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Kevin Lankinen

#32

age30

posG

catchesL

h6'2"

w190lbs

Depth Chart G2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$4,500,000$4.50M

Year 1 of 5

25/26

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 35

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Birthdate Apr 28, 1995

Birthplace Helsinki

Nationality Finland

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UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $6.72M

Regular Season

GP1

GAA4.09

SV%0.882

GSAx -0.39

GSAx60 -0.40

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP164

GAA2.93

SV%0.904

Career Statline Details

2025-2030 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$22,500,000$22.50M

cap hit$4,500,000$4.50M

Kevin Lankinen is signed to a 5 year, $22,500,000 contract with a cap hit of $4,500,000 per season, playing for the Vancouver Canucks. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, making Lankinen an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Feb 21 2025

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Patrik Allvin

% Cap Contract Start 4.71%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	UFAage 35
AAV	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Base	$2,500,000$2.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,500,000$2.50M	-	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

Yr 1 / 2 No Move Clause, Yr 3 - 5 is 15 Team No Trade List

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP1

GAA4.09

SV%0.882

GSAx -0.39

GSAx60 -0.40

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP164

GAA2.93

SV%0.904

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx60	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
2025-26	30	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	1	4.09	0.882	0	-0.39	-0.40
2024-25	29	$875,000 $875K	NHL 4 Nations	Finland	2	4.83	0.811	0
2024-25	29	$875,000 $875K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	51	2.62	0.902	0	0.09	0.00
2023-24	28	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Nashville Predators	24	2.82	0.908	0	4.08	0.21
2022-23	27	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Nashville Predators	19	2.75	0.916	0	8.57	0.48
2021-22	26	$800,000 $800K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	32	3.5	0.891	0	-28.62	-0.95
2020-21	25	$800,000 $800K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	37	3.01	0.909	0	-14.29	-0.39
2019-20	24	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	0		0.000	0
2019-20	24	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	21	3.03	0.909	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	WC	Finland	8	1.5	0.942	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	0		0.000	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	International	Finland (all)	11	1.55	0.943	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	EHT	Finland	2	1.51	0.942	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	ECHL	Indy Fuel	6	3.18	0.893	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	19	2.5	0.910	0
2017-18	22		Mestis	Ketterä	2	1.5	0.954	0
2017-18	22		Liiga	HIFK	15	1.33	0.946	0			Playoffs	13	1.99	0.936	0
2016-17	21		Liiga	HIFK	42	2.14	0.920	0			Playoffs	13	2.5	0.906	0
2016-17	21		Champions HL	HIFK	4	2.65	0.907	0
2015-16	20		Liiga	KooKoo	2	2.34	0.919	0
2015-16	20		Liiga	HIFK	22	2.36	0.906	0			Playoffs	3	3.33	0.891	0
2015-16	20		Champions HL	HIFK	1	2.05	0.929	0
2014-15	19		Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	10	3.29	0.906	0
2014-15	19		Liiga	HIFK	24	2.29	0.911	0			Playoffs	6	1.74	0.933	0
2014-15	19		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	2	6	0.840	0
2014-15	19		International-Jr	Finland U19 (all)	2	0.67	0.975	0
2014-15	19		Champions HL	HIFK	1	1.96	0.750	0
2013-14	18		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	36	2.33	0.917	0			Playoffs	4	2.09	0.931	0
2013-14	18		Liiga	Jokerit	1	7.16	0.666	0
2013-14	18		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	3	1.3	0.955	0
2013-14	18		ET	Jokerit	2	2.65	0.913	0
2012-13	17		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	23	2.92	0.910	0
2012-13	17		U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	6	1.64	0.944	0			Playoffs	10	0.87	0.966	0
2011-12	16		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	2	1	0.950	0
2011-12	16		U18 SM-sarja Q	Jokerit U18	4	2.33	0.912	0
2011-12	16		U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	21	2.51	0.917	0			Playoffs	11	2.14	0.939	0
2011-12	16		International-Jr	Finland U17 (all)	8	3.07	0.904	0
2010-11	15		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	0		0.000	0
2010-11	15		U18 SM-sarja Q	Jokerit U18	1	0	0.100	0
2010-11	15		U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	5	2.37	0.936	0
2010-11	15		U16 SM-sarja Q	Jokerit U16	4	1.5	0.952	0
2010-11	15		U16 SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	10	2.46	0.927	0			Playoffs	3	4.41	0.882	0
2010-11	15		International-Jr	Finland U16 (all)	6	2.82	0.917	0
2009-10	14		U16 SM-sarja Q	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	6	3.67	0.888	0
2009-10	14		U16 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	18	3.38	0.917	0
NHL Totals					164	2.93	0.904
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Feb

Lankinen, Kevin

5yrs

$4,500,000

Cap Hit

09/21

2024

Lankinen, Kevin

1yr

$875,000

Cap Hit

03/3

2023

Lankinen, Kevin

1yr

$2,000,000

Cap Hit

07/14

2022

Lankinen, Kevin

1yr

$1,500,000

Cap Hit

04/2

2020

Lankinen, Kevin

2yrs

$800,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Lankinen, Kevin

Lankinen stopped 30 of 34 shots in Monday's 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues. The fifth goal was an empty-netter with 2:13 left in the game.

Oct

Lankinen, Kevin

Lankinen will be between the home pipes against the St. Louis Blues on Monday, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports.

Oct

Lankinen, Kevin

Lankinen will tend the twine in Wednesday's road preseason game versus the Calgary Flames, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports.

Sep

Lankinen, Kevin

Lankinen is partaking in the starter's drills with the Vancouver goaltending coach, indicating he will patrol the home crease versus Seattle on Friday, Jeff Paterson of CanucksArmy.com reports.

Sep

Lankinen, Kevin

Lankinen (undisclosed) participated in Thursday's practice, per Thomas Drance of The Athletic, which suggests that he's healthy going into training camp.

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Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$875,000$875K

cap hit$875,000$875K

expiry 2025 UFA age 30

Signed On Sep 21 2024

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Patrik Allvin

% Cap Contract Start 0.99%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$875,000$875K	UFAage 30
AAV	$875,000$875K
Base	$875,000$875K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$875,000$875K
Minors Salary	$875,000$875K
Clauses	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

8 team no trade list

2023-2024 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,000,000$2.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

expiry 2024 UFA age 29

Signed On Mar 3 2023

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM David Poile

% Cap Contract Start 2.40%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	UFAage 29
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

expiry 2023 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 14 2022

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM David Poile

% Cap Contract Start 1.82%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	UFAage 28
AAV	$1,500,000$1.50M
Base	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,600,000$1.60M

cap hit$800,000$800K

expiry 2022 UFA age 27

Signed On Apr 2 2020

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Stan Bowman

% Cap Contract Start 0.98%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K	UFAage 27
AAV	$800,000$800K	$800,000$800K
Base	$750,000$750K	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$500,000$500K	$850,000$850K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,850,000$1.85M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2020 RFA age 25

Signed On May 21 2018

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Stan Bowman

% Cap Contract Start 1.16%

Signing Status age 23

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 25
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year