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Ryan McLeod contract

#71CenterAge 27Buffalo Sabres
Cap hit 2026-27
$5.00M$5,000,000
BUFBuffalo Sabres · Jul 2025 – present

4 years · $20.0M total

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

Contract timeline

UFA 2029 · age 29

2026-27 · BUF · Cap hit $5.00M · Salary $5.00M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

25/26: pay $5,000,000, cap hit $5,000,000$5.0M25/2626/27: pay $5,000,000, cap hit $5,000,000$5.0M26/2727/28: pay $5,000,000, cap hit $5,000,000$5.0M27/2828/29: pay $5,000,000, cap hit $5,000,000$5.0M28/29
Total pay Cap hit

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

Year by year

Ryan McLeod contract by season
Season2025-262026-272027-282028-29
TeamBUFBUFBUFBUF
Cap hit$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M
% of cap5.2%4.8%4.4%*cap not set yet
Total salary$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M$5.00M
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* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jul 1, 2025 with BUF. Source announcement

Contract history

EDMStandard · 2023-24 to 2024-252 years · $2.10M AAV · signed Aug 1, 2023
Contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 by season
Season2023-242024-25
TeamEDMBUF
Cap hit$2.10M$2.10M
% of cap2.5%2.4%
Total salary$2.10M$2.10M
Base salary$2.10M$2.10M
Signing bonus$0K$0K
Perf. bonus$0K$0K
Minors salary$2.10M$2.10M
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Signed Aug 1, 2023 with EDM. Source announcement

EDMStandard · 2022-231 year · $798K AAV · signed Sep 22, 2022
Contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 by season
Season2022-23
TeamEDM
Cap hit$798K
% of cap1.0%
Total salary$798K
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Signed Sep 22, 2022 with EDM. Source announcement

EDMEntry-level · 2019-20 to 2021-223 years · $834K AAV · signed May 1, 2019
Contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 by season
Season2019-202020-212021-22
TeamEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$834K$834K$834K
% of cap1.0%1.0%1.0%
Total salary$793K$843K$868K
Base salary$700K$750K$775K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$133K$83K$58K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
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Signed May 1, 2019 with EDM. Source announcement