Montreal Canadiens 2021-2022 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Montreal Canadiens 2021-2022 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
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| Player (24) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Price | G | 34 | $2,000,000 | $11,000,000 | - | $13,000,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | 12.88 | NMC | |
| Jeff Petry | D | 33 | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | 7.67 | M-NTC | |
| Jonathan Drouin | LW | 26 | $5,500,000 | - | - | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | 6.75 | M-NTC | |
| Josh Anderson | RW | 27 | $4,000,000 | - | - | $4,000,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | 6.75 | M-NTC | |
| Mike Hoffman | LW | 31 | $3,500,000 | - | - | $3,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 5.52 | ||
| Christian Dvorak | C | 25 | $5,075,000 | - | - | $5,075,000 | $4,450,000 | $4,450,000 | 5.46 | ||
| Tyler Toffoli | RW | 29 | $5,125,000 | - | - | $5,125,000 | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | 5.21 | ||
| David Savard | D | 30 | $2,800,000 | - | - | $2,800,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.29 | ||
| Ben Chiarot | D | 30 | $2,500,000 | $1,000,000 | - | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.29 | M-NTC | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 26 | $2,300,000 | - | - | $2,300,000 | $2,300,000 | $2,300,000 | 2.82 | ||
| Brett Kulak | D | 27 | $2,200,000 | - | - | $2,200,000 | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | 2.27 | ||
| Cedric Paquette | C | 28 | $950,000 | - | - | $950,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | 1.17 | ||
| Alexander Romanov | D | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $637,500 | $925,000 | $894,167 | $894,167 | 1.10 | Two-Way | |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 22 | $832,500 | - | - | $832,500 | $863,333 | $863,333 | 1.06 | Two-Way | |
| Jake Evans | C | 25 | $800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 0.92 | Two-Way | |
| Samuel Montembeault | G | 24 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 0.92 | ||
| Sami Niku | D | 24 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 0.92 | Two-Way | |
| Chris Wideman | D | 31 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 0.92 | ||
| Michael Pezzetta | C | 23 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $671,250 | 0.82 | Two-Way | |
| Ryan Poehling | C | 22 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $637,500 | 0.78 | Two-Way | |
| Cayden Primeau | G | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $925,000 | $880,833 | $563,712 | 0.69 | Two-Way | |
| Kale Clague | D | 23 | $761,250 | - | - | $761,250 | $761,250 | $555,676 | 0.68 | Two-Way | |
| Laurent Dauphin | C | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $491,250 | 0.60 | Two-Way | |
| Rem Pitlick | C | 24 | $917,831 | - | - | $486,434 | $917,831 | $486,434 | 0.60 |
2021 Injured Reserve Cap
| Player (7) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Gallagher (Lower-body) |
RW | 29 | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | 7.98 | |
| Joel Edmundson (Undisclosed) |
D | 28 | $2,500,000 | - | - | $2,500,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.29 | |
| Joel Armia (Covid-19) |
RW | 29 | $2,000,000 | - | - | $2,000,000 | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | 4.17 | |
| Jake Allen (Lower-body) |
G | 31 | $2,000,000 | - | - | $2,000,000 | $2,875,000 | $2,875,000 | 3.53 | |
| Mathieu Perreault (Lower-body) |
C | 33 | $950,000 | - | - | $950,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | 1.17 | |
| Cole Caufield (Covid-19) |
RW | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $300,000 | $925,000 | $880,833 | $801,528 | 0.98 | |
| Josh Brook (Knee) |
D | 22 | $800,000 | - | $32,500 | $800,000 | $795,000 | - | 0.00 |
2021 Long Term Injured Reserve Cap
| Player (2) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Weber (Thumb) |
D | 36 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $7,857,143 | $7,857,143 | 9.64 | |
| Paul Byron (Hip) |
C | 32 | $4,000,000 | - | - | $4,000,000 | $3,400,000 | $805,773 | 0.99 |
2021 Buyout Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Alzner | D | 33 | $833,333 | - | - | $833,333 | $1,958,333 | $1,958,333 | 2.40 |
2021 Retained Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Brooks | C | 25 | $135,000 | - | - | $135,000 | - | - | 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 | $61,213,322 |
| Injured Reserve Money | $18,026,528 |
| Long Term Reserve Money | $-629,972 |
| Buried Money | $931,789 |
| Buyout Money | $1,958,333 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $81,500,000 |
| Cap Space | $0 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2021-2022 Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 | ||||||||
| Overage/Adjustment | $0 | ||||||||
| Montreal's Adjusted Salary Cap | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| Cap Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Cap Total | Adjusted Cap Total | |||
| Active Contracts | $50,426,581 | $12,185,000 | $637,500 | $62,180,184 | $62,617,414 | $61,213,322 | |||
| Injured Reserve | $14,082,500 | $92,500 | $332,500 | $14,175,000 | $18,900,833 | $18,026,528 | |||
| Long Term Injured Reserve | $10,000,000 | - | - | $10,000,000 | $11,257,143 | $-629,972 | |||
| Buried | $7,582,500 | $352,500 | $165,000 | $7,935,000 | $931,789 | $931,789 | |||
| Buyout Money | $833,333 | - | - | $833,333 | $1,958,333 | $1,958,333 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $83,059,914 | $12,630,000 | $1,135,000 | - | $95,665,512 | $81,500,000 | |||
| 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 (17) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 19 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $420,000 | $80,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Jan Mysak | LW | 19 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $850,833 | $850,833 |
| Gianni Fairbrother | D | 21 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $848,333 | $848,333 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 20 | $750,000 | $80,000 | - | $80,000 | $828,333 | $828,333 |
| Joel Teasdale | C | 22 | $750,000 | - | - | $70,000 | $763,333 | $763,333 |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | C | 27 | $750,000 | - | - | $450,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Xavier Ouellet | D | 28 | $750,000 | - | - | $425,000 | $737,500 | $737,500 |
| Mattias Norlinder | D | 21 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $859,167 | $244,872 |
| Alex Belzile | RW | 30 | $750,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $750,000 | $202,500 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | 22 | $750,000 | $75,000 | - | $70,000 | $825,000 | $111,375 |
| Jesse Ylönen | RW | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $880,833 | $110,100 |
| Corey Schueneman | D | 25 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $63,750 |
| Lukas Vejdemo | C | 25 | $750,000 | - | - | $175,000 | $750,000 | $56,250 |
| Brandon Baddock | LW | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $150,000 | $750,000 | $52,500 |
| Louis Belpedio | D | 25 | $750,000 | - | - | $225,000 | $750,000 | $45,000 |
| Michael McNiven | G | 24 | $750,000 | - | - | $100,000 | $750,000 | $41,250 |
| Cameron Hillis | C | 21 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $838,333 | $4,192 |