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Matt Kiersted

#48

age27

posD

shotl

h6'0"

w181lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$775,000$775K

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 29

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Neil Sheehy

Birthdate Apr 14, 1998

Birthplace Elk River, Minnesota

Nationality USA

UFA Year 2025

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $1.39M

Iowa Wild

(AHL)

GP14

PPG0.07

PIM14

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP39

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.18

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.05

Career Statline Details

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,550,000$1.55M

cap hit$775,000$775K

Matt Kiersted is signed to a 2 year, $1,550,000 contract with a cap hit of $775,000 per season, playing for the Minnesota Wild. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Kiersted an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 2 2025

Signing Agent Neil Sheehy

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Guerin

% Cap Contract Start 0.81%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	UFAage 29
AAV	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$450,000$450K	$450,000$450K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Iowa Wild

(AHL)

GP14

PPG0.07

PIM14

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP39

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.18

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.05

Career Statline Details

NHL Only

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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
2025-26	27	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Iowa Wild	14	0	1	1	14
2024-25	26	$775,000 $775K	NHL	Florida Panthers	2	0	1	1	2	100.0	53.0	13.9	50.0	3.8	0.00	2.60	0	11:31	0:00	0:51
2024-25	26	$775,000 $775K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	64	1	28	29	40												Playoffs	13	0	8	8	0
2023-24	25	$762,500 $763K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	57	4	11	15	53												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2022-23	24	$762,500 $763K	NHL	Florida Panthers	20	1	3	4	6	62.5	62.0	8.7	57.0	2.4	0.32	1.29	1	9:20	0:00	0:23
2022-23	24	$762,500 $763K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	49	6	15	21	44												Playoffs	7	0	3	3	0
2021-22	23	$858,750 $859K	NHL	Florida Panthers	10	1	1	2	2	25.0	45.0	-10.6	49.0	-5.8	0.45	0.91	0	13:14	0:01	0:45
2021-22	23	$858,750 $859K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	63	5	15	20	64												Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
2020-21	22	$858,750 $859K	NHL	Florida Panthers	7	0	0	0	2	20.0	37.0	-25.6	43.0	-16.1	0.00	0.00	0	13:43	0:32	0:26
2020-21	22	$858,750 $859K	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	29	3	19	22	28
2019-20	21		NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	33	6	23	29	50
2018-19	20		NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	36	7	11	18	35
2017-18	19		NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	29	4	4	8	10
2016-17	18		WJAC-19	USA U19	5	0	3	3	2
2016-17	18		USHL	Chicago Steel	23	2	12	14	24
2015-16	17		USHL	Chicago Steel	57	4	19	23	44
2015-16	17		USA-S17	Team Grey	5	1	3	4	6
2015-16	17		MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	2	1	3	0
2015-16	17		JCWC	Chicago Steel	5	0	2	2	16
2014-15	16		USHS-MN	Elk River/Zimmerman High	25	8	28	36	31												Playoffs	3	1	4	5	0
2014-15	16		USHL	Chicago Steel	11	0	1	1	6
2014-15	16		USA-S16	Team Grey	6	1	2	3	0
2014-15	16		UMHSEHL	Team Twin Cities Orthopedics	18	3	12	15	14
2014-15	16		NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	3	0	1	1	0
2014-15	16		MNHP-16	B16 - Blue (Final 54)	3	0	1	1	0
2013-14	15		USHS-MN	Elk River/Zimmerman High	24	6	15	21	22												Playoffs	3	0	4	4	0
2013-14	15		USA-S15	Team Red	5	2	0	2	0
2013-14	15		UMHSEHL	Team MPLS Magazine	2	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
NHL Totals					39	2	5	7
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jul

Kiersted, Matt

2yrs

$775,000

Cap Hit

06/28

2024

Kiersted, Matt

1yr

$775,000

Cap Hit

06/27

2022

Kiersted, Matt

2yrs

$762,500

Cap Hit

04/1

2021

Kiersted, Matt

2yrs

$858,750

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Kiersted, Matt

Kiersted was recalled from AHL Iowa on Friday.

Sep

Kiersted, Matt

Cleared

Sep

Kiersted, Matt

Kiersted was moved to waivers Monday to be assigned to AHL Iowa.

Apr

Kiersted, Matt

Kiersted was reassigned to AHL Charlotte on Wednesday, per George Richards of Florida Hockey Now.

Apr

Kiersted, Matt

Kiersted notched an assist and two PIM in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

All Transactions

Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$775,000$775K

cap hit$775,000$775K

expiry 2025 UFA age 27

Signed On Jun 28 2024

Signing Agent Neil Sheehy

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 0.88%

Signing Status UFA-Group6age 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$775,000$775K	UFAage 27
AAV	$775,000$775K
Base	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$300,000$300K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

$350K Guaranteed

2022-2024 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,525,000$1.53M

cap hit$762,500$763K

expiry 2024 UFA-Group6 age 26

Signed On Jun 27 2022

Signing Agent Neil Sheehy

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Qualifying Offer $813,750$814K

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$762,500$763K	$762,500$763K	UFA-Group6age 26
AAV	$762,500$763K	$762,500$763K
Base	$750,000$750K	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$775,000$775K
Minors Salary	$250,000$250K	$775,000$775K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2020-2022 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,717,500$1.72M

cap hit$858,750$859K

expiry 2022 RFA age 24

Signed On Apr 1 2021

Signing Agent Neil Sheehy

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 1.05%

Signing Status age 23

Qualifying Offer $874,125$874K

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$858,750$859K	$858,750$859K	RFAage 24
AAV	$1,350,000$1.35M	$1,350,000$1.35M
Base	$700,000$700K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$132,500$133K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$792,500$793K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$80,000$80K	$80,000$80K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

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