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Ethan Bear

#25

age27

posD

shotr

h5'11"

w196lbs

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,062,500$2.06M

Year 2 of 2

23/24

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 28

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

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,125,000$4.13M

cap hit$2,062,500$2.06M

Ethan Bear is signed to a 2 year, $4,125,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,062,500 per season, currently playing for the Washington Capitals. His contract was signed on December 28, 2023, and expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Bear will be 28 years old.

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
Buy Out

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	61	10	36	46	30
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

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
Slide Year

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