FLA Florida PanthersEastern Conference • Atlantic Division • 2026-27
Projected Cap Hit
$103,965,714
Projected Cap Space
$34,286
Total Salary (2026-27)
$110,574,737
Potential Bonuses
$250,000
$68,410,714 · 65.8% $27,405,000 · 26.4% $8,000,000 · 7.7% $150,000 · 0.1% $34,286 · 0.0%
$103,965,714 of $104,000,000 Upper Limit — hover any segment for details
Future Cap Commitments under current contracts
Committed counting dollars by season (NHL roster + dead cap, as signed today). % shown against the 2026-27 Upper Limit of $104.0M — future ceilings will be set annually and are expected to rise.
Season Committed Signed Contracts % of 2026-27 Cap 2026-27
$103,965,714
22
100.0% 2027-28
$103,765,714
20
99.8% 2028-29
$83,725,000
13
80.5% 2029-30
$83,725,000
13
80.5% 2030-31
$52,225,000
9
50.2%
Cap Hit Salary
Toggle the season columns between cap hit (AAV) and actual salary paid. Where cash isn't yet on file the cap-hit figure is shown.
Forwards 13 $68,410,714
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Brad Marchand RW
38
$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
5.0% Lars Eller C
37
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Aleksander Barkov C
30
$10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 UFA
9.6% Carter Verhaeghe LW
30
$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000
6.7% Sam Reinhart RW
30
$8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000
8.3% Sam Bennett C
30
$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
7.7% Garnet Hathaway RW
34
$1,200,000 UFA 1.2% Matthew Tkachuk LW
28
$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 UFA
9.1% Eetu Luostarinen LW
27
$3,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
2.9% Jonah Gadjovich LW
27
$905,000 $905,000 UFA 0.9% Brady Tkachuk LW
26
$8,205,714 $8,205,714 UFA 7.9% Cole Schwindt RW
25
$875,000 $875,000 UFA 0.8% Anton Lundell C
24
$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 UFA
4.8%
Defense 7 $27,405,000
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Dmitry Kulikov LD
35
$1,180,000 $1,180,000 UFA 1.1% Radko Gudas RD
36
$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
1.4% Seth Jones RD
31
$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 UFA
6.7% Aaron Ekblad RD
30
$6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000
5.9% Gustav Forsling LD
30
$5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000
5.5% Niko Mikkola LD
30
$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
4.8% Uvis Balinskis LD
30
$875,000 $875,000 UFA 0.8%
Goalies 2 $8,000,000
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Jacob Markstrom G
36
$6,000,000 $6,000,000 UFA 5.8% Akira Schmid G
26
$2,000,000 $2,000,000 UFA 1.9%
Dead Cap — Buyouts, Retained, Buried & Overages 1 $150,000
Counts against the cap; players not on the active roster.
Non-Roster / Minors 23 $20,463,055
Does not count against the cap while off the NHL roster.
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Sam Lafferty RW
31
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Bokondji Imama LW
30
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Mackenzie Entwistle RW
27
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Angus Crookshank LW
26
$850,000 UFA 0.8% John Beecher C
25
$850,000 RFA 0.8% Cole Reinhardt LW
26
$812,500 UFA 0.8% Sandis Vilmanis LW
22
$930,000 $925,000 $925,000 RFA 0.9% Jack Devine RW
22
$972,500 $972,500 RFA 0.9% Kai Schwindt LW
22
$873,334 RFA 0.8% Gracyn Sawchyn C
21
$934,166 $934,166 RFA 0.9% Hunter St. Martin LW
21
$928,889 $928,889 RFA 0.9% Alexander Petrovic RD
34
$875,000 $875,000 UFA 0.8% Casey Fitzgerald D
29
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Tobias Bjornfot LD
25
$850,000 RFA 0.8% Donovan Sebrango LD
24
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Marek Alscher LD
22
$865,000 RFA 0.8% Ludvig Jansson RD
22
$955,000 $955,000 RFA 0.9% Emil Pieniniemi D
21
$906,666 $906,666 RFA 0.9% Mikulas Hovorka RD
25
$850,000 RFA 0.8% Matvei Shuravin D
20
$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 RFA 1.0% Kirill Gerasimyuk 22
$925,000 RFA 0.9% Tyler Muszelik 22
$960,000 $960,000 RFA 0.9% Cooper Black 25
$875,000 $875,000 UFA 0.8%