OTT Ottawa Senators

Eastern Conference • Atlantic Division • 2026-27
Projected Cap Hit
$99,804,167
Projected Cap Space
$4,195,833
% of Upper Limit
96.0%
NHL Roster
23/23
Contracts
46/50
Potential Bonuses
$4,000,000
Forwards $57,312,500 · 55.1%Defense $29,066,667 · 27.9%Goalies $11,550,000 · 11.1%Dead Cap $1,875,000 · 1.8%Cap Space $4,195,833 · 4.0%
$99,804,167 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.
SeasonCommittedSigned Contracts% of 2026-27 Cap
2026-27 $99,804,167 25 96.0%
2027-28 $73,054,167 16 70.2%
2028-29 $54,041,667 9 52.0%
2029-30 $36,000,000 5 34.6%
2030-31 $16,400,000 2 15.8%

Forwards 13 $57,312,500

PlayerPosAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31% of Cap
Claude GirouxLW 38 $2,000,000UFA 1.9%
Nick CousinsC 32 $1,587,500$1,587,500UFA 1.5%
Andre BurakovskyLW 31 $5,500,000UFA 5.3%
Warren FoegeleLW 30 $3,500,000UFA 3.4%
Michael AmadioRW 30 $2,600,000UFA 2.5%
Fabian ZetterlundLW 26 $4,275,000$4,275,000UFA 4.1%
Drake BathersonRW 28 $4,975,000UFA 4.8%
Dylan CozensC 25 $7,100,000$7,100,000$7,100,000$7,100,000UFA 6.8%
Shane PintoC 25 $7,500,000$7,500,000$7,500,000$7,500,000UFA 7.2%
Ridly GreigC 23 $3,250,000$3,250,000$3,250,000RFA 3.1%
Tim StutzleC 24 $8,350,000$8,350,000$8,350,000$8,350,000$8,350,000 8.0%
William EklundLW 23 $5,600,000$5,600,000$5,600,000RFA 5.4%
Stephen HallidayC 24 $1,075,000$1,075,000RFA 1.0%

Defense 7 $29,066,667

PlayerPosAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31% of Cap
Thomas ChabotLD 29 $8,000,000$8,000,000UFA 7.7%
Jordan SpenceRD 25 $5,000,000$5,000,000$5,000,000$5,000,000UFA 4.8%
Artyom ZubRD 30 $4,600,000UFA 4.4%
Jake SandersonLD 24 $8,050,000$8,050,000$8,050,000$8,050,000$8,050,000 7.7%
Tyler KlevenLD 24 $1,600,000RFA 1.5%
Nikolas MatinpaloRD 27 $875,000UFA 0.8%
Carter YakemchukRD 20 $941,667$941,667$941,667RFA 0.9%

Goalies 3 $11,550,000

PlayerPosAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31% of Cap
Linus UllmarkG 32 $8,250,000$8,250,000$8,250,000UFA 7.9%
Samuel ErssonG 26 $2,200,000$2,200,000UFA 2.1%
Leevi MerilainenG 23 $1,100,000RFA 1.1%

Dead Cap — Buyouts, Retained, Buried & Overages 2 $1,875,000

Counts against the cap; players not on the active roster.
PlayerPosAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31% of Cap
Colin WhiteC 29 $875,000$875,000UFA 0.8%
Joonas Korpisalo 32 $1,000,000$1,000,000UFA 1.0%

Non-Roster / Minors 25 $23,000,415

Does not count against the cap while off the NHL roster.
PlayerPosAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31% of Cap
Kurtis MacDermidLW 32 $1,150,000UFA 1.1%
Sammy BlaisLW 30 $925,000$925,000UFA 0.9%
Philip TomasinoC 24 $900,000RFA 0.9%
Ryan SuzukiC 25 $850,000UFA 0.8%
Philippe DaoustC 24 $850,000UFA 0.8%
Xavier BourgaultRW 23 $850,000RFA 0.8%
Tyler BoucherRW 23 $850,000RFA 0.8%
Hayden HodgsonRW 30 $850,000UFA 0.8%
Oskar PetterssonRW 22 $910,000RFA 0.9%
Kasper HalttunenRW 21 $899,166$899,166RFA 0.9%
Lucas EllinasC 20 $958,333$958,333$958,333RFA 0.9%
Blake MontgomeryLW 21 $1,075,000$1,075,000$1,075,000RFA 1.0%
Eskild Bakke Olsen 24 $910,000RFA 0.9%
Cameron CrottyRD 27 $812,500UFA 0.8%
Samuel BolducD 25 $850,000UFA 0.8%
Christian KyrouD 22 $850,000RFA 0.8%
Jorian DonovanLD 22 $871,666RFA 0.8%
Tomas HamaraD 22 $878,334RFA 0.8%
Hoyt StanleyD 21 $1,075,000$1,075,000$1,075,000RFA 1.0%
Matthew AndonovskiD 21 $924,166$924,166RFA 0.9%
Djibril ToureD 23 $850,000RFA 0.8%
Gabriel EliassonD 19 $1,007,500$1,007,500$1,007,500RFA 1.0%
Kevin Reidler 21 $946,250$946,250RFA 0.9%
Lucas Beckman 18 $1,028,333$1,028,333$1,028,333RFA 1.0%
Jackson Parsons 21 $929,167$929,167RFA 0.9%