Vegas Golden Knights 2021-2022 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Vegas Golden Knights 2021-2022 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.

Player (21) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap % Notes
Eichel Jack Eichel C 25 $10,000,000 - - $8,800,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 10.87
Stone Mark Stone RW 29 $7,000,000 $5,000,000 - $12,000,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 10.33 NMC
Pietrangelo Alex Pietrangelo D 32 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 - $5,000,000 $8,800,000 $8,800,000 9.57
Pacioretty Max Pacioretty LW 33 $5,250,000 - - $5,250,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 7.61 M-NTC
Karlsson William Karlsson C 29 $7,100,000 - - $7,100,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 6.41 M-NTC
Martinez Alec Martinez D 34 $4,250,000 - - $4,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 5.71 M-NTC
Theodore Shea Theodore D 26 $5,200,000 - - $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 5.65
Dadonov Evgenii Dadonov LW 32 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 5.44 M-NTC
Lehner Robin Lehner G 30 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 5.44 M-NTC
Marchessault Jonathan Marchessault C 31 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 5.44
Stephenson Chandler Stephenson C 27 $3,025,000 - - $3,025,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 2.99
McNabb Brayden McNabb D 31 $2,000,000 - - $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 2.72
Janmark Mattias Janmark C 29 $2,000,000 - - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 2.17
Carrier William Carrier LW 27 $1,100,000 - - $1,100,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 1.52
Coghlan Dylan Coghlan D 23 $750,000 - - $750,000 $762,500 $762,500 0.83
Hutton Ben Hutton D 28 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 0.82
Roy Nicolas Roy C 24 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 0.82
Kolesar Keegan Kolesar RW 24 $750,000 - - $750,000 $725,000 $725,000 0.79 Two-Way
Whitecloud Zach Whitecloud D 25 $750,000 - - $750,000 $725,000 $725,000 0.79
Amadio Michael Amadio C 25 $750,000 - - $678,750 $750,000 $678,750 0.74
Thompson Logan Thompson G 24 $825,000 - - $268,125 $800,000 $260,000 0.28 Two-Way
 

2021 Long Term Injured Reserve Cap

Player (6) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
Smith Reilly Smith
(Knee)
RW 30 $3,500,000 $1,000,000 - $4,500,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 5.44
Brossoit Laurent Brossoit
(Undisclosed)
G 28 $750,000 $900,000 - $1,650,000 $2,325,000 $2,325,000 2.53
Patrick Nolan Patrick
(Upper-body)
C 23 $1,000,000 - - $1,000,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 1.30
Howden Brett Howden
(Upper-body)
C 23 $885,000 - - $885,000 $885,000 $885,000 0.96
Hague Nicolas Hague
(Lower-body)
D 23 $832,500 - - $832,500 $791,667 $791,667 0.86
Bischoff Jake Bischoff
(Undisclosed)
D 27 $750,000 - - $750,000 $716,667 $716,667 0.78
 

2021 Buried Cap

Player (14) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
LeschyshynJake Leschyshyn C 22 $750,000 - $132,500 $371,250 $778,333 $385,308 0.42
RondbjergJonas Rondbjerg RW 22 $750,000 $90,000 $60,000 $303,750 $806,667 $229,881 0.25
MiromanovDaniil Miromanov D 24 $832,500 $92,500 $82,500 $252,594 $842,500 $160,094 0.17
CorcoranConnor Corcoran D 21 $750,000 $80,000 - $162,500 $813,333 $89,474 0.10
CotterPaul Cotter C 22 $750,000 - $20,000 $67,500 $760,000 $68,400 0.07
DorofeyevPavel Dorofeyev LW 21 $832,500 $92,500 - $129,967 $925,000 $41,625 0.05
PachalBrayden Pachal D 22 $750,000 $50,000 - $80,000 $765,000 $30,600 0.03
PateraJiri Patera G 22 $750,000 $67,500 - $93,750 $800,000 $28,000 0.03
JonesBen Jones C 22 $750,000 - - $26,250 $760,000 $26,600 0.03
HayesZachary Hayes D 22 $750,000 $55,000 - $70,000 $805,000 $16,100 0.02
KorczakKaedan Korczak D 21 $750,000 $92,500 $132,500 $107,500 $789,167 $15,900 0.02
FergusonDylan Ferguson G 23 $750,000 - - $15,000 $733,333 $14,668 0.02
BaertschiSven Baertschi LW 29 $750,000 - - $7,500 $750,000 $7,500 0.01
DuganJack Dugan LW 23 $832,500 $92,500 $850,000 $96,663 $925,000 $4,625 0.01
 

2021 Retained Cap

Player (3) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary   Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
TuchAlex Tuch RW 25 $570,000 - - $570,000 - - 0.00
BrooksAdam Brooks C 25 $326,250 - - $326,250 - - 0.00
KrebsPeyton Krebs C 21 $89,420 - - $89,420 - - 0.00
 

2021-2022 Cap Totals

Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.

Cap Type Adj Cap Total
2021-2022 NHL Salary Cap Max $81,500,000
2021-2022 NHL Salary Cap Floor $60,200,000
Active Contracts $79,951,250
Long Term Reserve Money $10,918,334
Buried Money $1,118,775
Total Allocated Cap $91,988,359
Cap Type Cap Total
2021-2022 Salary Cap Max $81,500,000
2021-2022 Salary Cap Floor $60,200,000
Overage/Adjustment $0
Vegas's Adjusted Salary Cap $81,500,000
Cap Type Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Cap Total Adjusted Cap Total
Active Contracts $69,250,000 $8,000,000 - $75,421,875 $80,562,500 $79,951,250
Long Term Injured Reserve $7,717,500 $1,900,000 - $9,617,500 $10,918,334 $10,918,334
Buried $10,747,500 $712,500 $1,277,500 $1,784,224 $1,118,775 $1,118,775
Total Cap Allocations $88,700,670 $10,612,500 $1,277,500 - $92,599,609 $91,988,359
Long Term Injured Reserve Utilized - - - - - $-10,488,359
Cap Space $0


2021-2022 Non-Roster Players

Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.

Player (24) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
LeschyshynJake Leschyshyn C 22 $750,000 - $132,500 $750,000 $778,333 $385,308 0.42
RondbjergJonas Rondbjerg RW 22 $750,000 $90,000 $60,000 $750,000 $806,667 $229,881 0.25
MiromanovDaniil Miromanov D 24 $832,500 $92,500 $82,500 $70,000 $842,500 $160,094 0.17
CorcoranConnor Corcoran D 21 $750,000 $80,000 - $70,000 $813,333 $89,474 0.10
CotterPaul Cotter C 22 $750,000 - $20,000 $70,000 $760,000 $68,400 0.07
DorofeyevPavel Dorofeyev LW 21 $832,500 $92,500 - $70,000 $925,000 $41,625 0.05
PachalBrayden Pachal D 22 $750,000 $50,000 - $70,000 $765,000 $30,600 0.03
PateraJiri Patera G 22 $750,000 $67,500 - $70,000 $800,000 $28,000 0.03
JonesBen Jones C 22 $750,000 - - $70,000 $760,000 $26,600 0.03
HayesZachary Hayes D 22 $750,000 $55,000 - $80,000 $805,000 $16,100 0.02
KorczakKaedan Korczak D 21 $750,000 $92,500 $132,500 $70,000 $789,167 $15,900 0.02
FergusonDylan Ferguson G 23 $750,000 - - $70,000 $733,333 $14,668 0.02
BaertschiSven Baertschi LW 29 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $7,500 0.01
DuganJack Dugan LW 23 $832,500 $92,500 $850,000 $70,000 $925,000 $4,625 0.01
DeanZach Dean C 19 $800,000 $92,500 $32,500 $80,000 $914,167 - 0.00
AhacLayton Ahac D 20 $750,000 $92,500 - $70,000 $897,500 - 0.00
DiliberatorePeter Diliberatore D 21 $832,500 $92,500 - $70,000 $880,833 - 0.00
ChaykaDaniil Chayka D 19 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $80,000 $870,000 - 0.00
SavilleIsaiah Saville G 21 $750,000 $83,000 - $70,000 $849,667 - 0.00
PrimeauMason Primeau C 20 $750,000 $70,000 - $70,000 $825,000 - 0.00
CormierLukas Cormier D 19 $750,000 $80,000 - $80,000 $811,667 - 0.00
MarushevMaxim Marushev C 23 $750,000 $60,000 - $70,000 $810,000 - 0.00
KallionkieliMarcus Kallionkieli LW 20 $750,000 $82,500 - $70,000 $784,722 - 0.00
QuinneyGage Quinney LW 26 $750,000 - - $450,000 $750,000 - 0.00