Anaheim Ducks Salary Cap
What the Anaheim Ducks cap sheet is shaped by this season — roster commitments, the contract decisions ahead, and the rules that govern them. For live cap-space dollar figures, use a dedicated tracker; the numbers move with every signing, so we link them rather than copy them.
Where the Anaheim Ducks stand
The roster is split between 22 players under 24 and 8 aged 30 or older, which usually means expensive veteran deals being balanced against a wave of young players due raises.
- Players listed
- 45
- Average age
- 24.6
- Under 24
- 22
- 30 or older
- 8
28 forwards, 13 defensemen and 4 goalies on the roster the NHL currently lists. That is a training-camp roster — clubs carry well past the 23-player in-season limit until cuts are made, and every player sent down has to clear waivers or be exempt. Age profile is the honest proxy for contract stage: a young roster is heading into raises, an older one is carrying deals already signed.
Contract decisions to watch
Four things decide how much room a team like the Anaheim Ducks actually has, and none of them are the headline cap number on its own:
- Who is due a raise. Restricted free agents have to be qualified or they walk. See UFA vs RFA for how the qualifying-offer bands work under the new CBA.
- Who is still cheap. Players on entry-level contracts cap out at $1.0M for the 2026 draft year, which is where roster flexibility comes from.
- What can be moved. Sending a contract to the AHL means clearing waivers first, and only part of the hit comes off the books.
- What a rival can do to them. A tight cap sheet is what makes an offer sheet dangerous — it is a bid against the cap sheet as much as for the player. Filing for salary arbitration changes the timeline again.
The 2026-27 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 — all of which change how teams build. The salary cap guide walks through the mechanics.
Anaheim Ducks contract and cap news
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Where to find live cap figures
We do not republish cap-space dollar figures here. They change with every signing, trade and injury, and a stale number on a page like this is worse than no number. PuckPedia, CapWages and Spotrac each maintain live Anaheim Ducks cap sheets and are the right source when you need the current total.