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New Jersey Devils
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Salaries & Contracts
The Devils sit near the NHL's $95.5M upper cap limit for 2025-26, with roughly $40M committed to their top five players. Their young core (Jack Hughes, Bratt, Hischier, Meier) is locked in long-term at AAVs widely viewed as team-friendly, leaving only modest cap room.
$95.5M 2025-26 NHL cap upper limit · Lower limit $70.6M.
$104M 2026-27 cap (announced) · Set to rise to ~$104M (lower limit $76.9M); some reporting suggests it could climb higher.
~$93M Devils projected cap hit · Leaves roughly $2-11M of space depending on roster construction.
~$40.9M Top-5 commitment · About 42-43% of the cap tied up in the five highest-paid players.
| Player | Pos | Salary | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dougie Hamilton | D | $9.0M | AAV; signed through 2027-28. Highest cap hit on the team. |
| Timo Meier | LW | $8.8M | AAV on an 8yr deal running through 2030+. |
| Jack Hughes | C | $8.0M | AAV; signed through 2029-30. Franchise centerpiece. |
| Jesper Bratt | LW/RW | $7.875M | AAV on an 8yr extension running into the 2030s. |
| Nico Hischier | C | $7.25M | Captain; AAV on a deal in its final year (through 2025-26). Extension talks ongoing, projected to land north of $11M AAV. |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | $6.0M | AAV; veteran winger with multiple years remaining. |
As of 2026-05-31. Only the highest cap-hit contracts are listed, not the full roster table (salary-cap sites restrict bulk redistribution). Hischier's figure is his current expiring AAV; any 2026-27 extension is not yet signed. NHL salaries differ from cap hits in a given year due to signing-bonus structures, which are not broken out here.
Sources
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