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Brett Howden

#21

age27

posC,LW

shotl

h6'2"

w201lbs

Depth Chart C4

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,500,000$2.50M

Year 1 of 5

25/26

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 32

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick27

Year2016

Agent J.P. Barry

Birthdate Mar 29, 1998

Birthplace Calgary, Alberta

Nationality Canada

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UFA Year 2025

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $10.34M

Regular Season

GP7

PPG0.29

PIM4

5x5 TOI/GP 12:01

PP TOI/GP 0:19

PK TOI/GP 0:48

G60 1.43

P60 1.43

GF% 28.6

xGF% 44.0

RELxGF% -8.6

CF% 50.0

REL CF% -2.0

Pen Diff -2

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP438

G64

A79

P143

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.33

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.15

Career Statline Details

2025-2030 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$12,500,000$12.50M

cap hit$2,500,000$2.50M

Brett Howden is signed to a 5 year, $12,500,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,500,000 per season, playing for the Vegas Golden Knights. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, making Howden an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Nov 22 2024

Signing Agent J.P. Barry

Signed By

Signing GM Kelly McCrimmon

% Cap Contract Start 2.62%

Signing Status UFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	UFAage 32
AAV	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP7

PPG0.29

PIM4

5x5 TOI/GP 12:01

PP TOI/GP 0:19

PK TOI/GP 0:48

G60 1.43

P60 1.43

GF% 28.6

xGF% 44.0

RELxGF% -8.6

CF% 50.0

REL CF% -2.0

Pen Diff -2

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP438

G64

A79

P143

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.33

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.15

Career Statline Details

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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	27	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	7	2	0	2	4	28.6	44.0	-8.6	50.0	-2.0	1.43	1.43	-2	12:01	0:19	0:48
2024-25	26	$1,900,000 $1.90M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	80	23	17	40	46	51.1	51.0	-2.4	50.0	-1.7	0.90	1.57	2	13:20	0:06	1:02	Playoffs	11	3	0	3	0
2023-24	25	$1,900,000 $1.90M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	72	8	11	19	39	42.7	46.0	-7.4	44.0	-5.1	0.43	1.14	3	11:42	0:04	1:16	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0
2022-23	24	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	54	6	7	13	55	55.0	46.0	-8.4	42.0	-6.4	0.46	1.09	6	12:11	0:01	0:42	Playoffs	22	5	5	10	0
2021-22	23	$885,000 $885K	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	47	9	11	20	12	57.1	53.0	2.7	49.0	-3.8	1.01	2.15	-1	10:05	0:03	0:25
2020-21	22	$863,333 $863K	NHL	New York Rangers	42	1	6	7	11	44.4	45.0	-5.4	46.0	-2.2	0.00	0.69	-5	10:19	0:10	1:51
2019-20	21	$863,333 $863K	NHL	New York Rangers	70	9	10	19	28	38.1	39.0	-9.8	40.0	-8.4	0.57	1.05	3	10:36	0:16	1:54	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2018-19	20	$863,333 $863K	NHL	New York Rangers	66	6	17	23	14	40.8	42.0	-6.0	42.0	-4.3	0.46	1.52	-1	11:58	1:20	1:13
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	3	4	7	4
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	49	24	51	75	42												Playoffs	14	7	8	15	0
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	1	1	1	2	0
2016-17	18	$925,000 $925K	WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	58	38	43	81	73												Playoffs	7	2	1	3	0
2016-17	18	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	5	3	1	4	2												Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0
2015-16	17		WJC-18	Canada U18	6	5	3	8	8
2015-16	17		WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	68	24	40	64	61												Playoffs	10	4	11	15	0
2015-16	17		U18-Dev	Team Red	3	1	2	3	2
2015-16	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	0	1	1	4
2014-15	16		WJC-18	Canada U18	3	2	1	3	0
2014-15	16		WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	68	22	24	46	24
2014-15	16		WHC-17	Canada White U17	5	2	1	3	4
2014-15	16		U17-Dev	Team White	3	0	2	2	0
2013-14	15		WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	5	1	0	1	2
2013-14	15		WCCC-16	Team Manitoba	4	4	4	8	2
2013-14	15		MU18HL	Eastman Selects U18 AAA	38	24	34	58	38												Playoffs	12	5	9	14	0
2012-13	14		MU18HL	Eastman Selects U18 AAA	30	11	13	24	16
NHL Totals					438	64	79	143
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

11/22

2024

Howden, Brett

5yrs

$2,500,000

Cap Hit

07/19

2023

Howden, Brett

2yrs

$1,900,000

Cap Hit

07/13

2022

Howden, Brett

1yr

$1,500,000

Cap Hit

07/17

2021

Howden, Brett

DeSimone, Nick 2022 Round 4

07/9

2021

Howden, Brett

1yr

$885,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Howden, Brett

Howden scored a goal on two shots, added two PIM and logged five hits in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Oct

Howden, Brett

Howden (lower body) will return to the lineup against the Florida Panthers on Saturday, according to Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Oct

Howden, Brett

Head coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday that Howden (lower body) is trending toward playing Saturday against the Florida Panthers, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

Oct

Howden, Brett

Howden (lower body) has been ruled out for Monday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Oct

Howden, Brett

Howden (lower body) will miss Saturday's clash against the Calgary Flames.

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Contract History

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,800,000$3.80M

cap hit$1,900,000$1.90M

expiry 2025 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 19 2023

Signing Agent J.P. Barry

Signed By

Signing GM Kelly McCrimmon

% Cap Contract Start 2.28%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,900,000$1.90M	$1,900,000$1.90M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,900,000$1.90M	$1,900,000$1.90M
Base	$775,000$775K	$1,650,000$1.65M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,375,000$1.38M	-
Total Salary	$2,150,000$2.15M	$1,650,000$1.65M
Minors Salary	$2,150,000$2.15M	$1,650,000$1.65M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

expiry 2023 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent J.P. Barry

Signed By

Signing GM Kelly McCrimmon

% Cap Contract Start 1.82%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 24

Qualifying Offer $1,500,000$1.50M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	RFAage 25
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	RFA
UFA Year

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$885,000$885K

cap hit$885,000$885K

expiry 2022 UFA no QO age 24

Signed On Jul 9 2021

Signing Agent J.P. Barry

Signed By

Signing GM Chris Drury

% Cap Contract Start 1.09%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$885,000$885K	UFA no QOage 24
AAV	$885,000$885K
Base	$885,000$885K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$885,000$885K
Minors Salary	$885,000$885K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2016-2021 Entry Level Contract

term5yrs

value$4,409,165$4.41M

cap hit$881,833$882K

expiry 2021 RFA age 23

Signed On Dec 27 2016

Signing Agent J.P. Barry

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 1.27%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,166$894K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$894,166$894K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K
Base	-	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
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