New Jersey Devils (NJD)

Est. 1982

Current Cap Hit: $98,541,665
Projected Cap Hit: $90,982,499
Projected Cap Space: $4,517,501
Contracts: 38
Roster: 38
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history

Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2024-2025 * *
2025-2026 *
2026-2027
2027-2028

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
28 Timo Meier NMC RW 28 UFA $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000
63 Jesper Bratt NMC LW 26 UFA $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000
13 Nico Hischier M-NTC C 26 UFA $7,250,000 $7,250,000
18 Ondřej Palát NMC, M-NTC LW 34 UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000
91 Dawson Mercer C 23 RFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
56 Erik Haula M-NTC LW 34 UFA $3,150,000
11 Stefan Noesen M-NTC RW 32 UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000
Lenni Hämeenaho WE RW 20 RFA $950,000 $950,000 $950,000
Shane Lachance LW 21 RFA $925,000 $925,000
81 Arseny Gritsyuk RW 24 RFA $925,000
73 Dylan Wendt WE RW 24 RFA $870,000
89 Josh Filmon WE LW 21 RFA $838,333 $838,333
77 Cam Squires WE RW 20 RFA $838,333 $838,333 $838,333
47 Paul Cotter C 25 RFA $775,000
15 Shane Bowers C 25 RFA $775,000
49 Ryan Schmelzer WE C 31 UFA $775,000
48 Brian Halonen WE LW 26 UFA $775,000
44 Jonathan Gruden C 25 RFA $775,000
39 Mike Hardman LW 26 UFA $775,000
16 Nathan Légaré RW 24 RFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
7 Dougie Hamilton NMC, M-NTC D 32 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
22 Brett Pesce NTC D 30 UFA $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000
8 Johnathan Kovacevic NTC D 27 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
5 Brenden Dillon NTC D 34 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
71 Jonas Siegenthaler M-NTC D 28 UFA $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000
23 Kurtis MacDermid D 31 UFA $1,150,000 $1,150,000
24 Seamus Casey WE D 21 RFA $950,000 $950,000
55 Mikael Diotte WE D 22 RFA $950,000 $950,000
Ethan Edwards D 23 RFA $925,000 $925,000
17 Šimon Nemec WE D 21 RFA $918,333
Xavier Parent WE D 24 RFA $850,000
38 Topias Vilén WE D 22 RFA $836,666
45 Colton White D 28 UFA $775,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
25 Jacob Markström (Ret: 31.0%) NMC G 35 UFA $4,140,000
51 Tyler Brennan WE G 21 RFA $870,000
Jakub Málek WE G 23 RFA $867,500
50 Nico Daws WE G 24 RFA $812,500
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
86 Jack Hughes C 24 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
# Free Agents Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
19 Cody Glass C 26 RFA
29 Nolan Foote LW 24 RFA
43 Luke Hughes WE D 21 RFA
65 Isaac Poulter WE G 23 RFA
91 Daniel Sprong RW 28 UFA
26 Marc McLaughlin C 25 UFA
37 Justin Dowling C 34 UFA
90 Tomáš Tatar LW 34 UFA
14 Nathan Bastian RW 27 UFA
42 Curtis Lazar C 30 UFA
6 Brian Dumoulin D 33 UFA
34 Jake Allen G 34 UFA

Icons: WE=Waivers Exempt Injured=Injured Suspended=Suspended 🧑‍⚖️=Suspended

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
Santeri Hatakka D 24 RFA
Max Willman C 30 UFA
Samuel Laberge C 28 UFA
Dennis Cholowski D 27 UFA
Tory Dello D 28 UFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Cody Glass 26 C Qualifying Offer 2017 6 OA (round 1)
Isaac Poulter 23 G Qualifying Offer Undrafted N/A
Luke Hughes 21 D Qualifying Offer 2021 4 OA (round 1)
Nolan Foote 24 LW Qualifying Offer 2019 27 OA (round 1)
Santeri Hatakka 24 D Qualifying Offer 2019 184 OA (round 6)
2025 Expiration
Cole Brown 20 LW 2025-06-01 2023 164 OA (round 6)
2026 Expiration
Matyas Melovsky 21 C 2026-06-01 2024 171 OA (round 6)
Charles Leddy 21 D 2026-08-15 2022 126 OA (round 4)
Samu Salminen 22 C 2026-08-15 2021 68 OA (round 3)
Viktor Hurtig 23 D 2026-08-15 2021 164 OA (round 6)
2027 Expiration
Chase Cheslock 20 D 2027-08-15 2023 154 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Kasper Pikkarainen 18 R 2028-06-01 2024 85 OA (round 3)
Veeti Louhivaara 19 G 2028-06-01 2024 146 OA (round 5)
2029 Expiration
Mikhail Yegorov 19 G 2029-06-01 2024 49 OA (round 2)
Other Expiration
Anton Silayev 19 D Indefinite 2024 10 OA (round 1)
Artem Barabosha 21 D Indefinite 2022 198 OA (round 7)
Artur Gavrus 31 C Indefinite 2012 180 OA (round 6)
Daniil Karpovich 20 D Indefinite 2023 186 OA (round 6)
Daniil Orlov 21 D Indefinite 2022 110 OA (round 4)
Nikita Popugaev 26 LW Indefinite 2017 98 OA (round 4)
Yegor Zaitsev 27 D Indefinite 2017 205 OA (round 7)
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