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Jesperi Kotkaniemi

#82

age24

posC,LW

shotl

h6'2"

w201lbs

Depth Chart C2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$4,820,000$4.82M

Year 4 of 8

22/23

25/26

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 29

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick3

Year2018

Agent Markus Lehto

Birthdate Jul 6, 2000

Birthplace Pori

Nationality Finland

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UFA Year 2025

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $27,015,035

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP78

G12

A21

P33

PPG0.42

PIM50

EV TOI/GM 12.38

G60 0.69

P60 1.89

GF% 55.80

DFF% 55.50

REL DFF% -0.70

CF% 57.60

REL CF% -2.10

2022-2030 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$38,560,000$38.56M

cap hit$4,820,000$4.82M

Jesperi Kotkaniemi is signed to a 8 year, $38,560,000 contract with a cap hit of $4,820,000 per season, playing for the Carolina Hurricanes. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, making Kotkaniemi an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Mar 21 2022

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.84%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	UFAage 29
AAV	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Minors Salary	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$4,820,000$4.82M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Clauses					M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out				Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

10 Team No Trade List in UFA Years 4 - 8

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	$4,820,000 $4.82M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	78	12	21	33	50	953	55.80	55.50	-0.70	57.60	-2.10	0.69	1.89	Playoffs	14	0	4	4	0
2023-24	$4,820,000 $4.82M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	79	12	15	27	36	906	50.70	57.30	0.20	59.00	-0.80	0.66	1.52	Playoffs	11	0	1	1	0
2022-23	$4,820,000 $4.82M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	18	25	43	50	1,022	58.10	55.20	-3.40	60.30		0.70	1.70	Playoffs	15	3	4	7	0
2021-22	$6,100,035 $6.10M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	66	12	17	29	37	709	52.50	54.60	0.70	58.90	4.00	1.02	2.12	Playoffs	14	0	2	2	0
2020-21	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	56	5	15	20	12	696	52.20	53.10	-0.90	55.30	1.10	0.43	1.38	Playoffs	19	5	3	8	0
2020-21	$925,000 $925K	Liiga	Ässät	10	2	6	8	8
2019-20	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Laval Rocket	13	1	12	13	16
2019-20	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	36	6	2	8	23	398	38.70	47.90	-6.60	53.80		0.75	0.91	Playoffs	10	4	0	4	0
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	79	11	23	34	26	911	54.41	57.89	5.72	57.17	3.98	0.66	1.91
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	4	1	1	2	8
2017-18	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	3	6	9	37
2017-18	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	17	8	11	19	51
2017-18	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	3	2	1	3	2
2017-18	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	4	2	2	4	6
2017-18	$0 $0K	Liiga	Ässät	57	10	19	29	20									Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	1	5	6	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	17	5	10	15	4
2016-17	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Ässät U20	17	9	6	15	18									Playoffs	7	4	1	5	0
2015-16	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U16 (all)	11	6	6	12	28
2015-16	$0 $0K	YOG	Finland U16	6	3	4	7	1
2015-16	$0 $0K	U18 Mestis	Ässät U18	6	5	12	17	0
2015-16	$0 $0K	U18 Mestis Q	Ässät U18	5	5	6	11	2
2015-16	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja Q	Ässät U16	3	4	6	10	0
2015-16	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Ässät U20	23	5	10	15	12
2014-15	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja	Ässät U16	30	21	12	33	30
2014-15	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja Q	Ässät U16	5	1	4	5	4
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

03/21

2022

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

8yrs

'30

$4,820,000AAV

08/28

2021

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

1yr

$6,100,035AAV

07/1

2018

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

3yrs

$925,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

May

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

Kotkaniemi notched a power-play assist, five hits and two PIM in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 3.

Apr

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

Kotkaniemi scored a goal on six shots in Thursday's 7-5 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

Apr

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

Kotkaniemi notched an assist and three hits in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

Apr

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

Kotkaniemi (undisclosed) is expected to be available for Wednesday's road matchup against the Montreal Canadiens, Walt Ruff of the Carolina Hurricanes' official site reports.

Apr

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

Kotkaniemi (undisclosed) will be sidelined "for at least a week," according to head coach Rod Brind'Amour, per Cory Lavalette of the North State Journal on Tuesday.

All Transactions

Contract History

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$6,100,035$6.10M

cap hit$6,100,035$6.10M

expiry 2022 RFA age 21

Signed On Aug 28 2021

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 7.48%

Signing Status RFAage 21

Qualifying Offer $6,100,015$6.10M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$6,100,035$6.10M	RFAage 21
AAV	$6,100,035$6.10M
Base	$6,100,015$6.10M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	$20$0K
Total Salary	$6,100,035$6.10M
Minors Salary	$6,100,035$6.10M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2021 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2021 RFA age 20

Signed On Jul 1 2018

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.16%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 20
AAV	$3,425,000$3.43M	$3,425,000$3.43M	$3,425,000$3.43M
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year