NHL buyout calculator
Pick a player to see what buying him out in the June 2027 window would cost, season by season — cash paid and salary cap impact. Only players under contract beyond the current season can be bought out.
Leo CarlssonANA · C$18.0M4 yrsBuy out →
Kirill KaprizovMIN · L$17.0M7 yrsBuy out →
Connor BedardCHI · C$15.0M4 yrsBuy out →
Leon DraisaitlEDM · C$14.0M6 yrsBuy out →
Adam FantilliCBJ · C$13.8M5 yrsBuy out →- Cutter GauthierANA · L$13.5M5 yrsBuy out →
Jack EichelVGK · C$13.5M7 yrsBuy out →
Auston MatthewsTOR · C$13.3M1 yrBuy out →
Nathan MacKinnonCOL · C$12.6M4 yrsBuy out →- Connor McDavidEDM · C$12.5M1 yrBuy out →
Mikko RantanenDAL · R$12.0M6 yrsBuy out →- Mitch MarnerVGK · R$12.0M6 yrsBuy out →
Kyle ConnorWPG · L$12.0M7 yrsBuy out →
Elias PetterssonVAN · C$11.6M5 yrsBuy out →- Martin NecasCOL · C$11.5M7 yrsBuy out →
Igor ShesterkinNYR · G$11.5M6 yrsBuy out →- William NylanderTOR · R$11.5M5 yrsBuy out →
David PastrnakBOS · R$11.3M4 yrsBuy out →
Rasmus DahlinBUF · D$11.0M5 yrsBuy out →
Artemi PanarinLAK · L$11.0M1 yrBuy out →- Pavel DorofeyevNYR · R$11.0M6 yrsBuy out →
- Adrian KempeLAK · R$10.6M7 yrsBuy out →
- Thomas HarleyDAL · D$10.6M7 yrsBuy out →
- Evan BouchardEDM · D$10.5M2 yrsBuy out →
Jonathan HuberdeauCGY · L$10.5M4 yrsBuy out →
Alex TuchWSH · R$10.5M7 yrsBuy out →
Aleksander BarkovFLA · C$10.0M3 yrsBuy out →
Logan CooleyUTA · C$10.0M7 yrsBuy out →
Sebastian AhoCAR · C$9.75M5 yrsBuy out →- Zach WerenskiCBJ · D$9.58M1 yrBuy out →
- Seth JonesFLA · D$9.50M3 yrsBuy out →
- Charlie McAvoyBOS · D$9.50M3 yrsBuy out →
- Matthew TkachukFLA · L$9.50M3 yrsBuy out →
Noah DobsonMTL · D$9.50M6 yrsBuy out →- Adam FoxNYR · D$9.50M2 yrsBuy out →
Brayden PointTBL · C$9.50M3 yrsBuy out →- Andrei VasilevskiyTBL · G$9.50M1 yrBuy out →
Darnell NurseSJS · D$9.25M3 yrsBuy out →
Mathew BarzalNYI · C$9.15M4 yrsBuy out →
Trevor ZegrasPHI · C$9.13M3 yrsBuy out →
Buyouts people talk about
The biggest contracts of players 30 and older, with at least two seasons left.
Leon DraisaitlEDM · $14.0M · through 2032-33
Jack EichelVGK · $13.5M · through 2033-34
Nathan MacKinnonCOL · $12.6M · through 2030-31
Mikko RantanenDAL · $12.0M · through 2032-33
Kyle ConnorWPG · $12.0M · through 2033-34
Igor ShesterkinNYR · $11.5M · through 2032-33
William NylanderTOR · $11.5M · through 2031-32
David PastrnakBOS · $11.3M · through 2030-31
Adrian KempeLAK · $10.6M · through 2033-34
How buyouts work
- Buyouts happen in the summer window, June 15–30 (or from 48 hours after the Stanley Cup Final).
- The team pays one third of the remaining base salary if the player is under 26, two thirds if he is 26 or older.
- That amount is paid in equal parts over twice the years left on the contract.
- Each contract season keeps its cap hit minus that year's savings; each added season carries the payment.
- Signing bonuses are still owed and still count against the cap. Performance bonuses and 35+ contracts follow special rules this calculator doesn't cover.
NHL–NHLPA CBA, article 50.9. Contracts: PickALeague records.