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Washington Capitals

'18

2024-25 Current Cap

Projected Cap Space

$-13,170,239

Current Cap Space

$191,667

LTIR Pool

$16,681,667

Projected Cap Hit

$101,170,239

$65.00M

Floor

$88.00M

Limit

Annual Cap Hit $103,231,667

Bonus Overages $2,252,500

Potential Bonuses $275,000

Active Roster 25/23

Standard Contracts 48/50

Retained Remaining 3/3

Transactions

May

Cristall, Andrew

Cristall was reassigned from WHL Spokane to AHL Hershey, the Washington Capitals announced Tuesday.

May

Chesley, Ryan

3yrs

$923,333AAV

May

Bear, Ethan

Bear was reassigned to AHL Hershey on Friday.

May

Gibson, Mitchell

Gibson was reassigned to AHL Hershey on Friday.

May

Stevenson, Clay

Stevenson was reassigned to AHL Hershey on Friday.

All Transactions Signings Trades

Active Injuries

OUT

Fehervary, Martin

Knee

Season

LTIR

Milano, Sonny

Upper Body

Season

LTIR

Oshie, T.J.

Back

Season

All Injuries

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2025	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
2026	1	1	0	2	1	1	1
2027	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 69.36

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Cap Projections

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
NHL Cap Limit	$88,000,000$88.00M	$95,500,000$95.50M	$104,000,000$104.00M	$113,500,000$113.50M
Projected Cap Hit	$101,170,239$101.17M	$86,900,000$86.90M	$57,100,000$57.10M	$51,575,000$51.58M
Projected Cap Space	$-13,170,239$-13.17M	$8,600,000$8.60M	$46,900,000$46.90M	$61,925,000$61.93M
Annual Cap Hit	$103,231,667$103.23M	$86,900,000$86.90M	$57,100,000$57.10M	$51,575,000$51.58M
Current Cap Space	$191,667$192K	$8,600,000$8.60M	$46,900,000$46.90M	$61,925,000$61.93M
LTIR Pool	$16,681,667$16.68M
Actual Salary Paid
Bonus Overages	$2,252,500$2.25M	-	-	-
Potential Bonuses	$275,000$275K	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M	-
Active Roster	25/23	21/23	13/23	9/23
Standard Contracts	48/50	34/50	22/50	13/50
Retained Remaining

Draft Pick Summary

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2025	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
2026	1	1	0	2	1	1	1
2027	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 69.36

2025 See Full Draft

Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	13.11
2	3.69	Mar 7 2025 \| Traded Away The Washington Capitals acquired Anthony Beauvillier from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2025 2nd round pick Trade Analysis
2	8.32	Feb 23 2023 The Boston Bruins acquired Garnet Hathaway from the Washington Capitals for Craig Smith, 2023 1st Round Pick, 2025 2nd Round Pick, and 2024 3rd Round Pick Trade Analysis
3	1.52	Jun 29 2024 \| Traded Away 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	1.42	Mar 8 2024 The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Evgeny Kuznetsov from the Washington Capitals for 2025 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
4	0.79
5	0.44
6	0.22	Jun 29 2024 \| Traded Away The Washington Capitals acquired a 2024 7th round pick (#212) from the vegas Golden Knights for a 2025 6th round pick Trade Analysis
7	0.13	Jun 29 2023 \| Traded Away The Washington Capitals acquired a 2023 7th round pick (#206) from the San Jose Sharks for a 2025 7th round pick Trade Analysis

2026 See Full Draft

Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49
2	5.71
3	2.05	Jul 1 2024 \| Traded Away The Washington Capitals acquired Jakob Chychrun from the Ottawa Senators for Nick Jensen and a 2026 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
4	0.98	Mar 5 2024 The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Anthony Mantha from the Washington Capitals for a 2024 2nd round pick and 2026 4th round pick Trade Analysis
4	0.98
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	Nov 12 2024 \| Traded Away The Washington Capitals acquired Lars Eller from the Pittsburgh Penguins for 2025 5th Round Pick and 2027 3rd Round Pick Trade Analysis
4	0.98
5	0.54
6	0.29
7	0.14

May 21

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May 21

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May 21

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May 21

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May 21

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May 20

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May 20

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May 20

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The #GoSensGo signed '24 4th Round Pick 19 y/o F Lucas Ellinas to 3 year ELC NHL Salary 787.5K Signing Bonus 87.5K Minors 85K Cap Hit/AAV $875K Rep'd by @jwalters82 & Ian Pulver @WillSportsGroup t.co/XCmYTgOHQ1

Full Roster Breakdown

The Washington Capitals have $-13,170,239 in projected cap space and a projected cap hit of $101,170,239. The team currently has an active roster of 25 players, with 48 players under contract.

Forwards

$67,200,000$67.20M

76.4% of cap

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Ovechkin, Alex C age39 posLW shotr	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$0 UFA
Backstrom, Nicklas age37 posC shotl LTIR	$9,200,000$9.20M	$0 UFA
Dubois, Pierre-Luc age26 posC,LW shotl	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$0 UFA 2031
Wilson, Tom A age31 posRW shotr	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$0 UFA 2031
Mangiapane, Andrew age29 posW,C shotl	$5,800,000$5.80M	$0 UFA
Oshie, T.J. A age38 posRW shotr LTIR	$5,750,000$5.75M	$0 UFA
Strome, Dylan age28 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
Protas, Aliaksei age24 posLW,RW shotl	$3,375,000$3.38M	$3,375,000$3.38M	$3,375,000$3.38M	$3,375,000$3.38M	$0 UFA 2029
Eller, Lars age36 posC,LW shotl	$2,450,000$2.45M	$0 UFA
McMichael, Connor age24 posC shotl	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M	$0 RFA
Milano, Sonny age29 posLW shotl LTIR	$1,900,000$1.90M	$1,900,000$1.90M	$0 UFA
Duhaime, Brandon age28 posRW,LW shotl	$1,850,000$1.85M	$1,850,000$1.85M	$0 UFA
Dowd, Nic A age34 posC,RW shotr	$1,300,000$1.30M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$0 UFA
Beauvillier, Anthony age27 posW,C shotl	$1,250,000$1.25M	$0 UFA
Raddysh, Taylor age27 posRW shotr	$1,000,000$1.00M	$0 UFA
Leonard, Ryan age20 posC shotr	$950,000$950K	$950,000$950K	$950,000$950K	$0 RFA
Frank, Ethen age27 posRW,C shotr	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Totals	$67,200,000$67.20M	$43,450,000$43.45M	$27,325,000$27.33M	$23,375,000$23.38M

Defence

$30,225,000$30.23M

34.3% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Carlson, John A age35 posD shotr	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$0 UFA
Roy, Matt age30 posD shotr	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$0 UFA 2030
Chychrun, Jakob age27 posD shotl	$4,600,000$4.60M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$0 UFA 2033
Sandin, Rasmus age25 posD shotl	$4,600,000$4.60M	$4,600,000$4.60M	$4,600,000$4.60M	$4,600,000$4.60M	$0 UFA 2029
van Riemsdyk, Trevor age33 posD shotr	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$0 UFA
Fehervary, Martin age25 posD shotl	$2,675,000$2.68M	$2,675,000$2.68M	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Alexeyev, Alexander age25 posD shotl	$825,000$825K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
McIlrath, Dylan age33 posD shotr	$775,000$775K	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	$0 UFA
Totals	$30,225,000$30.23M	$33,825,000$33.83M	$20,150,000$20.15M	$19,350,000$19.35M

Goaltenders

$2,641,667$2.64M

3.0% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Lindgren, Charlie age31 catchesR	$1,100,000$1.10M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$0 UFA 2028
Stevenson, Clay age26 catchesL	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Thompson, Logan age28 catchesR	$766,667$767K	$5,850,000$5.85M	$5,850,000$5.85M	$5,850,000$5.85M	$0 UFA 2031
Totals	$2,641,667$2.64M	$9,625,000$9.63M	$9,625,000$9.63M	$8,850,000$8.85M

Buried

$912,500$913K

1.0% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Bear, Ethan age27 posD shotr	$912,500$913K	$0 UFA
Totals	$912,500$913K

Buyout & Cap Charges

$-3,900,000$-3.90M

-4.4% of cap

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Kuznetsov, Evgeny - Mututal Termination	$-3,900,000$-3.90M	$0
Totals	$-3,900,000$-3.90M

Retained

0.0% of cap

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

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

$15,290,000$15.29M

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Parascak, Terik age18 posRW shotr	$975,000$975K	$942,500$943K	$942,500$943K	$942,500$943K	$0 RFA 2028
Miroshnichenko, Ivan age21 posLW shotr	$950,000$950K	$950,000$950K	$0 RFA
Funk, Zac age21 posRW,LW shotl	$905,000$905K	$905,000$905K	$905,000$905K	$0 RFA
Mateiko, Eriks age19 posLW,RW shotl	$889,167$889K	$856,667$857K	$856,667$857K	$856,667$857K	$0 RFA 2028
Protas, Ilya age18 posLW shotl	$889,167$889K	$856,667$857K	$856,667$857K	$856,667$857K	$0 RFA 2028
Cristall, Andrew age20 posLW shotl	$873,333$873K	$841,666$842K	$841,666$842K	$841,666$842K	$0 RFA 2028
Dube, Pierrick age24 posRW shotr	$870,000$870K	$0 RFA
Lapierre, Hendrix age23 posC shotl	$863,334$863K	$0 RFA
Rybinski, Henrik age23 posW,C shotr	$859,167$859K	$0 RFA
Trineyev, Bogdan age23 posLW shotr	$859,167$859K	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA
Hofer, Ryan age23 posC shotl	$851,667$852K	$851,667$852K	$0 RFA
Suzdalev, Alexander age21 posF shotl	$814,999$815K	$814,999$815K	$814,999$815K	$0 RFA
Persson, Ludwig age21 posC,LW shotl	$814,999$815K	$814,999$815K	$814,999$815K	$0 RFA
Sgarbossa, Michael age32 posC shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Smallman, Spencer age28 posC,RW shotr	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Sutter, Riley age25 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Philp, Luke age29 posC,RW shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Limoges, Alex age27 posC,LW shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Borgstrom, Henrik age27 posC,W shotl	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Thomas, Patrick age20 posC shotl		$878,333$878K	$878,333$878K	$878,333$878K
Totals	$15,290,000$15.29M	$10,262,498$10.26M	$7,685,831$7.69M	$4,375,833$4.38M

Non-roster Defence

$3,416,667$3.42M

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28
Bear, Ethan age27 posD shotr	$2,062,500$2.06M	$0 UFA
Muggli, Leon age18 posD shotl	$940,833$941K	$908,333$908K	$908,333$908K	$908,333$908K	$0 RFA 2028
Allen, Cam age20 posD shotr	$886,667$887K	$855,000$855K	$855,000$855K	$855,000$855K	$0 RFA 2028
Iorio, Vincent age22 posD shotr	$814,167$814K	$814,167$814K	$0 RFA
Priskie, Chase age29 posD shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Geisser, Tobias age26 posD shotl	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Chesley, Ryan age21 posD shotr		$923,333$923K	$923,333$923K	$923,333$923K
Gucciardi, David age22 posD shotl		$855,000$855K	$855,000$855K
Totals	$3,416,667$3.42M	$4,355,833$4.36M	$3,541,666$3.54M	$2,686,666$2.69M

Non-roster Goaltenders

$2,393,334$2.39M

Player	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27
Bjorklund, Garin age22 catchesL	$843,334$843K	$0 RFA
Gibson, Mitchell age25 catchesL	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Shepard, Hunter age29 catchesL	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Totals	$2,393,334$2.39M