Washington Capitals (WSH)
Est. 1974
Current Cap Hit: $102,293,329
Projected Cap Hit:
$102,293,329
Projected Cap Space:
$-6,793,329
Contracts: 36
Roster: 39
Injuries: 3
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 | |
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | NMC, M-NTC | LW | 39 | UFA | $9,500,000 | ||||||
| 80 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | NMC | LW | 26 | UFA | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | |
| 43 | Tom Wilson | M-NTC | RW | 31 | UFA | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | |
| 17 | Dylan Strome | C | 28 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||||
| 21 | Aliaksei Protas | C | 24 | UFA | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | ||||
| 26 | Nic Dowd | C | 35 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||
| 24 | Connor McMichael | C | 24 | RFA | $2,100,000 | |||||||
| 22 | Brandon Duhaime | RW | 28 | UFA | $1,850,000 | |||||||
Ryan Leonard
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RW | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | $950,000 | |||||||
| 63 |
Ivan Miroshnichenko
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LW | 21 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
| 18 |
Terik Parascak
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R | 19 | RFA | $942,500 | $942,500 | $942,500 | |||||
| 71 |
Zac Funk
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RW,LW | 21 | RFA | $905,000 | $905,000 | ||||||
| 49 | Patrick Thomas | C | 20 | RFA | $878,333 | $878,333 | $878,333 | |||||
| 62 |
Ilya Protas
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L | 18 | RFA | $856,666 | $856,666 | $856,666 | |||||
| 73 |
Ēriks Mateiko
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L | 19 | RFA | $856,666 | $856,666 | $856,666 | |||||
| 84 |
Ryan Hofer
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C | 23 | RFA | $851,666 | |||||||
| 28 |
Andrew Cristall
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LW | 20 | RFA | $841,666 | $841,666 | $841,666 | |||||
| 91 |
Alexander Suzdalev
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LW | 21 | RFA | $815,000 | $815,000 | ||||||
| 85 |
Ludwig Persson
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LW | 21 | RFA | $815,000 | $815,000 | ||||||
| 53 | Ethen Frank | C | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 38 | Spencer Smallman | RW | 28 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
| 87 |
Bogdan Trineyev
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RW | 23 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 6 | Jakob Chychrun | NMC | D | 27 | UFA | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | + |
| 74 | John Carlson | M-NTC | D | 35 | UFA | $8,000,000 | ||||||
| 3 | Matt Roy | M-NTC | D | 30 | UFA | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | ||
| 38 | Rasmus Sandin | D | 25 | UFA | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | ||||
| 57 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 33 | UFA | $3,000,000 | |||||||
| 42 | Martin Fehérváry | D | 25 | RFA | $2,675,000 | |||||||
| 22 | Ryan Chesley | D | 21 | RFA | $923,333 | $923,333 | $923,333 | |||||
| 45 |
Leon Muggli
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D | 18 | RFA | $908,333 | $908,333 | $908,333 | |||||
| 54 |
Cameron Allen
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D | 20 | RFA | $855,000 | $855,000 | $855,000 | |||||
| David Gucciardi | D | 22 | RFA | $855,000 | $855,000 | |||||||
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Vincent Iorio
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D | 22 | RFA | $814,166 | |||||||
| 52 | Dylan McIlrath | D | 33 | UFA | $800,000 | $800,000 | ||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 48 | Logan Thompson | M-NTC | G | 28 | UFA | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | $5,850,000 | |
| 79 | Charlie Lindgren | G | 31 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |||||
| 33 |
Clay Stevenson
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G | 26 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
| 80 |
Garin Bjorklund
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G | 23 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 15 | Sonny Milano | LW | 29 | UFA | $1,900,000 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 27 | Alexander Alexeyev | D | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 16 | Taylor Raddysh | RW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| 72 | Anthony Beauvillier | LW | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 20 | Lars Eller | C | 36 | UFA | ||||||||
| 88 | Andrew Mangiapane | LW | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 19 | Nicklas Bäckström | C | 37 | UFA | ||||||||
| 77 | T.J. Oshie | RW | 38 | 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 | ||
| Alex Limoges | C | 27 | RFA | ||||||||
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Henrik Rybinski | RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Pierrick Dubé | RW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Mitchell Gibson | G | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| Luke Philp | C | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| Riley Sutter | RW | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| Michael Sgarbossa | C | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| Chase Priskie | D | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| Ethan Bear | D | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Hunter Shepard | G | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Alex Limoges | 27 | C | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Alexander Alexeyev | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 31 OA (round 1) |
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| Hendrix Lapierre | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 22 OA (round 1) |
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| Henrik Rybinski | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 136 OA (round 5) |
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| Mitchell Gibson | 25 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 124 OA (round 4) |
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| Pierrick Dubé | 24 | RW | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Brett Hyland | 22 | C | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 200 OA (round 7) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Chase Clark | 23 | G | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 183 OA (round 6) |
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| Joaquim Lemay | 22 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 119 OA (round 4) |
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| Ryan Chesley | 21 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 37 OA (round 2) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Antoine Keller | 20 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 206 OA (round 7) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Miroslav Satan | 19 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 212 OA (round 7) |
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| Petr Sikora | 19 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 178 OA (round 6) |
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| Cole Hutson | 18 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 43 OA (round 2) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Nicholas Kempf | 19 | G | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 114 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Tobias Geisser | 26 | D | Indefinite | 2017 | 120 OA (round 4) |
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