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Vancouver Canucks

3-15-17 PTS8th in the Pacific divisionNHL

Playoff odds

<1%

Power play

20.7 %

Penalty kill

63.5 %

Goals per game

2.89

Goals against

4.58

Faceoffs

46.9 %

Cap space and contracts

NHL cap hit

$88.2M

28 players on the roster

Cap space

$15.8M

Cap ceiling $104.0M

Minors

$16.9M

19 contracts off the roster

Dead cap

$6.50M

Buyouts and retained salary

Where the money goes

Only NHL roster contracts count against the cap. Players signed in the American Hockey League are listed separately.

  • Centres7$26.0M 25% of the cap hit
  • Wingers8$20.9M 20% of the cap hit
  • Defence9$20.0M 19% of the cap hit
  • Goalies4$14.9M 14% of the cap hit
  • Dead cap1$6.50M 6% of the cap hit
  • Cap space$15.8M 15% of the cap hit

Cap ceiling $104.0M · Vancouver Canucks

Committed against the cap, season by season

2026-27

$87.6M

28 contracts

2027-28

$69.2M

13 contracts

2028-29

$54.0M

7 contracts

2029-30

$45.5M

6 contracts

2030-31

$41.0M

5 contracts

2031-32

$35.5M

4 contracts

Commitments by season

Centres
Elias Pettersson$11,600,000$11.6M
Marco Rossi$5,000,000$5.00M
Filip Chytil$4,437,500$4.44M
Linus Karlsson$2,250,000$2.25M
Max Sasson$1,000,000$1.00M
Braeden CootesNon-roster$975,000$0.97M
Ilya SafonovNon-roster$950,000$0.95M
Riley PattersonNon-roster$923,333$0.96M
Akil Thomas$900,000$0.90M
Ty MuellerNon-roster$870,000$0.95M
Chase WoutersNon-roster$850,000$0.85M
Matt StienburgNon-roster$850,000$0.85M
Aatu Raty$775,000$0.85M
Wingers
Brock Boeser$7,250,000$7.25M
Brendan GallagherDead cap$6,500,000$6.50M
Jake DeBrusk$5,500,000$5.50M
Drew O'Connor$2,500,000$2.50M
Paul Cotter$2,150,000$2.15M
Jonathan Lekkerimaki$950,000$0.92M
Liam Ohgren$950,000$0.89M
Arshdeep Bains$775,000$0.85M
Defensemen
Filip Hronek$7,250,000$7.25M
Jamie Oleksiak$5,000,000$5.00M
Luke Schenn$2,250,000$2.25M
Victor Mancini$1,000,000$1.00M
Zeev Buium$966,500$0.97M
Tom Willander$950,000$0.97M
Guillaume Brisebois$900,000$0.90M
Elias Pettersson$870,000$0.91M
Sawyer MynioNon-roster$870,000$0.91M
Cole ClaytonNon-roster$850,000$0.85M
Kirill KudryavtsevNon-roster$850,000$0.90M
Jack Thompson$850,000$0.85M
Jimmy SchuldtNon-roster$775,000$0.85M
Goalies
Thatcher Demko$8,500,000$8.50M
Kevin Lankinen$4,500,000$4.50M
Leevi Merilainen$1,100,000$1.10M
Alexei MedvedevNon-roster$931,667$0.97M
Aku KoskenvuoNon-roster$850,000$0.93M
Ty YoungNon-roster$850,000$0.90M
Chris Driedger$795,000—
Nikita TolopiloNon-roster$775,000$0.85M
Off roster
Adam NovotnyNon-roster$1,075,000$1.08M
Vilmer AlrikssonNon-roster$975,000$0.93M
Gabe ChiarotNon-roster$916,667$0.95M
Trey Fix-WolanskyNon-roster$900,000$0.90M
Anri RavinskisNon-roster$872,500$0.95M
Mackenzie MacEachern$775,000$0.85M
Committed cap$105.1M47 contracts

Figures in US dollars, entered by hand