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Vegas Golden Knights

'23

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Proj Cap Space

$-1.67M

Preview Lineups

2024-25 Current Cap

Projected Cap Space

$1,081,209

Current Cap Space

$2,386,116

Deadline Cap Space

$4,942,669

LTIR Pool

Projected Cap Hit

$86,918,791

$65.00M

Floor

$88.00M

Limit

Annual Cap Hit $86,602,241

Bonus Overages $0

Potential Bonuses $850,000

Active Roster 23/23

Standard Contracts 47/50

Retained Remaining 3/3

Transactions

Jan

Roy, Nicolas

Roy (upper body) was activated from injured reserve Sunday, per the NHL media site.

Jan

Demek, Jakub

Demek (undisclosed) was activated from the injured non-roster list and assigned to ECHL Tahoe on Friday.

Jan

Barbashev, Ivan

Barbashev (upper body) was activated off injured reserve Saturday, per the NHL media site.

Jan

Laczynski, Tanner

Laczynski was loaned to AHL Henderson on Sunday.

Jan

Barbashev, Ivan

Barbashev (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, per the NHL media site.

All Transactions Signings Trades

Active Injuries

OUT

Schwindt, Cole

Lower Body

Day to Day

IR-NR

Gustafson, Jordan

Undisclosed

Day to Day

IR-NR

Cormier, Lukas

Undisclosed

Day to Day

IR-NR

Demek, Jakub

Undisclosed

Day to Day

All Injuries

Next Up

Jan

@ St. Louis Blues

Proj Cap Space

$-1.67M

Preview Lineups

Draft Pick Summary

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2025	0	1	2	1	1	2	0
2026	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
2027	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 71.06

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Cap Projections

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
NHL Cap Limit	$88,000,000$88.00M	$88,000,000$88.00M	$88,000,000$88.00M	$88,000,000$88.00M
Projected Cap Hit	$86,918,791$86.92M	$78,760,000$78.76M	$65,125,000$65.13M	$37,925,000$37.93M
Projected Cap Space	$1,081,209$1.08M	$9,240,000$9.24M	$22,875,000$22.88M	$50,075,000$50.08M
Annual Cap Hit	$86,602,241$86.60M	$78,760,000$78.76M	$65,125,000$65.13M	$37,925,000$37.93M
Current Cap Space	$2,386,116$2.39M	$9,240,000$9.24M	$22,875,000$22.88M	$50,075,000$50.08M
Deadline Cap Space	$4,942,669$4.94M	-	-	-
LTIR Pool	-
Actual Salary Paid
Bonus Overages	-	-	-	-
Potential Bonuses	$850,000$850K	-	-	-
Active Roster	23/23	16/23	12/23	8/23
Standard Contracts	47/50	28/50	16/50	8/50
Retained Remaining

Draft Pick Summary

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2025	0	1	2	1	1	2	0
2026	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
2027	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 71.06

2025 See Full Draft

Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49	Mar 8 2024 \| Traded Away The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Tomas Hertl, a 2025 3rd round pick, and 2027 3rd round pick from the San Jose Sharks for David Edstrom and 2025 1st round pick Trade Analysis
2	5.71
3	2.05	Jun 29 2024 \| Traded Away The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Alexander Holtz and Akira Schmid from the New Jersey Devils for Paul Cotter and a 2025 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
3	2.05	Jun 29 2024 The Washington Capitals acquired Logan Thompson from the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 3rd round pick (#83) and a 2025 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
3	2.05	Mar 8 2024 The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Tomas Hertl, a 2025 3rd round pick, and 2027 3rd round pick from the San Jose Sharks for David Edstrom and 2025 1st round pick Trade Analysis
4	0.98
5	0.54
6	0.29	Jun 29 2024 The Washington Capitals acquired a 2024 7th round pick (#212) from the vegas Golden Knights for a 2025 6th round pick Trade Analysis
6	0.29
7	0.14	Mar 2 2023 \| Traded Away The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Jonathan Quick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Michael Hutchinson and a 2025 7th round pick Trade Analysis

2026 See Full Draft

Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49	Mar 6 2024 \| Traded Away The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Mikhail Vorobyov from the Calgary Flames for a 2025 1st round pick, 2024 3rd round pick, and Daniil Miromanov (part of Noah Hanifin double retention trade) Trade Analysis
2	5.71
3	2.05
4	0.98	Mar 5 2024 \| Traded Away The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Anthony Mantha from the Washington Capitals for a 2024 2nd round pick and 2026 4th round pick Trade Analysis
5	0.54
6	0.29
7	0.14

2027 See Full Draft

Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49
2	5.71
3	2.05	Mar 8 2024 The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Tomas Hertl, a 2025 3rd round pick, and 2027 3rd round pick from the San Jose Sharks for David Edstrom and 2025 1st round pick Trade Analysis
3	2.05
4	0.98
5	0.54
6	0.29
7	0.14

2028 See Full Draft

Round	Pick From	Pick Value	Trade Details
1		14.49
2		5.71
3		2.05
4		0.98
5		0.54
6		0.29
7		0.14

Jan 21

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Jan 20

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Jan 20

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Jan 20

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Jan 20

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After sending down Derek Ryan today & Josh Brown yesterday, #LetsGoOilers are in LTIR & have $5.04M Cap Space remaining w/ 21 active players + Klingberg IR & Kane LTIR. While in LTIR, cap space does not accrue. If 1 more player was sent down, would be under cap & accruing space… t.co/Jm9cmNt9k9

Jan 20

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Derek Ryan cleared waivers t.co/Z8KCiWLNin

Jan 19

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RT @EdmontonOilers: The #Oilers have placed forward Derek Ryan on waivers & loaned defenceman Josh Brown to the @Condors.

Jan 19

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Full Roster Breakdown

The Vegas Golden Knights have $1,081,209 in projected cap space and a projected cap hit of $86,918,791. The team currently has an active roster of 23 players, with 47 players under contract.

Forwards

$48,829,167$48.83M

55.5% of cap

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Stone, Mark C age32 posRW shotr	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$0 UFA
Karlsson, William A age32 posC shotl	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$0 UFA
Hertl, Tomas age31 posC shotl	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$0 UFA 2030
Pearson, Tanner age32 posLW shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Barbashev, Ivan age29 posC shotl	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$0 UFA 2028
Olofsson, Victor age29 posLW shotl	$1,075,000$1.08M	$0 UFA
Eichel, Jack A age28 posC shotr	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$0 UFA
Kolesar, Keegan age27 posRW shotr	$1,400,000$1.40M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$0 UFA 2028
Roy, Nicolas age27 posC shotr	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$0 UFA
Howden, Brett age26 posC shotl	$1,900,000$1.90M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$0 UFA 2030
Dorofeyev, Pavel age24 posLW shotl	$1,835,000$1.84M	$1,835,000$1.84M	$0 RFA
Schwindt, Cole age23 posRW shotr	$800,000$800K	$0 RFA
Holtz, Alexander age22 posRW shotr	$894,167$894K	$0 RFA
Totals	$48,829,167$48.83M	$46,985,000$46.99M	$35,150,000$35.15M	$16,750,000$16.75M

Defence

$31,044,150$31.04M

35.3% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Pietrangelo, Alex A age35 posD shotr	$8,800,000$8.80M	$8,800,000$8.80M	$8,800,000$8.80M	$0 UFA
McNabb, Brayden age34 posD shotl	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,650,000$3.65M	$3,650,000$3.65M	$3,650,000$3.65M	$0 UFA 2028
Hutton, Ben age31 posD shotl	$975,000$975K	$975,000$975K	$0 UFA
Theodore, Shea age29 posD shotl	$5,200,000$5.20M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$0 UFA 2032
Hanifin, Noah age27 posD shotl	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$0 UFA 2032
Hague, Nicolas age26 posD shotl	$2,294,150$2.29M	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Whitecloud, Zach age28 posD shotr	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$0 UFA 2028
Korczak, Kaedan age23 posD shotr	$825,000$825K	$825,000$825K	$0 RFA
Totals	$31,044,150$31.04M	$31,775,000$31.78M	$29,975,000$29.98M	$21,175,000$21.18M

Goaltenders

$6,700,000$6.70M

7.6% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26
Samsonov, Ilya age27 catchesL	$1,800,000$1.80M	$0 UFA
Hill, Adin age28 catchesL	$4,900,000$4.90M	$0 UFA
Totals	$6,700,000$6.70M

Buried

0.0% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Totals

Buyout/Retained

$28,924$29K

0.0% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Cormier, Lukas - Season Opening IR	$28,924$29K	$0
Totals	$28,924$29K

Roster vs Non-roster Players

All players on the NHL Roster have their cap hit count towards the team's cap hit.
Players who are not on the NHL Roster (in other leagues) do not count against the cap up to the burying threshold. Non-roster players who have a cap hit above the burying threshold carry a cap charge for the excess.
The team's cap hit each day includes players who are on the NHL Roster as of 5pm Eastern.
Players assigned to the minors must clear waivers if they are not waivers exempt.
See the PuckPedia Waivers Tracker here.

Non-roster Forwards

$12,079,461$12.08M

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Geertsen, Mason age29 posLW shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Laczynski, Tanner age27 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Rondbjerg, Jonas age25 posLW shotl	$766,667$767K	$0 UFA-Group6	$0 UFA
Denisenko, Grigori age24 posLW shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Morozov, Ivan age24 posC shotr	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Quinney, Gage age29 posC shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Lavoie, Raphael age24 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA
Morelli, Mason age28 posC shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Brisson, Brendan age23 posLW shotl	$925,000$925K	$0 RFA
Brabenec, Jakub age21 posLW shotl	$828,333$828K	$828,333$828K	$0 RFA
Demek, Jakub age21 posRW shotl	$851,683$852K	$851,683$852K	$0 RFA
Burke, Cal age27 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Gustafson, Jordan age21 posC shotl	$830,000$830K	$830,000$830K	$830,000$830K	$0 RFA
Sapovaliv, Matyas age20 posC shotl	$803,334$803K	$803,334$803K	$803,334$803K	$0 RFA
Hemmerling, Ben age20 posRW shotr	$821,111$821K	$821,111$821K	$821,111$821K	$0 RFA
Cataford, Mathieu age19 posRW shotr	$828,333$828K	$828,333$828K	$828,333$828K	$0 RFA
Totals	$12,079,461$12.08M	$5,737,794$5.74M	$3,282,778$3.28M

Non-roster Defence

$5,058,332$5.06M

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Hagg, Robert age29 posD shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Mayo, Dysin age28 posD shotr	$950,000$950K	$0 UFA
Cormier, Lukas age22 posD shotl	$793,333$793K	$0 RFA
Fleming, Joe age21 posD shotr	$836,666$837K	$836,666$837K	$0 RFA
Sedoff, Christoffer age22 posD shotl	$870,000$870K	$870,000$870K	$0 RFA
Kmec, Viliam age21 posD shotr	$833,333$833K	$833,333$833K	$833,333$833K	$0 RFA
Totals	$5,058,332$5.06M	$2,539,999$2.54M	$833,333$833K

Non-roster Goaltenders

$3,422,667$3.42M

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Schmid, Akira age24 catchesL	$875,000$875K	$875,000$875K	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Saville, Isaiah age24 catchesR	$849,667$850K	$0 RFA
Vikman, Jesper age22 catchesL	$858,000$858K	$858,000$858K	$0 RFA
Lindbom, Carl age21 catchesL	$840,000$840K	$840,000$840K	$0 RFA
Totals	$3,422,667$3.42M	$2,573,000$2.57M