Montreal Canadiens Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Montreal Canadiens, including multi-year cap totals, player cap hits, top earnings, contracts, & free agents.

 

Salary Cap Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Total Cap Allocations   $100,993,571 $88,871,250 $54,297,500 $33,775,000 $15,725,000
Signed Players   51 36 11 6 2
Forwards   $43,203,033 $47,175,000 $33,987,500 $30,625,000 $15,725,000
Defensemen   $12,454,739 $11,404,999 $4,875,000
Goaltending   $1,890,000 $14,540,000 $13,650,000 $3,150,000
Injured Reserve   $8,575,000
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap   $833,333


 

Roster Cap Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Canadiens Salary Payroll Table

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Nick Suzuki C $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 $7,875,000 M-NTC $7,875,000 M-NTC
Cole Caufield RW $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $7,850,000
Brendan Gallagher RW $6,500,000 M-NTC $6,500,000 M-NTC $6,500,000 M-NTC $6,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Josh Anderson RW $5,500,000 M-NTC $5,500,000 M-NTC $5,500,000 M-NTC $5,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Christian Dvorak C $4,450,000 M-NTC $4,450,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Joel Armia RW $3,400,000 $3,400,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Kirby Dach C $3,362,500 $3,362,500 $3,362,500 0UFA 0-
Tanner Pearson LW $3,250,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Alex Newhook C $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 0UFA
Jake Evans C $1,700,000 $1,700,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW $1,100,000 $1,100,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Juraj Slafkovsky LW $950,000 $950,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Joshua Roy RW $363,285 $835,000 $835,000 0RFA 0-
Michael Pezzetta C $812,500 $812,500 0UFA 0- 0-
Colin White C $227,248 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Jesse Ylönen RW $775,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Michael Matheson D $4,875,000 M-NTC $4,875,000 M-NTC $4,875,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
David Savard D $3,500,000 $3,500,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Jordan Harris D $1,400,000 $1,400,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Jayden Struble D $676,758 $867,500 0RFA 0- 0-
Kaiden Guhle D $863,333 $863,333 0RFA 0- 0-
Arber Xhekaj D $372,982 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Johnathan Kovacevic D $766,666 $766,666 0UFA 0- 0-
Chris Wideman D $762,500 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Carey Price G $10,500,000 NMC $10,500,000 NMC $10,500,000 NMC 0UFA 0-
Samuel Montembeault G $1,000,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 0UFA
Cayden Primeau G $890,000 $890,000 0RFA 0- 0-
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Jeff Petry D $2,343,750 $2,343,750 0- 0- 0-
Jake Allen G $1,925,000 $1,925,000 0- 0- 0-
Joel Edmundson D $1,750,000 0- 0- 0- 0-
Karl Alzner D $833,333 0- 0- 0- 0-
Gustav Lindstrom D $353,154 0- 0- 0- 0-
Sean Monahan C 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
MesarFilip Mesar C $950,000 $950,000 RFA - -
BeckOwen Beck C $916,667 $916,667 RFA - -
FarrellSean Farrell C $897,500 $897,500 RFA - -
HeinemanEmil Heineman LW $140,970 $897,500 RFA - -
PerreaultJacob Perreault C $894,167 RFA - - -
KidneyRiley Kidney C $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
SimoneauXavier Simoneau C $855,000 $855,000 RFA - -
MailletPhillipe Maillet C $775,000 UFA - - -
CondottaLucas Condotta LW $32,464 $775,000 UFA - -
StephensMitchell Stephens C $211,016 UFA - - -
GignacBrandon Gignac C $551,888 $775,000 UFA - -
AnderssonLias Andersson C $775,000 RFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
ReinbacherDavid Reinbacher D $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 RFA -
BarronJustin Barron D $125,918 RFA - - -
MaillouxLogan Mailloux D $897,500 $897,500 RFA - -
NorlinderMattias Norlinder D $94,458 RFA - - -
TrudeauWilliam Trudeau D $856,667 $856,667 RFA - -
KeeperBrady Keeper D $775,000 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
DobesJakub Dobes G $925,000 $925,000 RFA - -