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Brendan Gaunce

#21

age31

posC

shotl

h6'3"

w214lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$775,000$775K

Year 1 of 2

24/25

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 32

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick26

Year2012

Agent Paul Capizzano

Birthdate Mar 25, 1994

Birthplace Sudbury, Ontario

Nationality Canada

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $7,840,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP12

PPG0.08

PIM4

EV TOI/GM 9.21

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 0.00

DFF% 33.80

REL DFF% -15.80

CF% 36.50

REL CF% -12.80

2024-2026 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,550,000$1.55M

cap hit$775,000$775K

Brendan Gaunce is signed to a 2 year, $1,550,000 contract with a cap hit of $775,000 per season, currently playing for the Minnesota Wild. His contract was signed on July 1, 2024, and expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, when Gaunce will be 32 years old.

Signed On Jul 1 2024

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.88%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	UFAage 32
AAV	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$550,000$550K	$550,000$550K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out

Notes

$575K Guaranteed

Career Stats By Contract

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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	$775,000 $775K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	12	0	1	1	4	111		33.80	-15.80	36.50	-12.80
2024-25	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Iowa Wild	37	15	14	29	20
2023-24	$762,500 $763K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	2	2	4	6	266	33.30	44.70	2.90	46.40	-0.80	0.45	0.90
2023-24	$762,500 $763K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	46	19	20	39	37									Playoffs	6	3	2	5	0
2022-23	$762,500 $763K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	5	0	1	1	2	49		43.60	-0.30	45.50	3.70
2022-23	$762,500 $763K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	17	7	11	18	18
2021-22	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	30	5	2	7	12	239	55.00	51.90	7.70	53.80	6.00	1.26	1.76
2021-22	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	39	16	12	28	28
2020-21	$0 $0K	SHL	Växjö Lakers HC	18	5	7	12	18									Playoffs	12	3	4	7	0
2019-20	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Boston Bruins	1	0	1	1	2	9	100.00	14.40	-22.40	17.60	-28.60		6.56
2019-20	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Providence Bruins	52	18	19	37	34
2018-19	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	3	1	2	3	0	21	80.00	39.83	-4.73	54.05	6.19	2.90	8.70
2018-19	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Utica Comets	60	16	22	38	54
2017-18	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Utica Comets	5	2	1	3	0
2017-18	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	37	4	2	6	10	415	47.83	45.63	1.85	45.66	0.27	0.43	0.58
2016-17	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Utica Comets	4	2	1	3	2
2016-17	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	57	0	5	5	33	506	44.00	46.74	1.27	49.94	3.46	0.00	0.47
2015-16	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	20	1	0	1	2	220	16.67	48.99	7.35	49.25	4.06	0.27	0.27
2015-16	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Utica Comets	46	17	21	38	16									Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2014-15	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Utica Comets	74	11	18	29	31									Playoffs	21	4	5	9	0
2013-14	$894,167 $894K	Jr Super Series	OHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	$894,167 $894K	OHL	Erie Otters	43	21	25	46	32									Playoffs	14	6	10	16	0
2013-14	$894,167 $894K	OHL	Belleville Bulls	22	10	16	26	27
2012-13	$925,000 $925K	OHL	Belleville Bulls	60	33	27	60	44									Playoffs	17	8	14	22	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	1	3	4	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	3	1	4	8
2011-12	$0 $0K	OHL	Belleville Bulls	68	28	40	68	68									Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Canada Ontario U17	5	2	1	3	18
2010-11	$0 $0K	OHL	Belleville Bulls	65	11	25	36	40									Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	OHL Cup	Markham Waxers U16 AAA	4	1	3	4	2
2009-10	$0 $0K	ETAHL U16	Markham Waxers U16 AAA	86	55	93	148	54
2009-10	$0 $0K	OJHL	Markham Waxers	1	0	0	0	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	Big Nickel U14	Markham Waxers U15 AAA	4	4	4	8	4
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/1

2024

Gaunce, Brendan

2yrs

$775,000AAV

06/19

2022

Gaunce, Brendan

2yrs

$762,500AAV

07/29

2021

Gaunce, Brendan

1yr

$750,000AAV

07/1

2019

Gaunce, Brendan

1yr

$700,000AAV

08/9

2017

Gaunce, Brendan

2yrs

$750,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Gaunce, Brendan

Gaunce was assigned to AHL Iowa on Wednesday, per the NHL media site.

Mar

Gaunce, Brendan

Gaunce was put on waivers Sunday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Mar

Gaunce, Brendan

Gaunce logged an assist and three hits in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Feb

Gaunce, Brendan

Gaunce was recalled from AHL Iowa on Thursday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Jan

Gaunce, Brendan

Gaunce was reassigned to AHL Iowa on Tuesday.

All Transactions

Contract History

2022-2024 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,525,000$1.53M

cap hit$762,500$763K

expiry 2024 UFA age 30

Signed On Jun 19 2022

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$762,500$763K	$762,500$763K	UFAage 30
AAV	$762,500$763K	$762,500$763K
Base	$750,000$750K	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$450,000$450K	$450,000$450K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

475K Guaranteed

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 29 2021

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
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	$350,000$350K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

400K Guaranteed

2019-2020 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2020 UFA no QO age 26

Signed On Jul 1 2019

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	UFA no QOage 26
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$375,000$375K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2019 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2019 UFA no QO age 25

Signed On Aug 9 2017

Signing Agent Anton Thun

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.00%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	UFA no QOage 25
AAV	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Base	$700,000$700K	$800,000$800K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$800,000$800K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K	$800,000$800K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2012-2017 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$3,262,500$3.26M

cap hit$1,087,500$1.09M

expiry 2017 RFA age 23

Signed On Aug 13 2012

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.54%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	RFAage 23
AAV	$1,087,500$1.09M	$1,056,667$1.06M	$1,025,833$1.03M	$1,025,833$1.03M	$1,025,833$1.03M
Base	-	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	$162,500$163K	$162,500$163K	$162,500$163K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-	-
Total Salary	-	-	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year

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