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Elvis Merzlikins contract

GoalieAge 32Columbus Blue Jackets
Cap hit 2026-27
$5.40M$5,400,000
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets · Sep 2021 – present
M-NTCModified no-trade clause

5 years · $27.0M total

Year 5 of 5 · expires after 2026-27 as a UFA at age 33

Contract timeline

UFA 2027 · age 33

2026-27 · CBJ · Cap hit $5.40M · Salary $4.22M · M-NTC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

22/23: pay $5,250,000, cap hit $5,400,000$5.25M22/2323/24: pay $6,000,000, cap hit $5,400,000$6.0M23/2424/25: pay $6,000,000, cap hit $5,400,000$6.0M24/2525/26: pay $5,525,000, cap hit $5,400,000$5.53M25/2626/27: pay $4,225,000, cap hit $5,400,000$4.22M26/27
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the middle years: $6.0M from 2023-24 through 2024-25, dropping to $4.22M in the final season.

Year by year

Elvis Merzlikins contract by season
Season2022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27
TeamCBJCBJCBJCBJCBJ
Cap hit$5.40M$5.40M$5.40M$5.40M$5.40M
% of cap6.5%6.5%6.1%5.7%5.2%
Total salary$5.25M$6.00M$6.00M$5.53M$4.22M
Base salary$5.25M$6.00M$6.00M$5.53M$4.22M
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$5.25M$6.00M$6.00M$5.53M$4.22M
ClauseM-NTCM-NTCM-NTCM-NTCM-NTC

Signed Sep 21, 2021 with CBJ. Source announcement

Contract history

CBJStandard · 2020-21 to 2021-222 years · $4.00M AAV · signed Apr 23, 2020
Contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 by season
Season2020-212021-22
TeamCBJCBJ
Cap hit$4.00M$4.00M
% of cap4.9%4.9%
Total salary$3.00M$5.00M
Base salary$3.00M$5.00M
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$3.00M$5.00M
Clause——

Signed Apr 23, 2020 with CBJ. Source announcement

CBJStandard · 2019-201 year · $874K AAV · signed May 15, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 by season
Season2019-20
TeamCBJ
Cap hit$874K
% of cap1.1%
Total salary$874K
Base salary$874K
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$874K
Clause—

Signed May 15, 2019 with CBJ. Source announcement

CBJEntry-level · 2018-191 year · $1.84M AAV · signed Mar 20, 2019
Contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 by season
Season2018-19
TeamCBJ
Cap hit$1.84M
% of cap2.3%
Total salary$925K
Base salary$833K
Signing bonus$93K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$70K
Clause—

Signed Mar 20, 2019 with CBJ. Source announcement