NHL Armchair GM - NHL Hockey Team Manager

Primary Team's
Cap Space:

Bench

↑
Drop in the Trash
To Delete Player

Team 1 Non Roster

Injured Reserve

Short Term Injured / Suspended

Injured or suspended players placed here will still have their Cap count towards the total Cap Hit.

Long Term Injury Reserve (minimum 24 days or 10 games) / Covid Quarantined

Players placed here will still have their Cap Hit count towards your team's Cap. However, if your team's Cap exceeds the Cap Limit once a replacement player is added, Cap Relief (equal to the amount of Cap within the Long Term Injured Reserve Area) will be given.

Team 2 Non Roster

Cap Calculation

The amount of Cap Used is calculated using the 20 players in the team’s roster area, as well as any players on the 3 man bench.

Understanding the Codes
Player Pieces
Shoots Left → Cap Hit → Position(s) →	H. Sedin$7,000,000C• • ᦎUFA	Waiver Exempt ⇅ ELC Contract ★ ← No Move Clause ᦎ No Trade Clause ₸
↑ ↑ Contract Years Remaining End		of Contract Status

Player Name →	J. Trouba$894,167DRFA	← Shoots Right
↑ No dots (years) indicates an unsigned Restricted Free Agent. Sign the player to a new contract in the Free Agents section.

Draft Picks
Original Team →	1st Round PickCoyotes 2016NYR#20	← Round Number ← Team + Draft Year ← Overall Pick # (if Known)

Position →	A. MatthewsMaple Leafs 2016C#1	← Player Selected ← Team + Draft Year ← Overall Pick #

Trade Team's Injured Reserve

Short Term Injured / Suspended

The cap hit from these players still counts towards your total cap hit.

Long Term Injury Reserve (minimum 24 days or 10 games)
/ COVID Protocol

The Cap Hit of players placed here still counts towards the Cap. However, if the team's Cap exceeds the Cap Limit once a replacement player is added to the roster, Cap Relief (equal to the amount of Cap within the LTIR Area) will be given.

Add or Create a New Player

Missing a player?

See how an unsigned draft pick or college player would look in your line up, or maybe you're considering signing a European free agent who isn't in the free agent list...

Look no further!

Enter the information for your new player below:

Player Name :
Cap Hit : $
Position(s) Played :
Shoots (Left/Right) :
Contract Years :
Contract Status :

Draft Picks

2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018

Draft Picks

2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018

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Can't Drag? Click the Button →

Vancouver Canucks			Trade Area	Trade Team(s)

Name	Pos.	Team	Prev. CAP	Select
Name	Pos.	Team	Prev. CAP	Select

Select a Player Above and Enter new Contract Info Below:
Enter NEW Cap Hit $
Enter Contract Term (Years)
Signed player will appear below.

Restricted Free Agent (RFA) Offer Sheets

Tendering an offer sheet to another team's restricted free agent is permitted. In real life, the team holding the player's rights has the right to match the offer and if they do not match your offer, you will be required to pay compensation as follows:

Contract Value (AAV)	Compensation
Less than $1,415,740	No Compensation
$1,415,740 -to- $2,290,457	3rd Round Pick
$2,290,458 -to- $4,580,917	2nd Round Pick
$4,580,918 -to- $6,435,185	1st and 3rd Round Picks
$6,435,186 -to- $8,580,249	1st, 2nd and 3rd Round Picks
$8,580,250 -to- $10,725,313	Two 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd Round Pick
$10,725,314 or greater	Four 1st Round Picks

This is a simulation, so all "Offer Sheets" will be accepted as long as you have the required draft picks.

Draft picks used as compensation must be your team's own original picks, and must be from the next year's draft. When multiple of the same type of pick is required, then subsequent draft year(s) will also be used. If your team has traded away some of their picks, you can re-acquire them again via trade, and these picks can then be used for an offer sheet.

What this site is all about

This web site is primarily a place for NHL hockey fans to be Armchair GM's. Fiddle with your team's roster, try different line combinations, make trades, and basically just see what you can do to improve your favourite team's line-up while still keeping it all within the NHL Cap Limit.

Save your roster, or copy and paste it into a forum to show others what moves you'd like your team to make.

The site is designed with multiple blocks of information able to load all within a compact area. This is meant to simplify things, and to give you as much information as possible without having to leave the page.

Give it a try.

Make some moves & see if you can improve your team!

Who am I?

My name is Ian Logie. First and foremost, like you, I am a hockey fan. I'm Canadian - born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and have been a Vancouver Canucks fan my whole life :)

I am a single father, currently living in Denmark with my 2 boys.

Site Inspiration:

This site was inspired by CapGeek.com, which was a great tool for hockey fans. The passing of Matthew Wuest was a terrible loss for the hockey world, and many fans sorelly miss the web site he created. In creating NHLarmchairGM.com, my hope is that it can give many hours of joyful tinkering to the many NHL Armchair GM's out there.

Site Improvements

Got a great idea? Let me know and I may try to implement it into the site. All suggestions are welcome!

Contact Me:

If you have any comments, suggestions, or corrections to erroneous data, email me:

Current Update Log:

2023-10-16 Improved CAP Accuracy in all situations
2021-05-24 Added Seattle Kraken to the site
2021-05-22 Removed taxi squads
2021-01-16 Updated site to show taxi squads
2017-03-08 Added the Las Vegas Golden Knights to the site
2016-09-02 IPAD/iOS & Touch Screen compatability!!!
2016-02-12 Design Update - now with Team Colours.
2015-10-12 Added Donation page - Please support!
2015-08-26 New site name and design changes.
2015-06-04 Test Site goes live!

Help / Tips on being an ARMCHAIR GM

Select your primary team.
Left Click + Drag player pieces to move them. Release the mouse button to drop the player in a new roster spot.
Dropping a dragged player onto another occupied spot will cause the 2 players to swap locations.
Move players around to try different line combinations.
Move a Non Roster player into the line-up.
Injured Reserve area for injured players.
View player stats for each player.
Sign Restricted Free Agent (RFA) Players to a new contract.
Offer Sheets are supported!
Sign Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA) Players.
Create a new player:
Unsigned Draft Picks, College/European Free Agents...
Move newly signed/created players onto your roster or bench.
Shift + Left Click + Drag to clone any piece.
Drop excess players / picks in the Trash to delete.
See the team's CAP Space after each action.
Click on the "Save Roster" button to display your Roster & Cap Situation in a copy friendly style. Highlight the displayed roster/cap info, copy (CTL+C) and paste (CTL+V) into a document, web forum or email to save it or to show your final roster to others.
Buyouts are not currently supported (sorry!).

Making Trades

Use the Trade Area at the bottom of the page to try to create some trades that will help your team. Click the "Trade" button to have players/draft picks swap sides (and change color/colour) within that row. Don't like the trade? Swap them back again!

Select a team to trade with (Trade Team menu item),
View their Roster/Non-Roster players & Draft Picks.
Use the Trade Area to make trades.
Trades can include players and draft picks.
Retain part of the Cap Hit in any trade.
Clone (Shift + Left Clik + Drag) any player to show them in both the trade proposal area as well as place them within either team's roster area.
See how any trade affects both team's rosters!
Make trades with multiple teams.
When finished trading with 1 team, make sure you have moved all of the players that you wish to keep to one of the primary team's areas, or to the trade area. Once you select a new trade team, the original trade team's roster area (and any changes you made to it) will disappear.
Use the row of free slots below to place excess players, but keep at least 1 slot free if you plan on signing any free agents!

IMPORTANT - HELP!

If a loaded team's players are NOT draggable, click on the "Activate Drag" button below.

IF YOU ENJOY THIS WEBSITE, PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN

This web site is free to use. However, it has taken many months to develop and requires attention each day just to keep the database up to date.
Developing new functionality also takes considerable time and effort. You can help! Please help support the site and its further development by
either donating directly, or by becoming a corporate sponsor. I hope you enjoy the web site, and appreciate your consideration and support!

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