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Head Coach Todd Reirden

Assistant Coach Scott Arniel
Assistant Coach Reid Cashman
Assistant Coach Blaine Forsythe

Hershey Bears (AHL)

South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

Cap Hit	$72,264,295
Cap Space	$9,235,705
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	17/23
Contracts	37/50

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announced D Brooks Orpik has retired.	Jun 25
TRADE ANALYSIS The Washington Capitals acquired a 2019 fifth round pick (#153) from the San Jose Sharks for 2019 seventh round pick (#211) & 2020 seventh round pick	Jun 22
signed LW Carl Hagelin to a four-year, $11 million contract extension.	Jun 16
TRADE ANALYSIS The Philadelphia Flyers acquired Matt Niskanen from the Washington Capitals for Radko Gudas	Jun 14
re-signed C Liam O'Brien to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000.	Jun 10

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	Michal Kempny - Hamstring Kempny is recovering from surgery on his left hamstring, and it is unclear if he will be available for the season opener against the Blues. questionable - Ques Oct 2 Updated Jun 25, 2019	questionable - Ques Oct 2 Updated Jun 25, 2019

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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

(9) Forwards $42,755,129 52.5% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Hagelin, Carl	LW NHL --> 0	30	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$0 UFA
Ovechkin, Alex	LW NHL --> 0	33	$9,538,462 M-NTC	$9,538,462 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Backstrom, Nicklas	C NHL --> 0	31	$6,700,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Oshie, T.J.	RW NHL --> 0	32	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2025)
Eller, Lars	C NHL --> 0	30	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Dowd, Nic	C NHL --> 0	29	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000	$0 UFA
Kuznetsov, Evgeny	C NHL --> 0	27	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2025)
Jaskin, Dmitrij	RW NHL --> 0	26	$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Boyd, Travis	C NHL --> 0	25	$800,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Connolly, Brett	RW NHL --> 0	27	$0 UFA
Wilson, Tom	RW NHL --> 0	25	$5,166,667	$5,166,667 M-NTC	$5,166,667 M-NTC	$5,166,666 M-NTC	$5,166,666 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2024)
Stephenson, Chandler	C NHL --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Burakovsky, Andre	LW NHL --> 0	24	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Vrana, Jakub	LW NHL --> 0	23	$0 RFA				$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$42,755,129	$35,255,129	$25,716,667	$24,966,666	$18,716,666	$0

(6) Defence $21,159,166 26.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Gudas, Radko	D NHL --> 0	29	$2,345,000	$0 UFA
Carlson, John	D NHL --> 0	29	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$0 UFA (2026)
Orlov, Dmitry	D NHL --> 0	27	$5,100,000 M-NTC	$5,100,000 M-NTC	$5,100,000 M-NTC	$5,100,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Jensen, Nick	D NHL --> 0	28	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$0 UFA
Djoos, Christian	D NHL --> 0	24	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Siegenthaler, Jonas	D NHL --> 0	22	$714,166	$0 RFA
Kempny, Michal	D NHL --> 0	28	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$21,159,166	$18,100,000	$18,100,000	$15,600,000	$8,000,000	$0

(2) Goalies $7,200,000 8.8% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Holtby, Braden	G NHL --> 0	29	$6,100,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Copley, Pheonix	G NHL --> 0	27	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$7,200,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$0	$0	$0

(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
TOTALS			TOTALS		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

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	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	17	12	11	8
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	37	24	16	8
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	$72,264,295	$54,455,129	$44,916,667	$40,566,666
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	$9,235,705	$27,044,871	$36,583,333	$40,933,334
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	$9,235,705	$27,044,871	$36,583,333	$40,933,334
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	$72,264,295	$54,455,129	$44,916,667	$40,566,666
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	$1,150,000	$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	$82,500	$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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(20) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Smith-Pelly, Devante	RW MIN --> 0	27	$0 UFA
Sgarbossa, Michael	C MIN --> 0	26	$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Jokipakka, Jyrki	D --> 0	27	$0
Ness, Aaron	D MIN --> 0	29	$0 UFA
Barber, Riley	RW MIN --> 0	25	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Megna, Jayson	C MIN --> 0	29	$0 UFA
O'Brien, Liam	C MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Hughes, Tommy	D --> 0	27	$0
Pinho, Brian	C MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Lewington, Tyler	D MIN --> 0	24	$675,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Walker, Nathan	LW MIN --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Vanecek, Vitek	G MIN --> 0	23	$0 RFA				$0 UFA
Gersich, Shane	LW MIN --> 0	22	$700,000	$0 RFA
Spinner, Steven	RW --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Elgestal, Kevin	RW --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Samsonov, Ilya	G MIN --> 0	22	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Hobbs, Connor	D MIN --> 0	22	$720,000	$0 RFA
Williams, Colby	D MIN --> 0	24	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Johansen, Lucas	D MIN --> 0	21	$925,000	$0 RFA
Pilon, Garrett	C MIN --> 0	21	$745,000	$745,000	$0 RFA
Riat, Damien	LW --> 0	22	$0
Malenstyn, Beck	LW MIN --> 0	21	$736,666	$736,666	$0 RFA
Jonsson-Fjallby, Axel	LW MIN --> 0	21	$860,000	$860,000	$0 RFA
Mitchell, Mason	LW MIN --> 0	25	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Bindulis, Kristofers	D MIN --> 0	23	$792,500	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Gustafsson, Hampus	C MIN --> 0	25	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Geisser, Tobias	D MIN --> 0	20	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	$0 RFA
Walfridsson, Sebastian	D --> 0	20	$0
Maass, Benton	D --> 0	20	$0
Roykas Marthinsen, Kristian	LW --> 0	19	$0
Alexeyev, Alexander	D MIN --> 0	19	$894,167	$894,167	$894,167	$0 RFA
Fehervary, Martin	D MIN --> 0	19	$805,833	$805,833	$805,833	$0 RFA
Clark, Kody	RW MIN --> 0	19	$839,167	$839,167	$839,167	$0 RFA
Sutter, Riley	RW MIN --> 0	19	$786,667	$786,667	$786,667	$0 RFA
Gibson, Mitchell	G --> 0	24	$0			$0 UFA
Kannok-Leipert, Alex	D --> 0	14	$0
Florchuk, Eric	C --> 0	19	$0
Ikonen, Juuso	RW MIN --> 0	24	$925,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Kammerer, Maximilian	C MIN --> 0	22	$870,000	$870,000	$0 RFA
Bau-Hansen, Mathias	RW MIN --> 0	25	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Shumakov, Sergei	RW MIN --> 0	26	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Marthinsen, Kristian	LW --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Milner, Parker	G MIN --> 0	28	$0 UFA
Morrison, Adam	G --> 0	28	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Thompson, Logan	G --> 0	22	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
McHale, Gavin	G --> 0	31	$0
Snively, Joe	LW --> 0	23	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Nardella, Bobby	D --> 0	23	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
McMichael, Connor	C --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Leason, Brett	RW --> 0	20	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Protas, Aliaksei	C --> 0	17	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Has, Martin	D --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$16,225,000	$10,087,500	$4,100,834	$0	$0	$0

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