Montreal Canadiens Salary Cap 2023
The Montreal Canadiens salary cap 2023 page is updated often, when a major trade happens, this page will be updated within a few hours of a Habs trade.
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Montreal Canadiens salary cap breakdown
Nick Suzuki is the Canadiens forward with the highest salary cap hit at $7,875,000. He will be a UFA in the summer of 2029 and fans can decide if his salary cap hit was a great deal or bust?
David Savard is the Habs defenceman with the highest cap hit. He has a very fair $3.5 million AVV (average annual value). Savard is signed until the 2024-25 season.
According to CapFriendly, the Montreal Canadiens are entering the 2022-23 season with 23 players on the roster (14 forwards, 7 defenceman and 2 goalies) and $1,821,667 left in Habs cap space.
Montreal Canadiens salary cap 2023 | Habs salary cap
| FORWARDS | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki, Nick "C" | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | C | 23 | |
| Anderson, Josh | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | UFA | M-NTC | RW, LW | 28 |
| Drouin, Jonathan | $5,500,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LW, C, RW | 27 | ||||
| Dadonov, Evgeni | $5,000,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LW, RW | 33 | ||||
| Hoffman, Mike | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | UFA | LW, RW | 33 | ||||
| Dvorak, Christian | $4,450,000 | $4,450,000 | $4,450,000 | UFA | C, LW | 26 | |||
| Dach, Kirby | $3,362,500 | $3,362,500 | $3,362,500 | $3,362,500 | RFA | RW, C | 21 | ||
| Pitlick, Rem | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 | UFA | LW, RW | 25 | ||||
| Caufield, Cole | $880,833 | RFA | ELCÂ | LW | 22 | ||||
| Ylönen, Jesse | $880,833 | RFA | ELC | RW, LW | 23 | ||||
| Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël | $825,000 | RFA | ELC | LW, RW | 24 | ||||
| Pezzetta, Michael | $750,000 | RFA | LW, RW | 24 | |||||
| TOTAL | $40,624,166 | $26,787,500 | $21,187,500 | $16,737,500 | $13,375,000 | $7,875,000 | 25.8 | ||
| DEFENSE (8 - $16,000,000) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Matheson, Michael | $4,875,000 | $4,875,000 | $4,875,000 | $4,875,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LD | 28 | |
| Edmundson, Joel "A" | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LD/RD | 29 | |||
| Savard, David | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | UFA | RD | 32 | |||
| Barron, Justin | $925,000 | $925,000 | RFA | ELCÂ | RD | 21 | |||
| Harris, Jordan | $842,500 | 10.2(c)Â | ELCÂ | LD/RD | 22 | ||||
| Xhekaj, Arber | $828,333 | $828,333 | RFA | ELCÂ | LD/RD | 21 | |||
| Kovacevic, Johnathan | $766,667 | $766,667 | $766,667 | UFA | RD | 25 | |||
| Wideman, Chris | $762,500 | $762,500 | UFA | RD | 33 | ||||
| TOTAL | $16,000,000 | $15,157,500 | $9,141,667 | $4,875,000 | 26.4 | ||||
| GOALIES (3 - $4,765,000) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Allen, Jake | $2,875,000 | $3,850,000 | $3,850,000 | UFA | G | 32 | |||
| Montembeault, Samuel | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | UFA | G | 26 | ||||
| Primeau, Cayden | $890,000 | $890,000 | $890,000 | RFA | G | 23 | |||
| TOTAL | $4,765,000 | $5,740,000 | $4,740,000 | 27 | |||||
| INJURED RESERVE (5 - $13,413,333) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Gallagher, Brendan "A" | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | UFA | M-NTC, NMC | RW | 30 |
| Armia, Joel | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | UFA | RW, LW | 29 | |||
| Evans, Jake | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | UFA | C | 26 | |||
| Slafkovsky, Juraj | $950,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | RFA | ELCÂ | LW, RW | 18 | ||
| Guhle, Kaiden | $863,333 | $863,333 | $863,333 | RFA | ELCÂ | LD/RD | 21 | ||
| TOTAL | $13,413,333 | $13,413,333 | $13,413,333 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | 24.8 | |||
| LONG-TERM INJURED RESERVE (3 - $20,275,000) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Price, Carey | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | UFA | NMC | G | 35 | |
| Salary Relief:Â $10,500,000 | |||||||||
| P.Bonus Relief:Â $0 | |||||||||
| Monahan, Sean | $6,375,000 | UFA | M-NTC | C, LW, RW | 28 | ||||
| Salary Relief:Â $6,375,000 | |||||||||
| P.Bonus Relief:Â $0 | |||||||||
| Byron, Paul | $3,400,000 | UFA | LW, RW | 33 | |||||
| Salary Relief:Â $3,400,000 | |||||||||
| P.Bonus Relief:Â $0 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | $20,275,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | 32 | ||||
| DEAD CAP | |||||||||
| BUYOUT HISTORY (1) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | |||
| Alzner, Karl | $833,333 | $833,333 | |||||||
| TOTAL | $833,333 | $833,333 | |||||||
| ROSTER & BURIED CAP HITÂ | $95,077,499 | $71,598,333 | $58,982,500 | $38,612,500 | $19,875,000 | $7,875,000 | |||
| DEAD CAP HITÂ | $833,333 | $833,333 | - | - | - | - | |||
| CARRYOVER BONUS OVERAGESÂ | $1,132,500 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| PROJECTED CAP HITÂ | $95,193,756 | $72,431,666 | $58,982,500 | $38,612,500 | $19,875,000 | $7,875,000 | |||
| SALARY CAPÂ | $82,500,000 | $83,500,000 | $87,500,000 | $92,000,000 | $92,000,000 | $92,000,000 | |||
| PROJECTED CAP SPACEÂ | $0 | $11,068,334 | $28,517,500 | $53,387,500 | $72,125,000 | $84,125,000 | |||
| CURRENT CAP SPACEÂ | $5,148,334 | - | - | - | - | - |
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