Overview Current Contract Career Stats Contract History

Ryan Graves

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age29

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Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$4,500,000$4.50M

Year 2 of 6

23/24

24/25

28/29

Expiry Status

UFA 2029 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round4

Pick110

Year2013

Agent Allain Roy

Birthdate May 21, 1995

Birthplace Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Nationality Canada

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UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $24,105,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP37

PPG0

PIM23

EV TOI/GM 13.18

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 39.30

DFF% 52.20

REL DFF% 1.50

CF% 51.00

REL CF% -0.90

2023-2029 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$27,000,000$27.00M

cap hit$4,500,000$4.50M

Ryan Graves is signed to a 6 year, $27,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $4,500,000 per season, currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. His contract was signed on July 1, 2023, and expires at the end of the 2028-29 season, when Graves will be 34 years old.

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.39%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029
Cap Hit	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	UFAage 34
AAV	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Base	$3,750,000$3.75M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$2,750,000$2.75M	$1,750,000$1.75M	$1,750,000$1.75M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Total Salary	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$3,750,000$3.75M	$3,750,000$3.75M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Minors Salary	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$3,750,000$3.75M	$3,750,000$3.75M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out			Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

Yrs 1-3: 12 Team No Trade List; Yrs 4-6: 8 Team No Trade List

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	37	0	0	0	23	487	39.30	52.20	1.50	51.00	-0.90
2023-24	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	70	3	11	14	30	1,122	49.30	50.60	-1.20	48.80	-4.00	0.16	0.70
2022-23	$3,166,667 $3.17M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	78	8	18	26	28	1,326	58.50	53.50	-4.10	51.80	-2.80	0.36	0.95	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	0
2021-22	$3,166,667 $3.17M	WC	Canada	10	2	5	7	0
2021-22	$3,166,667 $3.17M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	75	6	22	28	24	1,312	45.50	52.40		50.60	-0.20	0.27	1.10
2020-21	$3,166,667 $3.17M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	54	2	13	15	55	819	57.60	56.60	-3.20	57.40	-2.00	0.15	1.03	Playoffs	10	1	5	6	0
2019-20	$735,000 $735K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	69	9	17	26	45	1,058	64.90	50.60	-0.80	51.80	0.10	0.45	1.19	Playoffs	15	1	2	3	0
2018-19	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	26	3	2	5	2	256	56.52	47.83	-5.43	49.82	-0.07	0.70	1.17
2018-19	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Colorado Eagles	32	2	7	9	26
2017-18	$656,667 $657K	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	21	1	5	6	7
2017-18	$656,667 $657K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	57	4	7	11	66
2016-17	$656,667 $657K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	76	8	22	30	69
2015-16	$656,667 $657K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	74	9	12	21	53
2014-15	$660,000 $660K	Memorial Cup	Québec Remparts	5	2	3	5	4									Playoffs	21	5	6	11	0
2014-15	$660,000 $660K	Jr Super Series	QMJHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	0
2014-15	$660,000 $660K	QMJHL	Québec Remparts	50	15	24	39	49									Playoffs	21	5	6	11	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	Jr Super Series	QMJHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	2
2013-14	$0 $0K	Memorial Cup	Val-d'Or Foreurs	4	0	2	2	4									Playoffs	24	1	7	8	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Val-d'Or Foreurs	26	2	8	10	16									Playoffs	24	1	7	8	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Charlottetown Islanders	39	3	9	12	52
2012-13	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Prince Edward Island Rocket	68	3	13	16	90									Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Canada Atlantic U17	5	0	0	0	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Prince Edward Island Rocket	62	2	7	9	34
2010-11	$0 $0K	CWG	Team Nova Scotia	7	0	1	1	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	MJAHL	Yarmouth Mariners	1	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	NSU18MHL	South Shore Mustangs U18	32	5	7	12	58									Playoffs	5	0	6	6	0
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Contract History

2020-2023 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$9,500,001$9.50M

cap hit$3,166,667$3.17M

expiry 2023 UFA age 28

Signed On Oct 12 2020

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 3.89%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$3,166,667$3.17M	$3,166,667$3.17M	$3,166,667$3.17M	UFAage 28
AAV	$3,166,667$3.17M	$3,166,667$3.17M	$3,166,667$3.17M
Base	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Minors Salary	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2019-2020 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$735,000$735K

cap hit$735,000$735K

expiry 2020 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 8 2019

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.90%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$735,000$735K	RFAage 25
AAV	$735,000$735K
Base	$735,000$735K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$735,000$735K
Minors Salary	$350,000$350K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2019 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$650,000$650K

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2019 RFA age 24

Signed On Jul 16 2018

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.82%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	RFAage 24
AAV	$650,000$650K
Base	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$85,000$85K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2018 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,540,000$2.54M

cap hit$846,667$847K

expiry 2018 RFA age 23

Signed On Mar 17 2014

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.96%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$660,000$660K	$656,667$657K	$656,667$657K	$656,667$657K	RFAage 23
AAV	$850,000$850K	$846,667$847K	$846,667$847K	$846,667$847K
Base	-	$575,000$575K	$580,000$580K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-	$260,000$260K	$190,000$190K	$120,000$120K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$85,000$85K	$80,000$80K	-
Total Salary	-	$660,000$660K	$660,000$660K	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	-	$65,000$65K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Ryan Graves Updates

Jan 8 2025

Graves was scratched for the second game in a row in Tuesday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Dec 7 2024

Graves played for just the second time in 10 games when he suited up in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Nov 2 2024

Graves has failed to record a point in the Pittsburgh Penguins' first 13 games of the season.

Sep 17 2024

Graves (concussion) was listed as healthy on the Pittsburgh Penguins' training camp roster Tuesday.

Apr 18 2024

Graves (concussion) was unable to be medically cleared before the end of the 2023-24 season.

Apr 11 2024

Graves (concussion) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

Apr 11 2024

Graves (concussion) will not be in the lineup to face Detroit on Thursday, Dan Kingerski of PittsburghHockeyNow.com reports.

Mar 29 2024

Graves was diagnosed with a concussion Friday, according to Michelle Crechiolo of the Pittsburgh Penguins' official site.

Mar 28 2024

Graves is being evaluated for an upper-body injury after leaving Thursday's game versus the Columbus Blue Jackets following the first period.

Mar 26 2024

Graves (personal) returned to practice ahead of Tuesday's matchup with Carolina, freelance Penguins' reporter Shelly Anderson reports.

Mar 22 2024

Graves is back in Pittsburgh awaiting the birth of his child and will miss out against the Dallas Stars on Friday, Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports.

Mar 6 2024

Graves picked up two assists in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Mar 2 2024

Graves logged an assist and blocked three shots in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames.

Jan 5 2024

Graves scored a goal on one shot in Thursday's 6-5 victory over the Boston Bruins.

Nov 20 2023

Graves tallied a goal, a hit and three blocked shots in Sunday's 3-0 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

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