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Will Butcher

age30

posD

shotl

h5'10"

w190lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$775,000$775K

Term

1 Year

Expiry Status

UFA 2024 age 29

Will Butcher is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 1 year, $775,000 with a cap hit of $775,000 per season . It expired at the end of the 2023-24 season.

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Draft Team

Round5

Pick123

Year2013

Agent Brian & Scott Bartlett

Birthdate Jan 6, 1995

Birthplace Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Nationality USA

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $14,575,000

2024-25 Stats

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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	$0 $0K	DEL	EHC München	32	3	8	11	2									Playoffs	5	0	3	3	0
2024-25	$0 $0K	KHL	Barys Astana	15	0	3	3	4
2023-24	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Iowa Wild	24	3	6	9	2
2023-24	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	14	3	4	7	6
2022-23	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Texas Stars	65	6	37	43	16									Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2021-22	$3,733,333 $3.73M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	37	2	6	8	0	565	45.00	46.90	0.30	49.10	1.50	0.21	0.64
2020-21	$3,733,333 $3.73M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	23	1	10	11	2	383	40.70	45.50	-3.10	46.30	-3.50	0.16	0.94
2019-20	$3,733,333 $3.73M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	56	4	17	21	6	867	44.00	48.30	2.50	45.80	-0.20	0.21	1.18
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	78	4	26	30	18	1,223	47.71	52.14	3.24	49.87	4.10	0.15	0.69
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	WC	USA	10	1	2	3	0
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	81	5	39	44	8	1,060	54.44	57.15	7.71	52.98	5.78	0.06	1.13	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Denver	43	7	30	37	18
2015-16	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Denver	39	9	23	32	19
2014-15	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	5	0	1	1	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Denver	38	4	14	18	8
2013-14	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	5	2	3	5	2
2013-14	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Denver	38	8	8	16	8
2012-13	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	67	11	26	37	8
2012-13	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	2	2	4	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	26	3	10	13	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	9	2	11	13	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	10	0	2	2	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	6	0	0	0	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	WHC-17	USA U17	6	1	7	8	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	31	2	8	10	4
2011-12	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	46	8	23	31	8
2010-11	$0 $0K	T1EHL 18U	Madison Capitols 18U AAA	34	10	20	30	2
2010-11	$0 $0K	USHL	Dubuque Fighting Saints	2	0	2	2	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	T1EHL 16U	Madison Capitols 16U AAA	38	12	21	33	19
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Signings & Trades

01/25

2024

Butcher, Will

Cajkovic, Maxim

07/3

2023

Butcher, Will

1yr

$775,000AAV

07/22

2022

Butcher, Will

1yr

$750,000AAV

07/28

2021

Butcher, Will 2022 Round 5

07/31

2019

Butcher, Will

3yrs

$3,733,333AAV

Transactions & Updates

07/25

2024

Butcher, Will

Butcher signed a one-year contract with KHL club Barys Astana on Thursday, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

11/28

2023

Butcher, Will

Butcher (undisclosed) was placed on waivers Tuesday, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

10/10

2023

Butcher, Will

Butcher (undisclosed) was on the ice for Tuesday's optional skate, Penguins radio play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports.

09/21

2023

Butcher, Will

Butcher is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury, Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com reports.

07/3

2023

Butcher, Will

Butcher signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, per PuckPedia.

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Contract History

2023-2024 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$775,000$775K

cap hit$775,000$775K

expiry 2024 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 3 2023

Signing Agent Brian & Scott Bartlett

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.93%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	UFAage 29
AAV	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$425,000$425K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2023 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 22 2022

Signing Agent Brian & Scott Bartlett

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.91%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 28
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$300,000$300K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

325K Guaranteed

2019-2022 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$11,199,999$11.20M

cap hit$3,733,333$3.73M

expiry 2022 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 31 2019

Signing Agent Brian & Scott Bartlett

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 4.58%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$3,733,333$3.73M	$3,733,333$3.73M	$3,733,333$3.73M	UFAage 27
AAV	$3,733,333$3.73M	$3,733,333$3.73M	$3,733,333$3.73M
Base	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,600,000$3.60M	$4,100,000$4.10M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,600,000$3.60M	$4,100,000$4.10M
Minors Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,600,000$3.60M	$4,100,000$4.10M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Jul 28, 2021

24.39% of contract was retained by the New Jersey Devils in a trade to the Buffalo Sabres

Trade Details

2017-2019 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,850,000$1.85M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2019 RFA age 24

Signed On Aug 27 2017

Signing Agent Brian & Scott Bartlett

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.23%

Signing Status age 22

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 24
AAV	$3,775,000$3.78M	$3,775,000$3.78M
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$2,850,000$2.85M	$2,850,000$2.85M
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

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