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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	$81,853,810
Cap Space	$-353,810
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	22/23
Contracts	47/50

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signed D Kaiden Guhle to a three-year, entry-level contract.	Oct 20
assigned C Jesperi Kotkaniemi to HC Assat Pori Oy (Finland).	Oct 16
signed RW Brendan Gallagher to a six-year, $39 million contract extension.	Oct 14
signed G Jake Allen to a two-year, $5.75 million contract extension.	Oct 14
signed RW Tyler Toffoli to a four-year, $17 million contract.	Oct 12

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Tatar $4,800,0004.8M	Danault $3,083,3333.1M	Gallagher $3,750,0003.8M	Chiarot $3,500,0003.5M	Weber $7,857,1437.9M
Line 1 $11,633,333			Pairing 1 $11,357,143
Toffoli $4,250,0004.3M	Suzuki $863,3340.9M	Anderson $5,500,0005.5M	Edmundson $3,500,0003.5M	Petry $5,500,0005.5M
Line 2 $10,613,334			Pairing 2 $9,000,000
Drouin $5,500,0005.5M	Kotkaniemi $925,0000.9M	Armia $2,600,0002.6M	Kulak $1,850,0001.9M	Romanov $894,1670.9M
Line 3 $9,025,000			Pairing 3 $2,744,167
Byron $3,400,0003.4M	Poehling $925,0000.9M	Lehkonen $2,400,0002.4M	Price $10,500,00010.5M	Allen $4,350,0004.4M
Line 4 $6,725,000			Goalies $14,850,000

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35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve

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(12) Forwards $38,471,667 47.2% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Weise, Dale	RW NHL --> 0	32	$0 UFA
Byron, Paul	LW NHL --> 0	31	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$0 UFA
Tatar, Tomas	LW NHL --> 0	29	$4,800,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Toffoli, Tyler	RW NHL --> 0	28	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$0 UFA
Weal, Jordan	C NHL --> 0	28	$1,400,000	$0 UFA
Gallagher, Brendan	RW NHL --> 0	28	$3,750,000	$6,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$6,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$6,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$6,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$0 UFA (2027)
Armia, Joel	RW NHL --> 0	27	$2,600,000	$0 UFA
Danault, Phillip	LW NHL --> 0	27	$3,083,333	$0 UFA
Anderson, Josh	RW NHL --> 0	26	$5,500,000	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2027)
Hudon, Charles	LW NHL --> 0	26	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Drouin, Jonathan	LW NHL --> 0	25	$5,500,000	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi	LW NHL --> 0	25	$2,400,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Suzuki, Nick	C NHL --> 0	21	$863,334	$863,334	$0 RFA
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	C MIN --> 0	20	$925,000	$0 RFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$38,471,667	$26,013,334	$25,150,000	$16,250,000	$12,000,000	$0

(8) Defence $24,573,810 30.2% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Weber, Shea	D NHL --> 0	35	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$7,857,143	$0 UFA (2026)
Petry, Jeff	D NHL --> 0	32	$5,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$6,250,000 M-NTC	$6,250,000 M-NTC	$6,250,000 M-NTC	$6,250,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2025)
Chiarot, Ben	D NHL --> 0	29	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Edmundson, Joel	D NHL --> 0	27	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Ouellet, Xavier	D NHL --> 0	27	$737,500	$737,500	$0 UFA
Kulak, Brett	D NHL --> 0	26	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	$0 UFA
Folin, Christian	D NHL --> 0	29	$0 UFA
Mete, Victor	D NHL --> 0	22	$735,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Romanov, Alexander	D --> 0	20	$894,167	$894,167	$0 RFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$24,573,810	$24,588,810	$17,607,143	$17,607,143	$14,107,143	$0

(2) Goalies $14,850,000 18.2% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Price, Carey	G NHL --> 0	33	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$10,500,000 NMC	$0 UFA (2026)
Allen, Jake	G NHL --> 0	30	$4,350,000	$2,875,000	$2,875,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$14,850,000	$13,375,000	$13,375,000	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$0

(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
TOTALS			TOTALS		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

(1) Buyout & Retained Salary $3,958,333 4.9% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Alzner, Karl Buyout	D NHL --> 0	32	$3,958,333	$1,958,333	$833,333	$833,333
TOTALS			TOTALS		$3,958,333	$1,958,333	$833,333	$833,333	$0	$0

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	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
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	22	15	10	7
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	47	23	13	7
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	$81,853,810	$65,935,477	$56,965,476	$45,190,476
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	$-353,810	$15,564,523	$24,534,524	$36,309,524
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	$-353,810	$15,564,523	$24,534,524	$36,309,524
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	$81,853,810	$65,935,477	$56,965,476	$45,190,476
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	$3,137,500	$1,175,000	$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

(25) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
McEwan, James	C --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Gelinas, Eric	D --> 0	29	$0
Broll, David	LW --> 0	27	$0
Blandisi, Joseph	C MIN --> 0	26	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Dauphin, Laurent	C MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Audette, Daniel	C MIN --> 0	24	$0 UFA			$0 UFA
Shinkaruk, Hunter	LW MIN --> 0	26	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Olofsson, Gustav	D MIN --> 0	25	$750,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Koberstein, Nikolas	D --> 0	24	$0			$0 UFA
Baddock, Brandon	LW MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Evans, Jake	C MIN --> 0	24	$750,000	$750,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Baun, Kyle	RW MIN --> 0	28	$0 RFA
Juulsen, Noah	D MIN --> 0	23	$700,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Vejdemo, Lukas	C MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Eisenschmid, Markus	C MIN --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
McNiven, Michael	G MIN --> 0	23	$700,000	$0 RFA
Goulet, Alexandre	C --> 0	24	$0			$0 UFA
Lindgren, Charlie	G NHL --> 0	26	$750,000	$0 UFA
Pezzetta, Michael	LW MIN --> 0	22	$743,333	$0 RFA
Henrikson, Arvid	D --> 0	22	$0
Corrin, William	D --> 0	29	$0
Samuel, Antoine	G --> 0	23	$0
Waked, Antoine	RW MIN --> 0	24	$0 UFA			$0 UFA
Poehling, Ryan	C MIN --> 0	21	$925,000	$0 RFA
Brook, Josh	D MIN --> 0	21	$795,000	$795,000	$0 RFA
Ikonen, Joni	C --> 0	21	$0
Walford, Scott	D --> 0	21	$0
Fleury, Cale	D MIN --> 0	21	$771,667	$0 RFA
Tyszka, Jarret	D --> 0	21	$0
Primeau, Cayden	G MIN --> 0	21	$880,833	$880,833	$0 RFA
Posa, Saverio	D --> 0	28	$0
Dufour, Kevin	LW --> 0	28	$0
Boucher, Jordan	LW --> 0	26	$0	$0 UFA
Belzile, Alex	RW MIN --> 0	29	$700,000	$0 UFA
Ylonen, Jesse	RW --> 0	21	$880,833	$880,833	$880,833	$0 RFA
Olofsson, Jacob	C --> 0	20	$0
Hillis, Cameron	C --> 0	20	$838,333	$838,333	$838,333	$0 RFA
Harris, Jordan	D --> 0	20	$0
McShane, Allan	C --> 0	20	$0
Gorniak, Jack	C --> 0	21	$0
Fonstad, Cole	C --> 0	20	$0
Houde, Samuel	C --> 0	20	$0
Stapley, Brett	C --> 0	21	$0
Teasdale, Joel	LW MIN --> 0	21	$760,000	$760,000	$0 RFA
Adams-Moisan, Morgan	RW --> 0	23	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Alain, Alexandre	C MIN --> 0	23	$753,333	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Harvey, Samuel	G --> 0	22	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Jevpalovs, Nikita	RW --> 0	26	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Lamarche, Maxim	D --> 0	28	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Marcoux, Etienne	G --> 0	27	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Martineau, Phelix	C --> 0	23	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Melancon, T.J.	D --> 0	24	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Plant, Adam	D --> 0	25	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Verbeek, Hayden	C MIN --> 0	23	$753,333	$0 RFA
Friberg, Max	LW MIN --> 0	27	$0 RFA
Luchuk, Aaron	C MIN --> 0	23	$0 UFA				$0 UFA
Sturtz, Andrew	RW MIN --> 0	26	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Lucchini, Jake	LW MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Leskinen, Otto	D MIN --> 0	23	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Caulfield, Cole	C --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Struble, Jayden	D --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Norlinder, Mattias	D --> 0	20	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Fairbrother, Gianni	D --> 0	20	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Leguerrier, Jacob	D --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Pitlick, Rhett	LW --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Nissen Dichow, Frederik	G --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Khisamutdinov, Arsen	LW --> 0	22	$795,000	$795,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Ruscheinski, Kieran	D --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Culkin, Ryan	D --> 0	26	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Cox, Joe	RW --> 0	26	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
LaCouvee, Connor	G --> 0	26	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Pelletier, William	LW --> 0	27	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Demchenko, Vasili	G --> 0	26	$792,500	$0 RFA
Guhle, Kaiden	D --> 0	18	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Tuch, Luke	LW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Mysak, Jan	C --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Smith, Jack	--> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Biondi, Blake	C --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Farrell, Sean	LW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Dobes, Jakub	G --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Gordin, Alexander	--> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$19,389,165	$6,624,999	$2,644,166	$0	$0	$0

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