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Vegas Golden Knights

'23

2025-26 Current Cap

Projected Cap Space

$-7,638,571

Current Cap Space

$-7,638,571

Deadline Cap Space

$-7,638,571

LTIR Pool

Projected Cap Hit

$103,138,571

$70.60M

Floor

$95.50M

Limit

Annual Cap Hit $103,138,571

Bonus Overages $0

Potential Bonuses $0

Active Roster 22/23

Standard Contracts 48/50

Retained Remaining 3/3

Transactions

Jul

Cormier, Lukas

1yr

$775,000

Cap Hit

Jul

Schwindt, Cole

1yr

$825,000

Cap Hit

Jul

Lavoie, Raphael

1yr

$775,000

Cap Hit

Jul

Rondbjerg, Jonas

1yr

$775,000

Cap Hit

Jul

Korczak, Kaedan

4yrs

$3,250,000

Cap Hit

All Transactions Signings Trades

Active Injuries

Lauzon, Jeremy

Lower Body

Week to Week

OUT

Saad, Brandon

Lower Body

Week to Week

OUT

Sissons, Colton

Lower Body

Week to Week

OUT

Stone, Mark

Upper Body

Week to Week

OUT

Pietrangelo, Alex

Hip

Season

All Injuries

Draft Pick Summary

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2026	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
2027	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2028	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 57.11

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Cap Projections

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29
NHL Cap Limit	$95,500,000$95.50M	$104,000,000$104.00M	$113,500,000$113.50M	$113,500,000$113.50M
Projected Cap Hit	$103,138,571$103.14M	$83,625,000$83.63M	$59,425,000$59.43M	$45,525,000$45.53M
Projected Cap Space	$-7,638,571$-7.64M	$20,375,000$20.38M	$54,075,000$54.08M	$67,975,000$67.98M
Annual Cap Hit	$103,138,571$103.14M	$83,625,000$83.63M	$59,425,000$59.43M	$45,525,000$45.53M
Current Cap Space	$-7,638,571$-7.64M	$20,375,000$20.38M	$54,075,000$54.08M	$67,975,000$67.98M
Deadline Cap Space	$-7,638,571$-7.64M	-	-	-
LTIR Pool	-
Actual Salary Paid
Bonus Overages	-	-	-	-
Potential Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Active Roster	22/23	14/23	11/23	7/23
Standard Contracts	48/50	28/50	15/50	7/50
Retained Remaining

Draft Pick Summary

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2026	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
2027	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2028	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 57.11

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	Jun 30 2025 \| Traded Away The Nashville Predators acquired Nicolas Hague and a conditional 2027 3rd round pick from the Vegas Golden Knights for Colton Sissons and Jeremy Lauzon 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
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

Full Roster Breakdown

The Vegas Golden Knights have $-7,638,571 in projected cap space and a projected cap hit of $103,138,571. The team currently has an active roster of 22 players, with 48 players under contract.

Forwards

$62,238,572$62.24M

65.2% of cap

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Smith, Reilly age34 posRW,LW shotl	$2,000,000$2.00M	$0 UFA
Stone, Mark C age33 posRW shotr	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$0 UFA
Saad, Brandon age32 posLW,RW shotl	$2,000,000$2.00M	$0 UFA
Karlsson, William age32 posC shotl	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$0 UFA
Hertl, Tomas age31 posC,LW shotl	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$0 UFA 2030
Sissons, Colton age31 posC,RW shotr	$1,428,572$1.43M	$0 UFA
Barbashev, Ivan age29 posC,W shotl	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$0 UFA
Eichel, Jack age28 posC shotr	$10,000,000$10.00M	$0 UFA
Marner, Mitchell age28 posRW shotr	$12,000,000$12.00M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$0 UFA 2033
Kolesar, Keegan age28 posRW shotr	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$0 UFA
Howden, Brett age27 posC,LW shotl	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$0 UFA 2030
Dorofeyev, Pavel age24 posLW,RW shotl	$1,835,000$1.84M	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Schwindt, Cole age24 posRW,C shotr	$825,000$825K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Holtz, Alexander age23 posRW shotr	$0 RFA				$0 UFA
Totals	$62,238,572$62.24M	$44,150,000$44.15M	$28,750,000$28.75M	$21,250,000$21.25M	$21,250,000$21.25M

Defence

$33,775,000$33.78M

35.4% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Pietrangelo, Alex A age35 posD shotr IR	$8,800,000$8.80M	$8,800,000$8.80M	$0 UFA
McNabb, Brayden age34 posD shotl	$3,650,000$3.65M	$3,650,000$3.65M	$3,650,000$3.65M	$0 UFA
Hutton, Ben age32 posD shotl	$975,000$975K	$0 UFA
Theodore, Shea age30 posD shotl	$7,425,000$7.43M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$7,425,000$7.43M	$0 UFA 2032
Hanifin, Noah age28 posD shotl	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$7,350,000$7.35M	$0 UFA 2032
Lauzon, Jeremy age28 posD shotl	$2,000,000$2.00M	$0 UFA
Whitecloud, Zach age28 posD shotr	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$0 UFA
Korczak, Kaedan age24 posD shotr	$825,000$825K	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$0 UFA 2030
Totals	$33,775,000$33.78M	$33,225,000$33.23M	$24,425,000$24.43M	$18,025,000$18.03M	$18,025,000$18.03M

Goaltenders

$7,125,000$7.13M

7.5% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Hill, Adin age29 catchesL	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$0 UFA 2031
Schmid, Akira age25 catchesL	$875,000$875K	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Totals	$7,125,000$7.13M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M

Buried

0.0% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Totals

Buyout & Cap Charges

0.0% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Totals

Retained

0.0% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Totals

Latest News

Aug 21

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1st on signing @FriedgeHNIC 1st on cap hit @frank_seravalli Note that the specific cap hit ends in 91 which matches Nazar's jersey #

Aug 21

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The #Blackhawks signed 21 y/o F Frank Nazar to a 7 year $6,599,991 Cap Hit contract extension Yr 1: $9.1M Yr 2: $8.66M Yr 3: $6.6M Yr 4-7: $5.46M 20 Team NTC yrs 6-7 Covers two UFA years Rep'd by Kevin Magnuson @kevinmags27 t.co/25SVOwuYCL

Aug 21

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Aug 20

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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

$13,358,627$13.36M

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29
Laczynski, Tanner age28 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Rondbjerg, Jonas age26 posLW,RW shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Morozov, Ivan age25 posC shotr	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Lavoie, Raphael age24 posC,RW shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Hallum, Jackson age22 posF shotl	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$0 RFA
Reinhardt, Cole age25 posLW shotl	$812,500$813K	$812,500$813K	$0 UFA
Brabenec, Jakub age21 posLW,C shotl	$828,333$828K	$0 RFA
Demek, Jakub age22 posRW shotl	$851,683$852K	$0 RFA
Gustafson, Jordan age21 posC shotl	$830,000$830K	$830,000$830K	$0 RFA
Sapovaliv, Matyas age21 posC shotl	$803,334$803K	$803,334$803K	$0 RFA
Hemmerling, Ben age21 posRW shotr	$821,111$821K	$821,111$821K	$0 RFA
Cataford, Mathieu age20 posRW shotr	$801,666$802K	$801,666$802K	$801,666$802K	$0 RFA
Uronen, Tuomas age20 posW,C shotr	$852,500$853K	$852,500$853K	$852,500$853K	$0 RFA
Connelly, Trevor age19 posLW shotl	$975,000$975K	$975,000$975K	$975,000$975K	$0 RFA
Swick, Trent age21 posLW shotl	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$0 RFA
Uchacz, Kai age22 posC,RW shotr	$845,000$845K	$845,000$845K	$0 RFA
Bowman, Braeden age22 posRW shotr	$837,500$838K	$837,500$838K	$0 RFA
Totals	$13,358,627$13.36M	$9,353,611$9.35M	$3,479,166$3.48M

Non-roster Defence

$4,889,999$4.89M

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2029-30
Megna, Jaycob age32 posD shotl	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	$0 UFA
Coghlan, Dylan age27 posD shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Cormier, Lukas age23 posD shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Fleming, Joe age22 posD shotr	$836,666$837K	$0 RFA
Sedoff, Christoffer age23 posD shotl	$870,000$870K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Kmec, Viliam age21 posD shotr	$833,333$833K	$833,333$833K	$0 RFA
Totals	$4,889,999$4.89M	$1,633,333$1.63M

Non-roster Goaltenders

$2,573,000$2.57M

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2029-30
Vikman, Jesper age23 catchesL	$858,000$858K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Lindbom, Carl age22 catchesL	$840,000$840K	$0 RFA
Whitehead, Cameron age22 catchesL	$875,000$875K	$875,000$875K	$0 RFA
Totals	$2,573,000$2.57M	$875,000$875K