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Dylan McIlrath contract

#52DefenseAge 34Washington Capitals
Cap hit 2026-27
$800K$800,000
WSHWashington Capitals · Mar 2025 – present

2 years · $1.6M total

Year 2 of 2 · expires after 2026-27 as a UFA at age 35

Contract timeline

UFA 2027 · age 35

2026-27 · WSH · Cap hit $800K · Salary $800K

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $800,000, cap hit $800,000$800K25/2626/27: pay $800,000, cap hit $800,000$800K26/27
Total pay Cap hit

Year-by-year pay not confirmed; shown as an even split of the AAV.

Year by year

Dylan McIlrath contract by season
Season2025-262026-27
TeamWSHWSH
Cap hit$800K$800K
% of cap0.8%0.8%
Total salary$800K$800K
Clause——

Signed Mar 27, 2025 with WSH. Source announcement

Contract history

WSHTwo-way · 2023-24 to 2024-252 years · $775K AAV · signed Jul 2, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 by season
Season2023-242024-25
TeamWSHWSH
Cap hit$775K$775K
% of cap0.9%0.9%
Total salary$775K$775K
Base salary$775K$775K
Signing bonus$0$0
Perf. bonus$0$0
Minors salary$525K$525K
Clause——

Signed Jul 2, 2023 with WSH. Source announcement

WSHTwo-way · 2021-22 to 2022-232 years · $750K AAV · signed Jul 28, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 by season
Season2021-222022-23
TeamWSHWSH
Cap hit$750K$750K
% of cap0.9%0.9%
Total salary$750K$750K
Clause——

Signed Jul 28, 2021 with WSH. Source announcement

DETStandard · 2019-20 to 2020-212 years · $700K AAV · signed May 8, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 by season
Season2019-202020-21
TeamDETDET
Cap hit$700K$700K
% of cap0.9%0.9%
Total salary$700K$700K
Base salary$700K$700K
Signing bonus$0$0
Perf. bonus$0$0
Minors salary$275K$275K
Clause——

Signed May 8, 2019 with DET. Source announcement

DETStandard · 2017-18 to 2018-192 years · $650K AAV · signed Jun 28, 2017
Contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 by season
Season2017-182018-19
TeamDETDET
Cap hit$650K$650K
% of capcap not set yet0.8%
Total salary$650K$650K
Base salary$650K$650K
Signing bonus$0$0
Perf. bonus$0$0
Minors salary$275K$275K
Clause——

Signed Jun 28, 2017 with DET. Source announcement

NYRStandard · 2016-171 year · $800K AAV · signed Jul 15, 2016
Contract 2016-17 to 2016-17 by season
Season2016-17
TeamDET
Cap hit$800K
% of capcap not set yet
Total salary$800K
Base salary$800K
Signing bonus$0
Perf. bonus$0
Minors salary$800K
Clause—

Signed Jul 15, 2016 with NYR. Source announcement

NYRStandard · 2015-161 year · $600K AAV · signed Jul 15, 2015
Contract 2015-16 to 2015-16 by season
Season2015-16
TeamNYR
Cap hit$600K
% of capcap not set yet
Total salary$600K
Base salary$600K
Signing bonus$0
Perf. bonus$0
Minors salary$600K
Clause—

Signed Jul 15, 2015 with NYR. Source announcement

NYREntry-level · 2012-13 to 2014-153 years · $703K AAV · signed Mar 6, 2011
Contract 2012-13 to 2014-15 by season
Season2012-132013-142014-15
TeamNYRNYRNYR
Cap hit$703K$703K$703K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$650K$650K$810K
Base salary$560K$560K$810K
Signing bonus$90K$90K$0
Perf. bonus$250K$888K$638K
Minors salary$68K$68K$68K
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Signed Mar 6, 2011 with NYR. Source announcement