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Dakota Joshua

#81

age29

posC,LW

shotl

h6'3"

w218lbs

Depth Chart RW4

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$3,250,000$3.25M

Year 2 of 4

24/25

25/26

27/28

Expiry Status

UFA 2028 age 32

Profile

Draft Team

Round5

Pick128

Year2014

Agent Richard Evans

Birthdate May 15, 1996

Birthplace Dearborn, Michigan

Nationality USA

Stick CCM JetSpeed FT6 Pro

UFA Year 2023

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $6.78M

Regular Season

GP5

PPG0.2

PIM2

5x5 TOI/GP 9:19

PP TOI/GP 0:00

PK TOI/GP 1:25

G60 0.00

P60 1.29

GF% 14.3

xGF% 48.0

RELxGF% -0.2

CF% 47.0

REL CF% -0.9

Pen Diff 1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP246

G40

A39

P79

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.32

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.16

Career Statline Details

2024-2028 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$13,000,000$13.00M

cap hit$3,250,000$3.25M

Dakota Joshua is signed to a 4 year, $13,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $3,250,000 per season, playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs. His contract expires at the end of the 2027-28 season, making Joshua an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jun 27 2024

Signing Agent Richard Evans

Signed By

Signing GM Patrik Allvin

% Cap Contract Start 3.69%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028
Cap Hit	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	UFAage 32
AAV	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M
Base	$2,250,000$2.25M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,625,000$2.63M	$1,625,000$1.63M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	$1,500,000$1.50M	-	$1,000,000$1.00M
Total Salary	$4,250,000$4.25M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$2,625,000$2.63M	$2,625,000$2.63M
Minors Salary	$4,250,000$4.25M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$2,625,000$2.63M	$2,625,000$2.63M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out			Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

12 Team No Trade Clause

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP5

PPG0.2

PIM2

5x5 TOI/GP 9:19

PP TOI/GP 0:00

PK TOI/GP 1:25

G60 0.00

P60 1.29

GF% 14.3

xGF% 48.0

RELxGF% -0.2

CF% 47.0

REL CF% -0.9

Pen Diff 1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP246

G40

A39

P79

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.32

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.16

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	29	$3,250,000 $3.25M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	0	1	1	2	14.3	48.0	-0.2	47.0	-0.9	0.00	1.29	1	9:19	0:00	1:25
2024-25	28	$3,250,000 $3.25M	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	57	7	7	14	38	40.0	47.0	-1.2	46.0	-3.6	0.45	0.99	4	11:44	0:31	0:30
2023-24	27	$825,000 $825K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	63	18	14	32	60	64.8	55.0	5.3	51.0	0.9	1.12	2.17	-4	11:52	0:22	1:49	Playoffs	13	4	4	8	0
2022-23	26	$825,000 $825K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	79	11	12	23	60	38.7	47.0	0.3	44.0	-4.5	0.66	1.47	-1	10:20	0:06	0:57
2021-22	25	$750,000 $750K	NHL	St. Louis Blues	30	3	5	8	16	62.5	62.0	13.8	53.0	5.5	0.72	1.91	-1	8:22	0:03	0:01	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2021-22	25	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	35	9	11	20	23												Playoffs	18	7	8	15	0
2020-21	24	$792,500 $793K	NHL	St. Louis Blues	12	1	0	1	7	25.0	31.0	-14.3	42.0	-4.3	0.58	0.58	-2	8:41	0:01	0:11
2020-21	24	$792,500 $793K	AHL	Utica Comets	6	2	1	3	2
2019-20	23	$792,500 $793K	ECHL	Tulsa Oilers	20	3	8	11	4
2019-20	23	$792,500 $793K	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	30	3	4	7	25
2018-19	22		NCAA	Ohio State Univ.	32	9	13	22	67
2017-18	21		NCAA	Ohio State Univ.	34	15	11	26	32
2016-17	20		NCAA	Ohio State Univ.	33	12	23	35	58
2015-16	19		NCAA	Ohio State Univ.	29	5	12	17	50
2014-15	18		WJAC-19	USA U19	4	0	2	2	2
2014-15	18		USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	52	20	24	44	74												Playoffs	11	4	9	13	0
2013-14	17		USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	55	17	21	38	58												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2012-13	16		USHL	USNTDP Juniors	6	2	0	2	2
2012-13	16		USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	1	1	0	1	0
2012-13	16		NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	6	2	0	2	2
2012-13	16		HPHL 18U	Honeybaked 18U AAA	11	0	0	0	0
2012-13	16		HPHL 16U	Honeybaked 16U AAA	18	12	10	22	18
2011-12	15		T1EHL 16U	Honeybaked 16U AAA	0	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	7	1	2	3	0
2011-12	15		HPHL 16U	Honeybaked 16U AAA	29	13	8	21	16
2010-11	14		T1EHL 14U	Little Caesars 14U AAA	28	12	4	16	16
2009-10	13		T1EHL 13U	Victory Honda 13U AAA	31	17	8	25	24
2008-09	12		QC Int PW	Victory Honda Peewee	3	2	1	3	2
NHL Totals					246	40	39	79
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jul

2028 Round 4

Joshua, Dakota

06/27

2024

Joshua, Dakota

4yrs

$3,250,000

Cap Hit

07/13

2022

Joshua, Dakota

2yrs

$825,000

Cap Hit

08/2

2021

Joshua, Dakota

1yr

$750,000

Cap Hit

07/15

2019

Joshua, Dakota

2yrs

$792,500

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Joshua, Dakota

Joshua scored a goal on two shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Apr

Joshua, Dakota

Joshua scored a goal on four shots in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Mar

Joshua, Dakota

Joshua notched two assists and two hits in Friday's 7-6 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Mar

Joshua, Dakota

Joshua scored a goal on three shots and added four hits in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers.

Mar

Joshua, Dakota

Joshua managed an assist, four hits and three blocked shots in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

All Transactions

Contract History

2022-2024 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,650,000$1.65M

cap hit$825,000$825K

expiry 2024 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Richard Evans

Signed By

Signing GM Patrik Allvin

% Cap Contract Start 1.00%

Signing Status UFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$825,000$825K	$825,000$825K	UFAage 28
AAV	$825,000$825K	$825,000$825K
Base	$750,000$750K	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$50,000$50K	-
Total Salary	$800,000$800K	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$800,000$800K	$850,000$850K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 26

Signed On Aug 2 2021

Signing Agent Richard Evans

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 26
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$100,000$100K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

140K Guaranteed

2019-2021 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,585,000$1.59M

cap hit$792,500$793K

expiry 2021 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 15 2019

Signing Agent Richard Evans

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 0.97%

Signing Status age 23

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$792,500$793K	$792,500$793K	RFAage 25
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$132,500$133K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$792,500$793K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year