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NHL Salary Cap By Team

Why can a team be over the cap?
Team Proj
Cap Hit
Proj
Space
Current
Space
Dead
Space
Active
Roster
Retained
Left
Contracts Forwards Defense Goalies
$89,883,092$89.88M
$-1,883,092$-1.88M
$7,005,000$7.01M
$-6,125,000$-6.13M 23/23
45/50
68%
35%
6%
$86,651,806$86.65M
$1,348,194$1.35M
$1,376,879$1.38M
$3,838,889$3.84M 22/23
48/50
59%
25%
9%
$87,854,739$87.85M
$145,261$145K
$148,352$148K
$1,649,739$1.65M 22/23
45/50
52%
34%
13%
$87,787,500$87.79M
$212,500$213K
$217,021$217K
$1,850,000$1.85M 22/23
47/50
58%
27%
13%
$87,283,728$87.28M
$716,272$716K
$731,512$732K
- 21/23
45/50
61%
32%
6%
$88,249,367$88.25M
$-249,367$-249K
$471,666$472K
$512,500$513K 22/23
46/50
57%
35%
8%
$88,820,715$88.82M
$-820,715$-821K
- $3,737,448$3.74M 22/23
48/50
54%
33%
10%
$93,183,940$93.18M
$-5,183,940$-5.18M
$336,667$337K
$76,562$77K 23/23
47/50
72%
30%
5%
$87,128,866$87.13M
$871,134$871K
$889,669$890K
$1,463,151$1.46M 22/23
47/50
57%
31%
9%
$81,712,182$81.71M
$6,287,818$6.29M
$6,421,601$6.42M
$1,444,444$1.44M 23/23
43/50
44%
41%
6%
$91,034,584$91.03M
$-3,034,584$-3.03M
$6,625,000$6.63M
$5,291,250$5.29M 23/23
45/50
66%
15%
17%
$86,693,981$86.69M
$1,306,019$1.31M
$1,333,807$1.33M
$11,691,429$11.69M 23/23
45/50
48%
32%
5%
$87,578,141$87.58M
$421,859$422K
$430,835$431K
$2,168,141$2.17M 21/23
46/50
61%
29%
7%
$88,214,623$88.21M
$-214,623$-215K
$420,000$420K
$1,807,878$1.81M 22/23
46/50
60%
22%
16%
$98,665,965$98.67M
$-10,665,965$-10.67M
$3,869,166$3.87M
$3,165,000$3.17M 23/23
49/50
72%
34%
2%
$88,395,542$88.40M
$-395,542$-396K
$5,224,166$5.22M
- 23/23
50/50
57%
36%
8%
$87,381,666$87.38M
$618,334$618K
$631,490$631K
- 21/23
42/50
58%
30%
12%
$70,132,058$70.13M
$17,867,942$17.87M
$18,248,111$18.25M
$1,875,000$1.88M 23/23
47/50
54%
20%
3%
$79,629,643$79.63M
$8,370,357$8.37M
$8,548,450$8.55M
$2,253,334$2.25M 23/23
46/50
43%
40%
5%
$85,646,388$85.65M
$2,353,612$2.35M
$2,403,689$2.40M
$3,388,054$3.39M 21/23
45/50
57%
31%
6%
$79,953,554$79.95M
$8,046,446$8.05M
$8,217,647$8.22M
$8,945,220$8.95M 23/23
48/50
49%
25%
7%
$83,110,887$83.11M
$4,889,113$4.89M
$4,993,137$4.99M
$3,166,667$3.17M 23/23
43/50
49%
32%
10%
$88,224,298$88.22M
$-224,298$-224K
$10,225,000$10.23M
$4,575,000$4.58M 23/23
44/50
54%
34%
7%
$86,949,894$86.95M
$1,050,106$1.05M
$1,072,449$1.07M
$6,673,781$6.67M 21/23
44/50
59%
28%
4%
$68,314,167$68.31M
$19,685,833$19.69M
$20,104,680$20.10M
$955,000$955K 23/23
46/50
46%
21%
9%
$87,558,031$87.56M
$441,969$442K
$451,373$451K
$3,559,167$3.56M 23/23
48/50
59%
29%
8%
$82,512,272$82.51M
$5,487,728$5.49M
$5,604,488$5.60M
$7,805,556$7.81M 21/23
45/50
47%
31%
7%
$86,039,316$86.04M
$1,960,684$1.96M
$2,002,401$2.00M
$5,466,667$5.47M 22/23
42/50
54%
27%
11%
$87,438,790$87.44M
$561,210$561K
$573,151$573K
$15,426,793$15.43M 23/23
46/50
50%
23%
8%
$67,664,010$67.66M
$20,335,990$20.34M
$20,768,671$20.77M
$2,839,844$2.84M 23/23
44/50
34%
32%
7%
$87,557,510$87.56M
$442,490$442K
$451,905$452K
$59,975$60K 23/23
48/50
57%
35%
8%
$87,995,714$88.00M
$4,286$4K
$4,377$4K
- 21/23
44/50
61%
31%
8%
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NHL News

Signings

Oct 9 2024 | Ottawa Senators
Senators logo.
Standard | 4 yrs
$33,000,000
Cap Hit
$8,250,000

Joakim Persson | KMJ Sports

Oct 9 2024 | Seattle Kraken
Kraken logo.
Standard | 5 yrs
$25,000,000
Cap Hit
$5,000,000

Jerry Buckley | Buckley Sports Management

Oct 9 2024 | Montreal Canadiens
Canadiens logo.
Standard | 1 yrs
$775,000
Cap Hit
$775,000

Craig Oster | Newport Sports Management Inc.

Oct 8 2024 | Florida Panthers
Panthers logo.
Standard | 8 yrs
$56,000,000
Cap Hit
$7,000,000

Ian Pulver | The Will Sports Group

Oct 8 2024 | Edmonton Oilers
Oilers logo.
Standard | 1 yrs
$775,000
Cap Hit
$775,000

David Gagner | Wasserman Hockey

Oct 7 2024 | Minnesota Wild
Wild logo.
Standard | 2 yrs
$4,400,000
Cap Hit
$2,200,000

Gerry Johannson | The Sports Corporation

Oct 7 2024 | Edmonton Oilers
Oilers logo.
Standard | 1 yrs
$952,000
Cap Hit
$952,000
All Signings

Trades

Oct 6 2024
Canucks logo.
$1,100,000
Avalanche logo.
$-1,100,000

The Vancouver Canucks acquired Erik Brannstrom from the Colorado Avalanche for Tucker Poolman and 2025 4th Round Pick

Aug 23 2024
Sharks logo.
Predators logo.

The San Jose Sharks acquired Yaroslav Askarov, Nolan Burke, and a 2025 3rd round pick from the Nashville Predators for Magnus Chrona, David Edstrom, and a 2025 1st round pick

All Trades

Transactions

Oct 12 2024 | Boston Bruins
Bruins logo.

Poitras (undisclosed) will be in the lineup Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings following his activation from the injured non-roster list.

Oct 12 2024 | Colorado Avalanche
Avalanche logo.

Wagner was recalled by the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

Oct 11 2024 | Florida Panthers
Panthers logo.

Nosek (upper body) was transferred to long-term injured reserve on Friday, per PuckPedia.

Oct 11 2024 | Florida Panthers
Panthers logo.

Giles was called up by the Florida Panthers on Friday, per Colby Guy of The Palm Beach Post.

Oct 11 2024 | Philadelphia Flyers
Flyers logo.

Andrae was recalled by the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday, per the NHL media site.

Oct 11 2024 | Philadelphia Flyers
Flyers logo.

Seeler was placed on injured reserve Friday, retroactive to Oct. 1.

Oct 11 2024 | Vegas Golden Knights
Golden Knights logo.

Lavoie was assigned to AHL Henderson on Friday since the Vegas Golden Knights were the only team to submit a waiver claim for him, per PuckPedia reports.

All Transactions

Injuries

OUT | Upper Body
Blues logo.

Texier, who was a late scratch against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, is considered day-to-day due to an upper-body injury.

Expected Return: Oct 15, 2024
OUT | Upper Body
Red Wings logo.

Petry (upper body) was not on the ice for Friday's practice session, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Expected Return: Oct 14, 2024
IR | Undisclosed
Flames logo.

Rooney (undisclosed) was put on injured reserve Friday, per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Expected Return: Oct 19, 2024
DAY-TO-DAY | Lower Body
Canucks logo.

Expected Return: Oct 15, 2024
OUT | Undisclosed
Hurricanes logo.

Expected Return: Oct 18, 2024
IR-NR | Undisclosed
Hockey Club logo.

Expected Return: Oct 14, 2024
IR-NR | Undisclosed
Golden Knights logo.

Expected Return: Oct 22, 2024
All Injuries

Insights and Insiders

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What Is the NHL Salary Cap?

The NHL salary cap is the total amount that NHL teams may pay for players. The amount set as the salary cap each year depends on the league's revenue for the previous season. As it is a 'hard cap,' there are no exemptions. However, if a player is injured and it's thought that they will miss at least 10 NHL games and 24 days in the season, their team can put them on long-term injured reserve (LTIR). By doing so, they can surpass the salary cap.

The salary cap was introduced to prevent teams with the most revenue signing all the top players, which was becoming a problem in the '90s and early 2000s. For instance, by signing a number of top-performing players and significantly spending more than the majority of other teams, the Detroit Red Wings were able to win three Stanley Cups in that time.

This led to the 2004-05 CBA negotiations, during which the entire season was cancelled — the first time a labor dispute has ever caused a cancellation in a major sports league in North America. At the time of the negotiations, teams were spending around 75 percent of their revenues on salaries — much higher than any other North American sports league. Eventually, they agreed to the general structure that remain today, including the mandatory payment to players in US dollars.

The concept of a salary cap is not new to the NHL. One was first introduced during the Great Depression, at which time the salary cap per team was $62,500 and $7,000 per player.

Salary Cap History

Since its reintroduction in the 2005-06 season, the NHL salary cap had risen every year until the pandemic shortened 2020-2021 season:

Season Salary Cap Salary Floor Buried Relief
2005-2006 $39.00M $23.00M $0K
2006-2007 $44.00M $28.00M $0K
2007-2008 $50.30M $34.30M $0K
2008-2009 $56.70M $40.70M $0K
2009-2010 $56.80M $40.80M $0K
2010-2011 $59.40M $43.40M $0K
2011-2012 $64.30M $48.30M $0K
2012-2013 $60.00M * $44.00M $0K
2013-2014 $64.30M $47.50M $0K
2014-2015 $69.00M $51.00M $0K
2015-2016 $71.40M $52.80M $0K
2016-2017 $73.00M $54.00M $0K
2017-2018 $75.00M $55.40M $1.03M
2018-2019 $79.50M $55.40M $1.03M
2019-2020 $81.50M $60.24M $1.08M
2020-2021 $81.50M $60.20M $1.08M
2021-2022 $81.50M $60.20M $1.13M
2022-2023 $82.50M $61.00M $1.13M
2023-2024 $83.50M $61.70M $1.15M
2024-2025 $88.00M $65.00M $1.15M

* During the 2012-13 season, there was a lockout. The salary cap was set to $6000000, but NHL hockey teams were allowed to spend a pro-rated $70.200000 for the shortened season.

The salary floor (the minimum that a team must spend as a whole) is 85 percent of the salary midpoint. For the 2021-22 season, the cap floor is $60.200000.

History of the Teams

Originally, there were just six NHL teams, called the Original Six. In the 1967-68 season, six new teams were added. The Original Six formed the East Division and the new six formed the West Division.

In 1974, six more NHL hockey teams joined the league, creating 18 in total. The league then took four teams from the World Hockey Association when it ceased to exist in 1979. With the Cleveland Barons gone in 1978, this brought the total to 21 teams.

There was no further expansion to the league until the '90s. The next new NHL team was the San Jose Sharks in 1991. Another eight were added in the subsequent decade to reach 30 teams by 2000. Finally, in 2016, Gary Bettman, the NHL commissioner, announced that another new NHL team — the Vegas Golden Knights — would join the List of NHL Teams, making 31 teams for the 2017-18 season.

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