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Head Coach Mike Sullivan
Assistant Coach Todd Reirden
Assistant Coach Mike Vellucci
Goaltending Coach Andy Chiodo
Playoff Odds %
Projected Cap Hit $83,279,342
Projected Cap Space $220,658
Current Cap Space $220,658
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 21/23
Contracts 48/50
Transactions
Andreas Johnsson | Johnsson (lower body) skated on a line with Reilly Smith and Evgeni Malkin at Thursday's practice. Sep 21
Bryan Rust | Rust (hand) was on the ice for Thursday's practice. Sep 21
Colin White | White signed a professional tryout agreement with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports. Sep 9
Austin Wagner | Wagner inked a professional tryout agreement with Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Aug 30
TRADE ANALYSIS
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Erik Karlsson, Dillon Hamaliuk and 2026 3rd Round Pick from the San Jose Sharks for Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman, Jan Rutta and 2024 1st round pick (top 10 protected)
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Injury Report
Owen Pickering
Expected Return Thu Sep 28, 2023
Owen Pickering - DAY-TO-DAY - Undisclosed
Will Butcher
Expected Return Tue Oct 10, 2023
Will Butcher - OUT - Undisclosed
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Will Butcher | Butcher is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury, Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com reports.
Raivis Ansons
Expected Return Tue Oct 10, 2023
Raivis Ansons - OUT - Undisclosed
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Raivis Ansons | Ansons (undisclosed) is considered out indefinitely, Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com reports.
Jake Guentzel
Expected Return Tue Oct 24, 2023
Jake Guentzel - OUT - Ankle
Surgery
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Jake Guentzel | Guentzel (ankle) skated individually Thursday, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 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
(12) Forwards $46,900,000 56.2% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Carter, Jeff +35 C 38
$3,125,000
NMC
$0
UFA
Crosby, Sidney C 36
$8,700,000
NMC
$8,700,000
NMC
$0
UFA
Malkin, Evgeni C 37
$6,100,000
NMC
$6,100,000
NMC
$6,100,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Eller, Lars C 34
$2,450,000
$2,450,000
$0
UFA
Smith, Reilly RW 32
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Rust, Bryan RW 31
$5,125,000
$5,125,000
$5,125,000
$5,125,000
$0
UFA

(2028)
Rakell, Rickard LW 30
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Nieto, Matt LW 30
$900,000
$900,000
$0
UFA
Hinostroza, Vinnie RW 29
$775,000
$0
UFA
Guentzel, Jake
IR
LW 28
$6,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Johnsson, Andreas LW 28
$800,000
$0
UFA
White, Colin C 26
$0
UFA
$0
UFA
Wagner, Austin LW 26
$0
UFA
$0
UFA
Acciari, Noel C 31
$2,000,000
M-NTC
$2,000,000
M-NTC
$2,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
O'Connor, Drew LW 25
$925,000
$925,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$46,900,000
$36,200,000
$18,225,000
$10,125,000
(7) Defence $27,025,173 32.4% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Letang, Kris D 36
$6,100,000
NMC
$6,100,000
NMC
$6,100,000
NMC
$6,100,000
NMC
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Karlsson, Erik D 33
$9,999,998
NMC
$9,999,998
NMC
$9,999,998
NMC
$9,999,998
NMC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Pysyk, Mark D 31
$0
UFA
Graves, Ryan D 28
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2029)
Ruhwedel, Chad D 33
$800,000
$0
UFA
Pettersson, Marcus D 27
$4,025,175
M-NTC
$4,025,175
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier D 24
$825,000
$0
RFA
Smith, Ty D 23
$775,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$27,025,173
$24,625,173
$20,599,998
$20,599,998
(2) Goalies $6,875,000 8.2% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Jarry, Tristan G 28
$5,375,000
M-NTC
$5,375,000
M-NTC
$5,375,000
M-NTC
$5,375,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Nedeljkovic, Alex G 27
$1,500,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$6,875,000
$5,375,000
$5,375,000
$5,375,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(2) Buyout & Retained Salary $2,479,167 3.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Petry, Jeff
Retained Salary
D 35
$1,562,500
$1,562,500
Johnson, Jack
Buyout
D 36
$916,667
$916,667
$916,667
TOTALS
$2,479,167
$2,479,167
$916,667
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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.

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21 14 8 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 25 12 6
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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$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.

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$83,279,342 $68,679,342 $45,116,667 $36,100,000
Projected Cap Space

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

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$220,658 $14,820,658 $38,383,333 $47,400,000
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.

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$220,658 $14,820,658 $38,383,333 $47,400,000
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.

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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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$83,279,342 $68,679,342 $45,116,667 $36,100,000
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.

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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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$0 $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.

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2 2 3 3
(26) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Hellberg, Magnus G 32
$785,000
$0
UFA
Ouellet, Xavier D 30
$762,500
$0
UFA
Fedun, Taylor D 35
$762,500
$0
UFA
Butcher, Will D 28
$775,000
$0
UFA
Friedman, Mark D 27
$775,000
$0
UFA
Shea, Ryan D 26
$775,000
$0
UFA
Nylander, Alexander LW 25
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Hajek, Libor D 25
$0
UFA
$0
UFA
Bjorkqvist, Kasper RW 26
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Pitlick, Rem RW 26
$1,100,000
$0
UFA
Koppanen, Joona LW 25
$775,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
Masonius, Joseph D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Phillips, Clayton D 24
$0
Palojarvi, Antti D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Hallander, Filip C 23
$0
RFA
Gruden, Jonathan C 23
$775,000
$0
RFA
St. Ivany, John D 24
$857,500
$0
RFA
Poulin, Samuel LW 22
$863,334
$0
RFA
Hamaliuk, Dillon LW 22
$789,167
$0
RFA
Lindberg, Filip G 24
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Puustinen, Valtteri LW 24
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Kim, Michael D 28
$0
$0
UFA
Abbandonato, Peter C 25
$0
$0
UFA
Zohorna, Radim LW 27
$775,000
$0
UFA
Blomqvist, Joel G 21
$886,667
$886,667
$886,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
Nickl, Thimo D 21
$0
$0
UFA
Svejkovsky, Lukas C 21
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Ansons, Raivis RW 21
$844,167
$844,167
$0
RFA
Yoder, Chase C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Broz, Tristan C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Belliveau, Isaac D 20
$875,000
$875,000
$875,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Laatsch, Daniel D 21
$0
$0
UFA
Sillinger, Kirill C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Frasca, Jordan C 22
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Gauthier, Taylor G 22
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Andonovski, Corey RW 24
$925,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Swoyer, Colin D 25
$0
UFA
$0
UFA
Glover, Ty C 22
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Pickering, Owen D 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Murashov, Sergei G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Plante, Zam C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Collins, Nolan D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Devlin, Luke C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Yager, Brayden C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Pieniniemi, Emil D 18
$870,000
$870,000
$870,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
$0
UFA
Ilyin, Mikhail Ye. C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Foster, Cooper C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Järventie, Emil C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Kangas, Kalle D 18
$0
$0
UFA
Johnstone, Marc RW 27
$775,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$21,650,836
$9,380,835
$3,550,000