Detroit Red Wings System Chart
DETROIT RED WINGS (NHL): The Parent club in the system, Detroit generally works with a 23 man roster consisting of the top 13 forwards, 8 defenseman
and 2 goaltenders.
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS (AHL): The primary affiliate of the Wings. The current agreement calls for Detroit to provide at least 13 players to Grand Rapids.
TOLEDO WALLEYE (ECHL): The secondary affiliate of the Wings. The current agreement calls for Detroit to provide up to 4 players to Toledo.
The new CBA stipulates that an NHL organization must have at least 24 players and 3 goaltenders under contract and no more than 50 players signed.
Players returning to Juniors having not played 11 NHL games in one season are exempt from the limit.
| Organizational Contracts | Cap Hit | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
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| 1 | Pavel Datsyuk | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | UFA | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Henrick Zetterberg | 6,083,333 | 7,750,000 | 7,750,000 | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | 7,000,000 | 3,350,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | UFA |
| 3 | Johan Franzen | 3,954,545 | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 3,500,000 | 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | UFA | |
| 4 | Valtteri Filppula | 3,000,000 | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Jiri Hudler | 2,875,000 | 3,000,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Dan Cleary | 2,800,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Todd Bertuzzi | 1,937,500 | 1,625,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tomas Holmstrom | 1,875,000 | 1,500,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Patrick Eaves | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | UFA | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Darren Helm | 912,500 | 1,000,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Drew Miller | 837,500 | 825,000 | 850,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Justin Abdelkader | 787,500 | 825,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Jan Mursak | 550,000 | 540,000 | 560,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Cory Emmerton | 533,333 | 525,000 | 525,000 | 550,000 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 6,200,000 | 6,200,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Brad Stuart | 3,750,000 | 3,750,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Jonathan Ericsson | 3,250,000 | 3,250,000 | 3,250,000 | 3,250,000 | UFA | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Niklas Kronwall | 3,000,000 | 3,750,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Ian White | 2,875,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,750,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Mike Commodore | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Jakub Kindl | 883,333 | 850,000 | 1,050,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Jimmy Howard | 2,250,000 | 2,250,000 | 2,250,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Ty Conklin | 750,000 | 750,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Louis-Marc Aubry | 878,333 | 878,333 | 878,333 | 878,333 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Joakim Andersson | 875,000 | 612,500 | 637,500 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Gustav Nyquist | 875,000 | 762,500 | 762,500 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Landon Ferraro | 870,000 | 715,000 | 715,000 | 715,000 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Tomas Tatar | 840,000 | 650,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Andrej Nestrasil | 585,000 | 585,000 | 585,000 | 585,000 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Frankie Pare | 557,500 | 557,500 | 557,500 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Mitchell Callahan | 552,778 | 545,000 | 565,000 | 565,000 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Chris Conner | 550,000 | 550,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Trevor Parkes | 541,667 | 541,666 | 541,666 | 541,666 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Willie Coetzee | 531,111 | 520,000 | 540,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Chris Minard | 525,000 | 525,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Brent Raedeke | 523,888 | 525,000 | 525,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Jamie Johnson | 512,500 | 500,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Gleason Fournier | 878,333 | 878,333 | 878,333 | 878,333 | RFA | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Brendan Smith | 875,000 | 875,000 | 875,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Garnet Exelby | 600,000 | 600,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Sebastien Piche | 563,333 | 580,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Travis Ehrhardt | 533,333 | 550,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Logan Pyett | 525,000 | 525,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Brian Lashoff | 523,888 | 525,000 | 525,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Doug Janik | 512,500 | 525,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Thomas McCollum | 816,666 | 787,500 | RFA | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Joey MacDonald | 550,000 | 550,000 | 550,000 | UFA | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Jordan Pearce | 525,000 | 525,000 | 525,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | |
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| 50 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| * | Daniel Larsson | 850,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | | |
| * | Kristian-Ole Tollefsen | 600,000 | RFA | | | | | | | | | | |
| ** | Adam Almqvist | 681,667 | | 681,667 | 681,667 | 681,667 | RFA | | | | | | |
| * | Dick Axelsson | 850,000 | RFA | | | | | |
| | NHL Salaries | | 62,040,000 | 38,635,000 | 24,200,000 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 | 11,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 4,350,000 | 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |
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| NHL Cap Numbers | 58,004,544 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Cap Ceiling | 64,300,000 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Cap Hit | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
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* Daniel Larsson, Dick Axelsson and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen are Restricted Free Agents that have signed with European teams. As such their contracts don't count against the organization's 50 contract limit. They were made quailying offers so Detroit retains their rights .
**Adam Almqvist is signed, but has chosen to remain with his European team and as such won't count against the organization's 50 contract limit. |
