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Nick Suzuki contract

CenterAge 27Montreal Canadiens
Cap hit 2026-27
$7.88M$7,875,000
MTLMontreal Canadiens · Oct 2021 – present
M-NTCModified no-trade clause

8 years · $63.0M total

Year 5 of 8 · expires after 2029-30 as a UFA at age 30

Contract timeline

UFA 2030 · age 30

2026-27 · MTL · Cap hit $7.88M · Salary $6.25M · M-NTC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

22/23: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $7,875,000$10.0M22/2323/24: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $7,875,000$10.0M23/2424/25: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $7,875,000$10.0M24/2525/26: pay $8,750,000, cap hit $7,875,000$8.75M25/2626/27: pay $6,250,000, cap hit $7,875,000$6.25M26/2727/28: pay $6,000,000, cap hit $7,875,000$6.0M27/2828/29: pay $6,000,000, cap hit $7,875,000$6.0M28/2929/30: pay $6,000,000, cap hit $7,875,000$6.0M29/30
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $10.0M from 2022-23 through 2024-25, dropping to $6.0M in the final season.

Year by year

Nick Suzuki contract by season
Season2022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-292029-30
TeamMTLMTLMTLMTLMTLMTLMTLMTL
Cap hit$7.88M$7.88M$7.88M$7.88M$7.88M$7.88M$7.88M$7.88M
% of cap9.5%9.4%8.9%8.2%7.6%6.9%*cap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$8.75M$6.25M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Base salary$6.00M$10.00M$10.00M$8.75M$6.25M$6.00M$3.00M$3.00M
Signing bonus$4.00M$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$3.00M$3.00M
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$10.00M$10.00M$10.00M$8.75M$6.25M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Clause————M-NTCM-NTCM-NTCM-NTC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Oct 12, 2021 with MTL. Source announcement

Contract history

VGKEntry-level · 2019-20 to 2021-223 years · $863K AAV · signed Jul 15, 2017
Contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 by season
Season2019-202020-212021-22
TeamMTLMTLMTL
Cap hit$863K$863K$863K
% of cap1.1%1.1%1.1%
Total salary$925K$833K$833K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$425K$425K$538K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed Jul 15, 2017 with VGK. Source announcement