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Jesperi Kotkaniemi contract

#82CenterAge 26Carolina Hurricanes
Cap hit 2026-27
$4.82M$4,820,000
CARCarolina Hurricanes · Mar 2022 – present
M-NTCModified no-trade clause

8 years · $38.56M total

Year 5 of 8 · expires after 2029-30 as a UFA at age 29

Contract timeline

UFA 2030 · age 29

2026-27 · CAR · Cap hit $4.82M · Salary $4.82M · M-NTC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

22/23: pay $4,000,000, cap hit $4,820,000$4.0M22/2323/24: pay $4,500,000, cap hit $4,820,000$4.5M23/2424/25: pay $4,820,000, cap hit $4,820,000$4.82M24/2525/26: pay $4,820,000, cap hit $4,820,000$4.82M25/2626/27: pay $4,820,000, cap hit $4,820,000$4.82M26/2727/28: pay $5,200,000, cap hit $4,820,000$5.2M27/2828/29: pay $5,200,000, cap hit $4,820,000$5.2M28/2929/30: pay $5,200,000, cap hit $4,820,000$5.2M29/30
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Back-loaded: $5.2M from 2027-28 through 2029-30, up from $4.0M in the first season.

Year by year

Jesperi Kotkaniemi contract by season
Season2022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-292029-30
TeamCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCAR
Cap hit$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M
% of cap5.8%5.8%5.5%5.0%4.6%4.2%*cap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$4.00M$4.50M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$5.20M$5.20M$5.20M
Base salary$4.00M$4.50M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$5.20M$5.20M$5.20M
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$4.00M$4.50M$4.82M$4.82M$4.82M$5.20M$5.20M$5.20M
Clause———M-NTCM-NTCM-NTCM-NTCM-NTC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Mar 21, 2022 with CAR. Source announcement

Contract history

CARStandard · 2021-221 year · $6.10M AAV · signed Sep 6, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 by season
Season2021-22
TeamCAR
Cap hit$6.10M
% of cap7.5%
Total salary$6.10M
Base salary$6.10M
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$6.10M
Clause—

Signed Sep 6, 2021 with CAR. Source announcement

MTLEntry-level · 2018-19 to 2020-213 years · $925K AAV · signed Jul 1, 2018
Contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 by season
Season2018-192019-202020-21
TeamMTLMTLMTL
Cap hit$925K$925K$925K
% of cap1.2%1.1%1.1%
Total salary$925K$925K$925K
Clause———

Signed Jul 1, 2018 with MTL. Source announcement