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Connor Brown contract

#16Right WingAge 32New Jersey Devils
Cap hit 2026-27
$3.00M$3,000,000
NJDNew Jersey Devils · Jul 2025 – present

4 years · $12.0M total

Year 2 of 4 · expires after 2028-29 as a UFA at age 35

Contract timeline

UFA 2029 · age 35

2026-27 · NJD · Cap hit $3.00M · Salary $3.50M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $3,500,000, cap hit $3,000,000$3.5M25/2626/27: pay $3,500,000, cap hit $3,000,000$3.5M26/2727/28: pay $2,500,000, cap hit $3,000,000$2.5M27/2828/29: pay $2,500,000, cap hit $3,000,000$2.5M28/29
Total pay Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $3.5M from 2025-26 through 2026-27, dropping to $2.5M in the final season.

Year by year

Connor Brown contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-29
TeamNJDNJDNJDNJD
Cap hit$3.00M$3.00M$3.00M$3.00M
% of cap3.1%2.9%2.6%*cap not set yet
Total salary$3.50M$3.50M$2.50M$2.50M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jul 1, 2025 with NJD. Source announcement

Contract history

EDMStandard · 2024-251 year · $1.00M AAV · signed Jul 1, 2024
Contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 by season
Season2024-25
TeamEDM
Cap hit$1.00M
% of cap1.1%
Total salary$1.00M
Base salary$1.00M
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$1.00M
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Signed Jul 1, 2024 with EDM. Source announcement

EDMStandard · 2023-241 year · $775K AAV · signed Jul 1, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 by season
Season2023-24
TeamEDM
Cap hit$775K
% of cap0.9%
Total salary$775K
Base salary$775K
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$3.23M
Minors salary$775K
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Signed Jul 1, 2023 with EDM. Source announcement

OTTStandard · 2020-21 to 2022-233 years · $3.60M AAV · signed Oct 22, 2020
Contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 by season
Season2020-212021-222022-23
TeamOTTOTTOTT
Cap hit$3.60M$3.60M$3.60M
% of cap4.4%4.4%4.4%
Total salary$2.80M$4.00M$4.00M
Base salary$2.80M$4.00M$4.00M
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$2.80M$4.00M$4.00M
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Signed Oct 22, 2020 with OTT. Source announcement

TORStandard · 2017-18 to 2019-203 years · $2.10M AAV · signed Aug 26, 2017
Contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 by season
Season2017-182018-192019-20
TeamTORTOROTT
Cap hit$2.10M$2.10M$2.10M
% of capcap not set yet2.6%2.6%
Total salary$2.10M$2.10M$2.10M
Base salary$1.60M$1.60M$1.60M
Signing bonus$500K$500K$500K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$2.10M$2.10M$2.10M
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Signed Aug 26, 2017 with TOR. Source announcement

TOREntry-level · 2014-15 to 2016-173 years · $687K AAV · signed Nov 22, 2013
Contract 2014-15 to 2016-17 by season
Season2014-152015-162016-17
TeamTORTORTOR
Cap hit$687K$687K$687K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$693K$718K$650K
Base salary$600K$625K$650K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$0K
Perf. bonus$233K$208K$183K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
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Signed Nov 22, 2013 with TOR. Source announcement