Vegas Golden Knights (VGK)
Est. 2016
Current Cap Hit: $116,170,808
Projected Cap Hit:
$103,984,977
Projected Cap Space:
$15,023
Contracts: 33
Roster: 34
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2025-2026 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 9 | Jack Eichel | NMC | C | 29 | UFA | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 | + |
| 93 | Mitchell Marner | NMC | RW | 29 | UFA | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | + |
| 61 | Mark Stone | NMC | RW | 34 | UFA | $9,500,000 | ||||||
| 48 | Tomáš Hertl (Ret: 17.0%) | NMC, M-NTC | C | 32 | UFA | $6,754,125 | $6,754,125 | $6,754,125 | $6,754,125 | |||
| 71 | William Karlsson | M-NTC | C | 33 | UFA | $5,900,000 | ||||||
| 49 | Ivan Barbashev | M-NTC | C | 30 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||||
| 26 | Nic Dowd | C | 36 | UFA | $3,000,000 | |||||||
| 21 | Brett Howden | C | 28 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | ||||
| 55 | Keegan Kolesar | RW | 29 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | ||||||
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Alex Weiermair
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C | 21 | RFA | $975,000 | $975,000 | $975,000 | |||||
| 24 |
Trevor Connelly
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LW | 20 | RFA | $974,166 | $974,166 | $974,166 | |||||
| 37 |
Tuomas Uronen
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RW | 21 | RFA | $952,500 | $952,500 | ||||||
| 76 |
Trent Swick
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LW | 22 | RFA | $950,000 | $950,000 | ||||||
| 59 |
Jackson Hallum
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LW | 23 | RFA | $942,500 | |||||||
| 77 |
Kai Uchacz
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C | 23 | RFA | $920,000 | |||||||
| 42 |
Braeden Bowman
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RW | 23 | RFA | $920,000 | |||||||
| 8 |
Mathieu Cataford
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C | 21 | RFA | $901,666 | $901,666 | ||||||
| 63 |
Ben Hemmerling
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RW | 22 | RFA | $895,833 | |||||||
| 25 |
Matyáš Šapovaliv
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C | 22 | RFA | $878,333 | |||||||
| 38 |
Jordan Gustafson
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C | 22 | RFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 26 | Alexander Holtz | RW | 24 | RFA | $835,352 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 27 | Shea Theodore | NTC | D | 30 | UFA | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | $7,425,000 | |
| 15 | Noah Hanifin | NTC | D | 29 | RFA | $7,350,000 | $7,350,000 | $7,350,000 | $7,350,000 | $7,350,000 | $7,350,000 | |
| 3 | Brayden McNabb | M-NTC | D | 35 | UFA | $3,650,000 | $3,650,000 | |||||
| 6 | Kaedan Korczak | D | 25 | UFA | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | ||||
| 84 | Jérémy Davies | D | 29 | UFA | $1,150,000 | |||||||
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Bronson Ride
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D | 21 | RFA | $970,500 | $970,500 | $970,500 | ||||||
| 79 |
Viliam Kmec
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D | 22 | RFA | $908,333 | |||||||
| 88 | Jaycob Megna | D | 33 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 33 | Adin Hill | G | 30 | UFA | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | |||
| 79 | Carter Hart | G | 27 | UFA | $2,000,000 | |||||||
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Pavel Moysevich
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G | 21 | RFA | $980,000 | $980,000 | $980,000 | ||||||
| 39 |
Cameron Whitehead
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G | 23 | RFA | $937,500 | |||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 7 | Alex Pietrangelo | NMC | D | 36 | UFA | $8,800,000 | ||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 16 | Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 40 | Akira Schmid | G | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| 30 |
Carl Lindbom
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G | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
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Jonas Røndbjerg
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RW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| 36 | Raphaël Lavoie | C | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| 28 | Tanner Laczynski | C | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 20 | Brandon Saad | LW | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
| 36 | Cole Smith | LW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| 19 | Reilly Smith | RW | 35 | UFA | ||||||||
| 10 | Colton Sissons | C | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| 52 | Dylan Coghlan | D | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 17 | Ben Hutton | D | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
| 5 | Jérémy Lauzon | D | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 4 | Rasmus Andersson | D | 29 | UFA |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | ||
| Jakub Brabenec | C | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Jakub Demek | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Joe Fleming | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Lukas Cormier | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Akira Schmid | 26 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 136 OA (round 5) |
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| Carl Lindbom | 23 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 222 OA (round 7) |
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| Jakub Brabenec | 22 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 102 OA (round 4) |
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| Jakub Demek | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 128 OA (round 4) |
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| Joe Fleming | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Lukas Cormier | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 68 OA (round 3) |
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| Pavel Dorofeyev | 25 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 79 OA (round 3) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Noah Ellis | 24 | D | 2026-08-15 | 2020 | 184 OA (round 6) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Arttu Kärki | 21 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 96 OA (round 3) |
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| Mateo Nobert | 18 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 85 OA (round 3) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Lucas Van Vliet | 20 | C | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 197 OA (round 7) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Gustav Sjöqvist | 20 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 187 OA (round 6) |
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| Jakob Ihs Wozniak | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 55 OA (round 2) |
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