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Luke Kunin

#11

age27

posC

shotr

h6'0"

w196lbs

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,750,000$2.75M

Year 1 of 1

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 27

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick15

Year2016

Agent Pete Rutili

Birthdate Dec 4, 1997

Birthplace Chesterfield, Missouri

Nationality USA

Stick CCM JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2025

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $15,625,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP63

G11

P18

PPG0.29

PIM46

EV TOI/GM 12.39

G60 0.77

P60 1.23

GF% 33.80

DFF% 38.30

REL DFF% -7.50

CF% 39.40

REL CF% -8.20

Regular Season

GP12

PPG0

PIM9

EV TOI/GM 10.22

G60 4.89

P60 7.83

GF% 16.70

DFF% 58.80

REL DFF% 4.50

CF% 50.60

REL CF% -5.00

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,750,000$2.75M

cap hit$2,750,000$2.75M

Luke Kunin is signed to a 1 year, $2,750,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,750,000 per season, currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets. His contract was signed on June 28, 2024, and expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Kunin will be 27 years old.

Signed On Jun 28 2024

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 3.13%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$2,750,000$2.75M	UFAage 27
AAV	$2,750,000$2.75M
Base	$2,750,000$2.75M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$2,750,000$2.75M
Minors Salary	$2,750,000$2.75M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

Career Stats By Contract

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP63

G11

P18

PPG0.29

PIM46

EV TOI/GM 12.39

G60 0.77

P60 1.23

GF% 33.80

DFF% 38.30

REL DFF% -7.50

CF% 39.40

REL CF% -8.20

Regular Season

GP12

PPG0

PIM9

EV TOI/GM 10.22

G60 4.89

P60 7.83

GF% 16.70

DFF% 58.80

REL DFF% 4.50

CF% 50.60

REL CF% -5.00

NHL Only

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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	$2,750,000 $2.75M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	0	0	0	9	123	16.70	58.80	4.50	50.60	-5.00	4.89	7.83
2024-25	$2,750,000 $2.75M	NHL	San Jose Sharks	63	11	7	18	46	781	33.80	38.30	-7.50	39.40	-8.20	0.77	1.23
2023-24	$2,750,000 $2.75M	International	Team USA	1	0	0	0	2
2023-24	$2,750,000 $2.75M	WC	USA	8	1	2	3	4
2023-24	$2,750,000 $2.75M	NHL	San Jose Sharks	77	11	7	18	83	968	30.80	37.20	-5.70	40.60	-4.30	0.50	0.68
2022-23	$2,750,000 $2.75M	NHL	San Jose Sharks	31	5	8	13	42	355	38.70	44.50	-7.80	41.70	-9.70	0.51	1.18
2021-22	$2,300,000 $2.30M	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	13	9	22	99	954	41.90	44.80	-7.20	45.70	-5.50	0.75	1.20	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2020-21	$2,300,000 $2.30M	NHL	Nashville Predators	38	10	9	19	13	482	60.00	49.40	-1.80	47.00	-4.40	1.24	2.36	Playoffs	6	2	0	2	0
2019-20	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	63	15	16	31	55	784	49.30	49.00	-5.20	45.30	-5.50	0.92	1.84	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	WC	USA	3	0	0	0	0
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	49	6	11	17	27	623	45.90	52.17	-2.65	47.82	-4.87	0.58	1.54
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Iowa Wild	28	12	8	20	30									Playoffs	11	6	2	8	0
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	19	2	2	4	13	225	30.00	41.63	-11.41	47.57	-0.22	0.27	0.53
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Iowa Wild	36	10	9	19	34
2016-17	$0 $0K	AHL	Iowa Wild	12	5	3	8	16
2016-17	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	7	2	2	4	25
2016-17	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Wisconsin	35	22	16	38	30
2015-16	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Wisconsin	34	19	13	32	34
2014-15	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	6	0	6	2
2014-15	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	61	27	15	42	34
2014-15	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	20	10	4	14	12
2013-14	$0 $0K	WHC-17	USA U17	6	2	4	6	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	32	11	12	23	27
2013-14	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	52	20	19	39	35
2012-13	$0 $0K	T1EHL 16U	St. Louis AAA Blues 16U AAA	34	30	38	68	18
2009-10	$0 $0K	QC Int PW	St. Louis Jr. Blues	5	2	7	9	0
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Mar

Kunin, Luke

2025 Round 4

06/28

2024

Kunin, Luke

1yr

$2,750,000AAV

07/18

2022

Kunin, Luke

2yrs

$2,750,000AAV

07/8

2022

Leonard, John 2023 Round 3

Kunin, Luke

01/6

2021

Kunin, Luke

2yrs

$2,300,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Kunin, Luke

Kunin was scratched for the fifth game in a row in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Washington Capitals.

Mar

Kunin, Luke

Kunin won't play against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday for roster management, Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports.

Jan

Kunin, Luke

Kunin scored a goal on three shots and added three hits in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Nashville Predators.

Jan

Kunin, Luke

Kunin notched an assist, three hits and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

12/23

2024

Kunin, Luke

Kunin scored a goal on three shots and added two PIM in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

All Transactions

Contract History

2022-2024 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$5,500,000$5.50M

cap hit$2,750,000$2.75M

expiry 2024 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 18 2022

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 3.33%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Qualifying Offer $3,000,000$3.00M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M	RFAage 26
AAV	$2,750,000$2.75M	$2,750,000$2.75M
Base	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Minors Salary	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,600,000$4.60M

cap hit$2,300,000$2.30M

expiry 2022 RFA age 24

Signed On Jan 6 2021

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.82%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Qualifying Offer $2,300,000$2.30M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$2,300,000$2.30M	$2,300,000$2.30M	RFAage 24
AAV	$2,300,000$2.30M	$2,300,000$2.30M
Base	$2,300,000$2.30M	$2,300,000$2.30M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,300,000$2.30M	$2,300,000$2.30M
Minors Salary	$2,300,000$2.30M	$2,300,000$2.30M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2020 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$4,275,000$4.28M

cap hit$1,425,000$1.43M

expiry 2020 RFA age 22

Signed On Mar 23 2017

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.23%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,425,000$1.43M	$1,425,000$1.43M	$1,425,000$1.43M
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$400,000$400K	$500,000$500K	$600,000$600K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year