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Brandon Saad

#20

age32

posLW,RW

shotl

h6'1"

w205lbs

Depth Chart RW1

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,000,000$2.00M

Year 1 of 1

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 33

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 $59.11M

Regular Season

GP7

PPG0.14

PIM0

5x5 TOI/GP 12:40

PP TOI/GP 0:00

PK TOI/GP 0:47

G60 0.00

P60 0.68

GF% 50.0

xGF% 39.0

RELxGF% -15.7

CF% 51.0

REL CF% -1.7

Pen Diff 0

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP942

G266

A264

P530

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.56

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.28

Career Statline Details

2025-2026 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,000,000$2.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

Brandon Saad is signed to a 1 year, $2,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,000,000 per season, playing for the Vegas Golden Knights. His contract expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, making Saad an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jun 27 2025

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

Signing GM Kelly McCrimmon

% Cap Contract Start 2.09%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	UFAage 33
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses	NTC
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP7

PPG0.14

PIM0

5x5 TOI/GP 12:40

PP TOI/GP 0:00

PK TOI/GP 0:47

G60 0.00

P60 0.68

GF% 50.0

xGF% 39.0

RELxGF% -15.7

CF% 51.0

REL CF% -1.7

Pen Diff 0

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP942

G266

A264

P530

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.56

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.28

Career Statline Details

NHL Only

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2025-26	33	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	7	0	1	1	0	50.0	39.0	-15.7	51.0	-1.7	0.00	0.68	0	12:40	0:00	0:47
2024-25	32	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	29	6	8	14	0	47.0	54.0	2.8	51.0	1.4	0.82	1.65	-7	13:09	0:42	0:33	Playoffs	8	0	2	2	0
2024-25	32	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	43	7	9	16	6
2023-24	31	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	82	26	16	42	20	47.5	44.0	-0.1	44.0	-2.3	1.00	1.89	-1	13:10	1:37	0:25
2022-23	30	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	71	19	18	37	12	46.6	46.0	2.3	47.0	1.9	0.76	1.65	-2	13:19	1:49	1:05
2021-22	29	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	78	24	25	49	10	57.5	45.0	-3.3	48.0	2.0	0.76	1.68	-4	13:15	1:38	0:57	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	0
2020-21	28	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	44	15	9	24	12	51.8	58.0	-2.7	57.0	-1.8	1.48	2.27	0	11:59	1:38	0:07	Playoffs	10	7	1	8	0
2019-20	27	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	58	21	12	33	16	52.4	49.0	2.5	50.0	2.9	1.16	2.10	-3	13:19	1:11	1:40	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
2018-19	26	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	80	23	24	47	12	47.1	47.0	2.0	53.0	4.8	0.75	1.72	-11	13:59	1:25	1:36
2017-18	25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	82	18	17	35	14
2016-17	24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WCup	Team North America	3	0	0	0	2
2016-17	24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	24	29	53	8												Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
2015-16	23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	78	31	22	53	14
2014-15	22	$764,167 $764K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	29	52	12												Playoffs	23	8	3	11	0
2013-14	21	$764,167 $764K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	78	19	28	47	20												Playoffs	19	6	10	16	0
2012-13	20	$764,167 $764K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	46	10	17	27	12												Playoffs	23	1	5	6	0
2012-13	20	$764,167 $764K	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	31	8	12	20	10
2011-12	19	$795,000 $795K	WJC-20	USA U20	6	1	5	6	0
2011-12	19	$795,000 $795K	OHL	Saginaw Spirit	44	34	42	76	38												Playoffs	12	8	9	17	0
2011-12	19	$795,000 $795K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
2010-11	18		OHL	Saginaw Spirit	59	27	28	55	47												Playoffs	12	3	8	11	0
2009-10	17		WJC-18	USA U18	7	3	3	6	4
2009-10	17		USHL	USNTDP Juniors	24	12	14	26	18
2009-10	17		NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	39	17	15	32	34
2008-09	16		WHC-17	USA U17	6	4	5	9	2
2008-09	16		NAHL	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	47	29	18	47	48												Playoffs	7	5	1	6	0
2007-08	15		USHS-PA	Pine-Richland High	13	8	19	27	14
2007-08	15		T1EHL 18U	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	26	11	19	30	16
2007-08	15		18U AAA	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	76	43	51	94	92
NHL Totals					942	266	264	530
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jun

Saad, Brandon

1yr

$2,000,000

Cap Hit

Jan

Saad, Brandon

1yr

$1,500,000

Cap Hit

07/29

2021

Saad, Brandon

5yrs

$4,500,000

Cap Hit

10/10

2020

Lindholm, Anton Zadorov, Nikita

Gilbert, Dennis Saad, Brandon

07/3

2015

Saad, Brandon

6yrs

$6,000,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Saad, Brandon

Saad notched an assist, four shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Monday's 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

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.

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

Signing GM Kelly McCrimmon

% 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

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% 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

Signing GM Jarmo Kekalainen

% 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

Signing GM Stan Bowman

% 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