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Johnathan Kovacevic contract

#8DefenseAge 29New Jersey Devils
Cap hit 2026-27
$4.00M$4,000,000
NJDNew Jersey Devils · Mar 2025 – present

5 years · $20.0M total

Year 2 of 5 · expires after 2029-30 as a UFA at age 32

Contract timeline

UFA 2030 · age 32

2026-27 · NJD · Cap hit $4.00M · Salary $4.75M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $5,250,000, cap hit $4,000,000$5.25M25/2626/27: pay $4,750,000, cap hit $4,000,000$4.75M26/2727/28: pay $3,700,000, cap hit $4,000,000$3.7M27/2828/29: pay $3,150,000, cap hit $4,000,000$3.15M28/2929/30: pay $3,150,000, cap hit $4,000,000$3.15M29/30
Total pay Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $5.25M in 2025-26, dropping to $3.15M in the final season.

Year by year

Johnathan Kovacevic contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-292029-30
TeamNJDNJDNJDNJDNJD
Cap hit$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M
% of cap4.2%3.8%3.5%*cap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$5.25M$4.75M$3.70M$3.15M$3.15M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Mar 8, 2025 with NJD. Source announcement

Contract history

WPGTwo-way · 2022-23 to 2024-253 years · $767K AAV · signed Jul 22, 2022
Contract 2022-23 to 2024-25 by season
Season2022-232023-242024-25
TeamWPGWPGWPG
Cap hit$767K$767K$767K
% of cap0.9%0.9%0.9%
Total salary$750K$775K$775K
Base salary$750K$775K$775K
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$150K$250K$775K
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Signed Jul 22, 2022 with WPG. Source announcement

WPGTwo-way · 2021-221 year · $750K AAV · signed Aug 13, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 by season
Season2021-22
TeamWPG
Cap hit$750K
% of cap0.9%
Total salary$750K
Base salary$750K
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$90K
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Signed Aug 13, 2021 with WPG. Source announcement

WPGEntry-level · 2019-20 to 2020-212 years · $793K AAV · signed Mar 15, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 by season
Season2019-202020-21
TeamWPGWPG
Cap hit$793K$793K
% of cap1.0%1.0%
Total salary$793K$793K
Base salary$700K$700K
Signing bonus$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$133K$133K
Minors salary$70K$70K
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Signed Mar 15, 2019 with WPG. Source announcement