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Brandon Saad

#20

age32

posLW,RW

shotl

h6'1"

w205lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$1,500,000$1.50M

Term

1 Year

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 32

Brandon Saad is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 1 year, $1,500,000 with a cap hit of $1,500,000 per season with the Vegas Golden Knights. It expired at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Profile

Draft Team

Round2

Pick43

Year2011

Agent Lewis Gross

Birthdate Oct 27, 1992

Birthplace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nationality USA

Stick Warrior Alpha LX2 Pro

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $62,292,500

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP43

P16

PPG0.37

PIM6

EV TOI/GM 12.63

G60 0.66

P60 1.44

GF% 38.80

DFF% 45.70

REL DFF% -2.00

CF% 47.80

REL CF% -1.20

Regular Season

GP29

P14

PPG0.48

PIM0

EV TOI/GM 13.60

G60 0.91

P60 1.98

GF% 59.40

DFF% 59.30

REL DFF% 6.70

CF% 56.30

REL CF% 5.20

Career Stats By Contract

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP43

P16

PPG0.37

PIM6

EV TOI/GM 12.63

G60 0.66

P60 1.44

GF% 38.80

DFF% 45.70

REL DFF% -2.00

CF% 47.80

REL CF% -1.20

Regular Season

GP29

P14

PPG0.48

PIM0

EV TOI/GM 13.60

G60 0.91

P60 1.98

GF% 59.40

DFF% 59.30

REL DFF% 6.70

CF% 56.30

REL CF% 5.20

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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	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	29	6	8	14	0	394	59.40	59.30	6.70	56.30	5.20	0.91	1.98	Playoffs	8	0	2	2	0
2024-25	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	43	7	9	16	6	543	38.80	45.70	-2.00	47.80	-1.20	0.66	1.44
2023-24	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	82	26	16	42	20	1,059	48.00	43.00	-1.30	43.70	-2.30	1.02	1.93
2022-23	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	71	19	18	37	12	935	46.10	47.40	2.90	46.70	1.60	0.77	1.67
2021-22	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	78	24	25	49	10	1,026	58.80	47.40	-0.80	48.30	2.00	0.76	1.70	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	0
2020-21	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	44	15	9	24	12	523	50.90	55.30	-4.80	56.70	-2.00	1.49	2.29	Playoffs	10	7	1	8	0
2019-20	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	58	21	12	33	16	749	54.00	50.60	4.60	49.90	3.00	1.28	2.16	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
2018-19	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	80	23	24	47	12	1,096	47.06	46.09	2.43	52.69	4.86	0.77	1.75
2017-18	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	82	18	17	35	14	1,061	45.74	51.43	2.72	55.58	5.07	0.79	1.58
2016-17	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	24	29	53	8	1,138	62.35	54.97	5.16	55.45	6.04	1.05	2.27	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
2016-17	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WCup	Team North America	3	0	0	0	2
2015-16	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	78	31	22	53	14	1,053	56.67	52.97	2.56	49.40	2.20	1.14	2.17
2014-15	$764,167 $764K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	29	52	12	1,093	55.81	52.86	4.30	53.89	-0.12	1.04	2.09	Playoffs	23	8	3	11	0
2013-14	$764,167 $764K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	78	19	28	47	20	1,010	57.29	58.99	3.57	58.12	2.48	0.71	1.90	Playoffs	19	6	10	16	0
2012-13	$764,167 $764K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	46	10	17	27	12	610	67.35	61.58	11.12	58.62	3.30	0.88	2.16	Playoffs	23	1	5	6	0
2012-13	$764,167 $764K	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	31	8	12	20	10
2011-12	$795,000 $795K	WJC-20	USA U20	6	1	5	6	0
2011-12	$795,000 $795K	OHL	Saginaw Spirit	44	34	42	76	38									Playoffs	12	8	9	17	0
2011-12	$795,000 $795K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	0	0	0	25		38.10	-21.71	37.36	-18.52	0.00	0.00	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	OHL	Saginaw Spirit	59	27	28	55	47									Playoffs	12	3	8	11	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	3	3	6	4
2009-10	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	39	17	15	32	34
2009-10	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	24	12	14	26	18
2008-09	$0 $0K	WHC-17	USA U17	6	4	5	9	2
2008-09	$0 $0K	NAHL	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	47	29	18	47	48									Playoffs	7	5	1	6	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	18U AAA	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	76	43	51	94	92
2007-08	$0 $0K	T1EHL 18U	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	26	11	19	30	16
2007-08	$0 $0K	USHS-PA	Pine-Richland High	13	8	19	27	14
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jan

Saad, Brandon

1yr

$1,500,000AAV

07/29

2021

Saad, Brandon

5yrs

$4,500,000AAV

10/10

2020

Lindholm, Anton Zadorov, Nikita

Gilbert, Dennis Saad, Brandon

07/3

2015

Saad, Brandon

6yrs

$6,000,000AAV

10/5

2011

Saad, Brandon

3yrs

$925,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

May

Saad, Brandon

Saad (lower body) won't play in Game 5 versus the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

May

Saad, Brandon

Saad (lower body) will be a game-time decision for Game 5 against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, per SinBin.vegas.

May

Saad, Brandon

Saad (lower body) is not available for Game 4 in Edmonton on Monday, according to Jesse Granger of The Athletic.

May

Saad, Brandon

Saad (lower body) is day-to-day and won't be an option for Game 3 versus Edmonton on Saturday, according to Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Apr

Saad, Brandon

Saad managed an assist and three shots on goal in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild in Game 2.

All Transactions

Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

expiry 2025 UFA age 32

Signed On Jan 31 2025

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.70%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	UFAage 32
AAV	$1,500,000$1.50M
Base	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2021-2026 Standard Contract

Terminated

term5yrs

value$22,500,000$22.50M

cap hit$4,500,000$4.50M

expiry 2026 UFA age 33

Signed On Jul 29 2021

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.52%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026
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	UFAage 33
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
Base	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$4,375,000$4.38M	$3,625,000$3.63M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$4,375,000$4.38M	$3,625,000$3.63M
Minors Salary	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$4,375,000$4.38M	$3,625,000$3.63M
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

No Trade – through 2024-25 season; Modified Trade Clause – 2025-26 season – 12 team No Trade List

2015-2021 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$36,000,000$36.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

expiry 2021 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 3 2015

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 8.40%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	UFAage 28
AAV	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$4,000,000$4.00M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M
Minors Salary	$4,000,000$4.00M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M
Clauses						M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Oct 10, 2020

16.67% of contract was retained by the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade to the Colorado Avalanche

Trade Details

2011-2015 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2015 RFA age 22

Signed On Oct 5 2011

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.24%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$795,000$795K	$764,167$764K	$764,167$764K	$764,167$764K	RFAage 22
AAV	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K
Base	-	$525,000$525K	$750,000$750K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	$307,500$308K	$82,500$83K	-
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$617,500$618K	$842,500$843K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year