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Luke Hughes contract

DefenseAge 23New Jersey Devils
Cap hit 2026-27
$9.00M$9,000,000
NJDNew Jersey Devils · Oct 2025 – present

7 years · $63.0M total

Year 2 of 7 · expires after 2031-32 as a UFA at age 28

Contract timeline

UFA 2032 · age 28

2026-27 · NJD · Cap hit $9.00M · Salary $9.00M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M25/2626/27: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M26/2727/28: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M27/2828/29: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M28/2929/30: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M29/3030/31: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M30/3131/32: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $9,000,000$9.0M31/32
Total pay Cap hit

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

Year by year

Luke Hughes contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-292029-302030-312031-32
TeamNJDNJDNJDNJDNJDNJDNJD
Cap hit$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M
% of cap9.4%8.7%7.9%*cap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M$9.00M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Oct 1, 2025 with NJD. Source announcement

Contract history

NJDEntry-level · 2022-23 to 2024-253 years · $925K AAV · signed Apr 8, 2023
Contract 2022-23 to 2024-25 by season
Season2022-232023-242024-25
TeamNJDNJDNJD
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$0K$925K$1.85M
Minors salary$80K$80K$80K
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Signed Apr 8, 2023 with NJD. Source announcement