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.

Player (27) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap % Notes
Price Carey Price G 34 $2,000,000 $11,000,000 - $13,000,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 12.26 NMC
Gallagher Brendan Gallagher RW 29 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 7.59 M-NTC
Petry Jeff Petry D 34 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 7.30 M-NTC
Anderson Josh Anderson RW 27 $4,000,000 - - $4,000,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 6.42 M-NTC
Hoffman Mike Hoffman LW 32 $3,500,000 - - $3,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 5.25
Dvorak Christian Dvorak C 25 $5,075,000 - - $5,075,000 $4,450,000 $4,450,000 5.19
Savard David Savard D 31 $2,800,000 - - $2,800,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 4.09
Edmundson Joel Edmundson D 28 $2,500,000 - - $2,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 4.09 M-NTC
Armia Joel Armia RW 29 $2,000,000 - - $2,000,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 3.97
Allen Jake Allen G 31 $2,000,000 - - $2,000,000 $2,875,000 $2,875,000 3.36
Pitlick Tyler Pitlick RW 30 $2,200,000 - - $2,200,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 2.04
Romanov Alexander Romanov D 22 $832,500 $92,500 $637,500 $925,000 $894,167 $894,167 1.04 Two-Way
Suzuki Nick Suzuki C 22 $832,500 - - $832,500 $863,333 $863,333 1.01 Two-Way
Byron Paul Byron C 32 $4,000,000 - - $4,000,000 $3,400,000 $805,773 0.94
Caufield Cole Caufield RW 21 $832,500 $92,500 $300,000 $850,166 $880,833 $801,528 0.94 Two-Way
Teasdale Joel Teasdale C 22 $750,000 - - $750,000 $763,333 $763,333 0.89 Two-Way
Evans Jake Evans C 25 $800,000 - - $800,000 $750,000 $750,000 0.88 Two-Way
Montembeault Samuel Montembeault G 25 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 0.88
Wideman Chris Wideman D 32 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 0.88
Pezzetta Michael Pezzetta C 23 $750,000 - - $671,250 $750,000 $671,250 0.78 Two-Way
Poehling Ryan Poehling C 23 $750,000 - - $637,500 $750,000 $637,500 0.74 Two-Way
Clague Kale Clague D 23 $761,250 - - $555,676 $761,250 $555,676 0.65 Two-Way
Dauphin Laurent Dauphin C 26 $750,000 - - $491,250 $750,000 $491,250 0.57 Two-Way
Pitlick Rem Pitlick C 24 $917,831 - - $486,434 $917,831 $486,434 0.57
Barron Justin Barron D 20 $832,500 $92,500 $212,500 $246,531 $925,000 $171,125 0.20 Two-Way
Lagesson William Lagesson D 25 $750,000 - - $146,250 $725,000 $141,375 0.17 Two-Way
Harris Jordan Harris D 21 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $216,250 $842,500 $139,029 0.16 Two-Way
 

2021 Injured Reserve Cap

Player (1) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
Perreault Mathieu Perreault
(Lower-body)
C 34 $950,000 - - $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 1.11
 

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 %
Weber Shea Weber
(Thumb)
D 36 $6,000,000 - - $6,000,000 $7,857,143 $7,857,143 9.17
Drouin Jonathan Drouin
(Wrist)
LW 26 $5,500,000 - - $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 6.42
 

2021 Buried Cap

Player (11) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
PaquetteCedric Paquette C 28 $950,000 - - $726,750 $950,000 $726,750 0.85
NikuSami Niku D 25 $750,000 - - $475,000 $750,000 $475,000 0.55
PrimeauCayden Primeau G 22 $832,500 $92,500 - $392,236 $880,833 $317,088 0.37
BelpedioLouis Belpedio D 25 $750,000 - - $300,000 $750,000 $300,000 0.35
BelzileAlex Belzile RW 30 $750,000 - - $300,000 $750,000 $300,000 0.35
SchuenemanCorey Schueneman D 26 $750,000 - - $300,000 $750,000 $300,000 0.35
NorlinderMattias Norlinder D 21 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $306,250 $859,167 $244,872 0.29
VejdemoLukas Vejdemo C 26 $750,000 - - $215,000 $750,000 $215,000 0.25
YlönenJesse Ylönen RW 22 $832,500 $92,500 - $267,346 $880,833 $184,968 0.22
Harvey-PinardRafael Harvey-Pinard LW 23 $750,000 $75,000 - $183,750 $825,000 $119,625 0.14
HillisCameron Hillis C 21 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $96,250 $838,333 $4,192 0.00
 

2021 Buyout Cap

Player (1) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
AlznerKarl Alzner D 33 $833,333 - - $833,333   $1,958,333 $1,958,333 2.29
 

2021 Retained Cap

Player (8) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary   Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
ChiarotBen Chiarot D 30 $1,950,000 $1,000,000 - $2,950,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 2.04
LehkonenArtturi Lehkonen LW 26 $1,851,500 - - $1,851,500 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 1.34
KulakBrett Kulak D 28 $1,771,000 - - $1,771,000 $925,000 $925,000 1.08
ToffoliTyler Toffoli RW 29 $3,228,750 - - $3,228,750 - - 0.00
HammondAndrew Hammond G 33 $603,750 - - $603,750 - - 0.00
BrooksAdam Brooks C 25 $135,000 - - $135,000 - - 0.00
McNivenMichael McNiven G 24 $56,250 - - $56,250 - - 0.00
BaddockBrandon Baddock LW 26 $52,500 - - $52,500 - - 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 $62,396,773
Injured Reserve Money $950,000
Long Term Reserve Money $13,357,143
Buried Money $3,187,495
Buyout Money $1,958,333
Retained Money $3,825,000
Total Allocated Cap $85,674,744
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 $51,884,081 $11,370,000 $1,232,500 $60,183,807 $68,198,247 $62,396,773
Injured Reserve $950,000 - - $950,000 $950,000 $950,000
Long Term Injured Reserve $11,500,000 - - $11,500,000 $13,357,143 $13,357,143
Buried $8,615,000 $445,000 $165,000 $3,562,582 $3,187,495 $3,187,495
Buyout Money $833,333 - - $833,333 $1,958,333 $1,958,333
Retained Money $9,648,750 $1,000,000 - $10,648,750 $3,825,000 $3,825,000
Total Cap Allocations $83,431,164 $12,815,000 $1,397,500 - $91,476,218 $85,674,744
Long Term Injured Reserve Utilized - - - - - $-4,174,744
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 (19) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
PaquetteCedric Paquette C 28 $950,000 - - $950,000 $950,000 $726,750 0.85
NikuSami Niku D 25 $750,000 - - $425,000 $750,000 $475,000 0.55
PrimeauCayden Primeau G 22 $832,500 $92,500 - $70,000 $880,833 $317,088 0.37
BelpedioLouis Belpedio D 25 $750,000 - - $225,000 $750,000 $300,000 0.35
BelzileAlex Belzile RW 30 $750,000 - - $250,000 $750,000 $300,000 0.35
SchuenemanCorey Schueneman D 26 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $300,000 0.35
NorlinderMattias Norlinder D 21 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $70,000 $859,167 $244,872 0.29
VejdemoLukas Vejdemo C 26 $750,000 - - $175,000 $750,000 $215,000 0.25
YlönenJesse Ylönen RW 22 $832,500 $92,500 - $70,000 $880,833 $184,968 0.22
Harvey-PinardRafael Harvey-Pinard LW 23 $750,000 $75,000 - $70,000 $825,000 $119,625 0.14
HillisCameron Hillis C 21 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $70,000 $838,333 $4,192 0.00
GuhleKaiden Guhle D 20 $832,500 $92,500 $420,000 $80,000 $894,167 - 0.00
MysakJan Mysak LW 19 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $70,000 $850,833 - 0.00
FairbrotherGianni Fairbrother D 21 $750,000 $92,500 $82,500 $70,000 $848,333 - 0.00
XhekajArber Xhekaj D 21 $750,000 $80,000 - $80,000 $828,333 - 0.00
BrookJosh Brook D 22 $800,000 - $32,500 $70,000 $795,000 - 0.00
SchnarrNate Schnarr C 22 $750,000 - $82,500 $70,000 $786,667 - 0.00
DeaJean-Sebastien Dea C 27 $750,000 - - $450,000 $750,000 - 0.00
OuelletXavier Ouellet D 28 $750,000 - - $425,000 $737,500 - 0.00