Cap Horizon | NHL Salary Cap Analysis

Jason Robertson scored three times in 5:20 against Washington on Tuesday. Dallas already knows the price of those goals for this season: he signed for one year at a $12 million average annual value. The interesting number for next summer is how many other jobs the Stars have to fill if they keep him. NHL game report. Dallas contract announcement. All figures below are U.S. dollars. The November 4 morning snapshot is a public estimate. Cap charges measure amounts attributed to a season under league rules. They can differ from cash paid to players during that year. Dallas cap projections and roster. A negative projection and room for one call-up PuckPedia shows Dallas at a projected $106,975,636 against a $104 million ceiling for 2026–27, or $2,975,636 over the ordinary limit. The same sheet estimates $1,274,087 in current space and the same amount in deadline space, with 22 of 23 active slots filled. Current space is an estimate of the annual cap hit the club could add at this point...

Two Montréal charges fall away after this season. Josh Anderson’s contract carries $5.5 million, and the Canadiens still carry $3.25 million from trading Brendan Gallagher. That looks like $8.75 million for new players. Put Ivan Demidov’s extension on the same page and only about $541,000 of that particular saving survives. Anderson’s roster spot still needs a decision. All figures are U.S. dollars. The team figures below are PuckPedia’s public estimates read November 3, 2026. Cap hits are accounting charges and can differ from salary paid in a given year. PuckPedia’s Montréal team sheet . $1.50M Projected space at the end of 2026–27 under the tracker’s assumptions. $1.83M Current annualized cap hit the tracker estimates Montréal could add today. $7.11M Estimated annualized addition at the deadline if the underlying assumptions hold. Those three figures describe one team at different points in time. A deadline acquisition carries a charge for the remaining days. Adding the three fig...

CAP HORIZON · EDMONTON OILERS · NOVEMBER 1, 2026 Every dollar. Every roster. Every season. Edmonton has two different cap problems: very little room to change the current roster, and a future commitment chart that becomes much lighter before the roster is rebuilt. The second problem can look like an opportunity until the missing names are priced. A falling commitment line tells us contracts end. It does not tell us what it will cost to retain or replace the players. All amounts below are U.S. dollars. Public estimates were checked November 1, 2026. They are not the NHL’s private compliance ledger. NOW Current addable cap hit: $156,190, per PuckPedia. 2027–28 17 projected active players; six places to reach our 23-player planning target. 2028 McDavid’s present extension ends after 2027–28. The next contract is a decision, not free space. Team Horizon: read the roster count beside the dollars PuckPedia’s snapshot reports $129,622 projected space, $156,190 current space and $613,333 dead...