Pittsburgh Penguins Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Pittsburgh Penguins, 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   $106,512,269 $85,460,176 $54,555,833 $37,600,000 $26,100,000
Signed Players   55 30 14 6 5
Forwards   $43,544,936 $41,500,000 $22,725,000 $10,125,000 $10,125,000
Defensemen   $22,042,485 $24,625,175 $20,600,000 $20,600,000 $10,600,000
Goaltending   $6,875,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000
Injured Reserve   $900,000
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap   $916,667 $916,667 $916,667


 

Roster Cap Figures

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

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Sidney Crosby C $8,700,000 NMC $8,700,000 NMC 0UFA 0- 0-
Evgeni Malkin C $6,100,000 NMC $6,100,000 NMC $6,100,000 NMC 0UFA 0-
Bryan Rust RW $5,125,000 $5,125,000 $5,125,000 $5,125,000 $5,125,000
Reilly Smith RW $5,000,000 $5,000,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Rickard Rakell C $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Michael Bunting LW $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 0UFA 0-
Jeff Carter C $3,125,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Lars Eller C $2,450,000 $2,450,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Noel Acciari C $2,000,000 M-NTC $2,000,000 M-NTC $2,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Drew O'Connor LW $925,000 $925,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Emil Bemstrom C $263,872 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Matt Nieto LW $900,000 $900,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Jansen Harkins C $712,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Jesse Puljujarvi RW $800,000 $800,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Valtteri Puustinen LW $462,612 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Radim Zohorna LW $381,452 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Erik Karlsson D $10,000,000 NMC $10,000,000 NMC $10,000,000 NMC $10,000,000 NMC 0UFA
Kris Letang D $6,100,000 NMC $6,100,000 NMC $6,100,000 NMC $6,100,000 M-NTC $6,100,000 M-NTC
Ryan Graves D $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC
Marcus Pettersson D $4,025,175 M-NTC $4,025,175 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Jack St. Ivany D $134,700 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D $825,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
John Ludvig D $775,000 $775,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Ryan Shea D $182,610 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Tristan Jarry G $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000
Alex Nedeljkovic G $1,500,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Jeff Petry D $1,562,500 $1,562,500 0- 0- 0-
Jake Guentzel C $1,500,000 0- 0- 0- 0-
Jack Johnson D $916,667 $916,667 $916,667 0- 0-
Colin White C $547,830 0- 0- 0- 0-
Magnus Hellberg G $119,190 0- 0- 0- 0-
Matthew Phillips C $73,044 0- 0- 0- 0-
Alexander Nylander RW $48,696 0- 0- 0- 0-
Chad Ruhwedel D 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
AndonovskiCorey Andonovski RW $4,843 RFA - - -
PoulinSamuel Poulin RW $45,200 RFA - - -
FrascaJordan Frasca C $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
SvejkovskyLukas Svejkovsky C $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
KoivunenVille Koivunen RW $850,833 $805,833 $805,833 RFA -
CajkovicMaxim Cajkovic RW $850,833 RFA - - -
AnsonsRaivis Ansons LW $844,167 $844,167 RFA - -
PonomarevVasili Ponomarev C $815,000 $795,000 RFA - -
HamaliukDillon Hamaliuk LW $789,167 RFA - - -
HinostrozaVincent Hinostroza C $280,002 UFA - - -
GrudenJonathan Gruden LW $121,740 RFA - - -
JohnstoneMarc Johnstone RW $40,580 $775,000 UFA - -
KoppanenJoona Koppanen LW $36,522 $775,000 UFA - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
PickeringOwen Pickering D $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 RFA -
BelliveauIsaac Belliveau D $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 RFA -
PieniniemiEmil Pieniniemi D $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 RFA -
RathboneJack Rathbone D $850,000 RFA - - -
SamorukovDmitri Samorukov D $85,218 RFA - - -
FedunTaylor Fedun D $762,500 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
WaeberLudovic Waeber G $950,000 UFA - - -
BlomqvistJoel Blomqvist G $74,272 $18,568 $886,667 RFA -
GauthierTaylor Gauthier G $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -