OTT Ottawa Senators
Eastern Conference • Atlantic Division • 2026-27
Projected Cap Hit
$99,804,167
Projected Cap Space
$4,195,833
Total Salary (2026-27) · partial
$99,804,167
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.
Season Committed Signed 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%
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 $57,312,500
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap
Claude Giroux LW
38
$2,000,000 UFA
1.9% Nick Cousins C
33
$1,587,500 $1,587,500 UFA
1.5% Andre Burakovsky LW
31
$5,500,000 UFA
5.3% Warren Foegele LW
30
$3,500,000 UFA
3.4% Michael Amadio RW
30
$2,600,000 UFA
2.5% Fabian Zetterlund LW
26
$4,275,000 $4,275,000 UFA
4.1% Drake Batherson RW
28
$4,975,000 UFA
4.8% Dylan Cozens C
25
$7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000 UFA
6.8% Shane Pinto C
25
$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 UFA
7.2% Ridly Greig C
24
$3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 RFA
3.1% Tim Stutzle C
24
$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000
8.0% William Eklund LW
23
$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 RFA
5.4% Stephen Halliday C
24
$1,075,000 $1,075,000 RFA
1.0%
Defense 7 $29,066,667
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap
Thomas Chabot LD
29
$8,000,000 $8,000,000 UFA
7.7% Jordan Spence RD
25
$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 UFA
4.8% Artyom Zub RD
30
$4,600,000 UFA
4.4% Jake Sanderson LD
24
$8,050,000 $8,050,000 $8,050,000 $8,050,000 $8,050,000
7.7% Tyler Kleven LD
24
$1,600,000 RFA
1.5% Nikolas Matinpalo RD
27
$875,000 UFA
0.8% Carter Yakemchuk RD
20
$941,667 $941,667 $941,667 RFA
0.9%
Goalies 3 $11,550,000
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap
Linus Ullmark G
33
$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 UFA
7.9% Samuel Ersson G
26
$2,200,000 $2,200,000 UFA
2.1% Leevi Merilainen G
23
$1,100,000 RFA
1.1%
Dead Cap — Buyouts, Retained, Buried & Overages 2 $1,875,000
Counts against the cap; players not on the active roster.
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap
Colin White C
29
$875,000 $875,000 UFA
0.8% Joonas Korpisalo
32
$1,000,000 $1,000,000 UFA
1.0%
Non-Roster / Minors 25 $23,000,415
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
Kurtis MacDermid LW
32
$1,150,000 UFA
1.1% Sammy Blais LW
30
$925,000 $925,000 UFA
0.9% Philip Tomasino C
25
$900,000 RFA
0.9% Ryan Suzuki C
25
$850,000 UFA
0.8% Philippe Daoust C
24
$850,000 UFA
0.8% Xavier Bourgault RW
23
$850,000 RFA
0.8% Tyler Boucher RW
23
$850,000 RFA
0.8% Hayden Hodgson RW
30
$850,000 UFA
0.8% Oskar Pettersson RW
22
$910,000 RFA
0.9% Kasper Halttunen RW
21
$899,166 $899,166 RFA
0.9% Lucas Ellinas C
20
$958,333 $958,333 $958,333 RFA
0.9% Blake Montgomery LW
21
$1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 RFA
1.0% Eskild Bakke Olsen
24
$910,000 RFA
0.9% Cameron Crotty RD
27
$812,500 UFA
0.8% Samuel Bolduc D
25
$850,000 UFA
0.8% Christian Kyrou D
22
$850,000 RFA
0.8% Jorian Donovan LD
22
$871,666 RFA
0.8% Tomas Hamara D
22
$878,334 RFA
0.8% Hoyt Stanley D
21
$1,075,000 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 RFA
1.0% Matthew Andonovski D
21
$924,166 $924,166 RFA
0.9% Djibril Toure D
23
$850,000 RFA
0.8% Gabriel Eliasson D
19
$1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500 RFA
1.0% Kevin Reidler
21
$946,250 $946,250 RFA
0.9% Lucas Beckman
18
$1,028,333 $1,028,333 $1,028,333 RFA
1.0% Jackson Parsons
21
$929,167 $929,167 RFA
0.9%