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Michael Bunting contract

Left WingAge 31Philadelphia Flyers
Cap hit 2026-27
$1.20M$1,200,000
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers · Oct 2026 – present

1 year · $1.2M total

Year 1 of 1 · expires after 2026-27 as a UFA at age 31

Contract timeline

UFA 2027 · age 31

2026-27 · PHI · Cap hit $1.20M · Salary $1.20M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

26/27: pay $1,200,000, cap hit $1,200,000$1.2M26/27
Total pay Cap hit

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

Year by year

Michael Bunting contract by season
Season2026-27
TeamPHI
Cap hit$1.20M
% of cap1.2%
Total salary$1.20M
Clause—

Signed Oct 6, 2026 with PHI. Source announcement

Contract history

CARStandard · 2023-24 to 2025-263 years · $4.50M AAV · signed Jul 1, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2025-26 by season
Season2023-242024-252025-26
TeamCARCARCAR
Cap hit$4.50M$4.50M$4.50M
% of cap5.4%5.1%4.7%
Total salary$4.50M$4.50M$4.50M
Base salary$1.50M$4.50M$4.50M
Signing bonus$3.00M$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$4.50M$4.50M$4.50M
ClauseM-NTCM-NTC—

Signed Jul 1, 2023 with CAR. Source announcement

TORStandard · 2021-22 to 2022-232 years · $950K AAV · signed Jul 29, 2021
Contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 by season
Season2021-222022-23
TeamTORTOR
Cap hit$950K$950K
% of cap1.2%1.2%
Total salary$750K$1.15M
Base salary$750K$1.15M
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$750K$1.15M
Clause——

Signed Jul 29, 2021 with TOR. Source announcement

ARIStandard · 2019-20 to 2020-212 years · $738K AAV · signed Jul 5, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 by season
Season2019-202020-21
TeamARIARI
Cap hit$738K$738K
% of cap0.9%0.9%
Total salary$725K$750K
Base salary$725K$750K
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$100K$150K
Clause——

Signed Jul 5, 2019 with ARI. Source announcement

ARIStandard · 2018-191 year · $715K AAV · signed Jul 14, 2018
Contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 by season
Season2018-19
TeamARI
Cap hit$715K
% of cap0.9%
Total salary$715K
Base salary$715K
Signing bonus$0K
Perf. bonus$0K
Minors salary$70K
Clause—

Signed Jul 14, 2018 with ARI. Source announcement

ARIEntry-level · 2015-16 to 2017-183 years · $693K AAV · signed Jul 23, 2015
Contract 2015-16 to 2017-18 by season
Season2015-162016-172017-18
TeamARIARIARI
Cap hit$693K$693K$693K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$668K$668K$743K
Base salary$575K$575K$650K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$258K$258K$183K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed Jul 23, 2015 with ARI. Source announcement