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Cole Caufield contract

Right WingAge 25Montreal Canadiens
Cap hit 2026-27
$7.85M$7,850,000
MTLMontreal Canadiens · Jun 2023 – present

8 years · $62.8M total

Year 4 of 8 · expires after 2030-31 as a UFA at age 30

Contract timeline

UFA 2031 · age 30

2026-27 · MTL · Cap hit $7.85M · Salary $8.71M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

23/24: pay $9,975,000, cap hit $7,850,000$9.97M23/2424/25: pay $9,975,000, cap hit $7,850,000$9.97M24/2525/26: pay $9,975,000, cap hit $7,850,000$9.97M25/2626/27: pay $8,705,000, cap hit $7,850,000$8.71M26/2727/28: pay $6,215,000, cap hit $7,850,000$6.21M27/2828/29: pay $5,985,000, cap hit $7,850,000$5.99M28/2929/30: pay $5,985,000, cap hit $7,850,000$5.99M29/3030/31: pay $5,985,000, cap hit $7,850,000$5.99M30/31
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $9.97M from 2023-24 through 2025-26, dropping to $5.99M in the final season.

Year by year

Cole Caufield contract by season
Season2023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31
TeamMTLMTLMTLMTLMTLMTLMTLMTL
Cap hit$7.85M$7.85M$7.85M$7.85M$7.85M$7.85M$7.85M$7.85M
% of cap9.4%8.9%8.2%7.5%6.9%*cap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$9.97M$9.97M$9.97M$8.71M$6.21M$5.99M$5.99M$5.99M
Base salary$4.97M$4.97M$9.97M$8.71M$6.21M$5.99M$5.99M$5.99M
Signing bonus$5.00M$5.00M$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$9.97M$9.97M$9.97M$8.71M$6.21M$5.99M$5.99M$5.99M
Clause—————M-NTCM-NTCM-NTC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jun 5, 2023 with MTL. Source announcement

Contract history

MTLEntry-level · 2020-21 to 2022-233 years · $881K AAV · signed Mar 27, 2021
Contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 by season
Season2020-212021-222022-23
TeamMTLMTLMTL
Cap hit$881K$881K$881K
% of cap1.1%1.1%1.1%
Total salary$793K$925K$925K
Clause———

Signed Mar 27, 2021 with MTL. Source announcement