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MacKenzie Blackwood

#39

age28

posG

catchesL

h6'4"

w225lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$5,250,000$5.25M

Year 1 of 5

25/26

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 33

Profile

Draft Team

Round2

Pick42

Year2015

Agent Andy Scott

Birthdate Dec 9, 1996

Birthplace Thunder Bay, Ontario

Nationality Canada

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UFA Year 2024

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $17.16M

- No current season statistics -

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP252

GAA2.96

SV%0.906

Career Statline Details

2025-2030 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$26,250,000$26.25M

cap hit$5,250,000$5.25M

MacKenzie Blackwood is signed to a 5 year, $26,250,000 contract with a cap hit of $5,250,000 per season, playing for the Colorado Avalanche. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, making Blackwood an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Dec 27 2024

Signing Agent Andy Scott

Signed By

Signing GM Chris MacFarland

% Cap Contract Start 5.50%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	UFAage 33
AAV	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Base	$5,250,000$5.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	$1,000,000$1.00M	-	-	-
Total Salary	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Minors Salary	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	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

Year 1-4: 6 Team No Trade Clause, Year 5 4 Team No Trade Clause

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Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx60	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
2024-25	28	$2,350,000 $2.35M	NHL	San Jose Sharks	19	3	0.911	0
2024-25	28	$2,350,000 $2.35M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	37	2.33	0.913	0	13.32	0.25	Playoffs	7	2.71	0.892	0
2023-24	27	$2,350,000 $2.35M	NHL	San Jose Sharks	44	3.45	0.899	0	2.45	0.06
2022-23	26	$2,800,000 $2.80M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	22	3.2	0.893	0	-0.86	-0.05
2022-23	26	$2,800,000 $2.80M	AHL	Utica Comets	2	3.03	0.891	0
2021-22	25	$2,800,000 $2.80M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	25	3.39	0.892	0	-12.74	-0.55
2020-21	24	$2,800,000 $2.80M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	35	3.04	0.902	0
2019-20	23	$697,500 $698K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	47	2.77	0.915	0
2018-19	22	$697,500 $698K	WC	Canada	1	0	1.000	0
2018-19	22	$697,500 $698K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	23	2.61	0.918	0
2018-19	22	$697,500 $698K	AHL	Binghamton Devils	20	2.95	0.902	0
2017-18	21	$697,500 $698K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	0		0.000	0
2017-18	21	$697,500 $698K	ECHL	Adirondack Thunder	5	2.48	0.920	0			Playoffs	5	1	0.964	0
2017-18	21	$697,500 $698K	AHL	Binghamton Devils	32	3.41	0.882	0
2016-17	20	$703,333 $703K	AHL	Albany Devils	36	2.55	0.907	0			Playoffs	4	2.13	0.928	0
2015-16	19	$709,167 $709K	WJC-20	Canada U20	3	3.93	0.859	0
2015-16	19	$709,167 $709K	OHL	Barrie Colts	43	2.72	0.921	0			Playoffs	13	2.71	0.915	0
2015-16	19	$709,167 $709K	Jr Super Series	OHL All-Stars	1	0	1.000	0
2014-15	18		OHL	Barrie Colts	51	3.09	0.906	0			Playoffs	9	2.88	0.922	0
2014-15	18		Jr Super Series	OHL All-Stars	1	1	0.969	0
2013-14	17		OHL	Barrie Colts	45	2.98	0.902	0			Playoffs	10	2.61	0.904	0
2012-13	16		OHL	Barrie Colts	0		0.000	0
2012-13	16		GOJHL	Elmira Sugar Kings	24	3.53	0.907	0
2011-12	15		U16 AAA	Thunder Bay Kings U16 AAA	38	4.11	0.000	0
2011-12	15		OHL Cup	Thunder Bay Kings U16 AAA	3	4.36	0.000	0
NHL Totals					252	2.96	0.906
MacKenzie Blackwood Stats by Elite Prospects MacKenzie Blackwood Advanced Stats by MoneyPuck.com

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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

12/27

2024

Blackwood, MacKenzie

5yrs

$5,250,000

Cap Hit

12/9

2024

Kovalenko, Nikolai

+3 more...

Smith, Givani

+2 more...

07/1

2023

Blackwood, MacKenzie

2yrs

$2,350,000

Cap Hit

06/27

2023

Blackwood, MacKenzie

2023 Round 6

12/23

2020

Blackwood, MacKenzie

3yrs

$2,800,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Blackwood, MacKenzie

Blackwood (lower body) won't travel with the Colorado Avalanche ahead of Tuesday's game in Utah but is getting closer to returning, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports Monday.

Oct

Blackwood, MacKenzie

Blackwood's conditioning loan at AHL Colorado ended Friday.

Oct

Blackwood, MacKenzie

Blackwood was assigned to AHL Colorado on Monday for a conditioning loan.

Oct

Blackwood, MacKenzie

Blackwood (lower body) practiced Friday, but his status for the Colorado Avalanche's two-game road trip next week is yet to be determined, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports.

Oct

Blackwood, MacKenzie

Blackwood (lower body) isn't available for Thursday's home game against the Utah Mammoth.

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Contract History

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,700,000$4.70M

cap hit$2,350,000$2.35M

expiry 2025 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Andy Scott

Signed By

Signing GM Mike Grier

% Cap Contract Start 2.81%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$2,350,000$2.35M	$2,350,000$2.35M	UFAage 28
AAV	$2,350,000$2.35M	$2,350,000$2.35M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Minors Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2020-2023 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$8,400,000$8.40M

cap hit$2,800,000$2.80M

expiry 2023 UFA no QO age 26

Signed On Dec 23 2020

Signing Agent Andy Scott

Signed By

Signing GM Tom Fitzgerald

% Cap Contract Start 3.44%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$2,800,000$2.80M	$2,800,000$2.80M	$2,800,000$2.80M	UFA no QOage 26
AAV	$2,800,000$2.80M	$2,800,000$2.80M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Base	$1,475,000$1.48M	$2,800,000$2.80M	$4,125,000$4.13M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$1,475,000$1.48M	$2,800,000$2.80M	$4,125,000$4.13M
Minors Salary	$1,475,000$1.48M	$2,800,000$2.80M	$4,125,000$4.13M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

Contract signed & negotiated by Todd Reynolds Uptown Hockey. Now represented by Andy Scott Octagon.

2015-2020 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,092,500$2.09M

cap hit$697,500$698K

expiry 2020 RFA age 23

Signed On Dec 30 2015

Signing Agent Todd Reynolds

Signed By

Signing GM Ray Shero

% Cap Contract Start 0.99%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$709,167$709K	$703,333$703K	$697,500$698K	$697,500$698K	$697,500$698K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$919,167$919K	$913,333$913K	$913,333$913K	$913,333$913K
Base	-	-	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	$257,500$258K	$257,500$258K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-	-
Total Salary	-	-	$742,500$743K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	-	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year