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Ethan Bear

#25

age27

posD

shotr

h5'11"

w196lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$2,062,500$2.06M

Term

2 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 28

Ethan Bear is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 2 years, $4,125,000 with a cap hit of $2,062,500 per season with the Washington Capitals. It expired at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Profile

Draft Team

Round5

Pick124

Year2015

Agent Jason Davidson

Birthdate Jun 26, 1997

Birthplace Regina, Saskatchewan

Nationality Canada

UFA Year 2024

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $12,485,000

2024-25 Stats

Career Stats By Contract

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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	$2,062,500 $2.06M	AHL	Hershey Bears	62	10	36	46	30									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2023-24	$2,062,500 $2.06M	NHL	Washington Capitals	24	1	3	4	10	335	38.50	44.10	-4.70	45.60	-1.20		0.36
2022-23	$2,200,000 $2.20M	WC	Canada	8	0	0	0	4
2022-23	$2,200,000 $2.20M	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	61	3	13	16	25	979	50.00	50.10	3.70	50.40	3.10	0.12	0.74
2021-22	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	58	5	9	14	20	825	50.00	54.00	-0.10	56.60	1.10	0.36	0.95
2020-21	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	43	2	6	8	14	650	45.80	54.90	6.60	50.30	1.70	0.18	0.74	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2019-20	$720,000 $720K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	5	16	21	33	1,296	46.60	50.00	1.60	49.20	2.50	0.19	0.88	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	$720,000 $720K	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	52	6	25	31	34									Playoffs	8	2	2	4	0
2017-18	$720,000 $720K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	18	1	3	4	10	292	29.17	37.44	-9.73	43.87	-4.20	0.00	0.41
2017-18	$720,000 $720K	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	37	6	12	18	12
2016-17	$721,667 $722K	Memorial Cup	Seattle Thunderbirds	3	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	17	6	20	26	0
2016-17	$721,667 $722K	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	67	28	42	70	21									Playoffs	17	6	20	26	0
2015-16	$0 $0K	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	69	19	46	65	33									Playoffs	18	8	14	22	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	0	3	3	6
2014-15	$0 $0K	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	69	13	25	38	23									Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	U18-Dev	Team White	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	1	1	2	2
2013-14	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Canada Western U17	5	0	1	1	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	58	6	13	19	18									Playoffs	9	2	2	4	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	1	0	0	0	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	SMAAAHL	Yorkton Maulers U18 AAA	38	7	28	35	30									Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	NAPHL 14U	RINK HA Kelowna U15 Prep	5	2	5	7	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	John Reid Memorial	RINK HA Kelowna U15 Prep	6	0	4	4	17
2011-12	$0 $0K	OMAHA	RINK HA Kelowna U15 Prep	40	12	32	44	45
2010-11	$0 $0K	SAAHL U15	Melville Millionaires U15 AA	21	16	19	35	34
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Signings & Trades

12/28

2023

Bear, Ethan

2yrs

$2,062,500AAV

10/28

2022

Pederson, Lane Bear, Ethan

2023 Round 5

07/27

2022

Bear, Ethan

1yr

$2,200,000AAV

07/28

2021

Foegele, Warren

Bear, Ethan

12/28

2020

Bear, Ethan

2yrs

$2,000,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

May

Bear, Ethan

Bear was reassigned to AHL Hershey on Friday.

Apr

Bear, Ethan

Bear was called up from AHL Hershey on Saturday.

10/4

2024

Bear, Ethan

Bear was put on waivers by the Washington Capitals on Friday, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

04/30

2024

Bear, Ethan

Bear (personal) has been cleared by the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports Tuesday.

03/27

2024

Bear, Ethan

Bear entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Wednesday, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.

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Contract History

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,125,000$4.13M

cap hit$2,062,500$2.06M

expiry 2025 UFA age 28

Signed On Dec 28 2023

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.47%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$2,062,500$2.06M	$2,062,500$2.06M	UFAage 28
AAV	$2,062,500$2.06M	$2,062,500$2.06M
Base	$1,375,000$1.38M	$2,750,000$2.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,375,000$1.38M	$2,750,000$2.75M
Minors Salary	$1,375,000$1.38M	$2,750,000$2.75M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,200,000$2.20M

cap hit$2,200,000$2.20M

expiry 2023 UFA no QO age 26

Signed On Jul 27 2022

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.67%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$2,200,000$2.20M	UFA no QOage 26
AAV	$2,200,000$2.20M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M
Minors Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Oct 28, 2022

18.18% of contract was retained by the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade to the Vancouver Canucks

Trade Details

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,000,000$4.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

expiry 2022 RFA age 25

Signed On Dec 28 2020

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.45%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Qualifying Offer $2,400,000$2.40M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	RFAage 25
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2016-2020 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,160,000$2.16M

cap hit$720,000$720K

expiry 2020 RFA age 23

Signed On Jul 2 2016

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.99%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$721,667$722K	$720,000$720K	$720,000$720K	$720,000$720K	RFAage 23
AAV	$800,000$800K	$798,333$798K	$798,333$798K	$798,333$798K
Base	-	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	$145,000$145K	$70,000$70K	$20,000$20K
Signing Bonuses	$80,000$80K	$80,000$80K	$80,000$80K	-
Total Salary	-	$730,000$730K	$730,000$730K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
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