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Joel Eriksson Ek

A. Captain

#14

age27

posC

shotl

h6'2"

w207lbs

Depth Chart C2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$5,250,000$5.25M

Year 4 of 8

21/22

24/25

28/29

Expiry Status

UFA 2029 age 32

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick20

Year2015

Agent Claude Lemieux

Birthdate Jan 29, 1997

Birthplace Karlstad

Nationality Sweden

Stick JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2024

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $26,657,500

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP30

A11

P18

PPG0.6

PIM8

EV TOI/GM 13.17

G60 0.76

P60 1.67

GF% 65.50

DFF% 56.30

REL DFF% 7.50

CF% 54.50

REL CF% 7.60

2021-2029 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$42,000,000$42.00M

cap hit$5,250,000$5.25M

Joel Eriksson Ek is signed to a 8 year, $42,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $5,250,000 per season, currently playing for the Minnesota Wild. His contract was signed on July 2, 2021, and expires at the end of the 2028-29 season, when Eriksson Ek will be 32 years old.

Signed On Jul 2 2021

Signing Agent Claude Lemieux

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 6.44%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029
Cap Hit	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	UFAage 32
AAV	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Base	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Clauses				NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out					Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

Yrs 4-8: NMC; 10 Team No Trade List

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	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	30	7	11	18	8	395	65.50	56.30	7.50	54.50	7.60	0.76	1.67
2023-24	$5,250,000 $5.25M	International	Sweden (all)	12	7	2	9	10
2023-24	$5,250,000 $5.25M	EHT	Sweden	2	0	0	0	0
2023-24	$5,250,000 $5.25M	WC	Sweden	10	7	2	9	10
2023-24	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	77	30	34	64	60	996	56.70	55.40	6.40	52.00	3.60	0.90	1.99
2022-23	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	78	23	38	61	44	934	58.20	53.30	3.80	50.30	0.40	0.45	2.06	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2021-22	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	77	26	23	49	28	933	57.10	57.70	5.20	52.90	2.30	0.71	1.67	Playoffs	6	3	2	5	0
2020-21	$1,487,500 $1.49M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	56	19	11	30	20	742	62.70	56.90	8.30	49.20	4.20	1.38	1.78	Playoffs	7	2	1	3	0
2019-20	$1,487,500 $1.49M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	62	8	21	29	22	800	56.20	53.90	1.00	48.30	-1.70	0.53	1.95	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2018-19	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Iowa Wild	9	4	5	9	8
2018-19	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	58	7	7	14	20	678	44.64	56.36	1.77	51.31	0.61	0.62	1.24
2017-18	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Iowa Wild	8	3	5	8	8
2017-18	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	75	6	10	16	22	852	48.94	53.67	-0.45	48.74	0.56	0.35	0.92	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	WC	Sweden	10	1	2	3	4
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	International	Sweden (all)	16	2	3	5	8
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	EHT	Sweden	6	1	2	3	4
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	6	3	9	4
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	SHL	Färjestad BK	26	8	8	16	12									Playoffs	7	3	3	6	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	15	3	4	7	4	154	53.85	47.14	-11.74	44.82	-10.98	1.17	2.73	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	Champions HL	Färjestad BK	2	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	7	3	3	6	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	International-Jr	Sweden U20 (all)	13	10	6	16	20
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Iowa Wild	1	1	0	1	0
2015-16	$925,000 $925K	International	Sweden (all)	4	2	0	2	0
2015-16	$925,000 $925K	WJC-20	Sweden U20	6	1	1	2	2
2015-16	$925,000 $925K	Champions HL	Färjestad BK	6	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2015-16	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Sweden U20 (all)	16	5	7	12	8
2015-16	$925,000 $925K	SHL	Färjestad BK	41	9	6	15	18									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Sweden U18	5	5	1	6	2
2014-15	$0 $0K	Champions HL	Färjestad BK	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	SHL	Färjestad BK	34	4	2	6	4									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U18 (all)	19	15	7	22	10
2014-15	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Sweden U18	5	3	1	4	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Färjestad BK J20	25	21	11	32	20									Playoffs	6	5	5	10	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	J18 Nationell	Färjestad BK J18	14	6	9	15	14									Playoffs	5	2	6	8	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Sweden U17	5	1	0	1	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Färjestad BK J20	13	2	2	4	4									Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U17 (all)	11	2	3	5	2
2013-14	$0 $0K	J18 Region	Färjestad BK J18	19	16	9	25	8									Playoffs	5	2	6	8	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	U16 SM	Färjestad BK U16	8	9	7	16	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U16 (all)	3	0	1	1	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	J18 Nationell	Färjestad BK J18	18	0	5	5	6
2012-13	$0 $0K	J18 Region	Färjestad BK J18	8	1	1	2	4
2012-13	$0 $0K	TV-Pucken	Värmland	8	5	3	8	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	U16 SM	Färjestad BK U16	6	1	1	2	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	TV-Pucken	Värmland 2	8	2	2	4	0
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Contract History

2019-2021 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,975,000$2.98M

cap hit$1,487,500$1.49M

expiry 2021 RFA age 24

Signed On Aug 21 2019

Signing Agent Claude Lemieux

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.83%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$1,487,500$1.49M	$1,487,500$1.49M	RFAage 24
AAV	$1,487,500$1.49M	$1,487,500$1.49M
Base	$1,450,000$1.45M	$1,525,000$1.53M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,450,000$1.45M	$1,525,000$1.53M
Minors Salary	$1,450,000$1.45M	$1,525,000$1.53M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2015-2019 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,682,501$2.68M

cap hit$894,167$894K

expiry 2019 RFA age 22

Signed On Jul 13 2015

Signing Agent Claude Lemieux

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.30%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,137,500$1.14M	$1,106,667$1.11M	$1,106,667$1.11M	$1,106,667$1.11M
Base	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	$212,500$213K	$425,000$425K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
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Joel Eriksson Ek Updates

Jan 8 2025

Eriksson Ek scored a goal in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Jan 5 2025

Eriksson Ek scored a power-play goal on five shots and added four PIM in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Dec 31 2024

Eriksson Ek had two assists Tuesday in a 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators.

Dec 29 2024

Eriksson Ek (lower body) was activated from injured reserve Sunday, per the NHL media site.

Dec 28 2024

Eriksson Ek (lower body) could return to action Sunday versus Ottawa, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Dec 27 2024

Eriksson Ek (lower body) continues to practice with the Minnesota Wild but will not be in the lineup in Dallas on Friday, according to Joe Smith of The Athletic.

Dec 20 2024

Head coach John Hynes said Friday that Eriksson Ek (lower body) has been skating with the team and is waiting to see how he responds, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com reports.

Dec 6 2024

Eriksson Ek (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Friday.

Dec 4 2024

Eriksson Ek (undisclosed) is considered week-to-week, the Minnesota Wild announced Wednesday.

Dec 4 2024

Eriksson Ek (undisclosed) has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Anaheim Ducks, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Dec 3 2024

Eriksson Ek (undisclosed) appeared to aggravate an injury when he exited Tuesday's game versus the Vancouver Canucks during overtime, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Nov 29 2024

Eriksson Ek picked up two assists while adding three shots on net, three hits, 15 faceoff wins and a plus-2 rating in Friday's 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Nov 27 2024

Eriksson Ek provided an assist, four shots on goal and two blocked shots in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Nov 24 2024

Eriksson Ek registered an assist and two shots on goal in Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames.

Nov 19 2024

Eriksson Ek (lower body) will be available for Tuesday's road matchup versus the St. Louis Blues, per Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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