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New Jersey Devils

Committed cap

$102.5M

Expected value

$120.7M

Surplus

+$18.3M

Graded players

21

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

Best and worst contracts

3 best

New Jersey Devils best contracts by surplus
Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
Jack Hughes NJD C $8M $14.2M +$6.2M A+
Nico Hischier Next contract: $11.7M · 5 yrs · from 2027-28 NJD C $7.3M $12.5M +$5.3M A+
Jake Allen NJD G $1.8M $5.9M +$4.1M A Goalie grade: performance-ranked

3 worst

New Jersey Devils worst contracts by surplus
Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
Dougie Hamilton NJD D $9M $6.2M -$2.8M D
Connor Hellebuyck NJD G $8.5M $6.4M -$2.1M D Goalie grade: performance-ranked
Timo Meier NJD RW $8.8M $7.2M -$1.6M D

Roster by surplus

21 graded players

New Jersey Devils roster ranked by contract surplus
# Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
1 Jack Hughes NJD C $8M $14.2M +$6.2M A+
2 Nico Hischier Next contract: $11.7M · 5 yrs · from 2027-28 NJD C $7.3M $12.5M +$5.3M A+
3 Jake Allen NJD G $1.8M $5.9M +$4.1M A Goalie grade: performance-ranked
4 Luke Evangelista Next contract: $7.3M · 5 yrs · from 2027-28 NJD RW $3M $6.4M +$3.4M A
5 Evan Rodrigues NJD C $3M $4.9M +$1.9M B
6 Jonas Siegenthaler NJD D $3.4M $4.9M +$1.5M B
7 Jesper Boqvist NJD C $1.5M $2.9M +$1.4M B
8 Arseny Gritsyuk NJD RW $3.3M $4.6M +$1.4M B
9 Connor Brown NJD RW $3M $4.3M +$1.3M B
10 Cody Glass NJD C $2.5M $3.3M +$768K C
11 Declan Chisholm NJD D $1.6M $2M +$426K C
12 Stefan Noesen NJD RW $2.8M $2.9M +$172K C
13 Luke Hughes NJD D $9M $8.8M -$150K C
14 Brett Pesce NJD D $5.5M $5.3M -$164K C
15 Johnathan Kovacevic NJD D $4M $3.7M -$340K C
16 Jesper Bratt NJD LW $7.9M $7.5M -$389K C
17 Brenden Dillon NJD D $4M $3M -$978K C
18 Anthony Mantha NJD RW $4.8M $3.7M -$1M D
19 Timo Meier NJD RW $8.8M $7.2M -$1.6M D
20 Connor Hellebuyck NJD G $8.5M $6.4M -$2.1M D Goalie grade: performance-ranked
21 Dougie Hamilton NJD D $9M $6.2M -$2.8M D

Too early to call

Sample below the minimum games threshold.

Cap hit not publicly reported

A contract exists, but the cap hit is unavailable.

None.

No contract data

No current contract row for this player.

None.