Defenseman Spending
A real-time look at how NHL teams are spending their 2023 cap dollars on Defensemans.
Cap Allocation: Active Roster
Rank | Team | Players | 2023 Cap Dollars | Avg Cap Dollars | % of 2023 Cap |
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1 | CBJColumbus Blue Jackets | 8 | $33,166,830 | $4,145,854 | 41.52% |
2 | NSHNashville Predators | 8 | $30,814,508 | $3,851,814 | 40.25% |
3 | CARCarolina Hurricanes | 7 | $30,042,500 | $4,291,786 | 36.92% |
4 | STLSt Louis Blues | 8 | $29,300,000 | $3,662,500 | 35.22% |
5 | BOSBoston Bruins | 7 | $28,580,114 | $4,082,873 | 35.47% |
6 | WPGWinnipeg Jets | 8 | $28,150,000 | $3,518,750 | 34.36% |
7 | EDMEdmonton Oilers | 7 | $26,721,580 | $3,817,369 | 32.13% |
8 | LAKLos Angeles Kings | 7 | $26,555,583 | $3,793,655 | 31.06% |
9 | PITPittsburgh Penguins | 6 | $26,004,817 | $4,334,136 | 30.00% |
10 | SEASeattle Kraken | 7 | $25,562,500 | $3,651,786 | 31.20% |
11 | TBLTampa Bay Lightning | 7 | $25,000,000 | $3,571,429 | 27.37% |
12 | CGYCalgary Flames | 6 | $24,762,500 | $4,127,083 | 29.04% |
13 | VGKVegas Golden Knights | 8 | $24,292,250 | $3,036,531 | 27.24% |
14 | VANVancouver Canucks | 8 | $24,140,720 | $3,017,590 | 27.71% |
15 | COLColorado Avalanche | 7 | $23,865,838 | $3,409,405 | 27.79% |
16 | BUFBuffalo Sabres | 8 | $22,939,652 | $2,867,457 | 30.98% |
17 | WASWashington Capitals | 8 | $22,462,500 | $2,807,813 | 25.69% |
18 | DALDallas Stars | 7 | $21,975,833 | $3,139,405 | 26.58% |
19 | CHIChicago Blackhawks | 7 | $21,898,335 | $3,128,334 | 31.44% |
20 | DETDetroit Red Wings | 7 | $21,882,083 | $3,126,012 | 26.71% |
21 | FLAFlorida Panthers | 8 | $21,061,667 | $2,632,708 | 25.48% |
22 | MINMinnesota Wild | 7 | $21,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 25.06% |
23 | NJDNew Jersey Devils | 7 | $20,875,000 | $2,982,143 | 25.42% |
24 | PHIPhiladelphia Flyers | 8 | $18,960,150 | $2,370,019 | 23.47% |
25 | TORToronto Maple Leafs | 7 | $17,795,952 | $2,542,279 | 18.53% |
26 | NYINew York Islanders | 6 | $17,534,352 | $2,922,392 | 20.99% |
27 | NYRNew York Rangers | 6 | $17,434,500 | $2,905,750 | 20.87% |
28 | SJSSan Jose Sharks | 9 | $17,001,667 | $1,889,074 | 20.67% |
29 | ANAAnaheim Ducks | 7 | $16,840,000 | $2,405,714 | 22.07% |
30 | OTTOttawa Senators | 6 | $13,983,700 | $2,330,617 | 16.43% |
31 | ARIArizona Coyotes | 7 | $10,646,233 | $1,520,890 | 13.30% |
32 | MTLMontreal Canadiens | 7 | $9,617,565 | $1,373,938 | 10.72% |
Total | 231 | $720,868,929 | $100,257,103 | 27.09% | |
Average | 7 | $22,527,154 | $3,120,645 | 27.24% |
Rank | Player | 2023 Cap Dollars | % of 2023 Cap | |
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Erik Karlsson | $11,500,000 | 13.77% |
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Drew Doughty | $11,000,000 | 13.17% |
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Zachary Werenski | $9,583,333 | 11.48% |
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Charles Mcavoy | $9,500,000 | 12.03% |
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Seth Jones | $9,500,000 | 11.38% | |
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Darnell Nurse | $9,250,000 | 11.19% |
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Roman Josi | $9,059,000 | 10.85% |
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Cale Makar | $9,000,000 | 10.86% |
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Dougie Hamilton | $9,000,000 | 10.83% | |
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Alex Pietrangelo | $8,800,000 | 10.54% |
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Mikhail Sergachev | $8,500,000 | 10.18% |
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Miro Heiskanen | $8,450,000 | 10.17% |
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Brent Burns | $8,000,000 | 9.63% |
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Jacob Trouba | $8,000,000 | 9.65% | |
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John Carlson | $8,000,000 | 9.58% | |
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Victor Hedman | $7,875,000 | 9.43% |
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Quinn Hughes | $7,850,000 | 9.50% |
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Dmitry Orlov | $7,750,000 | 9.33% |
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Jared Spurgeon | $7,575,000 | 9.07% |
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Aaron Ekblad | $7,500,000 | 9.01% |
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Morgan Rielly | $7,500,000 | 8.98% | |
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Vince Dunn | $7,350,000 | 8.82% |
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Marc-Edouard Vlasic | $7,000,000 | 8.39% |
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Ivan Provorov | $6,750,000 | 8.08% |
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Ryan McDonagh | $6,750,000 | 8.08% | |
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Cam Fowler | $6,500,000 | 7.78% |
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Hampus Lindholm | $6,500,000 | 8.23% | |
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Torey Krug | $6,500,000 | 7.79% | |
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Colton Parayko | $6,500,000 | 7.79% | |
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Justin Faulk | $6,500,000 | 7.79% | |
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MacKenzie Weegar | $6,250,000 | 7.49% |
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Damon Severson | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | |
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Jeff Petry | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | |
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Mattias Ekholm | $6,250,000 | 7.56% | |
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Travis Sanheim | $6,250,000 | 7.59% | |
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Joshua Morrissey | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | |
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Ryan Pulock | $6,150,000 | 7.37% |
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Kris Letang | $6,100,000 | 7.31% |
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Rasmus Dahlin | $6,000,000 | 7.19% |
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Jonas Brodin | $6,000,000 | 7.19% | |
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Tyler Myers | $6,000,000 | 7.26% | |
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Nate Schmidt | $5,950,000 | 7.13% |
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Vladislav Gavrikov | $5,875,000 | 7.04% |
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Neal Pionk | $5,875,000 | 7.04% | |
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Esa Lindell | $5,800,000 | 6.98% |
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Jaccob Slavin | $5,300,000 | 6.38% |
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Brady Skjei | $5,250,000 | 6.32% |
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Alec Martinez | $5,250,000 | 6.29% | |
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Erik Cernak | $5,200,000 | 6.23% |
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Rasmus Ristolainen | $5,100,000 | 6.20% |
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T.J. Brodie | $5,000,000 | 5.99% |
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Noah Hanifin | $4,950,000 | 5.93% |
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Michael Matheson | $4,875,000 | 5.92% |
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Ben Chiarot | $4,750,000 | 5.69% |
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Jakob Chychrun | $4,600,000 | 5.51% |
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Artem Zub | $4,600,000 | 5.51% | |
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Jamie Oleksiak | $4,600,000 | 5.52% | |
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Rasmus Andersson | $4,550,000 | 5.45% |
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Chris Tanev | $4,500,000 | 5.39% |
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Nikita Zaitsev | $4,500,000 | 5.39% | |
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Josh Manson | $4,500,000 | 5.43% | |
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Tyson Barrie | $4,500,000 | 5.39% | |
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Ryan Graves | $4,500,000 | 5.39% | |
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Connor Murphy | $4,400,000 | 5.27% |
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John Marino | $4,400,000 | 5.30% | |
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Filip Hronek | $4,400,000 | 5.32% | |
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Mattias Samuelsson | $4,285,714 | 5.13% |
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Shayne Gostisbehere | $4,125,000 | 4.94% |
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Michael Anderson | $4,125,000 | 4.94% | |
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Brandon Carlo | $4,100,000 | 5.19% |
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Devon Toews | $4,100,000 | 4.95% | |
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Nick Jensen | $4,050,000 | 4.85% |
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Marcus Pettersson | $4,025,175 | 4.82% |
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Brett Pesce | $4,025,000 | 4.85% |
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Radko Gudas | $4,000,000 | 4.79% |
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Erik Gudbranson | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | |
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Noah Dobson | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | |
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Adam Larsson | $4,000,000 | 4.80% | |
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Nick Leddy | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | |
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Jake McCabe | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | |
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Mathew Dumba | $3,900,000 | 4.67% |
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Evan Bouchard | $3,900,000 | 4.72% | |
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Brenden Dillon | $3,900,000 | 4.67% | |
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K'Andre Miller | $3,872,000 | 4.67% |
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Bowen Byram | $3,850,000 | 4.65% |
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Nikita Zadorov | $3,750,000 | 4.49% |
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Matthew Grzelcyk | $3,687,500 | 4.67% |
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Ryan Suter | $3,650,000 | 4.39% |
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Brandon Montour | $3,500,000 | 4.20% |
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Scott Mayfield | $3,500,000 | 4.19% | |
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Joel Edmundson | $3,500,000 | 4.19% | |
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Jake Walman | $3,400,000 | 4.07% |
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Justin Holl | $3,400,000 | 4.07% | |
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Jonas Siegenthaler | $3,400,000 | 4.09% | |
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Connor Clifton | $3,333,333 | 3.99% |
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Marco Scandella | $3,275,000 | 3.92% |
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Erik Johnson | $3,250,000 | 3.89% |
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Cody Ceci | $3,250,000 | 3.93% | |
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Mario Ferraro | $3,250,000 | 3.89% | |
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Matt Roy | $3,150,000 | 3.77% |
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Brian Dumoulin | $3,150,000 | 3.78% | |
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Derek Forbort | $3,000,000 | 3.80% |
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Olli Maatta | $3,000,000 | 3.59% | |
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Ryan Lindgren | $3,000,000 | 3.62% | |
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Justin Schultz | $3,000,000 | 3.60% | |
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Ian Cole | $3,000,000 | 3.63% | |
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Trevor Van Riemsdyk | $3,000,000 | 3.59% | |
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Dylan Demelo | $3,000,000 | 3.59% | |
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Brayden McNabb | $2,850,000 | 3.41% |
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Ilya Lyubushkin | $2,750,000 | 3.29% |
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Andrew Peeke | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | |
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Brett Kulak | $2,750,000 | 3.33% | |
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Luke Schenn | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | |
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Zach Whitecloud | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | |
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William Borgen | $2,700,000 | 3.24% |
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Martin Fehervary | $2,675,000 | 3.20% |
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Gustav Forsling | $2,666,667 | 3.20% |
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Sean Walker | $2,650,000 | 3.22% |
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Adam Boqvist | $2,600,000 | 3.11% |
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Henri Jokiharju | $2,500,000 | 2.99% |
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Niko Mikkola | $2,500,000 | 3.00% | |
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Alex Carrier | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | |
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Dante Fabbro | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | |
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Alexander Romanov | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | |
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Jacob Middleton | $2,450,000 | 2.93% |
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Jake Bean | $2,333,333 | 2.79% |
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Nicolas Hague | $2,294,150 | 2.75% |
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Oliver Ekman-Larsson | $2,250,000 | 2.70% |
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Alex Goligoski | $2,000,000 | 2.40% |
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Jeremy Lauzon | $2,000,000 | 2.40% | |
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Erik Brannstrom | $2,000,000 | 2.40% | |
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Jacob Bryson | $1,850,000 | 2.22% |
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Sean Durzi | $1,700,000 | 2.04% |
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Anthony DeAngelo | $1,675,000 | 2.02% |
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Cameron York | $1,600,000 | 1.94% |
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Jani Hakanpaa | $1,500,000 | 1.80% |
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Rasmus Sandin | $1,400,000 | 1.68% |
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Dylan Samberg | $1,400,000 | 1.68% | |
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Joshua Brown | $1,275,000 | 1.53% |
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Matthew Benning | $1,250,000 | 1.50% |
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Nikolai Knyzhov | $1,250,000 | 1.50% | |
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Jon Merrill | $1,200,000 | 1.44% |
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Nick Perbix | $1,125,000 | 1.35% |
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Troy Stecher | $1,100,000 | 1.32% |
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Brendan Smith | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | |
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Travis Hamonic | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | |
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Marc Staal | $1,100,000 | 1.34% | |
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Kyle Burroughs | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | |
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Conor Timmins | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | |
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Kevin Shattenkirk | $1,050,000 | 1.33% |
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Kevin Bahl | $1,050,000 | 1.26% | |
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Juuso Valimaki | $1,000,000 | 1.20% |
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Dmitry Kulikov | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | |
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Andreas Englund | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | |
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Mike Reilly | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | |
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Logan Stanley | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | |
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Kurtis Macdermid | $987,500 | 1.19% |
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David Jiricek | $950,000 | 1.14% |
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Gustav Lindstrom | $950,000 | 1.15% | |
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Robert Bortuzzo | $950,000 | 1.14% | |
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Jackson Lacombe | $925,000 | 1.11% |
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Michael Kesselring | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Ryan Johnson | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Nils Lundkvist | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Brock Faber | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Justin Barron | $925,000 | 1.12% | |
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Spencer Stastney | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Luke Hughes | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Braden Schneider | $925,000 | 1.12% | |
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Jake Sanderson | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
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Cole McWard | $922,500 | 1.12% |
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Pavel Mintyukov | $918,333 | 1.10% |
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Kevin Korchinski | $918,333 | 1.10% | |
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Owen Power | $916,667 | 1.10% |
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Wyatt Kaiser | $916,667 | 1.10% | |
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Alex Vlasic | $916,667 | 1.10% | |
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Tristan Luneau | $896,667 | 1.07% |
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Janis Moser | $886,667 | 1.06% |
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Uvis Balinskis | $870,000 | 1.05% |
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Jayden Struble | $867,500 | 1.05% |
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Thomas Harley | $863,333 | 1.04% |
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Moritz Seider | $863,333 | 1.03% | |
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Philip Broberg | $863,333 | 1.05% | |
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Kaiden Guhle | $863,333 | 1.05% | |
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Isaak Phillips | $859,167 | 1.03% |
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Mattias Norlinder | $859,167 | 1.04% | |
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Urho Vaakanainen | $850,000 | 1.02% |
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Zach Bogosian | $850,000 | 1.02% | |
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Ben Hutton | $850,000 | 1.02% | |
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Erik Gustafsson | $825,000 | 1.00% |
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Calen Addison | $825,000 | 0.99% | |
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Alexander Alexeyev | $825,000 | 0.99% | |
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Jordan Spence | $820,000 | 0.98% |
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Zachary Jones | $812,500 | 0.98% |
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Jacob Bernard-Docker | $805,000 | 0.96% |
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Samuel Bolduc | $800,000 | 0.96% |
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Tyler Tucker | $800,000 | 0.96% | |
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Mark Giordano | $800,000 | 0.96% | |
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Nikita Okhotyuk | $789,167 | 0.95% |
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Kaedan Korczak | $789,167 | 0.95% | |
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Joel Hanley | $787,500 | 0.95% |
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Akito Hirose | $787,500 | 0.95% | |
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Ian Mitchell | $775,000 | 0.98% |
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Jack Johnson | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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Caleb Jones | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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John Ludvig | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Grant Hutton | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Nick Seeler | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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Louis Belpedio | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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Yegor Zamula | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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Dmitri Samorukov | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Ty Smith | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Ty Emberson | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Scott Perunovich | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Calvin de Haan | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Simon Benoit | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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William Lagesson | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Mark Friedman | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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Noah Juulsen | $775,000 | 0.94% | |
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Brayden Pachal | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Declan Chisholm | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
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Johnathan Kovacevic | $766,666 | 0.93% |
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Dennis Gilbert | $762,500 | 0.91% |
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Jalen Chatfield | $762,500 | 0.92% | |
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Vincent Desharnais | $762,500 | 0.92% | |
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Jacob Moverare | $762,500 | 0.91% | |
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Jacob MacDonald | $762,500 | 0.91% | |
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Jaycob Megna | $762,500 | 0.92% | |
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Haydn Fleury | $762,500 | 0.91% | |
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Darren Raddysh | $762,500 | 0.91% | |
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Lucas Johansen | $762,500 | 0.91% |