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Joe Hicketts

#27

age29

posD

shotl

h5'8"

w176lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$775,000$775K

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 31

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Shane Corston

Birthdate May 4, 1996

Birthplace Kamloops, British Columbia

Nationality Canada

UFA Year 2023

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $7,130,000

2024-25 Stats

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,550,000$1.55M

cap hit$775,000$775K

Joe Hicketts is signed to a 2 year, $1,550,000 contract with a cap hit of $775,000 per season, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Hicketts an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Mar 20 2025

Signing Agent Shane Corston

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.81%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	UFAage 31
AAV	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$385,000$385K	$400,000$400K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out	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	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Ontario Reign	59	3	24	27	41
2023-24	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Ontario Reign	30	1	19	20	10									Playoffs	8	1	5	6	0
2022-23	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Iowa Wild	72	6	42	48	69									Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
2021-22	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Iowa Wild	61	12	19	31	35
2020-21	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	32	1	17	18	19
2019-20	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	6	0	2	2	2	93	37.50	52.60	10.80	48.10	-1.10		1.29
2019-20	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	50	2	25	27	18
2018-19	$635,000 $635K	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	64	3	24	27	67									Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2018-19	$635,000 $635K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	11	0	0	0	0	174	15.38	40.31	-4.62	39.42	-8.29	0.00	0.00
2017-18	$635,000 $635K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	5	0	3	3	2	66	85.71	50.98	-1.18	51.43	-0.86	0.00	1.81
2017-18	$635,000 $635K	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	67	3	9	12	32									Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2016-17	$635,000 $635K	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	73	7	27	34	40									Playoffs	19	1	7	8	0
2015-16	$621,667 $622K	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	2	0	2	2	0
2015-16	$621,667 $622K	WJC-20	Canada U20	5	1	2	3	4
2015-16	$621,667 $622K	WHL	Victoria Royals	59	8	53	61	44									Playoffs	6	1	6	7	0
2014-15	$600,000 $600K	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	2	1	1	2	0
2014-15	$600,000 $600K	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	0	3	3	2
2014-15	$600,000 $600K	WHL	Victoria Royals	62	12	52	64	48									Playoffs	10	0	5	5	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	1	3	4	10
2013-14	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	0	2	2	8
2013-14	$0 $0K	WHL	Victoria Royals	36	6	18	24	12									Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Canada Pacific U17	5	1	5	6	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	WHL	Victoria Royals	67	6	18	24	45									Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	YOG	Canada U16	6	0	5	5	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	CSSHL U18	Okanagan HA U18 Prep	12	6	6	12	14									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	WCCC-16	Team British Columbia	0	0	1	1	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	U18 AAA	Okanagan Hockey Academy U18	51	17	37	54	44
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Signings & Trades

Mar

Hicketts, Joe

2yrs

$775,000AAV

05/24

2024

Hicketts, Joe

1yr

$775,000AAV

07/2

2023

Hicketts, Joe

1yr

$775,000AAV

07/28

2021

Hicketts, Joe

2yrs

$750,000AAV

07/17

2019

Hicketts, Joe

2yrs

$700,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

Mar

Hicketts, Joe

Hicketts has agreed to a two-year, two-way contract with the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

09/29

2024

Hicketts, Joe

Hicketts was placed on waivers Sunday for assignment to AHL Ontario, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

05/24

2024

Hicketts, Joe

Hicketts signed a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 at the NHL level with the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.

10/1

2023

Hicketts, Joe

Hicketts was placed on waivers Sunday, per Chris Johnston of TSN.

07/2

2023

Hicketts, Joe

Hicketts signed a one-year, two-way contract with Los Angeles on Sunday.

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Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$775,000$775K

cap hit$775,000$775K

expiry 2025 UFA age 29

Signed On May 24 2024

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.88%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	UFAage 29
AAV	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$315,000$315K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

$350K Guaranteed

2023-2024 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$775,000$775K

cap hit$775,000$775K

expiry 2024 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 2 2023

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.93%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	UFAage 28
AAV	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$275,000$275K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

$300K Guaranteed

2021-2023 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2023 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 28 2021

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	UFAage 27
AAV	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$300,000$300K	$300,000$300K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2019-2021 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,400,000$1.40M

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 25

Signed On Jul 17 2019

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K	UFAage 25
AAV	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$90,000$90K	$115,000$115K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

19-20: $110K Guaranteed, 20-21: $137.5K Guaranteed

2014-2019 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$1,905,000$1.91M

cap hit$635,000$635K

expiry 2019 RFA age 23

Signed On Oct 5 2014

Signing Agent Allain Roy

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.87%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$600,000$600K	$621,667$622K	$635,000$635K	$635,000$635K	$635,000$635K	RFAage 23
AAV	$600,000$600K	$621,667$622K	$635,000$635K	$635,000$635K	$635,000$635K
Base	-	-	$575,000$575K	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$35,000$35K	$35,000$35K	$30,000$30K	-	-
Total Salary	-	-	$605,000$605K	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	-	-	$60,000$60K	$60,000$60K	$65,000$65K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
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