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Evan Bouchard contract

#2DefenseAge 26Edmonton Oilers
Cap hit 2026-27
$10.50M$10,500,000
EDMEdmonton Oilers · Jun 2025 – present

4 years · $42.0M total

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

Contract timeline

UFA 2029 · age 29

2026-27 · EDM · Cap hit $10.50M · Salary $10.50M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $10,500,000, cap hit $10,500,000$10.5M25/2626/27: pay $10,500,000, cap hit $10,500,000$10.5M26/2727/28: pay $10,500,000, cap hit $10,500,000$10.5M27/2828/29: pay $10,500,000, cap hit $10,500,000$10.5M28/29
Total pay Cap hit

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

Year by year

Evan Bouchard contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-29
TeamEDMEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$10.50M$10.50M$10.50M$10.50M
% of cap11.0%10.1%9.3%*cap not set yet
Total salary$10.50M$10.50M$10.50M$10.50M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jun 30, 2025 with EDM. Source announcement

Contract history

EDMStandard · 2023-24 to 2024-252 years · $3.90M AAV · signed Aug 24, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 by season
Season2023-242024-25
TeamEDMEDM
Cap hit$3.90M$3.90M
% of cap4.7%4.4%
Total salary$3.50M$4.30M
Base salary$3.50M$4.30M
Signing bonus$0$0
Perf. bonus$0$0
Minors salary$3.50M$4.30M
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Signed Aug 24, 2023 with EDM. Source announcement

EDMEntry-level · 2020-21 to 2022-233 years · $863K AAV · signed Jul 17, 2018
Contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 by season
Season2020-212021-222022-23
TeamEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$863K$863K$863K
% of cap1.1%1.1%1.0%
Total salary$925K$833K$833K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$0$0
Perf. bonus$500K$850K$850K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
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Signed Jul 17, 2018 with EDM. Source announcement