Montreal Canadiens 2019-2020 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Montreal Canadiens 2019-2020 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 (22) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Price | G | 32 | $2,000,000 | $13,000,000 | - | $15,000,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | 13.62 | |
| Shea Weber | D | 34 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $7,857,143 | $7,857,143 | 10.19 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | LW | 24 | $5,500,000 | - | - | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | 7.13 | |
| Jeff Petry | D | 31 | $3,000,000 | $1,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | 7.13 | |
| Tomas Tatar | LW | 28 | $5,500,000 | - | - | $5,500,000 | $5,300,000 | $4,800,000 | 6.23 | |
| Karl Alzner | D | 31 | $4,625,000 | - | - | $4,625,000 | $4,625,000 | $4,625,000 | 6.00 | |
| Brendan Gallagher | RW | 27 | $4,000,000 | - | - | $4,000,000 | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 | 4.86 | |
| Ben Chiarot | D | 28 | $1,500,000 | $2,000,000 | - | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.54 | |
| Paul Byron | C | 30 | $4,000,000 | - | - | $4,000,000 | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | 4.41 | |
| Max Domi | LW | 24 | $2,900,000 | $250,000 | - | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | 4.09 | |
| Phillip Danault | C | 26 | $3,000,000 | - | - | $3,000,000 | $3,083,333 | $3,083,333 | 4.00 | |
| Joel Armia | RW | 27 | $2,800,000 | - | - | $2,800,000 | $2,600,000 | $2,600,000 | 3.37 | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 24 | $2,400,000 | - | - | $2,400,000 | $2,400,000 | $2,400,000 | 3.11 | |
| Dale Weise | RW | 31 | $1,750,000 | - | - | $1,750,000 | $2,350,000 | $2,350,000 | 3.05 | |
| Brett Kulak | D | 25 | $1,950,000 | - | - | $1,950,000 | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | 2.40 | |
| Jordan Weal | C | 27 | $1,300,000 | - | - | $1,300,000 | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | 1.82 | |
| Nate Thompson | C | 34 | $1,000,000 | - | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1.30 | |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $637,500 | $925,000 | $863,333 | $863,333 | 1.12 | |
| Christian Folin | D | 28 | $800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | $670,956 | 0.87 | |
| Charlie Lindgren | G | 25 | $700,000 | $50,000 | - | $700,000 | $750,000 | $455,616 | 0.59 | |
| Charles Hudon | LW | 25 | $800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | $227,953 | 0.30 | |
| Xavier Ouellet | D | 26 | $700,000 | - | - | $700,000 | $700,000 | $218,254 | 0.28 |
2019 Injured Reserve Cap
| Player (2) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Mete (Lower-body) |
D | 21 | $700,000 | $60,000 | - | $760,000 | $748,333 | $748,333 | 0.97 | |
| Joel Teasdale (Knee-acl) |
C | 20 | $700,000 | $70,000 | - | $770,000 | $753,333 | - | 0.00 |
2019 Buyout Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mason | G | 31 | $1,366,667 | - | - | $1,366,667 | $1,366,667 | $1,366,667 | 1.77 |
2019 Retained Cap
| Player (6) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Scandella | D | 29 | $1,200,286 | - | - | $1,200,286 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 2.59 | |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | 36 | $541,954 | - | - | $541,954 | $350,000 | $350,000 | 0.45 | |
| Riley Barber | RW | 25 | $90,312 | - | - | $90,312 | $90,312 | $90,312 | 0.12 | |
| Matthew Peca | C | 26 | $1,091,393 | - | - | $1,091,393 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Nick Cousins | C | 26 | $779,584 | - | - | $779,584 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Mike Reilly | D | 26 | $741,890 | - | - | $741,890 | - | - | 0.00 |
2019-2020 Cap Totals
Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.
| Cap Type | Total |
|---|---|
| 2019-2020 NHL Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 |
| 2019-2020 NHL Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 |
| Active Contracts | $71,678,809 |
| Injured Reserve Money | $1,501,666 |
| Buried Money | $2,848,132 |
| Buyout Money | $1,366,667 |
| Retained Money | $2,440,312 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $79,835,586 |
| Cap Space | $4,394,968 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2019-2020 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 | $57,057,500 | $16,392,500 | $637,500 | $73,400,000 | $71,678,809 | $69,701,588 | |||
| Injured Reserve | $1,400,000 | $130,000 | - | $1,530,000 | $1,501,666 | $748,333 | |||
| Buried | $7,930,000 | $647,500 | $4,247,500 | $8,577,500 | $2,848,132 | $2,848,132 | |||
| Buyout Money | $1,366,667 | - | - | $1,366,667 | $1,366,667 | $1,366,667 | |||
| Retained Money | $4,445,419 | - | - | $4,445,419 | $2,440,312 | $2,440,312 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $72,199,586 | $17,170,000 | $4,885,000 | - | $79,835,586 | $77,105,032 | |||
| Cap Space | $4,394,968 | ||||||||
2019-2020 Non-Roster Players
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (23) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Sklenicka | D | 23 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Noah Juulsen | D | 22 | $832,500 | - | - | $832,500 | $863,333 | $863,333 |
| Josh Brook | D | 20 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $132,500 | $70,000 | $809,166 | $809,166 |
| Jacob Lucchini | C | 24 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $132,500 | $70,000 | $792,500 | $792,500 |
| Andrew Sturtz | RW | 25 | $707,500 | $92,500 | $125,000 | $70,000 | $771,250 | $771,250 |
| Aaron Luchuk | C | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $132,500 | $70,000 | $759,166 | $759,166 |
| Alexandre Alain | C | 22 | $700,000 | $70,000 | - | $70,000 | $753,333 | $753,333 |
| Hayden Verbeek | C | 21 | $700,000 | $70,000 | - | $70,000 | $753,333 | $753,333 |
| Laurent Dauphin | C | 24 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Michael Pezzetta | C | 21 | $700,000 | $60,000 | - | $70,000 | $743,333 | $743,333 |
| Antoine Waked | RW | 23 | $700,000 | $50,000 | - | $67,500 | $726,667 | $726,667 |
| Alex Belzile | RW | 28 | $700,000 | - | - | $175,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Joseph Blandisi | RW | 25 | $700,000 | - | - | $200,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Keith Kinkaid | G | 30 | $1,750,000 | - | - | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | $675,000 |
| Michael McNiven | G | 22 | $700,000 | - | - | $70,000 | $666,666 | $666,666 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | 19 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $2,500,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $606,706 |
| Cale Fleury | D | 20 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $132,500 | $70,000 | $771,666 | $502,029 |
| Lukas Vejdemo | C | 23 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $792,500 | $451,666 |
| Ryan Poehling | C | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $850,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $328,218 |
| Jake Evans | C | 23 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $425,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $159,136 |
| Cayden Primeau | G | 20 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $257,500 | $70,000 | $880,833 | $56,832 |
| Otto Leskinen | D | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $925,000 | $49,730 |
| Gustav Olofsson | D | 24 | $700,000 | - | - | $235,000 | $700,000 | $18,815 |