Note on waiver exemption - this is the player's status as of the start of the season. So playing the number of games indicated will remove their waiver exemption.
NHL roster (25+3): 2G, 7+2D, 16+1F
I am not keeping up with NHL/AHL league movement on this page.
NHL contracts () active until at least 6/30/2025:
Goalies (3): Blackwood, Chrona (ELS), Romanov (ELS), Vanecek
Defense (15+1): Benning, Burroughs, Ferraro, Guryev (ELS), Knyzhov (ELS), Laroque (ELS), Mukhamadullin, Pulli (ELS), Rutta, Thompson, Thrum (ELS), Vlasic; **Furlong (ELS)
Forwards (28+3): Bystedt (ELS), Cardwell (ESL), Couture, Eklund (ELS), Graf (ELS), Granlund, Gushchin (ELS), Kostin, Robins (ELS), Russell, Sabourin, G Smith, Studnicka, Sturm, Todd, Weisblatt (ELS), Zadina, Zetterlund; **Edstrom (ELS), **Halttunen (ELS), **Musty (ELS)
NHL contracts (49+4) active until at least 6/30/2024:
Goalies (6): Blackwood, Chrona (ELS), Cooley, Mankiniemi, Romanov (ELS), Vanecek
Defense (15+1): Addison, Benning, Burroughs, Emberson, Ferraro, Guryev (ELS), Knyzhov (ELS), Laroque (ELS), MacDonald, Mukhamadullin, Pulli (ELS), Rutta, Thompson, Thrum (ELS), Vlasic; **Furlong (ELS)
Forwards (28+3): Bailey, Barabonov, Bordeleau (ELS), Bystedt (ELS), Cardwell (ESL), Carpenter, Coe (ELS), Couture, Eklund (ELS), Graf (ELS), Granlund, Gushchin (ELS), Hoffman, Kostin, Kunin, Labanc, Lindblom, Peterson, Robins (ELS), Russell, Sabourin, G Smith, Studnicka, Sturm, Todd, Weisblatt (ELS), Zadina, Zetterlund; **Edstrom (ELS), **Halttunen (ELS), **Musty (ELS)
Legend: ** ELS slidable contract, NHL, NHL IR, AHL, ECHL. On loan to Junior (overaer)/European team. Suspended. [[name]] non-roster (preseson injury, visa issues, covid protocol, NHL investigation, etc). [covid, but still on roster] ((getting out of covid))
AHL deals (6) 2024-25:
Goalie (1):Gabriel Carriere
Defense (1): Jeremie Bucheler
Forward (4): Joe Carroll, Luke Grainger, Donovan Houle, Lucas Vanroboys
Number | Name | Birth Country | League playing in | Social Media | Position | Shoots/ Catches |
Birthday | Acquired | Links (Stats, Bios, etc.) | Under Contract 'Till | Waiver Exempt 23-24 |
2 | Will Smith | USA | Boston College HE (#6, '27) | Center | Right | 3/17/2005 | ED23/1/4 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | - | n/a | |
3 | Henry Thrun | USA | NHL | Defense | Left | 3/12/2001 | TR230228 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA 1 | Y2/72 | |
4 | Kyle Burroughs | Canada | NHL | Defense / Forward | Right | 7/12/1995 | FA230701 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 260630 | N | |
5 | Matt Benning | Canada | NHL IR | Defense | Right | 5/25/1994 | FA220713 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 270630 | N | |
6 | Ty Emberson | USA | NHL | Defense | Right | 5/23/2000 | WA230930 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA | N | |
7 | Nico Sturm | Germany | NHL | Center | Left | 5/3/1995 | FA220713 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 | N | |
10 | Klim Kostin | Rissoa | NHL | Center | Left | 5/5/1999 | TR240308 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | 250630 | N | |
11 | Luke Kunin | USA | NHL | Center | Right | 12/4/1997 | TR220708 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA | N | |
13 | Quentin Musty | USA | OHL Sudbury | Left | Left | 7/6/2005 | ED23/1/26 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | 3-year ELS | Y5/160 | |
14 | Kasper Halttunen | Finland | OHL London | Wing | Right | 6/7/2005 | ED23/2/36 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | 3-year ELS | Y5/160 | |
16 | Jack Studnicka | Canada | AHL | Center | Right | 2/18/1999 | TR231215 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | RFA | N | |
17 | Thomas Bordeleau | USA | AHL | Center | Left | 1/3/2002 | ED20/2/38 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA 1 | Y2/144 | |
18 | Filip Zadina | Czech Republic | NHL | x | Right | Left | 11/27/1999 | FA230710 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA | N |
20 | Fabian Zetterlund | Sweden | NHL | Right | Right | 8/25/1999 | TR230226 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 | N | |
21 | Filip Bystedt | Sweden | Sweden Jr | Center | Left | 2/4/2004 | ED22/1/27 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Europe | 270630 ELS | Y4/160 | |
24 | Jacob Peterson | Sweden | AHL | Left | Left | 7/19/1999 | TR230303 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA | N | |
26 | Jack Thompson | Canada | AHL | Defense | Right | 3/19/2002 | TR240307 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | Y2/159 | |
28 | Gannon Laroque | Canada | AHL | Defense | Right | 8/20/2003 | ED21/4/103 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | 260630 ELS | Y3/160 | |
29 | Mackenzie Blackwood | Canada | NHL | Goalie | Left | 12/9/1996 | TR230627 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 | N | |
30 | Magnus Chrona | Sweden | NHL |
Goalie | Left | 8/28/2000 | TR210412 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | 250630 ELS | Y3/60 | |
31 | Georgi Romanov | Russia | AHL | Goalie | Right | 12/15/1999 | FA230503 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | Y2/60 | |
33 | Calen Addison | Canada | NHL | Defense | Right | 4/11/2000 | TR231108 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA | N | |
35 | Gabriel Carriere | AHL | Goalie | 11/5/2000 | FA240412 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 AHL | N/A | |||
35? | Mason Beaupit | Canada | BCHL | Goalie | Left | 9/23/2003 | ED22/4/108 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | BFO | - | |
37 | Alex Young | Canada | ECAC Colgate ('24) | Center | Right | 3/22/2001 | ED20/7/196 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | - | - | |
38 | Mario Ferraro | Canada | NHL | Defense | Left | 9/17/1998 | ED17/2/49 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 260630 | N | |
39 | Logan Couture | Canada | NHL | Center | Left | 3/28/1989 | ED07/1/9 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF |
270630 NTC |
N | |
40 | Evgenii Kashnikov | Russia | KHL | Defense | Left | 12/25/2002 | ED21/7/199 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | (rights held indefinitely) | - | |
42 | Luca Cagnoni | Canada | WHL | Defense | Left | 12/21/2004 | ED23/4/123 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | - | n/a | |
43 | Michael Fisher | USA | Northeastern HE (#16, '27) | Defense | Right | 5/2/2004 | ED22/3/76 | NHL | IHDB| Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | BFO | = | |
44 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | Canada | NHL | Defense | Left | 3/30/1987 | ED05/2/35 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | 260630 NTC |
N | |
45 | Nathan Todd | Canada | AHL | Center | Left | 12/2/1995 | FA230703 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 | N | |
46 | Cam Lund | USA | Northeastern HE (#12, '26) | Center | Right | 6/7/2004 | ED22/2/34 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | - | - | |
47 | Axel Landen | Sweden | Swe-Jr | Defense | Right | 3/29/2005 | ED23/5/130 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | - | n/a | |
49 | Scott Sabourin | Canada | AHL | Right | Right | 7/30/1992 | FA230701 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 | N | |
50 | Joey Muldowney | USA | USHL Des Moines | Right | Right | 6/5/2004 | ED22/6/172 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | BFO | - | |
51 | Collin Graf | USA | NHL | Center | Right | 9/21/2002 | FA240404 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 260630 ELS | Y3/80 | |
52 | Tristen Robins | Canada | AHL | Right | Right | 11/15/2001 | ED20/2/56 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | Y2/157 | |
54 | Givani Smith | Canada | NHL | Right | Left | 2/27/1998 | FA230701 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | 250630 | N | |
55 | David Klee | USA | USHL/ND | Center | Left | 5/10/2005 | ED23/7/196 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | College | - | n/a | |
56 | Ethan Cardwell | Canada | AHL | Right | Right | 8/30/2002 | ED21/4/121 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | 260630 ELS | ||
57 | Luke Grainger | AHL | Forward | Right | 9/3/1999 | FA240412 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 AHL | N/A | ||
58 | Mitchell Russell | Canada | ECHL | Right | Right | 3/26/2001 | FA220519 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | Y2/80 | |
61 | Jake Furlong | Canada | QMJHL Halifax | Defense | Left | 3/4/2004 | ED22/5/140 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | 3-year ELS | Y5/160 | |
64 | Mikael Granlund | Finland | NHL | Center | Left | 2/26/1992 | TR230806 | NHL | IHDB| Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | 250630 | N | |
70 | Brandon Coe | Canada | AHL | Right | Right | 12/1/2001 | ED20/4/98 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA | Y1/160 | |
71 | Nikolai Knyzhov | Russia | NHL | Defense | Left | 3/20/1998 | FA190702 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 | N | |
72 | William Eklund | Sweden | NHL | Left | Left | 10/12/2002 | ED21/1/7 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 260630 ELS | Y2/143 | |
75 | Danil Gushchin | Russia | AHL | Left | Left | 2/6/2002 | ED20/3/76 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | Y2/158 | |
77 | Valtteri Pulli | Finland | AHL | Defense | Left | 3/13/2001 | FA230503 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | y | |
78 | Joe Carroll | Canada | AHL | Left | Left | 2/1/2001 | TR240315 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 AHL | N/A | |
80 | Reese Laubach | USA | USHL Youngstown / Penn State ('27?) | Center | Right | 11/20/2003 | ED22/7/217 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | BFO | - | |
81 | Eli Barnett | Canada | BCHL/Vermont | Defense | Right | 9/16/2003 | ED22/7/195 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | BFO | - | |
82 | Artem Guryev | Russia | OHL Peterborough -> Flint | Defense | Left | 5/17/2003 | ED21/5/135 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | 260630 ELS | y | |
84 | Jan Rutta | Czech Republic | NHL | Defense | Right | 7/29/1990 | TR230806 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | 250630 | N | |
85 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | Russia | AHL | Defense | Left | 1/10/2002 | TR230226 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 (ELS) | Y2/160 | |
88 | Brandon Svoboda | USA | USHL / Boston University | Center | Right | 2/4/2005 | ED23/3/71 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | College | - | n/a | |
89 | Ozzy Wiesblatt | Canada | AHL |
Right | Right | 3/9/2002 | ED20/1/31 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 ELS | Y2/160 | |
96 | Donovan Houle | AHL | Forward | Right | 11/4/1999 | FA240412 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 AHL | N/A | ||
97 | Lucas Vanroboys | AHL | Forward | Right | 7/24/1999 | FA240412 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 AHL | N/A | ||
98 | Jeremie Buchler | AHL | Defense | Right | 3/31/2000 | FA240412 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | 250630 AHL | N/A | ||
Vitek Vanecek | Czech Republic | NHL IR | Goalie | Left | 1/9/1996 | TR240308 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | 250630 | N | ||
18? | David Edstrom | Sweden | Sweden | Center | Left | 2/18/2005 | TR240308 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | 3 year ELS | Y5/160 | |
Sasha (Alexander) Chmelevski | USA | KHL | Center | Right | 6/9/1999 | ED17/6/185 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA - QO'd 2022 (signed in KHL through 2024) (Rights held through 2025-26 season) | N | ||
Emil Galimov | KHL | Left | Left | 5/9/1992 | ED13/7/207 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | THN | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | (rights held indefinitely) | ||||
Mattias Havelid | Sweden | Sweden Jr | Defense | Right | 1/1/2004 | ED22/2/45 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | - | - | ||
Theo Jacobsson | Sweden | Sweden Modo Jr | Center | Left | 4/6/2003 | ED21/6/167 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | - | - | ||
Martin Kaut | Czechia | Czech | Right | Right | 10/2/1999 | TR230125 | NHL | IHDB| Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | RFA / QO'd 2023 Sgns deal with Czech team |
N | ||
Eric Pohlkamp | USA | USHL | Defense | Right | 3/23/2004 | ED23/5/132 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | - | n/a | ||
Yegor Rimashevskiy | Belarus | Russian Jr | Right | Right | 2/1/2005 | ED23/7/203 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | Junior | - | n/a | ||
41?? | Yegor Spiridonov | Russia | KHL SKA St. Petersburg | Center | Right | 1/22/2001 | ED19/4/108 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | KHL | (rights held indefinitely) | - | |
Timofey Spitserov | Russia | Vermont HE ('25, #34) | Right | Left | 3/26/2002 | ED20/7/210 | NHL | IHDB | Elite | NHLPA | TSN | CF | AHL | ECHL | College | BFO | - |
Goalies: Free none. RFA: none. UFA: Cooley. UFA6: Mäkiniemi. UFA Warm.
Defense: Free Thrun .RFA: Addison*, Emberson*. UFA: MacDonald. UFA6: none. UFA Frisch, Kinal.
Forwards: Free Bordeleau. RFA: Coe, Kunin*, Peterson*, Studnicka*, Zadina*. UFA: Bailey, Barabanov+, Carpenter, Hoffman+, Labanc+, Lindblom. UFA6: none. UFA Bellerive, Cassels, Kaspick, MacEachern, Marek, Vincent.
+ = Sharks have said they will not re-sign these UFAs (at lockeroom clean out)
Group 1 Free Agent - not enough experience to be group 2
RFA (Group 2); must be re-signed or receive a qualifying offer by 6/30/23 (6/25 or the Monday after the entry draft, whichever is later); otherwise become UFAs. * = arbitration rights.
UFA Group 3: a player age 27 with four accrued seasons or with seven accrued seasons
UFA Group 6: "age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff)."
UFA (neither group 3 or 6; or no QO or released or bought out by organization or expiring AHL contract)
RFA-defected; QO'd but not re-signed. Sharks hold rights until player reaches age 27 (UFA age).
2019: C Yegor Spiridonov (KHL)
2020: C Alex Young (college, '24), R Timofey Spitserov (college, '25)
2021: C Theo Jacobsson (Europe), D Evgenii Kashnikov (KHL)
2022: C Cam Lund (college, '26), D Mattias Havelid (Europe), D Michael Fisher (USHL), G Mason Beaupit (WHL), R Joey Muldowney (USHL), D Eli Barnett (BCHL), C Reese Laubach (USHL, '27?)
2023: C Will Smith (college), C Brandon Svoboda (college), D Luca Cagnoni (WHL), D Axel Landen (Sweden), D Eric Pohlkamp (USHL/college), C David Klee (USHL/college), RW Yegor Rimashevskiy (Belarus)
Each NHL team is limited to having fifty (50) players signed to NHL contracts. (Players aged 18 or 19 playing in North American major junior leagues or Europe are excluded from that number.) Each NHL team may have no more than ninety players in their organizational depth chart.
The average salary for 2018-19 was $3,244,126.
NHL Salary cap (per team) for 2021-22 is $81.5m.
NHL salary cap (per team) for 2022-23 is $82.5m.
If the club/team wishes to take a player to arbitration, they have from June 15 or 48 hours after Stanley Cup being awarded (first period) or 5:01pm ET July 5 to 5pm ET July 6 to elect arbitration. A team can take a player to arbitration only once (but a player can elect arbitration as many times as he wants). If a team takes a player to arbitration, they cannot walk away from the award. If a player-elected arbitration award is $4,084,219 (2017)or greater, teams can "walk away" from the arbitration (and match negotiated contract up to 85% of arbitration award with new club).
The minimum NHL player salary is 2021-22 $750,000.
QO amounts from CBA: Article 10.2 (a)(ii) Players earning $660,000 or less will be entitled to qualifying offers (QO) at 110% of their prior year’s salary; players earning more than $660,000 and up to $1 million will be entitled to QOs at 105% of prior year’s salary (but not to exceed $1 million); players earning more than $1 million will be entitled to QO at 100% of their prior year’s salary.
Official free agent list and RFA compensation
OFFER COMPENSATION 2023-24 | |
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Offer Sheet (AAV) | Compensation |
$1,415,740 or below | None |
Over $1,415,740 to $2,145,061 | 3rd |
Over $2,145,061 to $4,290,125 | 2nd |
Over $4,290,125 to $6,435,186 | 1st, 3rd |
Over $6,435,186 to $8,580,250 | 1st, 2nd, 3rd |
Over $8,580,250 to $10,725,314 | (2) 1st, 2nd, 3rd |
Over $10,725,314 | (4) 1st |
Arbitration-eligible players must elect arbitration by July 5, 2018. See CBA Article 12. 2019 arbitration walk away: over $4,397,832
Age of signing NHL contract | Years professional experience |
18-20 | 4 years |
21 | 3 years |
22-23 | 2 years |
24+ | 1 year |
Nominally, Accrued Season means any league year during which a player was on a club's active NHL roster for 40 (30 if the player is a goalie) or more regular season games.
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