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Joe Hicketts contract

DefenseAge 30Los Angeles Kings
Cap hit 2026-27
$775K$775,000
LAKLos Angeles Kings · Mar 2025 – present

2 years · $1.55M total

Year 2 of 2 · expires after 2026-27 as a UFA at age 31

Contract timeline

UFA 2027 · age 31

2026-27 · LAK · Cap hit $775K · Salary $775K

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $775,000, cap hit $775,000$775K25/2626/27: pay $775,000, cap hit $775,000$775K26/27
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid evenly: $775K every season.

Year by year

Joe Hicketts contract by season
Season2025-262026-27
TeamLAKLAK
Cap hit$775K$775K
% of cap0.8%0.7%
Total salary$775K$775K
Base salary$775K$775K
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$385K$400K
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Signed Mar 20, 2025 with LAK. Source announcement

Contract history

LAKStandard · 2024-251 year · $775K AAV · signed May 24, 2024
Contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 by season
Season2024-25
TeamLAK
Cap hit$775K
% of cap0.9%
Total salary$775K
Base salary$775K
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$315K
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Signed May 24, 2024 with LAK. Source announcement

LAKStandard · 2023-241 year · $775K AAV · signed Jul 2, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 by season
Season2023-24
TeamLAK
Cap hit$775K
% of cap0.9%
Total salary$775K
Base salary$775K
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$275K
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Signed Jul 2, 2023 with LAK. Source announcement

MINTwo-way · 2021-22 to 2022-232 years · $750K AAV · signed Jul 28, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 by season
Season2021-222022-23
TeamMINMIN
Cap hit$750K$750K
% of cap0.9%0.9%
Total salary$750K$750K
Base salary$750K$750K
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$300K$300K
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Signed Jul 28, 2021 with MIN. Source announcement

DETStandard · 2019-20 to 2020-212 years · $700K AAV · signed Jul 17, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 by season
Season2019-202020-21
TeamDETDET
Cap hit$700K$700K
% of cap0.9%0.9%
Total salary$700K$700K
Base salary$700K$700K
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$90K$115K
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Signed Jul 17, 2019 with DET. Source announcement

DETEntry-level · 2016-17 to 2018-193 years · $636K AAV · signed Oct 5, 2014
Contract 2016-17 to 2018-19 by season
Season2016-172017-182018-19
TeamDETDETDET
Cap hit$636K$636K$636K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yet0.8%
Total salary$605K$650K$650K
Base salary$575K$650K$650K
Signing bonus$30K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$60K$60K$65K
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Signed Oct 5, 2014 with DET. Source announcement