NHL Salary Cap by Team
The 2026-27 salary cap is $104.0M with a $76.9M floor, and the new CBA adds a playoff cap, a seven-year ceiling on re-signings and a ban on deferred money. Each team page below covers the roster commitments and contract decisions shaping that club's cap sheet, plus the rules behind them.
We link out for live cap-space dollar figures rather than republishing them — they move with every signing, and a stale number is worse than none.
Eastern Conference
How the NHL salary cap works
If you want the mechanics rather than a single team, start with the salary cap guide. From there: UFA vs RFA covers who has to be qualified, entry-level contracts covers where cheap roster spots come from, waivers covers what it costs to move a contract down, and offer sheets and salary arbitration cover what a rival can do about it.