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Noah Cates contract

#27Left WingAge 27Philadelphia Flyers
Cap hit 2026-27
$4.00M$4,000,000
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers · Jun 2025 – present

4 years · $16.0M total

Year 2 of 4 · expires after 2028-29 as a UFA at age 30

Contract timeline

UFA 2029 · age 30

2026-27 · PHI · Cap hit $4.00M · Salary $4.00M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $4,000,000, cap hit $4,000,000$4.0M25/2626/27: pay $4,000,000, cap hit $4,000,000$4.0M26/2727/28: pay $4,000,000, cap hit $4,000,000$4.0M27/2828/29: pay $4,000,000, cap hit $4,000,000$4.0M28/29
Total pay Cap hit

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

Year by year

Noah Cates contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-29
TeamPHIPHIPHIPHI
Cap hit$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M
% of cap4.2%3.8%3.5%*cap not set yet
Total salary$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M$4.00M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jun 3, 2025 with PHI. Source announcement

Contract history

PHIStandard · 2023-24 to 2024-252 years · $2.63M AAV · signed Jul 10, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 by season
Season2023-242024-25
TeamPHIPHI
Cap hit$2.63M$2.63M
% of cap3.1%3.0%
Total salary$2.63M$2.63M
Base salary$2.63M$2.63M
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$2.63M$2.63M
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Signed Jul 10, 2023 with PHI. Source announcement

PHIEntry-level · 2021-22 to 2022-232 years · $925K AAV · signed Mar 27, 2022
Contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 by season
Season2021-222022-23
TeamPHIPHI
Cap hit$925K$925K
% of cap1.1%1.1%
Total salary$925K$925K
Base salary$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$0K$425K
Minors salary$70K$70K
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Signed Mar 27, 2022 with PHI. Source announcement