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Mats Zuccarello

#36

age38

posRW,LW

shotl

h5'8"

w181lbs

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$4,125,000$4.13M

Year 2 of 2

24/25

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 38

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Craig Oster

Birthdate Sep 1, 1987

Birthplace Oslo

Nationality Norway

Stick TRUE HZRDUS 9X4

UFA Year 2015

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $60.09M

- No current season statistics -

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP904

G217

A473

P690

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.76

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.24

Career Statline Details

2024-2026 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$8,250,000$8.25M

cap hit$4,125,000$4.13M

Mats Zuccarello is signed to a 2 year, $8,250,000 contract with a cap hit of $4,125,000 per season, playing for the Minnesota Wild. His contract expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, making Zuccarello an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Sep 29 2023

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Guerin

% Cap Contract Start 4.69%

Signing Status UFAage 36

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$4,125,000$4.13M	$4,125,000$4.13M	UFAage 38
AAV	$4,125,000$4.13M	$4,125,000$4.13M
Base	$4,700,000$4.70M	$3,550,000$3.55M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$4,700,000$4.70M	$3,550,000$3.55M
Minors Salary	$4,700,000$4.70M	$3,550,000$3.55M
Clauses	NMC	NMC
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	37	$4,125,000 $4.13M	OGQ	Norway	3	1	4	5	0
2024-25	37	$4,125,000 $4.13M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	69	19	35	54	22	51.7	48.0	0.6	48.0	0.6	0.73	1.73	-14	15:35	3:09	0:01	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
2024-25	37	$4,125,000 $4.13M	International	Norway (all)	5	3	6	9	2
2023-24	36	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Norway	5	0	6	6	2
2023-24	36	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	69	12	51	63	30	53.6	52.0	2.4	50.0	1.1	0.37	1.71	-5	14:14	3:49	0:02
2023-24	36	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Norway (all)	5	0	6	6	2
2022-23	35	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	78	22	45	67	26	49.4	50.0	0.1	52.0	3.9	0.45	1.50	-8	15:24	3:31	0:06	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0
2021-22	34	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Norway	3	1	1	2	4
2021-22	34	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	70	24	55	79	24	59.6	53.0	-1.4	53.0	2.5	0.96	2.51	-6	14:20	2:55	0:04	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0
2021-22	34	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Norway (all)	5	2	3	5	10
2020-21	33	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	42	11	24	35	8	55.3	51.0	-1.4	48.0	2.1	0.72	2.35	-3	13:58	2:16	0:00	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	0
2019-20	32	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	65	15	22	37	18	51.3	51.0	-4.0	47.0	-4.1	0.84	2.04	-11	13:07	2:19	0:02	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2018-19	31	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	Dallas Stars	2	1	2	3	0	50.8	52.0	3.6	49.0	3.7	0.77	1.98	-4	14:32	2:47	1:28	Playoffs	13	4	7	11	0
2018-19	31	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	46	11	26	37	24
2017-18	30	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	80	16	37	53	36
2016-17	29	$4,500,000 $4.50M	WCup	Team Europe	6	1	3	4	4
2016-17	29	$4,500,000 $4.50M	OGQ	Norway	3	2	3	5	0
2016-17	29	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	80	15	44	59	26												Playoffs	12	4	3	7	0
2016-17	29	$4,500,000 $4.50M	International	Norway (all)	7	5	7	12	8
2015-16	28	$4,500,000 $4.50M	WC	Norway	7	1	2	3	4
2015-16	28	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	81	26	35	61	34												Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0
2015-16	28	$4,500,000 $4.50M	International	Norway (all)	7	1	2	3	4
2014-15	27	$3,500,000 $3.50M	NHL	New York Rangers	78	15	34	49	45												Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2013-14	26	$1,150,000 $1.15M	OG	Norway	3	0	0	0	2
2013-14	26	$1,150,000 $1.15M	NHL	New York Rangers	77	19	40	59	32												Playoffs	25	5	8	13	0
2013-14	26	$1,150,000 $1.15M	International	Norway (all)	3	0	0	0	2
2012-13	25	$700,000 $700K	NHL	New York Rangers	15	3	5	8	8												Playoffs	12	1	6	7	0
2012-13	25	$700,000 $700K	KHL	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	44	11	17	28	30												Playoffs	7	2	2	4	0
2012-13	25	$700,000 $700K	International	Norway (all)	4	4	2	6	10
2011-12	24	$900,000 $900K	NHL	New York Rangers	10	2	1	3	6
2011-12	24	$900,000 $900K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	37	12	24	36	22
2010-11	23	$900,000 $900K	NHL	New York Rangers	42	6	17	23	4												Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2010-11	23	$900,000 $900K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	36	13	16	29	16												Playoffs	2	1	1	2	0
2009-10	22		WC	Norway	6	3	1	4	6
2009-10	22		SHL	MoDo Hockey	55	23	41	64	62
2009-10	22		OG	Norway	4	1	2	3	2
2009-10	22		International	Norway (all)	21	5	8	13	26
2008-09	21		WC	Norway	6	3	0	3	8
2008-09	21		SHL	MoDo Hockey	35	12	28	40	38
2008-09	21		OGQ	Norway	3	0	0	0	0
2008-09	21		International	Norway (all)	19	10	4	14	18
2007-08	20		WC	Norway	7	1	0	1	2
2007-08	20		Norway	Frisk Asker	34	24	40	64	48												Playoffs	15	12	15	27	0
2007-08	20		International	Norway (all)	15	6	6	12	2
2006-07	19		WJC-20 D1	Norway U20	5	2	5	7	2
2006-07	19		Norway U19	Frisk Asker U19	0	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	1	3	4	7	0
2006-07	19		Norway	Frisk Asker	43	34	25	59	36												Playoffs	7	4	4	8	0
2005-06	18		WJC-20	Norway U20	6	0	2	2	4
2005-06	18		Norway U19	Frisk Asker U19	2	7	0	7	0												Playoffs	2	2	3	5	0
2005-06	18		Norway	Frisk Asker	21	5	3	8	12												Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2004-05	17		WJC-18 D1	Norway U18	5	2	3	5	6
2004-05	17		Norway U19	Frisk Asker U19	27	19	17	36	16												Playoffs	5	3	3	6	0
2004-05	17		Norway U18	Frisk Asker/Holmen U16	12	11	18	29	50
2004-05	17		Norway	Frisk Asker	1	0	0	0	0
2003-04	16		WJC-18	Norway U18	6	0	2	2	8
2003-04	16		Norway U19	Frisk Asker U19	20	7	14	21	14												Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0
2003-04	16		Norway U18	Frisk Asker/Holmen U16	24	23	14	37	44												Playoffs	2	3	1	4	0
2003-04	16		International-Jr	Norway U18 (all)	1	1	0	1	0
NHL Totals					904	217	473	690
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

09/29

2023

Zuccarello, Mats

2yrs

$4,125,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2019

Zuccarello, Mats

5yrs

$6,000,000

Cap Hit

02/23

2019

Zuccarello, Mats

2019 Round 2 2020 Round 3

03/2

2015

Zuccarello, Mats

4yrs

$4,500,000

Cap Hit

07/22

2014

Zuccarello, Mats

1yr

$3,500,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Zuccarello, Mats

Zuccarello (lower body) was shifted to injured reserve Monday, per PuckPedia.

Sep

Zuccarello, Mats

Zuccarello is slated to miss 7-8 weeks, at minimum, due to his lower-body injury, the Minnesota Wild announced Tuesday.

Sep

Zuccarello, Mats

Head coach John Hynes said Sunday that Zuccarello (back) doesn't yet have a timetable to return, Dylan Loucks of The Hockey News reports.

Sep

Zuccarello, Mats

Zuccarello's previously undisclosed injury is related to his back, and he'll spend the next 4-5 days off the ice in an attempt to calm it down, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports Wednesday.

Sep

Zuccarello, Mats

General manager Bill Guerin said Thursday that "something has come up" with Zuccarello in recent weeks that will likely force him to miss at least the start of the regular season, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

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Contract History

2019-2024 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$30,000,000$30.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

expiry 2024 UFA age 36

Signed On Jul 1 2019

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

Signing GM Paul Fenton

% Cap Contract Start 7.36%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	UFAage 36
AAV	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Base	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	-	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

Yr 4/5 10 Team No Trade List

2015-2019 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$18,000,000$18.00M

cap hit$4,500,000$4.50M

expiry 2019 UFA age 31

Signed On Mar 2 2015

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 6.30%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	UFAage 31
AAV	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Base	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Minors Salary	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Clauses	NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2014-2015 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$3,500,000$3.50M

cap hit$3,500,000$3.50M

expiry 2015 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 22 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 5.07%

Signing Status RFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$3,500,000$3.50M	UFAage 27
AAV	$3,500,000$3.50M
Base	$3,500,000$3.50M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M
Minors Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2013-2014 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,150,000$1.15M

cap hit$1,150,000$1.15M

expiry 2014 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 30 2013

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 1.79%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$1,150,000$1.15M	RFAage 26
AAV	$1,150,000$1.15M
Base	$1,150,000$1.15M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,150,000$1.15M
Minors Salary	$1,150,000$1.15M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2012-2013 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2013 RFA age 25

Signed On Mar 29 2013

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 1.17%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	RFAage 25
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2010-2012 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$3,500,000$3.50M

cap hit$1,750,000$1.75M

expiry 2012 RFA age 24

Signed On May 26 2010

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 1.52%

Signing Status age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2010-11	2011-12	2012
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	RFAage 24
AAV	$1,750,000$1.75M	$1,750,000$1.75M
Base	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year