Chad Ruhwedel

#5

age34

posD

shotr

h5'11"

w192lbs

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$775,000$775K

Year 1 of 1

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 35

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Jordan Neumann & George Bazos

Birthdate May 7, 1990

Birthplace San Diego, California

Nationality USA

UFA Year 2017

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $9,550,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP5

G0

A1

P1

PPG0.2

PIM0

EV TOI/GM 11.68

G60 0.00

P60 1.03

GF% 60.00

DFF% 34.40

REL DFF% -12.00

CF% 42.00

REL CF% -7.00

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$775,000$775K

cap hit$775,000$775K

Chad Ruhwedel is signed to a 1 year, $775,000 contract with a cap hit of $775,000 per season, currently playing for the New York Rangers. His contract was signed on July 12, 2024, and expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Ruhwedel will be 35 years old.

Signed On Jul 12 2024

Signing Agent Jordan Neumann & George Bazos

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.88%

Signing Status UFAage 34

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	UFAage 35
AAV	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$400,000$400K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

Notes

$450K guaranteed

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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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	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	48	3	12	15	42
2024-25	$775,000 $775K	NHL	New York Rangers	5	0	1	1	0	58	60.00	34.40	-12.00	42.00	-7.00		1.03
2023-24	$800,000 $800K	NHL	New York Rangers	5	0	0	0	0	63		31.50	-18.60	36.10	-16.60	0.95	3.80
2023-24	$800,000 $800K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	47	1	3	4	4	493	37.50	48.70	-4.40	47.70	-5.20	0.12	0.49
2022-23	$800,000 $800K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	47	1	4	5	18	587	45.70	53.30	1.30	52.80	1.00	0.10	0.61
2021-22	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	4	9	13	14	1,049	50.50	57.90	5.20	53.70	2.50	0.23	0.74	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2020-21	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	17	0	2	2	14	219	57.10	54.00	5.70	54.00	3.70		0.55
2019-20	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	41	2	4	6	12	538	51.30	48.80	-0.80	49.30	-0.30	0.22	0.67
2018-19	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	5	1	4	5	2
2018-19	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	18	1	1	2	4	260	33.33	55.95	2.85	52.77	2.81	0.23	0.46
2017-18	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	44	2	3	5	16	650	43.90	50.48	-4.17	52.43	-0.71	0.18	0.46	Playoffs	12	0	0	0	0
2016-17	$575,000 $575K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	34	2	8	10	8	507	60.00	44.53	-8.11	49.78	-0.86	0.24	0.83	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2016-17	$575,000 $575K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	28	4	12	16	12
2015-16	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0	0	13		65.54	15.44	45.18	-12.18	0.00	0.00
2015-16	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Rochester Americans	59	10	16	26	26
2014-15	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	4	0	1	1	0	49	100.00	55.42	24.43	43.96	12.81	0.00	1.24
2014-15	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Rochester Americans	72	10	26	36	22
2013-14	$925,000 $925K	Spengler Cup	Rochester Americans	3	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	5	2	3	5	0
2013-14	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	21	0	1	1	2	323	38.46	46.44	9.25	42.83	4.50	0.00	0.00
2013-14	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Rochester Americans	47	4	24	28	22									Playoffs	5	2	3	5	0
2012-13	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	7	0	0	0	0	96	50.00	30.21	-9.50	40.50	-5.60	0.00	0.00
2012-13	$925,000 $925K	NCAA	UMass-Lowell	41	7	16	23	20
2011-12	$0 $0K	NCAA	UMass-Lowell	37	6	19	25	26
2010-11	$0 $0K	NCAA	UMass-Lowell	32	2	13	15	10
2009-10	$0 $0K	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	58	5	17	22	55									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	55	0	11	11	30									Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
Chad Ruhwedel Stats by Elite Prospects Chad Ruhwedel Advanced Stats by

Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/12

2024

Ruhwedel, Chad

1yr

$775,000AAV

03/8

2024

2027 Round 4

Ruhwedel, Chad

02/19

2022

Ruhwedel, Chad

2yrs

$800,000AAV

08/28

2020

Ruhwedel, Chad

1yr

$750,000AAV

05/23

2019

Ruhwedel, Chad

2yrs

$700,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

7

Mar

Ruhwedel, Chad

Ruhwedel was sent to AHL Hartford on Friday.

6

Mar

Ruhwedel, Chad

Ruhwedel was recalled from AHL Hartford on Thursday.

12/27

2024

Ruhwedel, Chad

Ruhwedel was sent to AHL Hartford on Friday.

12/22

2024

Ruhwedel, Chad

Ruhwedel notched an assist and three hits in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

12/13

2024

Ruhwedel, Chad

Ruhwedel was summoned from AHL Hartford on Friday.

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Contract History

2022-2024 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,600,000$1.60M

cap hit$800,000$800K

expiry 2024 UFA age 34

Signed On Feb 19 2022

Signing Agent Jordan Neumann & George Bazos

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.97%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	UFAage 34
AAV	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K
Base	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K
Minors Salary	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 32

Signed On Aug 28 2020

Signing Agent Jordan Neumann & George Bazos

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 32
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$750,000$750K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2019-2021 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,400,000$1.40M

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 31

Signed On May 23 2019

Signing Agent Jordan Neumann & George Bazos

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K	UFAage 31
AAV	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2017-2019 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,300,000$1.30M

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2019 UFA age 29

Signed On Jun 22 2017

Signing Agent George Bazos

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.87%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	UFAage 29
AAV	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Base	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2016-2017 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$575,000$575K

cap hit$575,000$575K

expiry 2017 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 1 2016

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.79%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$575,000$575K	UFAage 27
AAV	$575,000$575K
Base	$575,000$575K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$575,000$575K
Minors Salary	$250,000$250K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2016 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,300,000$1.30M

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2016 UFA-Group6 age 26

Signed On Jul 16 2014

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.94%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	UFA-Group6age 26
AAV	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Base	$625,000$625K	$675,000$675K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$625,000$625K	$675,000$675K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$675,000$675K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2012-2014 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,950,000$1.95M

cap hit$975,000$975K

expiry 2014 RFA age 24

Signed On Apr 13 2013

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.54%

Signing Status age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 24
AAV	$975,000$975K	$975,000$975K
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$100,000$100K	-
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

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