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Jason Zucker

#17

age33

posLW

shotl

h5'11"

w192lbs

Depth Chart LW3

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Extension signed

Cap Hit

$5,000,000$5.00M

Year 1 of 1

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 33

Next Contract

Signed Mar 7, 2025

Next Cap Hit

$4,750,000$4.75M

Term

2 Years

Next Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 35

Profile

Draft Team

Round2

Pick59

Year2010

Agent Eustace King

Birthdate Jan 16, 1992

Birthplace Newport Beach, California

Nationality USA

Stick Bauer Proto R

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $45,915,500

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP70

G21

A31

P52

PPG0.74

PIM57

EV TOI/GM 12.36

G60 0.53

P60 1.86

GF% 54.50

DFF% 48.80

REL DFF% 0.50

CF% 48.60

REL CF% -1.60

Extension

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$9,500,000$9.50M

cap hit$4,750,000$4.75M

expiry 2027 UFA age 35

Jason Zucker is signed to a 2 year, $9,500,000 contract extension with a cap hit of $4,750,000 per season. He currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres. His contract was signed on March 7, 2025 for the 2025-26 season and expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, when Zucker will be 35 years old.

Signed On Mar 7 2025

Signing Agent Eustace King

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 4.97%

Signing Status UFAage 33

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$4,750,000$4.75M	$4,750,000$4.75M	UFAage 35
AAV	$4,750,000$4.75M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Base	$3,750,000$3.75M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	-
Total Salary	$4,750,000$4.75M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Minors Salary	$4,750,000$4.75M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$5,000,000$5.00M

cap hit$5,000,000$5.00M

Signed On Jul 1 2024

Signing Agent Eustace King

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.68%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$5,000,000$5.00M	UFAage 33
AAV	$5,000,000$5.00M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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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	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	70	21	31	52	57	902	54.50	48.80	0.50	48.60	-1.60	0.53	1.86
2023-24	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Nashville Predators	18	5	2	7	23	211	41.20	54.50	-2.90	49.00	-6.70	1.14	1.71	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
2023-24	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	51	9	16	25	58
2022-23	$5,500,000 $5.50M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	27	21	48	47	1,077	48.60	56.30	4.50	55.20	4.30	1.34	2.06
2021-22	$5,500,000 $5.50M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	41	8	9	17	15	537	50.00	56.30	1.60	50.70	-1.30	0.56	1.56	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2020-21	$5,500,000 $5.50M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	38	9	9	18	21	526	42.20	46.10	-5.00	51.50	-0.50	0.91	1.48	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	0
2019-20	$5,500,000 $5.50M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	15	6	6	12	2	221	47.60	50.00	0.90	53.60	3.60	0.81	2.17	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0
2019-20	$5,500,000 $5.50M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	45	14	15	29	19	576	46.60	50.90	-2.40	47.50	-2.70	0.31	0.83
2018-19	$5,500,000 $5.50M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	81	21	21	42	28	1,137	49.37	56.30	2.80	53.01	2.99	0.63	1.37
2017-18	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	82	33	31	64	44	1,114	57.29	60.46	9.97	50.62	3.83	1.08	2.10	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2016-17	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	79	22	25	47	30	1,109	67.68	59.62	6.05	51.09	1.18	1.08	2.38	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
2015-16	$900,250 $900K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	71	13	10	23	20	960	46.97	52.95	2.92	48.58	1.02	0.69	1.13	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	0
2014-15	$900,250 $900K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	51	21	5	26	18	649	42.42	54.42	-2.07	54.34	2.61	1.57	2.03	Playoffs	10	2	1	3	0
2013-14	$771,667 $772K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	21	4	1	5	2	248	57.14	45.24	-3.06	42.78	-4.60	0.73	0.73
2013-14	$771,667 $772K	AHL	Iowa Wild	22	8	5	13	55
2012-13	$771,667 $772K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	20	4	1	5	8	217	62.50	58.88	10.30	46.72	-5.00	1.11	1.38	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0
2012-13	$771,667 $772K	AHL	Houston Aeros	55	24	26	50	43									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2011-12	$771,667 $772K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	6	0	2	2	2	63	33.33	34.40	-17.06	34.66	-9.01	0.00	1.92
2011-12	$771,667 $772K	WJC-20	USA U20	6	3	4	7	2
2011-12	$771,667 $772K	NCAA	Univ. of Denver	38	22	24	46	38
2010-11	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	4	1	0	1	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Denver	40	23	22	45	59
2009-10	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	4	3	7	2
2009-10	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	7	2	0	2	2
2009-10	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	60	29	24	53	47
2009-10	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	22	11	7	18	23
2008-09	$0 $0K	International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	12	8	5	13	4
2008-09	$0 $0K	WHC-17	USA U17	6	4	3	7	4
2008-09	$0 $0K	NAHL	U.S. National U18 Team	36	11	4	15	55
2008-09	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	16	2	6	8	8
2008-09	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	1	5	6	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	48	19	11	30	53
2007-08	$0 $0K	T1EHL 16U	Compuware 16U AAA	30	17	21	38	30
Jason Zucker Stats by Elite Prospects Jason Zucker Advanced Stats by

Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Mar

Zucker, Jason

2yrs

$4,750,000AAV

07/1

2024

Zucker, Jason

1yr

$5,000,000AAV

03/8

2024

Zucker, Jason

2024 Round 6

07/1

2023

Zucker, Jason

1yr

$5,300,000AAV

02/10

2020

Addison, Calen

+2 more...

Zucker, Jason

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Zucker, Jason

Zucker notched an assist in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Apr

Zucker, Jason

Zucker scored a goal on four shots and went plus-2 in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins.

Apr

Zucker, Jason

Zucker scored a power-play goal on two shots in Saturday's 3-2 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Mar

Zucker, Jason

Zucker notched two assists, including one on the power play, in Sunday's 8-5 win over the Washington Capitals.

Mar

Zucker, Jason

Zucker (personal) rejoined the team for Friday's practice session, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports.

All Transactions

Contract History

2023-2024 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$5,300,000$5.30M

cap hit$5,300,000$5.30M

expiry 2024 UFA age 32

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Eustace King

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 6.35%

Signing Status UFAage 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$5,300,000$5.30M	UFAage 32
AAV	$5,300,000$5.30M
Base	$5,300,000$5.30M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$5,300,000$5.30M
Minors Salary	$5,300,000$5.30M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2023 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$27,500,000$27.50M

cap hit$5,500,000$5.50M

expiry 2023 UFA age 31

Signed On Jul 25 2018

Signing Agent Eustace King

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 6.92%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	UFAage 31
AAV	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M
Base	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Clauses		M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

10 Team No Trade List

2016-2018 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,000,000$4.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

expiry 2018 RFA age 26

Signed On Jun 29 2016

Signing Agent Eustace King

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.74%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	RFAage 26
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2016 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,800,500$1.80M

cap hit$900,250$900K

expiry 2016 RFA age 24

Signed On Jul 15 2014

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.30%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$900,250$900K	$900,250$900K	RFAage 24
AAV	$900,250$900K	$900,250$900K
Base	$850,500$851K	$950,000$950K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$850,500$851K	$950,000$950K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$950,000$950K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2011-2014 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,500,000$2.50M

cap hit$833,333$833K

expiry 2014 RFA age 22

Signed On Mar 27 2012

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.20%

Signing Status age 20

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$771,667$772K	$771,667$772K	$771,667$772K	RFAage 22
AAV	$833,333$833K	$833,333$833K	$833,333$833K
Base	$700,000$700K	$715,000$715K	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-	$185,000$185K	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$715,000$715K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year