Contracts Chart
 
  NHL 23-man Roster 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 AAV
  Dobson, Noah $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $10,000,000 $8,400,000 $7,200,000 $9,500,000
  Laine, Patrik $9,100,000 UFA         $8,700,000
  Suzuki, Nick $8,750,000 $6,250,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 UFA $7,875,000
  Caufield, Cole $9,975,000 $8,705,000 $6,215,000 $5,985,000 $5,985,000 $5,985,000 $7,850,000
  Slafkovský, Juraj $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $9,000,000 $7,800,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $7,600,000
  Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000 $4,000,000 UFA       $6,500,000
  Guhle, Kaiden - IR $7,000,000 $5,250,000 $6,550,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,500,000 $5,550,000
  Anderson, Josh $5,000,000 $3,500,000 UFA       $5,500,000
  Matheson, Mike $6,500,000 UFA         $4,875,000
  Carrier, Alexandre $3,850,000 $2,800,000 UFA       $3,750,000
  Dach, Kirby $4,000,000 RFA         $3,362,500
  Montembeault, Sam $3,000,000 $2,450,000 UFA       $3,150,000
  Newhook, Alex $2,700,000 $2,100,000 RFA       $2,900,000
  Evans, Jake $3,550,000 $3,300,000 $2,420,000 $2,130,000 UFA   $2,850,000
  Demidov, Ivan $0,975,000 $0,975,000 RFA       $2,634,167
  Reinbacher, David - IR $0,950,000 $0,855,000 $0,855,000 RFA     $2,053,333
  Struble, Jayden $1,600,000 $1,225,000 RFA       $1,412,500
  Hutson, Lane $0,950,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $10,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,200,000 $1,333,333
  Xhekaj, Arber $1,300,000 RFA         $1,300,000
  Bolduc, Zack $0,832,500 RFA         $1,275,834
  Kapanen, Oliver $0,925,000 $0,925,000 RFA       $1,208,333
  Dobeš, Jakub $0,965,000 $0,965,000 RFA       $0,965,000
  Veleno, Joe $0,900,000 RFA         $0,900,000
  Laroque, Gannon - IR $0,775,000           $0,894,167
  Roy, Joshua $0,775,000 RFA         $0,881,667
  Del Gaizo, Marc $0,775,000 UFA         $0,775,000
  Trudeau, William - IR $0,775,000 RFA         $0,775,000
  AHL/ECHL Players 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 AAV
  Fowler, Jacob $0,870,000 $0,950,000 $0,950,000 RFA     $1,150,000
  Kähkönen, Kaapo $1,150,000 UFA         $1,150,000
  Engström, Adam $0,870,000 $0,950,000 RFA       $0,950,000
  Thorpe, Tyler $0,872,500 $0,872,500 $0,860,000 RFA     $0,936,667
  Tuch, Luke $0,925,000 RFA         $0,925,000
  Xhekaj, Florian $0,870,000 $0,870,000 RFA       $0,920,000
  Kidney, Riley $0,775,000 RFA         $0,902,500
  Beck, Owen $0,835,000 $0,855,000 RFA       $0,886,667
  Mešár, Filip $0,855,000 $0,855,000 RFA       $0,886,667
  Davidson, Jared $0,865,000 RFA         $0,880,000
  Belzile, Alex $0,775,000 UFA         $0,775,000
  Clurman, Nate $0,775,000 UFA         $0,775,000
  Condotta, Lucas $0,775,000 $0,775,000 UFA       $0,775,000
  Farrell, Sean $0,775,000 RFA         $0,775,000
  In Junior/On Loan 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 AAV
  Rohrer, Vinzenz $0,950,000 $0,950,000 $0,950,000 RFA     $0,950,000
  Unsigned Prospects
  Bergqvist, Rasmus must be signed before June 1, 2028 or rights are relinquished
  Cournoyer, Alexis must be signed before August 15, 2029 or rights are relinquished
  Croteau, Emmett must be signed before August 15, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Eriksson, Filip must be signed before June 1, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Hage, Michael must be signed before August 15, 2028 or rights are relinquished
  Händel, Carlos must be signed before June 1, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Harris, Sam must be signed before August 15, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Koivu, Aatos must be signed before June 1, 2028 or rights are relinquished
  MacNiel, Andrew must be signed before June 1, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Merrill, Ben must be signed before August 15, 2029 or rights are relinquished
  Miller, Quentin must be signed before August 15, 2029 or rights are relinquished
  Mittelstadt, Luke must be signed before August 15, 2026 or rights are relinquished
  Mooney, LJ must be signed before August 15, 2029 or rights are relinquished
  Paupanekis, Hayden must be signed before June 1, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Pickford, Bryce must be signed before June 1, 2027 or rights are relinquished
  Protz, Owen must be signed before June 1, 2026 or rights are relinquished
  Radkov, Arseni must be signed before August 15, 2030 or rights are relinquished
  Sawyer, Logan must be signed before August 15, 2028 or rights are relinquished
  Smilanic, Ty Rights expiration unknown
  Smith, Jack must be signed before August 15, 2026 or rights are relinquished
  Vecvanags, Mikus must be signed before August 15, 2030 or rights are relinquished
  Vig, Maxon must be signed before August 15, 2029 or rights are relinquished
  European Players Canadiens Hold The Rights To (without a transfer agreement*)
  Gordin, Alexander Original signing deadline was June 1, 2024
  Khanin, Makar If there was an agreement, deadline would be June 1, 2028
  Konyushkov, Bogdan Original signing deadline was June 1, 2025
  Kostenko, Dmitri Original signing deadline was June 1, 2025
  Sobolev, Daniil Original signing deadline was June 1, 2025
  Volokhin, Yevgeni If there was an agreement, deadline would be June 1, 2027
  Zharovsky, Alexander If there was an agreement, deadline would be June 1, 2029
  Restricted Free Agents (team holds rights until the first June 30 after the 27th birthday)
     
*Europeans countries with a transfer agreement with the NHL: Sweden (2022-2030), Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (no information after 2020-21 season)