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Derek Forbort

#27

age33

posLD

shotl

h6'4"

w216lbs

Depth Chart RD3

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,000,000$2.00M

Year 1 of 1

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick15

Year2010

Agent Ben Hankinson

Birthdate Mar 4, 1992

Birthplace Duluth, Minnesota

Nationality USA

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UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $20.44M

Regular Season

GP54

P11

PPG0.2

PIM45

EV TOI/GM 14.34

G60 0.16

P60 0.79

GF% 40.40

DFF% 43.60

REL DFF% -5.30

CF% 46.70

REL CF% -2.80

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP550

G19

A87

P106

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.19

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.03

Career Statline Details

2025-2026 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,000,000$2.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

Derek Forbort is signed to a 1 year, $2,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,000,000 per season, playing for the Vancouver Canucks. His contract expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, making Forbort an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jun 3 2025

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Patrik Allvin

% Cap Contract Start 2.09%

Signing Status UFAage 33

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	UFAage 34
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP54

P11

PPG0.2

PIM45

EV TOI/GM 14.34

G60 0.16

P60 0.79

GF% 40.40

DFF% 43.60

REL DFF% -5.30

CF% 46.70

REL CF% -2.80

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP550

G19

A87

P106

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.19

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	32	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	54	2	9	11	45	760	40.40	43.60	-5.30	46.70	-2.80	0.16	0.79
2023-24	31	$3,000,000 $3.00M	AHL	Providence Bruins	2	0	0	0	2
2023-24	31	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Boston Bruins	35	0	4	4	17	500	59.00	52.80	2.40	45.20	-4.10		0.48	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2022-23	30	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Boston Bruins	54	5	7	12	23	766	55.20	46.10	-9.30	44.80	-8.10	0.23	0.78	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
2021-22	29	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Boston Bruins	76	4	10	14	48	1,100	47.10	51.40	-7.40	50.90	-4.90	0.22	0.71	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
2020-21	28	$1,000,000 $1.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	56	2	10	12	35	951	50.60	45.80	0.30	48.00		0.13	0.76	Playoffs	8	1	0	1	0
2019-20	27	$2,525,000 $2.53M	NHL	Calgary Flames	7	0	0	0	0	103	42.90	43.90	-2.50	41.30	-8.60		0.58	Playoffs	10	1	1	2	0
2019-20	27	$2,525,000 $2.53M	AHL	Ontario Reign	5	1	0	1	5
2019-20	27	$2,525,000 $2.53M	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	13	0	1	1	4	212	25.00	52.70	-0.30	53.10	-4.50		0.28
2018-19	26	$2,525,000 $2.53M	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	81	2	12	14	52	1,458	41.86	44.67	-4.09	45.63	-3.56	0.08	0.53
2017-18	25	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	78	1	17	18	49	1,351	55.10	49.02	0.52	50.11	1.05	0.04	0.71
2016-17	24	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	82	2	16	18	54	1,417	52.22	51.36	-4.63	50.80	-5.19	0.08	0.68
2015-16	23	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	14	1	1	2	17	144	44.44	59.85	3.69	63.70	5.34	0.42	0.83
2015-16	23	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Ontario Reign	40	2	8	10	40									Playoffs	13	0	2	2	0
2014-15	22	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Manchester Monarchs	67	4	11	15	52									Playoffs	19	0	6	6	0
2013-14	21	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Manchester Monarchs	74	1	16	17	42									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2012-13	20		AHL	Manchester Monarchs	6	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2012-13	20		NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	42	4	13	17	22
2011-12	19		WJC-20	USA U20	3	0	2	2	0
2011-12	19		NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	35	2	11	13	28
2010-11	18		WJC-20	USA U20	6	0	0	0	0
2010-11	18		NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	38	0	15	15	26
2009-10	17		WJC-18	USA U18	7	0	2	2	6
2009-10	17		NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	65	5	23	28	46
2009-10	17		USHL	USNTDP Juniors	26	4	10	14	26
2008-09	16		WHC-17	USA U17	6	1	2	3	4
2008-09	16		International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	10	1	3	4	10
2008-09	16		MN State	Duluth East High	2	1	2	3	0									Playoffs	3	2	4	6	0
2008-09	16		NAHL	U.S. National U18 Team	2	0	1	1	6
2008-09	16		NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	9	1	5	6	10
2008-09	16		USHS-MN	Duluth East High	22	4	14	18	28									Playoffs	3	2	4	6	0
2007-08	15		USHS-MN	Duluth East High	0	2	12	14	0
NHL Totals					550	19	87	106
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Signings & Trades

Jun

Forbort, Derek

1yr

$2,000,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2024

Forbort, Derek

1yr

$1,500,000

Cap Hit

07/28

2021

Forbort, Derek

3yrs

$3,000,000

Cap Hit

10/11

2020

Forbort, Derek

1yr

$1,000,000

Cap Hit

02/24

2020

2021 Round 4

Forbort, Derek

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Forbort, Derek

Forbort underwent minor surgery to repair a broken orbital bone and is doing well, Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK reports Tuesday.

Apr

Forbort, Derek

Forbort suffered a broken orbital bone during Vancouver's 3-2 overtime loss to Minnesota on Saturday, Ben Kuzma of Postmedia reports Sunday.

Apr

Forbort, Derek

Forbort notched an assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Mar

Forbort, Derek

Forbort scored a goal in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the New York Islanders.

Mar

Forbort, Derek

Forbort registered an assist and two PIM in Monday's 4-3 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils.

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Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

expiry 2025 UFA age 33

Signed On Jul 1 2024

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Patrik Allvin

% Cap Contract Start 1.70%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	UFAage 33
AAV	$1,500,000$1.50M
Base	$1,300,000$1.30M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	$200,000$200K
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2021-2024 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$9,000,000$9.00M

cap hit$3,000,000$3.00M

expiry 2024 UFA age 32

Signed On Jul 28 2021

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Don Sweeney

% Cap Contract Start 3.68%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	UFAage 32
AAV	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	$1,000,000$1.00M	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

2021-22 10 team no trade list; 2022-23 8 team no trade list; 2023-24 3 team no trade list

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,000,000$1.00M

cap hit$1,000,000$1.00M

expiry 2021 UFA age 29

Signed On Oct 11 2020

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Kevin Cheveldayoff

% Cap Contract Start 1.23%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$1,000,000$1.00M	UFAage 29
AAV	$1,000,000$1.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$5,050,000$5.05M

cap hit$2,525,000$2.53M

expiry 2020 UFA age 28

Signed On Oct 19 2017

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Rob Blake

% Cap Contract Start 3.18%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$2,525,000$2.53M	$2,525,000$2.53M	UFAage 28
AAV	$2,525,000$2.53M	$2,525,000$2.53M
Base	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$150,000$150K	-
Total Salary	$2,250,000$2.25M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Minors Salary	$2,250,000$2.25M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Feb 24, 2020

25.00% of contract was retained by the Los Angeles Kings in a trade to the Calgary Flames

Trade Details

2016-2018 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,300,000$1.30M

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2018 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 9 2016

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Dean Lombardi

% Cap Contract Start 0.89%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	RFAage 26
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	$100,000$100K	$400,000$400K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2013-2016 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,700,000$2.70M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2016 RFA age 24

Signed On Apr 6 2013

Signed By

Signing GM Dean Lombardi

% Cap Contract Start 1.34%

Signing Status age 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	RFAage 24
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$700,000$700K	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$110,000$110K	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$790,000$790K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year