It's obviously still a ways away, but with a projected $95.5 million salary cap next year, I'm curious about what people think about the following cap allocation for the 2025-2026 season.
Extensions
Mitch Marner: $12.75 million per
John Tavares: $7.5 million per
Matthews Knies: $4.0 million per
Note: The Knies contract would be a 2 year bridge deal, with the idea in mind that the cap is expected to go up aggressively and that with Marner and Tavares extended, he could put himself in line for a big extension at the end of the bridge deal.
Center
C1 Auston Matthews: $13,250,000
C2 John Tavares: $7,500,000
C3 Addition: $4,000,000
C4 Fraser Minten: $817,000
Right Wing
RW1 Mitch Marner: $12,750,000
RW2 William Nylander: $11,500,000
RW3 Max Domi: $3,7500,000
RW4 Steven Lorentz: $1,000,000
Left Wing
LW1 Matthew Knies: $4,000,000
LW2 Addition: $3,000,000
LW3 Bobby McMann: $1,350,000
LW4 Easton Cowan: $905,000
13th F Nikita Grebenkin: $875,000
Defense
LD1 Morgan Rielly: $7,500,000
LD2 Jake McCabe: $4,510,000
LD3 Simon Benoit: $1,350,000
RD1 Chris Tanev: $4,500,000
RD3 Oliver Ekman-Larsson: $3,500,000
RD3 Addition: $2,000,000
7th Defenseman: $1,000,000
Goalies
Joseph Woll: $3,670,000
Anthony Stolarz: $2,500,000
Total Cap: $95,227,000
