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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

Kari Lehtonen is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 5 years, $29,500,000 with a cap hit of $5,900,000 per season with the Dallas Stars. It expired at the end of the 2017-18 season.

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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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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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