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Kaapo Kakko contract

Right WingAge 25Seattle Kraken
Cap hit 2026-27
$4.53M$4,525,000
SEASeattle Kraken · Jul 2025 – present

3 years · $13.57M total

Year 2 of 3 · expires after 2027-28 as a UFA at age 27

Contract timeline

UFA 2028 · age 27

2026-27 · SEA · Cap hit $4.53M · Salary $4.53M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $4,525,000, cap hit $4,525,000$4.53M25/2626/27: pay $4,525,000, cap hit $4,525,000$4.53M26/2727/28: pay $4,525,000, cap hit $4,525,000$4.53M27/28
Total pay Cap hit

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

Year by year

Kaapo Kakko contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-28
TeamSEASEASEA
Cap hit$4.53M$4.53M$4.53M
% of cap4.7%4.4%4.0%*
Total salary$4.53M$4.53M$4.53M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jul 22, 2025 with SEA. Source announcement

Contract history

NYRStandard · 2024-251 year · $2.40M AAV · signed Jun 13, 2024
Contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 by season
Season2024-25
TeamSEA
Cap hit$2.40M
% of cap2.7%
Total salary$2.40M
Base salary$2.40M
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$2.40M
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Signed Jun 13, 2024 with NYR. Source announcement

NYRStandard · 2022-23 to 2023-242 years · $2.10M AAV · signed Jul 28, 2022
Contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 by season
Season2022-232023-24
TeamNYRNYR
Cap hit$2.10M$2.10M
% of cap2.5%2.5%
Total salary$1.80M$2.40M
Base salary$1.80M$2.40M
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$1.80M$2.40M
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Signed Jul 28, 2022 with NYR. Source announcement

NYREntry-level · 2019-20 to 2021-223 years · $925K AAV · signed Jul 11, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 by season
Season2019-202020-212021-22
TeamNYRNYRNYR
Cap hit$925K$925K$925K
% of cap1.1%1.1%1.1%
Total salary$925K$925K$925K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$2.65M$2.65M$2.65M
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
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Signed Jul 11, 2019 with NYR. Source announcement