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Elias Pettersson contract

#40CenterAge 27Vancouver Canucks
Cap hit 2026-27
$11.60M$11,600,000
VANVancouver Canucks · Mar 2024 – present
NMCNo-movement clause

8 years · $92.8M total

Year 3 of 8 · expires after 2031-32 as a UFA at age 33

Contract timeline

UFA 2032 · age 33

2026-27 · VAN · Cap hit $11.60M · Salary $11.00M · NMC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

24/25: pay $14,500,000, cap hit $11,600,000$14.5M24/2525/26: pay $14,500,000, cap hit $11,600,000$14.5M25/2626/27: pay $11,000,000, cap hit $11,600,000$11.0M26/2727/28: pay $14,450,000, cap hit $11,600,000$14.45M27/2828/29: pay $12,250,000, cap hit $11,600,000$12.25M28/2929/30: pay $8,700,000, cap hit $11,600,000$8.7M29/3030/31: pay $8,700,000, cap hit $11,600,000$8.7M30/3131/32: pay $8,700,000, cap hit $11,600,000$8.7M31/32
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $14.5M from 2024-25 through 2025-26, dropping to $8.7M in the final season.

Year by year

Elias Pettersson contract by season
Season2024-252025-262026-272027-282028-292029-302030-312031-32
TeamVANVANVANVANVANVANVANVAN
Cap hit$11.60M$11.60M$11.60M$11.60M$11.60M$11.60M$11.60M$11.60M
% of cap13.2%12.1%11.2%10.2%*cap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$14.50M$14.50M$11.00M$14.45M$12.25M$8.70M$8.70M$8.70M
Base salary$2.50M$4.50M$11.00M$9.45M$7.25M$3.70M$3.70M$3.70M
Signing bonus$12.00M$10.00M$0K$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$14.50M$14.50M$11.00M$14.45M$12.25M$8.70M$8.70M$8.70M
Clause—NMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Mar 2, 2024 with VAN. Source announcement

Contract history

VANStandard · 2021-22 to 2023-243 years · $7.35M AAV · signed Oct 3, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 by season
Season2021-222022-232023-24
TeamVANVANVAN
Cap hit$7.35M$7.35M$7.35M
% of cap9.0%8.9%8.8%
Total salary$4.00M$7.80M$10.25M
Base salary$3.00M$7.80M$10.25M
Signing bonus$1.00M$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$4.00M$7.80M$10.25M
Clause———

Signed Oct 3, 2021 with VAN. Source announcement

VANEntry-level · 2018-19 to 2020-213 years · $925K AAV · signed May 25, 2018
Contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 by season
Season2018-192019-202020-21
TeamVANVANVAN
Cap hit$925K$925K$925K
% of cap1.2%1.1%1.1%
Total salary$925K$925K$925K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$2.85M$2.85M$2.85M
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed May 25, 2018 with VAN. Source announcement