Washington Capitals (WSH)

Est. 1974

Current Cap Hit: $93,830,000
Projected Cap Hit: $90,046,575.42
Projected Cap Space: $5,453,424.579999998
Contracts: 44
Roster: 26
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
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Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2025-2026
2026-2027
2027-2028
2028-2029

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 40 UFA $9,500,000
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois NMC LW 27 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
72 Anthony Beauvillier LW 28 UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000
24 Connor McMichael C 24 RFA $2,100,000
22 Brandon Duhaime RW 28 UFA $1,850,000
9 Ryan Leonard WE RW 20 RFA $950,000 $950,000
71 Zac Funk WE Injured RW,LW 22 RFA $905,000 $905,000
29 Hendrix Lapierre C 23 RFA $850,000
34 Justin Sourdif RW 23 RFA $825,000 $825,000
53 Ethen Frank C 27 UFA $775,000
82 Spencer Smallman RW 29 UFA $775,000 $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 34 UFA $3,000,000
42 Martin Fehérváry D 26 UFA $2,675,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 +
47 Declan Chisholm D 25 UFA $1,600,000 $1,600,000
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
# 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

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
Ivan Miroshnichenko WE LW 21 RFA $0
($950,000) 		$0
($925,000) 		$0
($925,000)
Patrick Thomas WE C 21 RFA $0
($878,333) 		$0
($878,333) 		$0
($878,333)
Ilya Protas WE L 19 RFA $0
($856,666) 		$0
($856,666) 		$0
($856,666)
Ēriks Mateiko WE L 19 RFA $0
($856,666) 		$0
($856,666) 		$0
($856,666)
Ryan Hofer WE C 23 RFA $0
($851,666)
Andrew Cristall WE LW 20 RFA $0
($841,666) 		$0
($841,666) 		$0
($841,666)
Alexander Suzdalev WE LW 21 RFA $0
($815,000) 		$0
($815,000)
Ludwig Persson WE LW 22 RFA $0
($815,000) 		$0
($815,000)
Bogdan Trineyev RW 23 RFA $0
($775,000)
Henrik Rybinski RW 24 RFA $0
($775,000)
Graeme Clarke RW 24 RFA $0
($775,000)
Brett Leason RW 26 UFA $0
($775,000)
Milton Gästrin WE C 18 RFA On Loan $0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000)
Lynden Lakovic WE F 18 RFA In Juniors $0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000)
Terik Parascak WE R 19 RFA In Juniors $0
($942,500) 		$0
($942,500) 		$0
($942,500)
Ryan Chesley WE D 21 RFA $0
($923,333) 		$0
($923,333) 		$0
($923,333)
Leon Muggli WE D 19 RFA $0
($908,333) 		$0
($908,333) 		$0
($908,333)
Cameron Allen WE D 20 RFA $0
($855,000) 		$0
($855,000) 		$0
($855,000)
David Gucciardi WE D 23 RFA $0
($855,000) 		$0
($855,000)
Louie Belpedio D 29 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Calle Rosén D 31 RFA $0
($775,000)
Clay Stevenson G 26 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Garin Bjorklund WE G 23 RFA $0
($775,000)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2025 Expiration
Brett Hyland 22 C 2025-06-01 2023 200 OA (round 7)
2026 Expiration
Chase Clark 23 G 2026-08-15 2021 183 OA (round 6)
Joaquim Lemay 23 D 2026-08-15 2021 119 OA (round 4)
Ryan Chesley 21 D 2026-08-15 2022 37 OA (round 2)
2027 Expiration
Antoine Keller 21 G 2027-06-01 2023 206 OA (round 7)
Jackson Crowder 18 C 2027-06-01 2025 155 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Miroslav Satan 19 C 2028-06-01 2024 212 OA (round 7)
Petr Sikora 19 C 2028-06-01 2024 178 OA (round 6)
Cole Hutson 19 D 2028-08-15 2024 43 OA (round 2)
2029 Expiration
Aron Dahlqvist 18 D 2029-06-01 2025 180 OA (round 6)
Maxim Schäfer 18 LW 2029-06-01 2025 96 OA (round 3)
Nicholas Kempf 19 G 2029-08-15 2024 114 OA (round 4)
Other Expiration
Tobias Geisser 26 D Indefinite 2017 120 OA (round 4)
Notes