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Vegas Golden Knights

'23

2025-26 Cap Overview

Projected Cap Space

$-11,096,763

Current Cap Space

$1,287,568

Deadline Cap Space

$1,287,568

Projected Playoff Cap Space

$17,058,929

Projected Cap Hit

$106,596,763

$70.60M

Floor

$95.50M

Limit

Annual Cap Hit $106,819,104

Projected Playoff Cap Hit $78,441,071

Bonus Overages $0

Potential Bonuses $0

LTIR Pool $12,606,672

Active Roster 23/23

Standard Contracts 50/50

Retained Remaining 3/3

Transactions

Nov

Hanifin, Noah

Hanifin (lower body) was activated from injured reserve Tuesday, per the NHL media site.

Nov

Laczynski, Tanner

Laczynski registered three assists in AHL Henderson's 7-3 win over Abbotsford on Sunday.

Nov

Uronen, Tuomas

Uronen scored two goals on six shots in AHL Henderson's 6-1 win over Abbotsford on Saturday.

Oct

Bowman, Braeden

Bowman scored two goals and added an assist in AHL Henderson's 6-2 win over Ontario.

Oct

Megna, Jaycob

Megna was reassigned to AHL Henderson on Wednesday.

All Transactions Signings Trades

Active Injuries

OUT

Demek, Jakub

Undisclosed

Day to Day

OUT

Gustafson, Jordan

Undisclosed

Day to Day

OUT

Hill, Adin

Lower Body

Day to Day

LTIR

Stone, Mark

Wrist

Day to Day

OUT

Connelly, Trevor

Lower Body

Day to Day

OUT

Hart, Carter

Suspension

Week to Week

SELTIR

Pietrangelo, Alex

Hip

Season

All Injuries

Cap Projections

Daily Tracker

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	$106,596,763$106.60M	$100,772,852$100.77M	$72,925,000$72.93M	$59,025,000$59.03M
Projected Cap Space	$-11,096,763$-11.10M	$3,227,148$3.23M	$40,575,000$40.58M	$54,475,000$54.48M
Annual Cap Hit	$106,819,104$106.82M	$100,772,852$100.77M	$72,925,000$72.93M	$59,025,000$59.03M
Current Cap Space	$1,287,568$1.29M	$3,227,148$3.23M	$40,575,000$40.58M	$54,475,000$54.48M
Deadline Cap Space	$1,287,568$1.29M	-	-	-
LTIR Pool	$12,606,672$12.61M
Actual Salary Paid
Bonus Overages	-	-	-	-
Potential Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Active Roster	23/23	18/23	12/23	8/23
Standard Contracts	50/50	32/50	16/50	8/50
Retained Remaining

2026 NHL Draft

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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 NHL Draft

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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	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
4	0.98
5	0.54
6	0.29
7	0.14

2028 NHL Draft

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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

2029 NHL Draft

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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

2030 NHL Draft

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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

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Preview Lineups

Starting Goalie

Lightning

Unconfirmed

Golden Knights

Unconfirmed

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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Full Roster Breakdown

The Vegas Golden Knights have $-11,096,763 in projected cap space and a projected cap hit of $106,596,763. The team currently has an active roster of 23 players, with 50 players under contract.

Forwards

$63,065,797$63.07M

66.0% 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 LTIR	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$0 UFA
Saad, Brandon age33 posLW,RW shotl	$2,000,000$2.00M	$0 UFA
Karlsson, William A 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 age32 posC,RW shotr	$1,428,572$1.43M	$0 UFA
Barbashev, Ivan age29 posLW shotl	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$0 UFA
Eichel, Jack A age29 posC shotr	$10,000,000$10.00M	$13,500,000$13.50M	$13,500,000$13.50M	$13,500,000$13.50M	$13,500,000$13.50M	$0 UFA 2034
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 age25 posLW,RW shotl	$1,835,000$1.84M	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Holtz, Alexander age23 posRW shotr	$839,725$840K	$835,352$835K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Reinhardt, Cole age25 posLW shotl	$812,500$813K	$812,500$813K	$0 UFA
Totals	$63,065,797$63.07M	$59,297,852$59.30M	$42,250,000$42.25M	$34,750,000$34.75M	$34,750,000$34.75M

Defence

$33,775,000$33.78M

35.4% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Pietrangelo, Alex age35 posD shotr SELTIR	$8,800,000$8.80M	$8,800,000$8.80M	$0 UFA
McNabb, Brayden A age34 posLD 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 posLD,RD 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 posLD 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 posLD shotl	$2,000,000$2.00M	$0 UFA
Whitecloud, Zach age28 posRD shotr	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$0 UFA
Korczak, Kaedan age24 posRD 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

$9,965,000$9.97M

10.4% 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
Hart, Carter age27 catchesL	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$0 UFA
Schmid, Akira age25 catchesL	$875,000$875K	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Lindbom, Carl age22 catchesL	$840,000$840K	$0 RFA
Totals	$9,965,000$9.97M	$8,250,000$8.25M	$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

$13,308$13K

0.0% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Demek, Jakub - Season Opening IR	$13,308$13K	$0
Totals	$13,308$13K

Retained

0.0% of cap

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

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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

$13,382,793$13.38M

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 age25 posC,RW shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Hallum, Jackson age23 posF shotl	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$0 RFA
Brabenec, Jakub age22 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
Fleming, Joe age22 posD shotr	$836,666$837K	$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	$13,382,793$13.38M	$8,541,111$8.54M	$3,479,166$3.48M

Non-roster Defence

$5,203,333$5.20M

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2029-30
Megna, Jaycob age32 posD shotl	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	$0 UFA
Davies, Jeremy age28 posD shotl	$1,150,000$1.15M	$1,150,000$1.15M	$0 UFA
Coghlan, Dylan age27 posD shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Cormier, Lukas age23 posD shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
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	$5,203,333$5.20M	$2,783,333$2.78M

Non-roster Goaltenders

$1,733,000$1.73M

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2029-30
Vikman, Jesper age23 catchesL	$858,000$858K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Whitehead, Cameron age22 catchesL	$875,000$875K	$875,000$875K	$0 RFA
Totals	$1,733,000$1.73M	$875,000$875K