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Filip Forsberg contract

Left WingAge 32Nashville Predators
Cap hit 2026-27
$8.50M$8,500,000
NSHNashville Predators · Jul 2022 – present
NMCNo-movement clause

8 years · $68.0M total

Year 5 of 8 · expires after 2029-30 as a UFA at age 35

Contract timeline

UFA 2030 · age 35

2026-27 · NSH · Cap hit $8.50M · Salary $7.50M · NMC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

22/23: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $8,500,000$10.0M22/2323/24: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $8,500,000$10.0M23/2424/25: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $8,500,000$10.0M24/2525/26: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $8,500,000$10.0M25/2626/27: pay $7,500,000, cap hit $8,500,000$7.5M26/2727/28: pay $7,000,000, cap hit $8,500,000$7.0M27/2828/29: pay $7,000,000, cap hit $8,500,000$7.0M28/2929/30: pay $6,500,000, cap hit $8,500,000$6.5M29/30
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $10.0M from 2022-23 through 2025-26, dropping to $6.5M in the final season.

Year by year

Filip Forsberg contract by season
Season2022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-292029-30
TeamNSHNSHNSHNSHNSHNSHNSHNSH
Cap hit$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M
% of cap10.3%10.2%9.7%8.9%8.2%7.5%*cap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$7.50M$7.00M$7.00M$6.50M
Base salary$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$4.50M$4.00M$4.00M$3.50M
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$3.00M$3.00M$3.00M$3.00M
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$7.50M$7.00M$7.00M$6.50M
ClauseNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jul 11, 2022 with NSH. Source announcement

Contract history

NSHStandard · 2016-17 to 2021-226 years · $6.00M AAV · signed Jun 27, 2016
Contract 2016-17 to 2021-22 by season
Season2016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22
TeamNSHNSHNSHNSHNSHNSH
Cap hit$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yet7.5%7.4%7.4%7.4%
Total salary$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Base salary$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Clause——————

Signed Jun 27, 2016 with NSH. Source announcement

WSHEntry-level · 2013-14 to 2015-163 years · $894K AAV · signed Jul 16, 2012
Contract 2013-14 to 2015-16 by season
Season2013-142014-152015-16
TeamNSHNSHNSH
Cap hit$894K$894K$894K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$925K$925K$833K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$0K
Perf. bonus$300K$700K$700K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed Jul 16, 2012 with WSH. Source announcement