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Leon Draisaitl contract

#29CenterAge 30Edmonton Oilers
Cap hit 2026-27
$14.00M$14,000,000
EDMEdmonton Oilers · Sep 2024 – present
NMCNo-movement clause

8 years · $112.0M total

Year 2 of 8 · expires after 2032-33 as a UFA at age 37

Contract timeline

UFA 2033 · age 37

2026-27 · EDM · Cap hit $14.00M · Salary $16.50M · NMC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $16,500,000, cap hit $14,000,000$16.5M25/2626/27: pay $16,500,000, cap hit $14,000,000$16.5M26/2727/28: pay $16,500,000, cap hit $14,000,000$16.5M27/2828/29: pay $14,000,000, cap hit $14,000,000$14.0M28/2929/30: pay $12,500,000, cap hit $14,000,000$12.5M29/3030/31: pay $12,000,000, cap hit $14,000,000$12.0M30/3131/32: pay $12,000,000, cap hit $14,000,000$12.0M31/3232/33: pay $12,000,000, cap hit $14,000,000$12.0M32/33
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $16.5M from 2025-26 through 2027-28, dropping to $12.0M in the final season.

Year by year

Leon Draisaitl contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-292029-302030-312031-322032-33
TeamEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$14.00M$14.00M$14.00M$14.00M$14.00M$14.00M$14.00M$14.00M
% of cap14.7%13.5%12.3%*cap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$16.50M$16.50M$16.50M$14.00M$12.50M$12.00M$12.00M$12.00M
Base salary$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M
Signing bonus$15.50M$15.50M$15.50M$13.00M$11.50M$11.00M$11.00M$11.00M
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
ClauseNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Sep 3, 2024 with EDM. Source announcement

Contract history

EDMStandard · 2017-18 to 2024-258 years · $8.50M AAV · signed Aug 16, 2017
Contract 2017-18 to 2024-25 by season
Season2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
TeamEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M$8.50M
% of capcap not set yet10.7%10.4%10.4%10.4%10.3%10.2%9.7%
Total salary$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$8.00M$8.00M$8.00M$8.00M
Base salary$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$2.00M$8.00M$1.00M$8.00M$8.00M
Signing bonus$0K$0K$0K$7.00M$0K$7.00M$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$8.00M$8.00M$8.00M$8.00M
Clause—————NMCNMCNMC

Signed Aug 16, 2017 with EDM. Source announcement

EDMEntry-level · 2014-15 to 2016-173 years · $925K AAV · signed Aug 12, 2014
Contract 2014-15 to 2016-17 by season
Season2014-152015-162016-17
TeamEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$925K$925K$925K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$925K$925K$925K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$2.48M$2.48M$2.48M
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed Aug 12, 2014 with EDM. Source announcement