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Jon Merrill

age33

posD

shotl

h6'3"

w205lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$1,200,000$1.20M

Term

3 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 33

Jon Merrill is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 3 years, $3,600,000 with a cap hit of $1,200,000 per season. It expired at the end of the 2024-25 season.

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Draft Team

Round2

Pick38

Year2010

Agent Shawn Hunwick

Birthdate Feb 3, 1992

Birthplace Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Nationality USA

Stick Warrior Novium Pro

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $12.92M

- No current season statistics -

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP682

G24

A91

P115

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.17

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.04

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	32	$1,200,000 $1.20M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	70	2	4	6	20	45.3	45.0	-4.8	45.0	-3.6	0.13	0.39	6	13:03	0:01	0:49	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2023-24	31	$1,200,000 $1.20M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	65	4	7	11	30	47.5	47.0	-5.2	50.0	0.0	0.30	0.83	10	12:15	0:02	0:20
2022-23	30	$1,200,000 $1.20M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	73	2	10	12	38	47.4	47.0	-4.2	46.0	-3.8	0.12	0.65	12	13:52	0:05	0:59	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2021-22	29	$850,000 $850K	WC	USA	1	0	0	0	0
2021-22	29	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	69	4	16	20	22	57.0	51.0	-2.7	49.0	-3.9	0.23	1.12	8	14:49	0:03	1:55	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0
2020-21	28	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	13	0	0	0	4	40.7	47.0	0.2	47.0	-2.2	0.00	0.38	4	16:11	0:23	1:09	Playoffs	13	0	0	0	0
2020-21	28	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	36	0	5	5	12
2019-20	27	$1,375,000 $1.38M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	49	2	5	7	32	52.5	56.0	-0.3	53.0	-1.8	0.15	0.45	13	16:10	0:12	1:19	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0
2018-19	26	$1,375,000 $1.38M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	57	3	12	15	53	56.2	58.0	2.6	59.0	4.6	0.13	0.92	15	16:00	0:08	1:10	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2017-18	25	$1,137,500 $1.14M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	34	1	2	3	22												Playoffs	8	0	0	0	0
2016-17	24	$1,137,500 $1.14M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	51	1	5	6	24
2015-16	23	$840,000 $840K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	47	1	4	5	28
2014-15	22	$840,000 $840K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	66	2	12	14	24
2013-14	21	$840,000 $840K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	52	2	9	11	12
2013-14	21	$840,000 $840K	AHL	Albany Devils	15	2	8	10	0												Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0
2012-13	20		NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	21	2	9	11	14
2012-13	20		AHL	Albany Devils	12	1	7	8	4
2011-12	19		WJC-20	USA U20	6	0	4	4	6
2011-12	19		NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	19	2	9	11	15
2010-11	18		WJC-20	USA U20	6	1	4	5	0
2010-11	18		NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	42	7	18	25	16
2009-10	17		WJC-18	USA U18	7	0	1	1	2
2009-10	17		USHL	USNTDP Juniors	22	1	8	9	12
2009-10	17		NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	56	5	27	32	18
2009-10	17		NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	2	0	1	1	2
2008-09	16		WJC-18	USA U18	7	0	2	2	4
2008-09	16		NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	19	1	4	5	6
2008-09	16		NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	24	2	1	3	18
2008-09	16		NAHL	USNTDP Juniors	26	2	2	4	14
2008-09	16		International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	6	0	0	0	6
2007-08	15		T1EHL 18U	Little Caesars 18U AAA	25	2	9	11	26
2006-07	14		T1EHL 16U	Little Caesars 16U AAA	25	3	14	17	30
2005-06	13		T1EHL 14U	Little Caesars 14U AAA	25	3	30	33	24
NHL Totals					682	24	91	115
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Signings & Trades

01/11

2022

Merrill, Jon

3yrs

$1,200,000

Cap Hit

07/29

2021

Merrill, Jon

1yr

$850,000

Cap Hit

04/11

2021

Merrill, Jon

Verbeek, Hayden 2021 Round 5

10/9

2020

Merrill, Jon

1yr

$925,000

Cap Hit

01/16

2018

Merrill, Jon

2yrs

$1,375,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Mar

Merrill, Jon

Merrill netted a goal and blocked three shots in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

Mar

Merrill, Jon

Merrill played in his sixth straight game in Tuesday's 2-1 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Feb

Merrill, Jon

Merrill's point drought reached 14 games in Saturday's 6-3 win over the New York Islanders.

Jan

Merrill, Jon

Merrill scored a goal and added two PIM in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Blues.

12/14

2024

Merrill, Jon

Merrill recorded an assist and two PIM in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

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Contract History

2022-2025 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$3,600,000$3.60M

cap hit$1,200,000$1.20M

expiry 2025 UFA age 33

Signed On Jan 11 2022

Signing Agent Shawn Hunwick

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Guerin

% Cap Contract Start 1.45%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	UFAage 33
AAV	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M
Base	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M
Minors Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$850,000$850K

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2022 UFA age 30

Signed On Jul 29 2021

Signing Agent Shawn Hunwick

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Guerin

% Cap Contract Start 1.04%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	UFAage 30
AAV	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$925,000$925K

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2021 UFA age 29

Signed On Oct 9 2020

Signing Agent Alexander Schall

Signed By

Signing GM Steve Yzerman

% Cap Contract Start 1.13%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	UFAage 29
AAV	$925,000$925K
Base	$925,000$925K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$925,000$925K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,750,000$2.75M

cap hit$1,375,000$1.38M

expiry 2020 UFA age 28

Signed On Jan 16 2018

Signing Agent Alexander Schall

Signed By

Signing GM George McPhee

% Cap Contract Start 1.73%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$1,375,000$1.38M	$1,375,000$1.38M	UFAage 28
AAV	$1,375,000$1.38M	$1,375,000$1.38M
Base	$1,275,000$1.28M	$1,475,000$1.48M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,275,000$1.28M	$1,475,000$1.48M
Minors Salary	$1,275,000$1.28M	$1,475,000$1.48M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2016-2018 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,275,000$2.28M

cap hit$1,137,500$1.14M

expiry 2018 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 1 2016

Signing Agent Alexander Schall

Signed By

Signing GM Ray Shero

% Cap Contract Start 1.56%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$1,137,500$1.14M	$1,137,500$1.14M	RFAage 26
AAV	$1,137,500$1.14M	$1,137,500$1.14M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,275,000$1.28M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,275,000$1.28M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,275,000$1.28M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2013-2016 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,700,000$2.70M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2016 UFA no QO age 24

Signed On Apr 30 2013

Signed By

Signing GM Lou Lamoriello

% Cap Contract Start 1.31%

Signing Status age 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$840,000$840K	$840,000$840K	$840,000$840K	UFA no QOage 24
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	$60,000$60K	$60,000$60K	$60,000$60K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$840,000$840K	$840,000$840K	$840,000$840K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year