| Forwards | Pos | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Larkin | C | 6,100,000 | 6,100,000 | 6,100,000 | UFA | |||
| Anthony Mantha | RW | 5,700,000 | 5,700,000 | 5,700,000 | 5,700,000 | UFA | ||
| Frans Nielsen | C | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | UFA | ||||
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW | 3,500,000 | RFA* | |||||
| Valtteri Filppula | C | 3,000,000 | UFA | |||||
| Robby Fabbri | C | 2,950,000 | 2,950,000 | UFA | ||||
| Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | UFA | ||||
| Luke Glendening | RW | 1,800,000 | UFA | |||||
| Bobby Ryan | RW | 1,000,000 | UFA | |||||
| Adam Erne | LW | 997,500 | RFA* | |||||
| Mathias Brome | LW | 925,000 | RFA | |||||
| Filip Zadina | LW | 894,167 | 894,167 | RFA | ||||
| Michael Rasmussen | C | 894,166 | RFA | |||||
| Sam Gagner | C | 850,000 | UFA | |||||
| Defense | Pos | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
| Marc Staal | D | 5,700,000 | UFA | |||||
| Danny Dekeyser | D | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | UFA | ||||
| Patrik Nemeth | D | 3,000,000 | UFA | |||||
| Troy Stecher | D | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 | UFA | ||||
| Jon Merrill | D | 925,000 | UFA | |||||
| Alex Biega | D | 875,000 | UFA | |||||
| Filip Hronek | D | 714,166 | RFA | |||||
| Goalies | Pos | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
| Thomas Greiss | G | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | UFA | ||||
| Jonathan Bernier | G | 3,000,000 | UFA | |||||
| Buyout, IR and Cap Adjustments | Pos | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | LW | 6,083,333 | ||||||
| Darren Helm | C | 3,850,000 | ||||||
| Justin Abdelkader | LW | 1,805,556 | 2,305,556 | 2,305,556 | 1,055,556 | 1,055,556 | 1,055,556 | |
| Stephen Weiss | C | 1,666,667 | ||||||
| Christian Djoos | D | 1,000,000 | ||||||
| Actual Payroll | 62,552,223 | 35,388,056 | 14,055,556 | 7,555,556 | 1,055,556 | 1,055,556 | 0 | |
| Salary Cap Payroll | 74,780,555 | 35,499,723 | 14,105,556 | 6,755,556 | 1,055,556 | 1,055,556 | 0 | |
| Cap Space | 6,719,445 |