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Kari Lehtonen

#32

age41

posG

catchesL

h6'4"

w209lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$5,900,000$5.90M

Term

5 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2018 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick2

Year2002

Agent Robert Hooper

Birthdate Nov 16, 1983

Birthplace Helsinki

Nationality Finland

UFA Year 2011

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $49,850,000

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx/GP	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
2017-18	$5,900,000 $5.90M	NHL	Dallas Stars	37	2.56	0.912	0	-3.04	-0.08
2016-17	$5,900,000 $5.90M	NHL	Dallas Stars	59	2.85	0.902	0	-3.68	-0.06
2015-16	$5,900,000 $5.90M	NHL	Dallas Stars	43	2.76	0.906	0	-6.04	-0.14	Playoffs	11	2.81	0.899	0
2014-15	$5,900,000 $5.90M	NHL	Dallas Stars	65	2.94	0.903	0	-9.68	-0.15
2013-14	$5,900,000 $5.90M	International	Finland (all)	2	1.51	0.935	0
2013-14	$5,900,000 $5.90M	OG	Finland	2	1.51	0.935	0
2013-14	$5,900,000 $5.90M	NHL	Dallas Stars	65	2.41	0.919	0	21.68	0.33	Playoffs	6	3.3	0.885	0
2012-13	$3,550,000 $3.55M	NHL	Dallas Stars	36	2.66	0.916	0
2011-12	$3,550,000 $3.55M	EHT	Finland	2	0.5	0.983	0
2011-12	$3,550,000 $3.55M	WC	Finland	4	2.85	0.894	0
2011-12	$3,550,000 $3.55M	NHL	Dallas Stars	59	2.33	0.922	0
2010-11	$3,550,000 $3.55M	NHL	Dallas Stars	69	2.55	0.914	0
2009-10	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Dallas Stars	12	2.81	0.911	0
2009-10	$3,000,000 $3.00M	AHL	Chicago Wolves	4	2.67	0.899	0
2008-09	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Atlanta Thrashers	46	3.06	0.911	0
2007-08	$1,850,000 $1.85M	AHL	Chicago Wolves	2	1.93	0.934	0
2007-08	$1,850,000 $1.85M	NHL	Atlanta Thrashers	48	2.9	0.916	0
2006-07	$1,850,000 $1.85M	WC	Finland	6	1.93	0.913	0
2006-07	$1,850,000 $1.85M	NHL	Atlanta Thrashers	68	2.79	0.912	0			Playoffs	2	5.59	0.849	0
2005-06	$0 $0K	NHL	Atlanta Thrashers	38	2.94	0.906	0
2004-05	$0 $0K	WCup	Finland	0		0.000	0
2004-05	$0 $0K	AHL	Chicago Wolves	57	2.27	0.929	0			Playoffs	16	1.71	0.939	0
2003-04	$0 $0K	AHL	Chicago Wolves	39	2.41	0.926	0			Playoffs	10	2.08	0.942	0
2003-04	$0 $0K	NHL	Atlanta Thrashers	4	1.25	0.953	0
2002-03	$0 $0K	WC	Finland	0		0.000	0
2002-03	$0 $0K	EHT	Finland	3	1.13	0.943	0
2002-03	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	2.19	0.923	0
2002-03	$0 $0K	Liiga	Jokerit	45	1.98	0.928	0			Playoffs	10	1.63	0.941	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	International	Finland (all)	1	3	0.875	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	12	1.17	0.943	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	6	1.83	0.944	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	WC	Finland	0		0.000	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	1.17	0.943	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	Liiga	Jokerit	23	1.79	0.941	0			Playoffs	11	1.73	0.940	0
2000-01	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	6	2	0.920	0
2000-01	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	7	2	0.890	0
2000-01	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	32	2.45	0.911	0			Playoffs	1	4.42	0.857	0
2000-01	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Finland U20	1	2	0.920	0
2000-01	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	4	1.76	0.935	0
2000-01	$0 $0K	Liiga	Jokerit	4	1.9	0.937	0
1999-00	$0 $0K	Viking Cup	Finland U18	3	3.1	0.914	0
1999-00	$0 $0K	Liiga	Jokerit	0		0.000	0
1999-00	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	33	2.61	0.904	0			Playoffs	12	1.11	0.952	0
1999-00	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	6	1.76	0.963	0
1998-99	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U16 (all)	4	1.5	0.950	0
1997-98	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U15 (all)	2	3.06	0.770	0
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

09/14

2012

Lehtonen, Kari

5yrs

$5,900,000AAV

05/11

2011

Lehtonen, Kari

3yrs

$3,550,000AAV

07/15

2009

Lehtonen, Kari

1yr

$3,000,000AAV

07/16

2008

Lehtonen, Kari

1yr

$3,000,000AAV

09/7

2006

Lehtonen, Kari

2yrs

$1,850,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

10/14

2013

Lehtonen, Kari

Placed G Kari Lehtonen on IR.

02/16

2013

Lehtonen, Kari

Placed G Kari Lehtonen on IR.

09/14

2012

Lehtonen, Kari

Signed G Kari Lehtonen to a five-year contract extension.

12/28

2011

Lehtonen, Kari

(Kari Lehtonen) Activated from injured reserve.

11/27

2011

Lehtonen, Kari

(Kari Lehtonen) Placed on injured reserve.

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Contract History

2013-2018 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$29,500,000$29.50M

cap hit$5,900,000$5.90M

expiry 2018 UFA age 34

Signed On Sep 14 2012

Signing Agent Robert Hooper

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 9.18%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	UFAage 34
AAV	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M	$5,900,000$5.90M
Base	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses	NTC	NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2010-2013 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$10,650,000$10.65M

cap hit$3,550,000$3.55M

expiry 2013 UFA age 29

Signed On May 11 2011

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.98%

Signing Status RFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013
Cap Hit	$3,550,000$3.55M	$3,550,000$3.55M	$3,550,000$3.55M	UFAage 29
AAV	$3,550,000$3.55M	$3,550,000$3.55M	$3,550,000$3.55M
Base	$2,700,000$2.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$4,250,000$4.25M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$2,700,000$2.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$4,250,000$4.25M
Minors Salary	$2,700,000$2.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$4,250,000$4.25M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2009-2010 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$3,000,000$3.00M

cap hit$3,000,000$3.00M

expiry 2010 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 15 2009

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.28%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2009-10	2010
Cap Hit	$3,000,000$3.00M	RFAage 26
AAV	$3,000,000$3.00M
Base	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2008-2009 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$3,000,000$3.00M

cap hit$3,000,000$3.00M

expiry 2009 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 16 2008

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.29%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2008-09	2009
Cap Hit	$3,000,000$3.00M	RFAage 25
AAV	$3,000,000$3.00M
Base	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2006-2008 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,700,000$3.70M

cap hit$1,850,000$1.85M

expiry 2008 RFA age 24

Signed On Sep 7 2006

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 4.20%

Signing Status age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2006-07	2007-08	2008
Cap Hit	$1,850,000$1.85M	$1,850,000$1.85M	RFAage 24
AAV	$1,850,000$1.85M	$1,850,000$1.85M
Base	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

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