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Washington Capitals: salary cap, 2026-27
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Flags: incomplete: cap hit not disclosed for 1 roster player(s).
Cap hit incl. LTIR: $104.539M · Max LTIR relief: $4.600M · After max relief: compliant
Long-term injured reserve (CBA 50.10) lets a club exceed the $104.000M ceiling to replace a player out at least 10 games and 24 days. The injured player's cap hit still counts; relief is the most the club may go over, up to that player's cap hit, and the real amount depends on payroll on the day he was placed, which we don't have. So "max relief" is an upper bound, not the club's actual LTIR pool.
- Rasmus Sandin: $4.600M, placed 2026-10-12 · source
Reported figures. Contract data comes from the open nhl-contracts dataset (CC0), which ties each number to a public source: A NHL.com club release, B NHL.com story, C ESPN wire, D PuckPedia public post, E CapFriendly archive to July 2024. Where the dataset was missing or wrong we checked figures by hand against a club release or team site ("club") or a reputable news report ("news"); each links to its source. "n/d" means not disclosed; we leave it blank rather than guess, so totals for teams with n/d contracts are understated.
Not fully modelled yet: LTIR relief, performance-bonus overages, the junior exemption from the 50-contract limit, and in-season proration. Buyouts and retained salary are included only where the dataset reports them. Contracts this season count only for players on the current NHL roster. Cap rules: 2026-27 payroll range (NHL, May 6, 2026) and the CBA (50-contract limit). Dataset updated 2026-11-04.
NHL roster contracts
| Player | Pos | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | AAV | Yrs left | Expiry | Clause | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89Alex Tuch | RW | $10.500M | $10.500M | $10.500M | $10.500M | $10.500M | $10.500M | 8 | 2033-34 not stated | – | A |
| 6Jakob Chychrun | D | $9.000M | $9.000M | $9.000M | $9.000M | $9.000M | $9.000M | 7 | 2032-33 not stated | – | A |
| 80Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | $8.500M | $8.500M | $8.500M | $8.500M | $8.500M | $8.500M | 5 | 2030-31 UFA | NMC | E |
| 25Jordan Kyrou | RW | $8.125M | $8.125M | $8.125M | $8.125M | $8.125M | $8.125M | 5 | 2030-31 UFA | NTC | C |
| 43Tom Wilson | RW | $6.500M | $6.500M | $6.500M | $6.500M | $6.500M | $6.500M | 5 | 2030-31 UFA | M-NTC | C |
| 42Martin Fehérváry | D | $6.000M | $6.000M | $6.000M | $6.000M | $6.000M | $6.000M | 7 | 2032-33 not stated | – | B |
| 48Logan Thompson | G | $5.850M | $5.850M | $5.850M | $5.850M | $5.850M | 4 | 2029-30 not stated | – | B | |
| 3Matt Roy | D | $5.750M | $5.750M | $5.750M | $5.750M | $5.750M | 4 | 2029-30 UFA | M-NTC | E | |
| 22Boone Jenner | C | $5.750M | $5.750M | $5.750M | $5.750M | $5.750M | 4 | 2029-30 not stated | – | A | |
| 17Dylan Strome | C | $5.000M | $5.000M | $5.000M | 2 | 2027-28 UFA | – | C | |||
| 38Rasmus SandinLTIR | D | $4.600M | $4.600M | $4.600M | $4.600M | 3 | 2028-29 UFA | – | B | ||
| 8Alex Ovechkin | LW | $4.250M | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A · conflict: aav_usd | ||||
| 73Vincent Desharnais | D | $4.200M | $4.200M | $4.200M | $4.200M | $4.200M | 4 | 2029-30 not stated | – | A | |
| 21Aliaksei Protas | LW | $3.375M | $3.375M | $3.375M | $3.375M | 3 | 2028-29 UFA | – | B | ||
| 27Timothy Liljegren | D | $3.250M | $3.250M | $3.250M | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | A | |||
| 79Charlie Lindgren | G | $3.000M | $3.000M | $3.000M | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | B | |||
| 72Anthony Beauvillier | RW | $2.750M | $2.750M | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A | ||||
| 53Ethen Frank | RW | $2.000M | $2.000M | n/d | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | D | |||
| 44Cole Hutson | D | $0.975M | $0.975M | $0.975M | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | B | |||
| 9Ryan Leonard | RW | $0.950M | $10.500M | $10.500M | $10.500M | $10.500M | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | B · conflict: aav_usd |
| 63Ivan Miroshnichenko | LW | $0.925M | $0.925M | $0.925M | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | D | |||
| 62Ilya Protas | LW | $0.889M | $0.889M | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A | ||||
| 34Justin Sourdif | C | $0.825M | $6.350M | $6.350M | $6.350M | $6.350M | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | D |
| 52Dylan McIlrath | D | $0.800M | $0.800M | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A | ||||
| 29Jack St. Ivany | D | $0.775M | $0.775M | 1 | 2026-27 UFA | – | E | ||||
| 1Rémi Poirier | G | n/d | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A |
Cap hit by season; italic = a signed extension that starts later. n/d = not disclosed by the sources (counted as $0 in totals). Years left includes 2026-27.
Other signed contracts (not on the NHL roster)
Minor-league, junior or unassigned players under NHL contracts with WSH. They count toward the 50-contract limit but aren't in the cap totals above. Team is as signed.
| Player | Pos | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | AAV | Yrs left | Expiry | Clause | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNTheodor Niederbach | – | $1.025M | $1.275M | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A · conflict: nhl_salary_usd | ||||
| PSPetr Sikora | – | $0.995M | $0.995M | $0.995M | n/d | 3 | 2028-29 not stated | – | A · conflict: aav_usd | ||
| LLLynden Lakovic | – | $0.975M | $0.975M | $1.140M | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | D | |||
| JHJustin Holl | – | $0.900M | $0.900M | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A | ||||
| ACAndrew Cristall | – | $0.873M | $0.950M | 1 | 2026-27 RFA | – | E | ||||
| JBJonny Brodzinski | – | $0.850M | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | D | ||||
| JDJoshua Dunne | – | $0.850M | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | D | ||||
| JMJacob MacDonald | – | $0.850M | $0.850M | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | A | ||||
| ASAlexander Suzdalev | – | $0.815M | $0.950M | 1 | 2026-27 RFA | – | C | ||||
| LPLudwig Persson | – | $0.815M | $0.950M | 1 | 2026-27 RFA | – | C | ||||
| MGMitchell Gibson | – | $0.813M | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | D | ||||
| TPTerik Parascak | – | n/d | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | C | ||||
| EMEriks Mateiko | – | n/d | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | C | ||||
| PTPatrick Thomas | – | n/d | n/d | 1 | 2026-27 not stated | – | C | ||||
| RCRyan Chesley | – | n/d | n/d | n/d | 2 | 2027-28 not stated | – | C |
Totals check
Roster cap hits $104.539M + dead cap $0.000M = $104.539M; ceiling $104.000M − $104.539M = −$0.539M projected space.