | $930,000 | |||||||
| 27 | Louie Belpedio | D | 30 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 52 | Dylan McIlrath | D | 34 | UFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 48 | Logan Thompson | M-NTC | G | 29 | UFA | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | ||
| 79 | Charlie Lindgren | G | 32 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||
| 33 | Clay Stevenson | G | 27 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 78 | Mitch Gibson | G | 27 | UFA | $812,500 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 24 | Connor McMichael | C | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 29 | Hendrix Lapierre | C | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 64 | David Kämpf | C | 31 | UFA | ||||||||
| 22 | Brandon Duhaime | RW | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | LW | 40 | UFA | ||||||||
| 57 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 34 | UFA |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | ||
| Ryan Hofer | C | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Garin Bjorklund | G | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Jesper Vikman | G | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Brett Leason | RW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Henrik Rybinski | RW | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| Wyatt Bongiovanni | C | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| Sonny Milano | LW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| Corey Schueneman | D | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Connor McMichael | 25 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 25 OA (round 1) |
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| Garin Bjorklund | 24 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 179 OA (round 6) |
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| Hendrix Lapierre | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 22 OA (round 1) |
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| Jesper Vikman | 24 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 125 OA (round 5) |
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| Ryan Hofer | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2022 | 181 OA (round 6) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Chase Clark | 24 | G | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 183 OA (round 6) |
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| Joaquim Lemay | 23 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 119 OA (round 4) |
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| Ryan Chesley | 22 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 37 OA (round 2) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Antoine Keller | 21 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 206 OA (round 7) |
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| Jackson Crowder | 19 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 155 OA (round 5) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Brett Hyland | 23 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2023 | 200 OA (round 7) |
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| Miroslav Satan | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 212 OA (round 7) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Aron Dahlqvist | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 180 OA (round 6) |
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| Maxim Schäfer | 19 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 96 OA (round 3) |
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| Nicholas Kempf | 20 | G | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 114 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Tobias Geisser | 27 | D | Indefinite | 2017 | 120 OA (round 4) |
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