NHL Value Model· 2025-26
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Vegas Golden Knights

Roster
31
Cap committed
$105.3M
Cap space
$-9.8M
over cap
Surplus
+$12.8M
18 expiring
Next season space
$21.4M
Roster

Sorted by value delta

Most underpaid first. Re-sign signal blends delta, age, and years left to flag who to extend, monitor, or let walk.

Pavel Dorofeyev
Pavel Dorofeyev
R · age 26 · Top-Line F · $1.8M · 0y left
+$5.7M
vs $7.5M
Lock Up
Ivan Barbashev
Ivan Barbashev
L · age 30 · Top-Line F · $5.0M · 2y left
+$3.1M
vs $8.1M
Locked In (Value)
Reilly Smith
Reilly Smith
R · age 35 · Middle-Six F · $2.0M · 0y left
+$2.5M
vs $4.5M
Priority Re-sign
Rasmus Andersson
Rasmus Andersson
D · age 30 · Two-Way / Shutdown · $4.5M · 0y left
+$2.2M
vs $6.8M
Priority Re-sign
Alexander Holtz
Alexander Holtz
R · age 24 · Bottom-Six F · $0.8M · 1y left
+$2.0M
vs $2.8M
Extension Now
Ben Hutton
Ben Hutton
D · age 33 · Bottom-Pair D · $1.0M · 0y left
+$1.8M
vs $2.7M
Priority Re-sign
Braeden Bowman
Braeden Bowman
R · age 23 · Middle-Six F · $0.8M · 1y left
+$1.6M
vs $2.4M
Extension Now
Kaedan Korczak
Kaedan Korczak
D · age 25 · Bottom-Pair D · $0.8M · 0y left
+$1.4M
vs $2.3M
Extension Signed
Jeremy Lauzon
Jeremy Lauzon
D · age 29 · Bottom-Pair D · $2.0M · 0y left
+$1.0M
vs $3.0M
Fair Deal
Brandon Saad
Brandon Saad
L · age 34 · Bottom-Six F · $2.0M · 0y left
+$0.9M
vs $2.9M
Fair Deal
Keegan Kolesar
Keegan Kolesar
R · age 29 · Bottom-Six F · $2.5M · 2y left
+$0.8M
vs $3.3M
Fair Deal
Cole Smith
Cole Smith
R · age 31 · Bottom-Six F · $1.0M · 0y left
+$0.4M
vs $1.4M
Fair Deal
Brett Howden
Brett Howden
C · age 28 · Middle-Six F · $2.5M · 4y left
+$0.3M
vs $2.8M
Fair Deal
Nic Dowd
Nic Dowd
C · age 36 · Bottom-Six F · $3.0M · 1y left
+$0.3M
vs $3.3M
Fair Deal
Brayden McNabb
Brayden McNabb
D · age 35 · Two-Way / Shutdown · $3.6M · 2y left
−$0.1M
vs $3.6M
Fair Deal
Mark Stone
Mark Stone
R · age 34 · Elite · $9.5M · 1y left
−$0.3M
vs $9.2M
Fair Deal
Colton Sissons
Colton Sissons
C · age 33 · Bottom-Six F · $2.9M · 0y left
−$0.6M
vs $2.3M
Fair Deal
Shea Theodore
Shea Theodore
D · age 31 · Two-Way / Shutdown · $7.4M · 6y left
−$0.6M
vs $6.8M
Fair Deal
Noah Hanifin
Noah Hanifin
D · age 29 · Two-Way / Shutdown · $7.3M · 6y left
−$1.2M
vs $6.2M
Monitor
Jack Eichel
Jack Eichel
C · age 30 · Elite · $10.0M · 0y left
−$1.2M
vs $8.8M
Extension Signed
Tomas Hertl
Tomas Hertl
C · age 33 · Top-Line F · $8.1M · 4y left
−$2.8M
vs $5.4M
Monitor
Mitch Marner
Mitch Marner
R · age 29 · Top-Line F · $12.0M · 7y left
−$4.4M
vs $7.6M
Star Contract
Trevor Connelly
Trevor Connelly
L · age 20 · Bottom-Six F · $1.0M · 3y left
vs
Fair Deal
William Karlsson
William Karlsson
C · age 33 · Middle-Six F · $5.9M · 1y left
vs
Fair Deal
Tanner Laczynski
Tanner Laczynski
C · age 29 · Middle-Six F · $0.8M · 0y left
vs
Fair Deal
Raphael Lavoie
Raphael Lavoie
C · age 26 · Bottom-Six F · $0.8M · 0y left
vs
Fair Deal
Jonas Rondbjerg
Jonas Rondbjerg
R · age 27 · Bottom-Six F · $0.8M · 0y left
vs
Fair Deal
Kai Uchacz
Kai Uchacz
C · age 23 · Bottom-Six F · $1.0M · 2y left
vs
Fair Deal
Dylan Coghlan
Dylan Coghlan
D · age 28 · Bottom-Pair D · $0.8M · 0y left
vs
Fair Deal
Jeremy Davies
Jeremy Davies
D · age 30 · Bottom-Pair D · $2.8M · 2y left
vs
Fair Deal
Jaycob Megna
Jaycob Megna
D · age 33 · Bottom-Pair D · $0.8M · 1y left
vs
Fair Deal
NHL VALUE MODEL

Predictions reflect what the market currently pays for similar production.

Entry-level deals show large positive deltas by CBA design. UFA and unsigned players have no delta. Stats are projected to 82-game pace.

Data: NHL API + PuckPediaModel: Comps-based weighted AAVLast refresh: Jun 5, 2026, 7:06 AM