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Detroit Red Wings

Committed cap

$74.8M

Expected value

$98.3M

Surplus

+$23.5M

Graded players

Totals use graded players only. Not counted: 1 with a cap hit not publicly reported, 4 too early to call, and 0 with no contract data.

Best and worst contracts

Detroit Red Wings best contracts by surplus
Player	Team	Pos	Cap hit	Expected	Surplus	Grade
Emmitt Finnie	DET	C	$845K	$7M	+$6.1M	A+
Moritz Seider	DET	D	$8.6M	$14.2M	+$5.6M	A+
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	DET	RW	$975K	$5.3M	+$4.3M	A

Detroit Red Wings worst contracts by surplus
Player	Team	Pos	Cap hit	Expected	Surplus	Grade
John Gibson	DET	G	$6.4M	$3.3M	-$3.1M	F Goalie grade: performance-ranked
Viktor Arvidsson	DET	LW	$5M	$3.9M	-$1.1M	D
J.T. Compher	DET	LW	$5.1M	$4.4M	-$696K	C

20 graded players

Detroit Red Wings roster ranked by contract surplus
#	Player	Team	Pos	Cap hit	Expected	Surplus	Grade
1	Emmitt Finnie	DET	C	$845K	$7M	+$6.1M	A+
2	Moritz Seider	DET	D	$8.6M	$14.2M	+$5.6M	A+
3	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	DET	RW	$975K	$5.3M	+$4.3M	A
4	Marco Kasper	DET	C	$887K	$4.7M	+$3.8M	A
5	Nate Danielson	DET	C	$918K	$3M	+$2.1M	B
6	Albert Johansson	DET	D	$1.1M	$3M	+$1.9M	B
7	Daniil Tarasov	DET	G	$2M	$3.9M	+$1.9M	B Goalie grade: performance-ranked
8	Lucas Raymond	DET	LW	$8.1M	$9.8M	+$1.7M	B
9	Michael Rasmussen	DET	C	$3.2M	$3.9M	+$665K	C
10	Mason Appleton	DET	C	$2.9M	$3.2M	+$323K	C
11	Justin Faulk	DET	D	$6.5M	$6.8M	+$266K	C
12	Ben Chiarot	DET	D	$3.9M	$4M	+$175K	C
13	Andreas Englund	DET	D	$900K	$1M	+$144K	C
14	Jacob Bernard-Docker	DET	D	$1.6M	$1.7M	+$114K	C
15	Andrew Copp	DET	C	$5.6M	$5.7M	+$35K	C
16	Alex DeBrincat Next contract: $13M · 7 yrs · from 2027-28	DET	RW	$7.9M	$7.5M	-$370K	C
17	Keegan Kolesar	DET	RW	$2.5M	$2.1M	-$411K	C
18	J.T. Compher	DET	LW	$5.1M	$4.4M	-$696K	C
19	Viktor Arvidsson	DET	LW	$5M	$3.9M	-$1.1M	D
20	John Gibson	DET	G	$6.4M	$3.3M	-$3.1M	F Goalie grade: performance-ranked

Sample below the minimum games threshold.

A contract exists, but the cap hit is unavailable.

No current contract row for this player.

None.