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Alex Lyon

age32

posG

catchesL

h6'1"

w201lbs

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Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$1,500,000$1.50M

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 34

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Pete Rutili

Birthdate Dec 9, 1992

Birthplace Baudette, Minnesota

Nationality USA

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UFA Year 2020

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $6.39M

Regular Season

GP30

GAA2.81

SV%0.896

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP113

GAA3.00

SV%0.901

Career Statline Details

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,000,000$3.00M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

Alex Lyon is signed to a 2 year, $3,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $1,500,000 per season, playing for the Buffalo Sabres. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Lyon an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 1 2025

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Kevyn Adams

% Cap Contract Start 1.57%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M	UFAage 34
AAV	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Base	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$250,000$250K	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx/GP	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
2024-25	32	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	30	2.81	0.896	0
2023-24	31	$900,000 $900K	International	Team USA	1	3	0.895	0
2023-24	31	$900,000 $900K	WC	USA	2	2.2	0.940	0
2023-24	31	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	44	3.05	0.904	0
2022-23	30	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Florida Panthers	15	2.89	0.914	0			Playoffs	4	3.63	0.888	0
2022-23	30	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	23	2.43	0.910	0
2021-22	29	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	2	2.93	0.908	0
2021-22	29	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Chicago Wolves	30	2.16	0.912	0			Playoffs	12	2.03	0.923	0
2020-21	28	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	4	3.4	0.874	0
2020-21	28	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	6	3.33	0.893	0	-2.55	-0.43
2019-20	27	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	3	3.55	0.890	0	-0.04	-0.01
2019-20	27	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	32	2.69	0.913	0
2018-19	26	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	2	5.07	0.806	0	-3.73	-1.86
2018-19	26	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	39	2.74	0.916	0
2017-18	25	$874,125 $874K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	11	2.75	0.905	0	0.97	0.09
2017-18	25	$874,125 $874K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	27	2.75	0.913	0			Playoffs	11	1.98	0.944	0
2016-17	24	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	47	2.74	0.912	0			Playoffs	2	2.07	0.882	0
2015-16	23	$925,000 $925K	NCAA	Yale Univ.	31	1.64	0.936	0
2014-15	22		WC	USA	0		0.000	0
2014-15	22		NCAA	Yale Univ.	32	1.62	0.939	0
2013-14	21		NCAA	Yale Univ.	30	2.41	0.918	0
2012-13	20		USHL	Omaha Lancers	50	2.65	0.916	0
2011-12	19		USHL	Omaha Lancers	48	2.76	0.910	0			Playoffs	4	3.3	0.910	0
2010-11	18		UMHSEHL	Team The Base	14	2.76	0.930	0			Playoffs	2	3.43	0.891	0
2010-11	18		USHL	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	1	5	0.848	0
2010-11	18		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	25	1.48	0.948	0			Playoffs	2	3.03	0.923	0
2009-10	17		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	25	2.8	0.919	0			Playoffs	1	4	0.875	0
2008-09	16		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	17	3.44	0.909	0
2007-08	15		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	4	6.86	0.847	0
NHL Totals					113	3.00	0.901
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Signings & Trades

Jul

Lyon, Alex

2yrs

$1,500,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2023

Lyon, Alex

2yrs

$900,000

Cap Hit

07/13

2022

Lyon, Alex

1yr

$750,000

Cap Hit

07/30

2021

Lyon, Alex

1yr

$750,000

Cap Hit

09/25

2020

Lyon, Alex

1yr

$700,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Lyon, Alex

Lyon stopped 28 of 30 shots in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Apr

Lyon, Alex

Lyon will start on the road versus the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, James Nichols of New Jersey Hockey Now reports.

Apr

Lyon, Alex

Lyon stopped 18 of 21 shots in Friday's 4-3 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Apr

Lyon, Alex

Lyon will start on the road versus the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, per the NHL media site.

Mar

Lyon, Alex

Lyon allowed three goals on 10 shots before being pulled 1:33 into the second period of a 4-3 loss to Ottawa on Thursday.

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Contract History

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,800,000$1.80M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2025 UFA age 32

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Steve Yzerman

% Cap Contract Start 1.08%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	UFAage 32
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2023 UFA age 30

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 0.91%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 30
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$310,000$310K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

410K Guaranteed

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 30 2021

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Don Waddell

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 29
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$200,000$200K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

250K Guaranteed

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 28

Signed On Sep 25 2020

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Chuck Fletcher

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	UFAage 28
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2020 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 7 2018

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Hextall

% Cap Contract Start 0.94%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	UFAage 27
AAV	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$250,000$250K	$750,000$750K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$874,125$874K

cap hit$874,125$874K

expiry 2018 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 15 2017

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Hextall

% Cap Contract Start 1.17%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$874,125$874K	RFAage 25
AAV	$874,125$874K
Base	$874,125$874K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$874,125$874K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2015-2017 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,850,000$1.85M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2017 RFA age 24

Signed On Apr 5 2016

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Hextall

% Cap Contract Start 1.30%

Signing Status age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 24
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
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