Washington Capitals Salary Cap Chart

Salary Cap Chart

		LTIR	35+	EL	SR	RSA	Cap Charge
No Trade/ Movement Clause	Perf. Bonus Eligible	Long-Term Injured Reserve	Aged 35+ Contract	Entry-Level Contract	Slide Risk	Retained Salary Acquisition	Two-Way

Cap Hits
Salaries
Tracker

Player		2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21

Forwards (16)
Ovechkin, Alex »	NTC (starting July 1, 2014, can list up to 10 teams each year he will not accept a trade to and can modify said list in September of every following year)	$10,000,000$9,538,462$9,538,462	$10,000,000$9,538,462	$10,000,000$9,538,462	$10,000,000$9,538,462	$10,000,000$9,538,462	$10,000,000$9,538,462	$10,000,000$9,538,462	» 2021 (UFA)
Backstrom, N. »	Modified NTC (no restrictions until July 1, 2016; for 2016-17 and beyond, can designate seven teams he will not accept a trade to and modify that list each September beginning in 2017)	$6,500,000$6,700,000$6,700,000	$6,500,000$6,700,000	$7,000,000$6,700,000	$7,500,000$6,700,000	$7,500,000$6,700,000	$8,000,000$6,700,000	UFA
Laich, Brooks »	Limited NTC from 2011-12 through 2014-15 (can supply five-team no-trade list at start of each season)	$4,500,000$4,500,000$4,500,000	$4,000,000$4,500,000	$4,000,000$4,500,000	UFA
Brouwer, Troy »	Modified NTC	$3,650,000$3,666,667$3,666,667	$3,750,000$3,666,667	UFA
Ward, Joel »		$3,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000	UFA
Chimera, Jason »	35+ Limited NTC	$2,000,000$2,000,000$2,000,000	$2,000,000$2,000,000	UFA
Johansson, Marcus »		$2,175,000$2,000,000$2,000,000	RFA
Fehr, Eric »		$1,600,000$1,500,000$1,500,000	UFA
Beagle, Jay »		$1,000,000$900,000$900,000	UFA
Kuznetsov, Evgeny »	EL	$2,850,000 $900,000 $1,925,000 $900,000 $1,925,000 $900,000	RFA
Wilson, Tom »	EL	$400,000 $925,000 $400,000 $894,167 $400,000 $894,167	$600,000 $832,500 $400,000 $894,167	RFA
Burakovsky, Andre »	EL	$925,000$894,167$894,167	$925,000$894,167	$832,500$894,167	RFA
Brown, Chris »	EL	$900,000 $46,667 $853,333 $46,667 $853,333	RFA
O'Brien, Liam »	EL	$20,000 $605,000 $20,000 $621,667 $20,000 $618,324	$20,000 $630,000 $20,000 $621,667	$20,000 $630,000 $20,000 $621,667	RFA
Volpatti, Aaron »	LTIR	$600,000$575,000$575,000	UFA
Latta, Michael »		$575,000$575,000$575,000	$575,000$575,000	RFA
Defensemen (9)
Green, Mike »	Modified NTC	$6,250,000$6,083,333$6,083,333	UFA
Niskanen, Matt »	Modified NTC	$5,750,000$5,750,000$5,750,000	$5,750,000$5,750,000	$5,750,000$5,750,000	$5,750,000$5,750,000	$5,750,000$5,750,000	$5,750,000$5,750,000	$5,750,000$5,750,000	» 2021 (UFA)
Orpik, Brooks »		$6,500,000$5,500,000$5,500,000	$5,500,000$5,500,000	$5,500,000$5,500,000	$5,500,000$5,500,000	$4,500,000$5,500,000	UFA
Carlson, John »		$4,000,000$3,966,667$3,966,667	$4,000,000$3,966,667	$4,000,000$3,966,667	$4,000,000$3,966,667	UFA
Alzner, Karl »	NTC (2016-17)	$2,800,000$2,800,000$2,800,000	$2,800,000$2,800,000	$2,800,000$2,800,000	UFA
Orlov, Dmitry »	LTIR	$1,750,000$2,000,000$2,000,000	$2,250,000$2,000,000	RFA
Erskine, John »		$2,000,000$1,962,500$1,962,500	UFA
Hillen, Jack »		$700,000$700,000$700,000	UFA
Schmidt, Nate »		$625,000$625,000$625,000	RFA
Goaltenders (2)
Holtby, Braden »		$2,000,000$1,850,000$1,850,000	RFA
Peters, Justin »		$950,000$950,000$950,000	$950,000$950,000	UFA
Buyouts
Schultz, Jeff »		$1,000,000$0
Carryover Bonus Overages
From Previous Season		$150,000


Roster Size		27	15	9	5	4	3	2
Salary Cap	Current Season: League-mandated spending limit factoring in applicable bonus overage carry-over penalties from the previous season. Future Seasons: The user-entered spending limit, set at the top of the page.	$68,850,000	$69,000,000	$69,000,000	$69,000,000	$69,000,000	$69,000,000	$69,000,000
Cap Payroll	Current Season: Projected cap spending at season's end if the current roster does not change. Please note, this total excludes all performance bonuses. If the team exceeds the bonus cushion (7.5 percent of the upper limit), cap spending could be more than shown here. Future Seasons: Actual dollars spent on projected roster. Includes buyouts and reentry waiver losses, if applicable. Excludes all performance bonuses.	$71,306,522	$50,356,795	$40,270,962	$31,455,128	$27,488,462	$21,988,462	$15,288,462
Current Bonuses	Current Season: Sum of averaged performance bonus amounts for players on active roster/injured reserve/injured non-roster. This number does not include adjustments for bonuses ruled unattainable by the league. Future Seasons: Maximum performance bonuses attainable for projected roster.	$2,391,667	$420,000	$20,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
Projected LTIR	Current Season: Projected long-term injured reserve credits that will be accrued at season's end if the current roster does not change. Future Seasons: Not applicable.	$2,456,522	—	—	—	—	—	—
Projection	Current Season: Cap space that will be available at season's end if the current roster does not change. Please note, the calculation of this number excludes all performance bonuses from cap spending. If the team exceeds the bonus cushion (7.5 percent of the upper limit), cap space could be less than shown here. Future Seasons: Available cap dollars based on roster or projected roster.	$0	$18,643,205	$28,729,038	$37,544,872	$41,511,538	$47,011,538	$53,711,538
Today's Space	Current Season: The annual average salary (cap hit) each team can add today. For teams in a long-term injury situation, this number is a maximum estimate and could be less than shown. Demotions could increase this number. Please note, the calculation of this number excludes all performance bonuses from cap spending. If the team exceeds the bonus cushion (7.5 percent of the upper limit), the AAV could be less than shown here. Future Seasons: Not applicable.	$119,038	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deadline Space	Current Season: The annual average salary (cap hit) each team can add at the trade deadline. For teams in a long-term injury situation, this number is a maximum estimate and could be less than shown. Please note, the calculation of this number excludes all performance bonuses from cap spending. If the team exceeds the bonus cushion (7.5 percent of the upper limit), the AAV could be less than shown here. Future Seasons: Not applicable.	$119,038	—	—	—	—	—	—


Non-Roster Players
F Vrana, Jakub »	EL	$400,000 $925,000 $500,000 $925,000	$500,000 $925,000 $500,000 $925,000	$600,000 $925,000 $500,000 $925,000	RFA
G Vanecek, Vitek »	EL	$232,500 $692,500 $149,167 $775,833	$132,500 $792,500 $149,167 $775,833	$82,500 $842,500 $149,167 $775,833	RFA
F Herbert, Caleb »	EL	$260,000 $640,000 $160,000 $740,000	$60,000 $840,000 $160,000 $740,000	RFA
D Bowey, Madison »	EL	$282,500 $642,500 $199,167 $725,833	$232,500 $692,500 $199,167 $725,833	$82,500 $842,500 $199,167 $725,833	RFA
F Stephenson, C. »	EL	$282,500 $642,500 $199,167 $725,833 $199,167 $3,902	$232,500 $692,500 $199,167 $725,833	$82,500 $842,500 $199,167 $725,833	RFA
D Djoos, Christian »	EL	$170,000 $630,000 $81,667 $711,667	$75,000 $675,000 $81,667 $711,667	$830,000 $81,667 $711,667	RFA
G Copley, Pheonix »	EL	$282,500 $642,500 $220,000 $705,000	$157,500 $767,500 $220,000 $705,000	RFA
D Wey, Patrick »	EL	$260,000 $640,000 $260,000 $640,000	RFA
D Carrick, Connor »	EL	$125,000 $625,000 $146,667 $636,667	$145,000 $655,000 $146,667 $636,667	RFA
F Walker, Nathan »	EL	$615,000$635,000	$645,000$635,000	$645,000$635,000	RFA
D Schilling, C. »		$625,000$625,000	RFA
F Galiev, Stanislav »	EL	$35,000 $550,000 $65,000 $595,556	RFA
G Grubauer, Philipp »	EL	$600,000 $28,333 $578,889	RFA
D Moore, Mike »		$550,000$550,000	UFA
F Newbury, Kris »		$550,000$550,000	UFA
F Kennedy, Tim »		$550,000$550,000	UFA
F Conner, Chris »		$550,000$550,000	UFA
D Kundratek, Tomas »		$550,000$550,000	RFA
F Wellman, Casey »		$550,000$550,000	UFA
G Pasquale, Edward »		$550,000$550,000	RFA
F Mitchell, Garrett »		$550,000$550,000	RFA
D Landry, Jon »		$550,000$550,000	UFA
G Anderson, Brandon »	EL	$550,000$549,444	RFA
D Oleksy, Steven »		$550,000$541,667	UFA