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Head Coach Martin St. Louis
Assistant Coach Stephane Rodibas
Assistant Coach Alex Burrows
Assistant Coach Trent Letowski
Playoff Odds 0%
Projected Cap Hit $95,745,567
Projected Cap Space $-13,523,067
Current Cap Space $3,113,334
LTIR Pool $19,969,167
Roster 26/23
Contracts 48/50
Transactions
Sean Farrell | Farrell signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. Mar 26
Johnny Kovacevic | Kovacevic notched two assists and had three shots over 17:53 of ice time in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Mar 26
Alex Belzile | Belzile scored a goal on one shot and added one hit over 14:13 of ice time in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Mar 26
Jesse Ylonen | Ylonen (Illness) scored a goal and assisted on another in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. He added four shots over 11:17 of ice time. Mar 26
Brendan Gallagher | Gallagher scored a goal and an assist on two shots, helping the Montreal Canadiens to an 8-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Mar 25

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Injury Report
Sean Monahan
Expected Return unknown
Sean Monahan - IR-LT - Lower Body
Sat Feb 25, 2023
Sean Monahan | Monahan (lower body) will not travel with the Montreal Canadiens on their upcoming road trip, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Joel Armia
Expected Return Thu Mar 30, 2023
Joel Armia - OUT - Illness
Thu Mar 16, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) isn't expected to play Thursday versus Florida.

Mon Mar 13, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) wasn't on the ice for Monday's game-day skate and is expected to remain unavailable versus Colorado.
Thu Mar 9, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) isn't available for Thursday's game against the New York Rangers, according to Jean-Francois Chaumont of Le Journal de Montreal.
Sat Feb 25, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) isn't expected to play Saturday against the Ottawa Senators, per Arpon Basu of The Athletic.
Sat Feb 25, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) won't go to California with the Montreal Canadiens.
Fri Feb 24, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) will not be available Friday against the Philadelphia Flyers, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.
Thu Feb 23, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (illness) is questionable for Friday's tilt versus the Philadelphia Flyers.
Tue Feb 21, 2023
Joel Armia | Armia (undisclosed) won't return to Tuesday's game versus the New Jersey Devils.
Paul Byron
Expected Return Thu Apr 6, 2023
Paul Byron - IR-LT - Hip
Not Specified
Juraj Slafkovský
Expected Return Tue Apr 18, 2023
Juraj Slafkovský - IR - Lower Body
Christian Dvorak
Expected Return Sat Jul 1, 2023
Christian Dvorak - OUT - Knee
Wed Mar 15, 2023
Christian Dvorak | Dvorak underwent knee surgery Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season.

Mon Mar 13, 2023
Christian Dvorak | Dvorak (lower body) did not participate in Monday's game-day skate, indicating he won't be in action versus Colorado.
Sat Mar 11, 2023
Christian Dvorak | Dvorak (undisclosed) will miss Saturday's game against the New Jersey Devils, according to Guillaume Lefrancois of La Presse.
Thu Mar 9, 2023
Christian Dvorak | Dvorak (undisclosed) will not be in the lineup Thursday versus the New York Rangers, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.

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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
(16) Forwards $62,349,166 75.6% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Byron, Paul
LTIR
LW 33
$3,400,000
$0
UFA
Hoffman, Mike LW 33
$4,500,000
$4,500,000
$0
UFA
Gallagher, Brendan RW 30
$6,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$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 29
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
$0
UFA
Tierney, Chris C 28
$750,000
$0
UFA
Anderson, Josh RW 28
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Drouin, Jonathan LW 27
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Monahan, Sean
LTIR
C 28
$6,375,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Dvorak, Christian LW 27
$4,450,000
$4,450,000
NTC
$4,450,000
NTC
$0
UFA
Evans, Jake C 26
$1,700,000
$1,700,000
$1,700,000
$0
UFA
Gurianov, Denis RW 25
$2,900,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Pitlick, Rem RW 25
$1,100,000
$1,100,000
$0
UFA
Pezzetta, Michael LW 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Suzuki, Nick C 23
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
NTC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Belzile, Alex RW 31
$750,000
$0
UFA
Ylonen, Jesse RW 23
$880,833
$0
RFA
Dach, Kirby C 22
$3,362,500
$3,362,500
$3,362,500
$3,362,500
$0
RFA

(2026)
Caufield, Cole
IR
RW 22
$880,833
$0
RFA
Harvey-Pinard, Rafael LW 24
$825,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Slafkovský, Juraj
IR
LW 18
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$62,349,166
$39,337,500
$33,737,500
$23,237,500
$19,875,000
(8) Defence $16,863,334 20.4% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Savard, David D 32
$3,500,000
$3,500,000
$3,500,000
$0
UFA
Edmundson, Joel D 29
$3,500,000
M-NTC
$3,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Matheson, Mike D 29
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Wideman, Chris D 33
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Kovacevic, Johnathan D 25
$766,667
$766,667
$766,667
$0
UFA
Harris, Jordan D 22
$842,500
$1,400,000
$1,400,000
$0
RFA
Guhle, Kaiden D 21
$863,334
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
Barron, Justin D 21
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Xhekaj, Arber
IR
D 22
$828,333
$828,333
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$16,863,334
$17,420,834
$11,405,001
$4,875,000
(2) Goalies $14,375,000 17.4% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Price, Carey
LTIR
G 35
$10,500,000
NMC
$10,500,000
NMC
$10,500,000
NMC
$10,500,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Allen, Jake G 32
$2,875,000
$3,850,000
M-NTC
$3,850,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Montembeault, Sam G 26
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$14,375,000
$15,350,000
$14,350,000
$10,500,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(3) Buyout & Retained Salary $4,358,333 5.3% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Dadonov, Evgenii
Retained Salary
RW 34
$2,500,000
Bonino, Nick
Retained Salary
C 34
$1,025,000
Alzner, Karl
Buyout
D 34
$833,333
$833,333
TOTALS
$4,358,333
$833,333
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2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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26 22 15 6
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.

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48 36 27 11
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.

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$82,500,000 $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.

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$95,745,567 $72,941,667 $59,492,501 $38,612,500
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$-13,523,067 $10,558,333 $24,007,499 $44,887,500
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.

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$3,113,334 $10,558,333 $24,007,499 $44,887,500
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.

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$19,969,167 $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.

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$99,078,333 $72,941,667 $59,492,501 $38,612,500
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.

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$1,132,500 $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.

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$5,490,000 $4,195,000 $3,920,000 $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.

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1 3 3 3
(21) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
McEwan, James C 26
$0
$0
UFA
Richard, Anthony C 26
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Bowey, Madison D 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Koberstein, Nikolas D 27
$0
$0
UFA
Stephens, Mitchell C 26
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Eisenschmid, Markus C 28
$0
RFA
Goulet, Alexandre C 26
$0
$0
UFA
Allard, Frederic D 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Samuel, Antoine G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Ikonen, Joni C 23
$0
$0
UFA
Walford, Scott D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Tyszka, Jarret D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Primeau, Cayden G 23
$890,000
$890,000
$890,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Beaudin, Nicolas D 23
$863,334
$0
RFA
Olofsson, Jacob C 23
$0
McShane, Allan C 23
$0
Gorniak, Jack C 23
$0
Houde, Samuel C 23
$0
Stapley, Brett C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Teasdale, Joel LW 24
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Adams-Moisan, Morgan RW 26
$0
$0
UFA
Harvey, Samuel G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Martineau, Phelix C 25
$0
$0
UFA
Melancon, T.J. D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Plant, Adam D 27
$0
$0
UFA
Sund, Tony D 27
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Leskinen, Otto D 26
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Struble, Jayden D 21
$867,500
$867,500
$0
UFA
Norlinder, Mattias D 22
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Fairbrother, Gianni D 22
$848,333
$848,333
$0
RFA
Leguerrier, Jacob D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Pitlick, Rhett LW 22
$0
$0
UFA
Nissen Dichow, Frederik G 22
$0
$0
UFA
Ruscheinski, Kieran D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Schueneman, Corey D 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Heineman, Emil LW 21
$897,500
$897,500
$897,500
$0
RFA
Tuch, Luke LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Mysak, Jan C 20
$828,333
$828,333
$828,333
$0
RFA
Smilanic, Ty C 21
$0
Smith, Jack C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Biondi, Blake C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Farrell, Sean LW 21
$897,500
$897,500
$897,500
$0
RFA
Dobes, Jakub G 21
$0
$0
UFA
Gordin, Alexander C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Mailloux, Logan D 19
$897,500
$875,000
$875,000
$875,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kidney, Riley C 20
$859,167
$836,667
$836,667
$836,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kapanen, Oliver C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Kostenko, Dmitri D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Trudeau, William D 20
$859,167
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Sobolev, Daniil D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Roy, Joshua C 19
$856,667
$835,000
$835,000
$835,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Simoneau, Xavier C 21
$855,000
$855,000
$0
UFA
Vrbetic, Joe G 20
$0
$0
UFA
Condotta, Lucas LW 25
$830,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Mesar, Filip C 19
$950,000
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Beck, Owen C 19
$916,667
$885,000
$885,000
$885,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Guindon, Cedrick C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Rohrer, Vinzenz C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Hutson, Lane D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Engström, Adam D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Davidson, Jared C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Croteau, Emmett G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Nurmi, Petteri D 21
$0
$0
UFA
Tourigny, Miguël D 21
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$17,503,335
$12,152,500
$10,445,000
$4,350,000