VAN Vancouver CanucksWestern Conference • Central Division • 2026-27
Projected Cap Hit
$86,185,833
Projected Cap Space
$17,814,167
Total Salary (2026-27) · partial
$84,069,166
Potential Bonuses
$3,455,000
$48,566,666 · 46.7% $18,352,500 · 17.6% $13,000,000 · 12.5% $6,266,667 · 6.0% $17,814,167 · 17.1%
$86,185,833 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
$86,185,833
25
82.9% 2027-28
$62,923,334
14
60.5% 2028-29
$47,700,834
8
45.9% 2029-30
$38,226,667
6
36.8% 2030-31
$33,726,667
5
32.4%
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 14 $48,566,666
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Brendan Gallagher RW
34
$3,250,000 UFA 3.1% Jake DeBrusk LW
29
$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000
5.3% Brock Boeser RW
29
$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000
7.0% Elias Pettersson C
27
$11,600,000 $11,600,000 $11,600,000 $11,600,000 $11,600,000
11.2% Filip Chytil C
26
$4,437,500 UFA 4.3% Linus Karlsson RW
26
$2,250,000 $2,250,000 UFA 2.2% Paul Cotter LW
26
$2,150,000 UFA 2.1% Drew O'Connor LW
28
$2,500,000 UFA 2.4% Marco Rossi C
24
$5,000,000 $5,000,000 RFA 4.8% Aatu Räty C
23
$850,000 RFA 0.8% Jonathan Lekkerimaki RW
22
$918,333 RFA 0.9% Liam Öhgren LW
22
$886,666 RFA 0.9% Max Sasson C
25
$1,000,000 $1,000,000 UFA 1.0% Braeden Cootes C
19
$974,167 $974,167 $974,167 RFA 0.9%
Defense 7 $18,352,500
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Luke Schenn RD
36
$2,250,000 UFA 2.2% Jamie Oleksiak LD
33
$5,000,000 $5,000,000 UFA 4.8% Filip Hronek RD
28
$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000
7.0% Elias Pettersson LD
22
$913,333 RFA 0.9% Victor Mancini RD
24
$1,000,000 $1,000,000 RFA 1.0% Tom Willander RD
21
$972,500 $972,500 RFA 0.9% Zeev Buium LD
20
$966,667 RFA 0.9%
Goalies 2 $13,000,000
Player Pos Age 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 % of Cap Thatcher Demko G
30
$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 UFA 8.2% Kevin Lankinen G
31
$4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 UFA
4.3%
Dead Cap — Buyouts, Retained, Buried & Overages 2 $6,266,667
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 Oliver Ekman-Larsson LD
35
$4,766,667 $2,126,667 $2,126,667 $2,126,667 $2,126,667
4.6% Tyler Myers RD
36
$1,500,000 UFA 1.4%
Non-Roster / Minors 22 $19,777,500
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 MacKenzie MacEachern LW
32
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Akil Thomas C
26
$900,000 UFA 0.9% Trey Fix-Wolansky RW
27
$900,000 UFA 0.9% Matthew Stienburg C
25
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Chase Wouters C
26
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Ilya Safonov C
25
$950,000 RFA 0.9% Arshdeep Bains LW
25
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Ty Mueller C
23
$945,000 RFA 0.9% Vilmer Alriksson LW
21
$931,667 $931,667 RFA 0.9% Riley Patterson C
20
$956,667 $956,667 $956,667 RFA 0.9% Gabe Chiarot 19
$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 RFA 0.9% Anri Ravinskis 23
$947,500 RFA 0.9% Guillaume Brisebois D
29
$900,000 UFA 0.9% Jimmy Schuldt D
31
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Jack Thompson RD
24
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Kirill Kudryavtsev LD
22
$900,000 RFA 0.9% Sawyer Mynio D
21
$906,666 $906,666 RFA 0.9% Cole Clayton D
26
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Aku Koskenvuo 23
$925,000 RFA 0.9% Ty Young 21
$900,000 RFA 0.9% Nikita Tolopilo 26
$850,000 UFA 0.8% Aleksei Medvedev 18
$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 RFA 0.9%