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Pittsburgh Penguins

Committed cap

$91.3M

Expected value

$90.4M

Surplus

-$906K

Graded players

23

Totals use graded players only. Not counted: 2 with a cap hit not publicly reported, 1 too early to call, and 0 with no contract data.

Best and worst contracts

3 best

Pittsburgh Penguins best contracts by surplus
Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
Rickard Rakell PIT RW $5M $7.4M +$2.4M B
Bryan Rust PIT RW $5.1M $7.5M +$2.3M B
Elmer Soderblom PIT LW $1.1M $2.8M +$1.7M B

3 worst

Pittsburgh Penguins worst contracts by surplus
Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
Erik Karlsson PIT D $11.5M $7.5M -$4M F
Egor Chinakhov PIT RW $6.3M $3.9M -$2.4M D
Trevor van Riemsdyk PIT D $4M $2.1M -$1.9M D

Roster by surplus

23 graded players

Pittsburgh Penguins roster ranked by contract surplus
# Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
1 Rickard Rakell PIT RW $5M $7.4M +$2.4M B
2 Bryan Rust PIT RW $5.1M $7.5M +$2.3M B
3 Elmer Soderblom PIT LW $1.1M $2.8M +$1.7M B
4 Declan Carlile PIT D $1.5M $3M +$1.5M B
5 Justin Brazeau PIT RW $1.5M $3M +$1.5M B
6 Connor Dewar PIT C $2.3M $3.4M +$1.2M B
7 Spencer Stastney PIT D $1.5M $2.6M +$1.1M B
8 Blake Lizotte PIT C $2.3M $3.3M +$1M B
9 Ilya Solovyov PIT D $850K $1.3M +$455K C
10 Tommy Novak Next contract: $4.7M · 3 yrs · from 2027-28 PIT C $3.5M $3.9M +$420K C
11 Samuel Girard PIT D $5M $5M +$42K C
12 Hendrix Lapierre PIT C $1.3M $1.3M +$23K C
13 Nick Robertson PIT LW $3.3M $3.2M -$55K C
14 Kaedan Korczak PIT D $3.3M $3.1M -$103K C
15 Ville Koivunen PIT RW $4M $3.9M -$134K C
16 Arturs Silovs PIT G $2.8M $2M -$800K C Goalie grade: performance-ranked
17 Kris Letang PIT D $6.1M $5.2M -$908K C
18 Evgeni Malkin PIT C $5.5M $4.2M -$1.3M D
19 Andrei Kuzmenko PIT LW $5M $3.7M -$1.3M D
20 Sidney Crosby PIT C $8.7M $7M -$1.7M D
21 Trevor van Riemsdyk PIT D $4M $2.1M -$1.9M D
22 Egor Chinakhov PIT RW $6.3M $3.9M -$2.4M D
23 Erik Karlsson PIT D $11.5M $7.5M -$4M F

Too early to call

Sample below the minimum games threshold.

Cap hit not publicly reported

A contract exists, but the cap hit is unavailable.

No contract data

No current contract row for this player.

None.