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Dean Kukan

#46

age32

posD

shotl

h6'2"

w190lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$1,650,000$1.65M

Term

2 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2022 age 28

Dean Kukan is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 2 years, $3,300,000 with a cap hit of $1,650,000 per season . It expired at the end of the 2021-22 season.

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Undrafted

Agent Andre Rufener

Birthdate Jul 8, 1993

Birthplace Volketswil

Nationality Switzerland

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $6.99M

ZSC Lions

(NL)

GP51

A18

P24

PPG0.47

PIM22

ZSC Lions

(Champions HL)

GP12

PPG0.42

PIM4

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP153

A25

P30

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.20

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.03

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ZSC Lions

(NL)

GP51

A18

P24

PPG0.47

PIM22

ZSC Lions

(Champions HL)

GP12

PPG0.42

PIM4

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP153

A25

P30

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.20

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.03

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	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	31		WC	Switzerland	10	1	8	9	2
2024-25	31		International	Switzerland (all)	5	0	1	1	0
2024-25	31		EHT	Switzerland	7	0	2	2	0
2024-25	31		Champions HL	ZSC Lions	12	2	3	5	4									Playoffs	16	3	5	8	0
2024-25	31		NL	ZSC Lions	51	6	18	24	22									Playoffs	16	3	5	8	0
2023-24	30		WC	Switzerland	10	1	2	3	6
2023-24	30		EHT	Switzerland	5	0	2	2	2
2023-24	30		International	Switzerland (all)	15	1	4	5	8
2023-24	30		NL	ZSC Lions	40	3	22	25	8									Playoffs	15	2	9	11	0
2022-23	29		WC	Switzerland	7	0	4	4	4
2022-23	29		International	Switzerland (all)	14	1	4	5	4
2022-23	29		EHT	Switzerland	7	1	0	1	0
2022-23	29		Champions HL	ZSC Lions	6	1	2	3	25									Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
2022-23	29		NL	ZSC Lions	49	7	24	31	8									Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
2021-22	28	$1,650,000 $1.65M	EHT	Switzerland	2	0	0	0	0
2021-22	28	$1,650,000 $1.65M	WC	Switzerland	8	2	4	6	0
2021-22	28	$1,650,000 $1.65M	International	Switzerland (all)	10	2	4	6	0
2021-22	28	$1,650,000 $1.65M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	41	3	8	11	16	608	50.80	44.00	-0.50	47.40	0.30	0.30	0.99
2020-21	27	$1,650,000 $1.65M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	35	1	4	5	10	484	46.90	48.70	2.70	46.90	0.70	0.12	0.62
2019-20	26	$725,000 $725K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	33	1	4	5	12	487	36.40	52.70	-2.00	50.70	1.30		0.49	Playoffs	9	0	1	1	0
2018-19	25	$725,000 $725K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	5	1	1	2	0
2018-19	25	$725,000 $725K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	25	0	5	5	6	332	65.00	59.28	5.86	53.24	1.54	0.00	0.90	Playoffs	10	1	0	1	0
2017-18	24	$700,000 $700K	WC	Switzerland	10	1	2	3	0
2017-18	24	$700,000 $700K	International	Switzerland (all)	10	1	2	3	0
2017-18	24	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	11	0	4	4	2	131	56.25	61.40	8.51	54.90	2.38	0.00	1.83
2017-18	24	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	32	1	14	15	20
2016-17	23	$767,500 $768K	WC	Switzerland	8	0	1	1	2
2016-17	23	$767,500 $768K	International	Switzerland (all)	11	0	1	1	2
2016-17	23	$767,500 $768K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	72	4	25	29	43
2015-16	22	$767,500 $768K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	8	0	0	0	0	132	83.33	54.68	5.62	49.36	5.48	0.00	0.00
2015-16	22	$767,500 $768K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	33	3	10	13	8									Playoffs	17	1	4	5	0
2014-15	21		WC	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	21		International	Switzerland (all)	13	0	2	2	4
2014-15	21		Champions HL	Luleå HF	13	1	2	3	10									Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
2014-15	21		SHL	Luleå HF	52	3	10	13	14									Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
2013-14	20		Deutschland Cup	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	0
2013-14	20		WC	Switzerland	7	1	0	1	2
2013-14	20		International	Switzerland (all)	18	1	1	2	6
2013-14	20		ET	Luleå HF	8	1	1	2	2									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	20		SHL	Luleå HF	54	4	8	12	12									Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2012-13	19		International	Switzerland (all)	2	0	0	0	0
2012-13	19		SHL	Luleå HF	16	1	3	4	0									Playoffs	15	0	1	1	0
2012-13	19		WJC-20	Switzerland U20	6	0	1	1	2
2012-13	19		WJAC-19	Switzerland U18	5	1	0	1	8
2012-13	19		HockeyAllsvenskan	Tingsryds AIF	16	0	2	2	2
2012-13	19		HockeyAllsvenskan	Asplöven HC	2	0	0	0	4
2012-13	19		ET	Luleå HF	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	15	0	1	1	0
2012-13	19		International-Jr	Switzerland U20 (all)	14	1	4	5	14
2012-13	19		U20 Nationell	Luleå HF U20	11	2	1	3	2
2011-12	18		International	Switzerland (all)	4	0	0	0	0
2011-12	18		International-Jr	Switzerland U19 (all)	4	1	1	2	0
2011-12	18		SHL	Luleå HF	3	0	0	0	0
2011-12	18		WJC-20	Switzerland U20	6	1	1	2	0
2011-12	18		International-Jr	Switzerland U20 (all)	14	1	4	5	2
2011-12	18		U20 Nationell	Luleå HF U20	42	5	16	21	8									Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0
2010-11	17		International-Jr	Switzerland U20 (all)	4	0	1	1	2
2010-11	17		WJC-18	Switzerland U18	6	0	2	2	0
2010-11	17		Swiss U21-Elit	GCK Lions U21	2	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	10	0	0	0	0
2010-11	17		International-Jr	Switzerland U18 (all)	22	4	5	9	2
2010-11	17		NL	ZSC Lions	2	0	0	0	0
2010-11	17		WJAC-19	Switzerland U18	4	0	1	1	2
2010-11	17		SL	GC Küsnacht Lions	37	1	2	3	4
2009-10	16		International-Jr	Switzerland U18 (all)	25	1	9	10	2
2009-10	16		WJC-18	Switzerland U18	6	0	3	3	0
2009-10	16		Swiss U21-Elit	GCK Lions U21	13	1	5	6	2									Playoffs	9	0	4	4	0
2009-10	16		SL	GC Küsnacht Lions	29	0	6	6	14
2008-09	15		International-Jr	Switzerland U17 (all)	3	0	0	0	0
2008-09	15		International-Jr	Switzerland U16 (all)	12	1	2	3	2
2008-09	15		Swiss U18-Elit	ZSC Lions U18	27	1	2	3	4									Playoffs	10	0	5	5	0
2008-09	15		Swiss U21-Elit	GCK Lions U21	8	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2007-08	14		Swiss U16-Top	ZSC Lions II U15	1	3	4	7	0
2007-08	14		Swiss U18-Top	ZSC Lions II U17	16	4	9	13	4
2007-08	14		Swiss U16-Elit	ZSC Lions U16	24	9	9	18	2
2007-08	14		Swiss U18-Elit	ZSC Lions U18	2	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	12	1	0	1	0
2006-07	13		Swiss U18-Top	GC Küsnacht Lions U17	2	0	0	0	0
2006-07	13		Swiss U18-A	ZSC Lions II U17	17	5	6	11	6
2006-07	13		Swiss U16-Elit	ZSC Lions U16	26	9	5	14	14
2006-07	13		Swiss U18-Elit	ZSC Lions U18	1	0	0	0	0
NHL Totals					153	5	25	30
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Signings & Trades

02/7

2020

Kukan, Dean

2yrs

$1,650,000

Cap Hit

03/14

2018

Kukan, Dean

2yrs

$725,000

Cap Hit

06/9

2017

Kukan, Dean

1yr

$700,000

Cap Hit

06/1

2015

Kukan, Dean

2yrs

$767,500

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

02/20

2022

Kukan, Dean

Kukan had two goals and an assist in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

02/11

2022

Kukan, Dean

Kukan picked up an assist in Thursday's overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres.

01/4

2022

Kukan, Dean

Kukan (wrist) will be in the lineup versus Tampa Bay on Tuesday, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports.

12/30

2021

Kukan, Dean

Kukan (wrist) will not participate in Thursday's contest against the Nashville Predators, per Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers.

12/26

2021

Kukan, Dean

Kukan (wrist) was spotted in practice Sunday, according to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.

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Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,300,000$3.30M

cap hit$1,650,000$1.65M

expiry 2022 UFA age 28

Signed On Feb 7 2020

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.02%

Signing Status RFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,650,000$1.65M	UFAage 28
AAV	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,650,000$1.65M
Base	$1,300,000$1.30M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,300,000$1.30M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$1,300,000$1.30M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,450,000$1.45M

cap hit$725,000$725K

expiry 2020 RFA age 26

Signed On Mar 14 2018

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.91%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$725,000$725K	$725,000$725K	RFAage 26
AAV	$725,000$725K	$725,000$725K
Base	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2018 RFA age 24

Signed On Jun 9 2017

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.93%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	RFAage 24
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$85,000$85K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2015-2017 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,535,000$1.54M

cap hit$767,500$768K

expiry 2017 RFA age 23

Signed On Jun 1 2015

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.07%

Signing Status age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$767,500$768K	$767,500$768K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$182,500$183K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$742,500$743K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
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Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

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