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Head Coach DJ Smith
Associate Coach Jack Capuano
Playoff Odds 0%
Projected Cap Hit $79,209,413
Projected Cap Space $3,290,587
Current Cap Space $33,819,921
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 26/23
Contracts 46/50
Transactions
Dylan Ferguson | Ferguson stopped 30 of 34 shots in a 5-3 loss to New Jersey on Saturday. Mar 25
Thomas Chabot | Chabot tallied a goal in a 5-3 loss to New Jersey on Saturday. Mar 25
Mark Kastelic | Kastelic collected a goal in a 5-3 loss to New Jersey on Saturday. Mar 25
Tim Stutzle | Stutzle provided two assists in a 5-3 loss to New Jersey on Saturday. Mar 25
Brady Tkachuk | Tkachuk netted a goal in a 5-3 loss to New Jersey on Saturday. Mar 25

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Injury Report
Mathieu Joseph
Expected Return Thu Mar 30, 2023
Mathieu Joseph - OUT - Lower Body
Thu Mar 23, 2023
Mathieu Joseph | Joseph (lower body) will resume skating next week, Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen reports.

Mon Mar 20, 2023
Mathieu Joseph | Joseph (lower body) will not be an option against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Sat Mar 18, 2023
Mathieu Joseph | Joseph (lower body) won't play Saturday versus Toronto, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Thu Mar 16, 2023
Mathieu Joseph | Joseph (lower body) won't be in Thursday's lineup versus Colorado, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Tue Mar 14, 2023
Mathieu Joseph | Joseph (lower body) won't play Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Sun Mar 12, 2023
Mathieu Joseph | Joseph (lower body) will not return to Sunday's tilt with the Calgary Flames, Ian Mendes of The Athletic reports.
Cam Talbot
Expected Return Thu Mar 30, 2023
Cam Talbot - OUT - Lower Body
Wed Mar 8, 2023
Cam Talbot | Talbot (lower body) is expected to miss the next three weeks, Senators coach D.J. Smith said on TSN 1200 Ottawa on Wednesday.

Mon Mar 6, 2023
Cam Talbot | Talbot (lower body) will not be available for Monday's tilt with Chicago.
Jakob Chychrun
Expected Return Sat Apr 8, 2023
Jakob Chychrun - OUT - Lower Body
Sat Mar 25, 2023
Jakob Chychrun | Chychrun (lower body) is expected to miss a couple of weeks, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Fri Mar 24, 2023
Jakob Chychrun | Chychrun (undisclosed) is considered doubtful to play Saturday versus the New Jersey Devils, Steve Lloyd of TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Alex Formenton
Expected Return Thu Apr 13, 2023
Alex Formenton - OUT - Contract Dispute
Anton Forsberg
Expected Return Fri Apr 14, 2023
Anton Forsberg - IR - Knee
Sprain
Thu Mar 23, 2023
Anton Forsberg | Forsberg (knees) will miss the remainder of the regular season, Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen 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
(15) Forwards $46,028,215 55.8% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Giroux, Claude RW 35
$6,500,000
NMC
$6,500,000
NMC
$6,500,000
NMC
$0
UFA
Brassard, Derick C 35
$750,000
$0
UFA
Watson, Austin LW 31
$1,500,000
$0
UFA
Brown, Patrick C 30
$750,000
$0
UFA
Joseph, Mathieu RW 26
$2,950,000
$2,950,000
$2,950,000
$2,950,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Gauthier, Julien RW 25
$800,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Debrincat, Alex LW 25
$6,400,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Gambrell, Dylan C 26
$950,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Norris, Joshua
IR
C 23
$7,950,000
$7,950,000
$7,950,000
$7,950,000
$7,950,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Formenton, Alex LW 23
$0
RFA
Batherson, Drake RW 24
$4,975,000
$4,975,000
$4,975,000
$4,975,000
$4,975,000
$0
UFA

(2027)
Tkachuk, Brady LW 23
$8,205,714
$8,205,714
$8,205,714
$8,205,714
$8,205,714
$0
UFA

(2028)
Kelly, Parker C 23
$762,500
$762,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Pinto, Shane C 22
$925,000
$0
RFA
Kastelic, Mark C 24
$821,667
$835,000
$835,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Greig, Ridly LW 20
$863,334
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
Stuetzle, Tim C 21
$925,000
$8,350,000
$8,350,000
$8,350,000
$8,350,000
$0
UFA

(2031)
TOTALS
$46,028,215
$41,391,548
$40,629,048
$32,430,714
$29,480,714
(8) Defence $22,141,667 26.8% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Holden, Nick D 35
$1,300,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Hamonic, Travis D 32
$3,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Chabot, Thomas D 26
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
M-NTC
$8,000,000
M-NTC
$8,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Chychrun, Jakob D 24
$4,600,000
$4,600,000
$4,600,000
$0
UFA
Brannstrom, Erik D 23
$900,000
$0
RFA
Zub, Artyom D 27
$2,500,000
$4,600,000
M-NTC
$4,600,000
M-NTC
$4,600,000
M-NTC
$4,600,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Sanderson, Jake D 20
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Kleven, Tyler D 21
$916,667
$916,667
$916,667
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$22,141,667
$19,041,667
$18,116,667
$12,600,000
$12,600,000
(3) Goalies $8,091,667 9.8% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Talbot, Cam G 35
$3,666,667
$0
UFA
Forsberg, Anton
IR
G 30
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$0
UFA
Ferguson, Dylan G 24
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Sogaard, Mads G 22
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$8,091,667
$3,675,000
$2,750,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(5) Buyout & Retained Salary $5,125,000 6.2% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Murray, Matt
Retained Salary
G 28
$1,562,500
$1,562,500
Phaneuf, Dion
Buyout
D 37
$354,167
Ryan, Bobby
Buyout
RW 36
$1,833,333
$1,833,333
White, Colin
Buyout
C 26
$875,000
$875,000
$-625,000
$875,000
$875,000
Del Zotto, Michael
Buyout
D 32
$500,000
$750,000
TOTALS
$5,125,000
$5,020,833
$875,000
$875,000
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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 16 13 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.

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46 28 20 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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$79,209,413 $69,129,048 $60,870,715 $45,905,714
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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$3,290,587 $14,370,952 $22,629,285 $37,594,286
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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$33,819,921 $14,370,952 $22,629,285 $37,594,286
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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$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.

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$81,386,549 $69,129,048 $60,870,715 $45,905,714
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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$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.

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$4,050,000 $1,850,000 $600,000 $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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2 2 3 3
(22) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Bibeau, Antoine G 28
$750,000
$0
UFA
Heatherington, Dillon D 27
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Sabourin, Scott RW 30
$750,000
$0
UFA
Gendron, Miles D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Chartier, Rourke C 26
$750,000
$0
UFA
Larsson, Jacob D 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Ahl, Filip LW 25
$0
$0
UFA
Abramov, Vitaly RW 24
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Hollett, Jordan G 23
$0
$0
UFA
Bernard-Docker, Jacob D 22
$925,000
$0
RFA
Tychonick, Jonathan D 23
$0
Crookshank, Angus LW 23
$838,333
$838,333
$0
RFA
Mandolese, Kevin G 22
$835,000
$0
RFA
Novak, Jakov C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Loheit, Luke RW 22
$0
Sokolov, Egor RW 22
$818,333
$0
RFA
Aspirot, Jonathan D 23
$768,333
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
MacLeod, Gregor C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Lucchini, Jake LW 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Alsing, Olle D 26
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Thomson, Lassi D 22
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
Lodin, Viktor C 23
$830,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Guenette, Maxence D 21
$813,333
$813,333
$0
RFA
Capannelli, Adam C 23
$0
$0
UFA
McDonald, Conner D 23
$0
$0
UFA
Trepanier, Maxim LW 23
$0
$0
UFA
Jarventie, Roby LW 20
$894,167
$894,167
$894,167
$0
RFA
Merilainen, Leevi G 20
$820,000
$820,000
$820,000
$0
RFA
Engstrand, Eric LW 22
$0
$0
UFA
Daoust, Philippe C 21
$821,667
$821,667
$821,667
$0
RFA
Reinhardt, Cole LW 23
$813,333
$813,333
$0
RFA
Ostapchuk, Zack LW 19
$847,500
$825,000
$825,000
$825,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Boucher, Tyler LW 20
$894,167
$863,334
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA

(2026)
Johansson, Oliver C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Latimer, Carson RW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Romeo, Chandler D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Donovan, Jorian D 18
$831,667
$818,333
$818,333
$818,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Nordberg, Filip D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Pettersson, Oskar RW 19
$0
$0
UFA
Hamara, Tomas D 19
$851,667
$831,667
$831,667
$831,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
Halliday, Stephen C 20
$0
$0
UFA
O'Neill, Cameron RW 19
$0
$0
UFA
Reidler, Kevin G 18
$0
$0
UFA
Wallberg, Theo D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Dyck, Tyson C 19
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$17,978,334
$9,965,001
$5,874,168
$3,338,334