Carolina Hurricanes

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Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour

Assistant Coach Jeff Daniels
Assistant Coach Tim Gleason

Chicago Wolves (AHL)

Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)

Projected Cap Hit	$82,579,417
Projected Cap Space	$920,583
Current Cap Space	$920,583
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	24/23
Contracts	41/50

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Stefan Noesen \| Noesen (shoulder) mixed in on the fourth line and saw time on the second power-play unit during the Carolina Hurricanes' practice Thursday.	Sep 21
Kieffer Bellows \| Bellows will participate in training camp with Carolina on a professional tryout agreement.	Sep 19
Jayden Halbgewachs \| Halbgewachs will attend training camp with Carolina on a professional tryout agreement.	Sep 19
Zach Aston-Reese \| Aston-Reese signed a professional tryout agreement with Carolina on Thursday.	Sep 14
Nick Shore \| Shore signed a professional tryout agreement with Carolina on Tuesday.	Aug 29

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Injury Report

	Expected Return Thu Oct 5, 2023 Vasiliy Ponomarev - OUT - Knee Sat Sep 23, 2023 Vasily Ponomarev \| Ponomarev will miss some time with a knee injury, coach Rod Brind'Amour told Cory Lavalette of the North State Journal on Saturday.
	Expected Return Wed Oct 11, 2023 Andrei Svechnikov - IR-LT - Knee Surgery Wed Sep 20, 2023 Andrei Svechnikov \| Svechnikov (knee) is on track to be ready for the start of the regular season, Hurricanes GM Don Waddell told Michael Russo of The Athletic on Wednesday.
	Expected Return Mon Jan 1, 2024 Jesse Puljujarvi - OUT - Hip

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve

Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(13) Forwards $44,411,917 53.2% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Stastny, Paul	C NHL --> 0	37	$0 UFA
Staal, Jordan	C NHL --> 0	35	$2,900,000 NMC	$2,900,000 NMC	$2,900,000 NMC	$2,900,000 NTC	$0 UFA (2027)
Fast, Jesper	RW NHL --> 0	31	$2,400,000 NTC	$2,400,000 NTC M-NTC	$0 UFA
Stepan, Derek	C NHL --> 0	33	$0 UFA
Noesen, Stefan	RW NHL --> 0	30	$762,500	$0 UFA
Teravainen, Teuvo	LW NHL --> 0	29	$5,400,000	$0 UFA
Martinook, Jordan	LW NHL --> 0	31	$1,800,000	$0 UFA
Shore, Nick	C NHL --> 0	31	$0 UFA
Lemieux, Brendan	LW NHL --> 0	27	$800,000	$0 UFA
Bunting, Michael	LW NHL --> 0	28	$4,500,000 M-NTC	$4,500,000 M-NTC	$4,500,000	$0 UFA (2026)
Kase, Ondrej	RW NHL --> 0	27	$0 UFA
Aho, Sebastian	RW NHL --> 0	26	$8,460,250	$9,750,000 NMC	$9,750,000 NMC	$9,750,000 NMC	$0 UFA (2032)
Puljujarvi, Jesse	RW NHL --> 0	25	$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Bellows, Kieffer	LW NHL --> 0	25	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Aston-Reese, Zach	LW NHL --> 0	29	$0 UFA
Necas, Martin	C NHL --> 0	24	$3,000,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Svechnikov, Andrei	RW NHL --> 0	23	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	$7,750,000 M-NTC	$7,750,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2029)
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	C NHL --> 0	23	$4,820,000	$4,820,000	$4,820,000	$4,820,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2030)
Drury, Jack	C NHL --> 0	23	$925,000	$0 RFA
Jarvis, Seth	RW NHL --> 0	21	$894,167	$0 RFA
TOTALS			$44,411,917	$32,120,000	$29,720,000	$25,220,000

(8) Defence $30,817,500 36.9% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Burns, Brent	D NHL --> 0	38	$5,280,000 M-NTC	$5,280,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Orlov, Dmitry	D NHL --> 0	32	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	$0 UFA
Gardiner, Jake	D NHL --> 0	33	$0 UFA
Beaulieu, Nathan	D NHL --> 0	30	$0 UFA
Skjei, Brady	D NHL --> 0	29	$5,250,000	$0 UFA
Slavin, Jaccob	D NHL --> 0	29	$5,300,000 M-NTC	$5,300,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Pesce, Brett	D NHL --> 0	28	$4,025,000	$0 UFA
DeAngelo, Tony	D NHL --> 0	27	$1,675,000	$0 UFA
Jones, Caleb	D NHL --> 0	26	$775,000	$0 UFA
Chatfield, Jalen	D NHL --> 0	27	$762,500	$0 UFA
TOTALS			$30,817,500	$18,330,000

(3) Goalies $6,900,000 8.3% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Andersen, Frederik	G NHL --> 0	33	$3,400,000 M-NTC	$3,400,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Raanta, Antti	G NHL --> 0	34	$1,500,000	$0 UFA
Kochetkov, Pyotr	G MIN --> 0	24	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0 UFA (2027)
TOTALS			$6,900,000	$5,400,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000

(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
TOTALS

Cap Summary Projection Share Copy Link Embed Tweet It
	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Roster Size Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR. Learn More Or Ask A Question	24	11	6	5
Standard Player Contracts Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	41	22	10	5
Upper Limit The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$83,500,000	$83,500,000	$83,500,000	$83,500,000
Projected Cap Hit Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$82,579,417	$55,850,000	$31,720,000	$27,220,000
Projected Cap Space Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$920,583	$27,650,000	$51,780,000	$56,280,000
Current Cap Space Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$920,583	$27,650,000	$51,780,000	$56,280,000
Maximum LTIR Pool The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$82,579,417	$55,850,000	$31,720,000	$27,220,000
Carryover Bonus Overages Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$450,000	$0	$0	$0
Potential Bonuses Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$500,000	$0	$0	$0
Retained Salary Remaining Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(17) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Conacher, Cory	C MIN --> 0 -->	33	$0 UFA
Perlini, Brendan	LW MIN --> 0 -->	27	$0 UFA
Kase, David	RW MIN --> 0 -->	26	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Fitzgerald, Cavan	D MIN --> 0 -->	27	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Stromwall, Malte	RW MIN --> 0 -->	29	$0 UFA
Reunanen, Tarmo	D MIN --> 0 -->	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Mattheos, Stelio	RW MIN --> 0 -->	24	$0 UFA			$0 UFA
Inamoto, Tyler	D --> 0 -->	24	$0			$0 UFA
Dugan, Jonathan	LW MIN --> 0 -->	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
De Jong, Brendan	D --> 0 -->	25	$0		$0 UFA
Rasanen, Ville	C --> 0 -->	28	$0
Bokk, Dominik	LW MIN --> 0 -->	23	$0 UFA
Keane, Joey	D MIN --> 0 -->	24	$0 RFA
Killinen, Lenni	LW --> 0 -->	23	$0
Sellgren, Jesper	D MIN --> 0 -->	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Kucharski, Jacob	G --> 0 -->	24	$0
Halbgewachs, Jayden	LW MIN --> 0 -->	26	$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Coghlan, Dylan	D NHL --> 0 -->	25	$850,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Suzuki, Ryan	C MIN --> 0 -->	22	$863,334	$0 RFA
Rees, Jamieson	C MIN --> 0 -->	22	$839,167	$0 RFA
Honka, Anttoni	D MIN --> 0 -->	22	$836,667	$836,667	$0 RFA
Fensore, Domenick	D --> 0 -->	22	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Webber, Cade	D --> 0 -->	22	$0				$0 UFA
Tieksola, Tuukka	RW MIN --> 0 -->	22	$823,333	$0 RFA
Slepets, Kirill	RW --> 0 -->	24	$0				$0 UFA
Wall, Kevin	RW --> 0 -->	23	$0				$0 UFA
Murphy, Blake	D --> 0 -->	23	$0				$0 UFA
Murray, Blake	C MIN --> 0 -->	22	$791,667	$0 RFA
Gunler, Noel	RW MIN --> 0 -->	21	$862,500	$862,500	$0 RFA
Ponomarev, Vasiliy	C MIN --> 0 -->	21	$795,000	$795,000	$0 RFA
Nikishin, Alexander	D --> 0 -->	21	$0				$0 UFA
Nybeck, Zion	LW --> 0 -->	21	$0				$0 UFA
Mercuri, Lucas	C --> 0 -->	21	$0				$0 UFA
Pashin, Alexander	C MIN --> 0 -->	21	$826,667	$826,667	$0 RFA
Seeley, Ronan	D MIN --> 0 -->	21	$810,000	$810,000	$0 RFA
Morrow, Scott	D --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Heimosalmi, Aleksi	D MIN --> 0 -->	20	$805,833	$805,833	$805,833	$0 RFA (2026)
Koivunen, Ville	RW MIN --> 0 -->	20	$805,833	$805,833	$805,833	$0 RFA (2026)
Hamrla, Patrik	G --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Blake, Jackson	C --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Robidas, Justin	C --> 0 -->	20	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	$0 RFA (2026)	$0 UFA
Quapp, Nikita	G --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Naumov, Yegor	G --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Guslistov, Nikita	C --> 0 -->	21	$0				$0 UFA
Nystrom, Joel	D --> 0 -->	21	$0				$0 UFA
Trikozov, Gleb	LW --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Perevalov, Alexander	LW --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Forsmark, Simon	D --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Lucius, Cruz	RW --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Grudinin, Vladimir	D --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Vondras, Jakub	G --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Pelevin, Alexander	D --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Perets, Yaniv	G --> 0 -->	23	$805,000	$805,000	$0 RFA
Nadeau, Bradly	C --> 0 -->	18	$0				$0 UFA
Unger Sörum, Felix	C --> 0 -->	18	$860,000	$860,000	$860,000	$0 RFA (2026)	$0 UFA
Perron, Jayden	C --> 0 -->	18	$0				$0 UFA
Rykov, Alexander	RW --> 0 -->	18	$0				$0 UFA
Yarovoy, Stanislav	C --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Legault, Charles-Alexis	D --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Khazheyev, Ruslan	G --> 0 -->	18	$0				$0 UFA
Mukhanov, Timur	C --> 0 -->	18	$0				$0 UFA
Emerson, Michael	C --> 0 -->	19	$0				$0 UFA
Velmakin, Yegor	G --> 0 -->	20	$0				$0 UFA
Mendel, Griffin	D --> 0 -->	24	$790,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
TOTALS			$14,115,001	$9,157,500	$3,296,666

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