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Montreal Canadiens

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Associate Coach Kirk Muller
Assistant Coach Dominique Ducharme
Goaltending Coach Stephane Waite
Assistant Coach Luke Richardson
Video Coach Mario Leblanc

Laval Rocket (AHL)

Cap Hit	$76,568,809
Cap Space	$4,931,191
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	24/23
Contracts	46/50

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re-signed LW Artturi Lehkonen. to a two-year, $4.8 million contract.	Jul 11
re-signed RW Joel Armia to a two-year, $5.2 million contract.	Jul 11
signed C Nick Cousins to a one-year, $1 million contract.	Jul 5
signed D Ben Chiarot to a three-year, $10.5 million contract.	Jul 4
signed C Phil Varone to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000.	Jul 3

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

Entry Level Contract
Waiver Exempt
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(15) Forwards $37,583,333 46.1% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tatar, Tomas	LW NHL --> 0	28	$4,800,000 M-NTC	$4,800,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Thompson, Nate	C NHL --> 0	34	$1,000,000	$0 UFA
Weise, Dale	RW NHL --> 0	30	$2,350,000	$0 UFA
Byron, Paul	LW NHL --> 0	30	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$0 UFA
Weal, Jordan	C NHL --> 0	27	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$0 UFA
Gallagher, Brendan	RW NHL --> 0	27	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$0 UFA
Armia, Joel	RW NHL --> 0	26	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	$0 UFA
Danault, Phillip	C NHL --> 0	26	$3,083,333	$3,083,333	$0 UFA
Cousins, Nick	C NHL --> 0	25	$1,000,000	$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Peca, Matthew	C NHL --> 0	26	$1,300,000	$0 UFA
Hudon, Charles	LW NHL --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Drouin, Jonathan	LW NHL --> 0	24	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Domi, Max	LW NHL --> 0	24	$3,150,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi	LW NHL --> 0	24	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Poehling, Ryan	C NHL --> 0	20	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	C NHL --> 0	19	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$37,583,333	$28,783,333	$8,900,000	$8,900,000	$0	$0

(7) Defence $21,818,809 26.8% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Weber, Shea	D NHL --> 0	33	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$0 UFA (2026)
Petry, Jeff	D NHL --> 0	31	$5,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$5,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$0 UFA
Chiarot, Ben	D NHL --> 0	28	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Reilly, Mike	D NHL --> 0	26	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$0 UFA
Kulak, Brett	D NHL --> 0	25	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	$0 UFA
Juulsen, Noah	D MIN --> 0	22	$863,333	$0 RFA
Mete, Victor	D NHL --> 0	21	$748,333	$0 RFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$21,818,809	$20,207,143	$13,207,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$0

(2) Goalies $12,250,000 15.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Niemi, Antti	G NHL --> 0	35	$0 UFA
Price, Carey	G NHL --> 0	31	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$0 UFA (2026)
Kinkaid, Keith	G NHL --> 0	30	$1,750,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$12,250,000	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$0

(1) Buried $3,550,000 4.4% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Alzner, Karl	D MIN --> 0	30	$3,550,000 M-NTC	$3,550,000 M-NTC	$3,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$3,550,000	$3,550,000	$3,500,000	$0	$0	$0

(1) Buyout & Retained Salary $1,366,667 1.7% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Mason, Steve Buyout	G NHL --> 0	31	$1,366,667
TOTALS			TOTALS		$1,366,667	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Cap Summary Projection Share Copy Link Embed Tweet It
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
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	16	6	4
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	46	27	11	4
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	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000
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	$76,568,809	$63,040,476	$36,107,143	$27,257,143
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	$4,931,191	$18,459,524	$45,392,857	$54,242,857
Current Cap Space Amount of Cap Space that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$4,931,191	$18,459,524	$45,392,857	$54,242,857
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	$76,568,809	$63,040,476	$36,107,143	$27,257,143
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	$0	$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	$3,525,000	$3,350,000	$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

(22) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Folin, Christian	D NHL --> 0	28	$800,000	$0 UFA
Ouellet, Xavier	D MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Alzner, Karl	D MIN --> 0	30	$4,625,000 M-NTC	$4,625,000 M-NTC	$4,625,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
McEwan, James	C --> 0	22	$0
Gelinas, Eric	D --> 0	28	$0
Varone, Phil	C NHL --> 0	28	$700,000	$0 UFA
Broll, David	LW --> 0	26	$0	$0 UFA
Barber, Riley	RW MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Gregoire, Jeremy	C MIN --> 0	23	$0 UFA				$0 UFA
Reway, Martin	LW MIN --> 0	24	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Audette, Daniel	C MIN --> 0	23	$0 UFA				$0 UFA
Shinkaruk, Hunter	C MIN --> 0	24	$0 UFA			$0 UFA
McCarron, Michael	RW MIN --> 0	24	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Olofsson, Gustav	D MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Koberstein, Nikolas	D --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Evans, Jake	C MIN --> 0	23	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Baun, Kyle	RW MIN --> 0	27	$0 RFA
Vejdemo, Lukas	C MIN --> 0	23	$792,500	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Eisenschmid, Markus	C MIN --> 0	24	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
McNiven, Michael	G MIN --> 0	22	$666,666	$0 RFA
Goulet, Alexandre	C --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Lindgren, Charlie	G NHL --> 0	25	$750,000	$750,000	$0 UFA
Pezzetta, Michael	LW MIN --> 0	21	$743,333	$743,333	$0 RFA
Henrikson, Arvid	D --> 0	21	$0
Corrin, William	D --> 0	27	$0
Samuel, Antoine	G --> 0	21	$0
Waked, Antoine	RW MIN --> 0	23	$726,667	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Suzuki, Nick	C MIN --> 0	19	$863,334	$863,334	$863,334	$0 RFA
Brook, Josh	D MIN --> 0	20	$795,000	$795,000	$795,000	$0 RFA
Ikonen, Joni	C --> 0	20	$0
Walford, Scott	D --> 0	20	$0
Fleury, Cale	D MIN --> 0	20	$771,667	$771,667	$0 RFA
Tyszka, Jarret	D --> 0	20	$0
Primeau, Cayden	G --> 0	19	$880,833	$880,833	$880,833	$0 RFA
Posa, Saverio	D --> 0	27	$0
Dufour, Kevin	LW --> 0	26	$0	$0 UFA
Boucher, Jordan	LW --> 0	25	$0		$0 UFA
Belzile, Alex	RW --> 0	27	$700,000	$0 UFA
Ylonen, Jesse	RW --> 0	19	$0
Romanov, Alexander	D --> 0	19	$0
Olofsson, Jacob	C --> 0	19	$0
Hillis, Cameron	C --> 0	19	$0
Harris, Jordan	D --> 0	19	$0
McShane, Allan	C --> 0	19	$0
Gorniak, Jack	LW --> 0	19	$0
Fonstad, Cole	C --> 0	19	$0
Houde, Samuel	C --> 0	19	$0
Stapley, Brett	C --> 0	20	$0
Sklenicka, David	D MIN --> 0	22	$925,000	$0 RFA
Teasdale, Joel	LW MIN --> 0	20	$760,000	$760,000	$760,000	$0 RFA
Adams-Moisan, Morgan	RW --> 0	22	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Alain, Alexandre	C MIN --> 0	22	$753,333	$753,333	$0 RFA
Harvey, Samuel	G --> 0	21	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Jevpalovs, Nikita	LW --> 0	24	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Lamarche, Maxim	D --> 0	27	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Marcoux, Etienne	G --> 0	25	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Martineau, Phelix	C --> 0	22	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Melancon, T.J.	D --> 0	23	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Plant, Adam	D --> 0	24	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Verbeek, Hayden	C MIN --> 0	21	$753,333	$753,333	$0 RFA
Friberg, Max	LW MIN --> 0	26	$0 RFA
Leskinen, Otto	D --> 0	22	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Caulfield, Cole	RW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Struble, Jayden	D --> 0	17	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Norlinder, Mattias	D --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Fairbrother, Gianni	D --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Leguerrier, Jacob	D --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Pitlick, Rhett	LW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Nissen Dichow, Frederik	G --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Khisamutdinov, Arsen	C --> 0	21	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Ruscheinski, Kieran	D --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$16,331,666	$7,995,833	$3,299,167	$0	$0	$0

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