Overview Current Contract Stats Updates Contract History

Matt Nieto

#83

age32

posLW,RW

shotl

h5'11"

w201lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$900,000$900K

Term

2 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 32

Matt Nieto is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 2 years, $1,800,000 with a cap hit of $900,000 per season with the Pittsburgh Penguins. It expired at the end of the 2024-25 season.

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Draft Team

Round2

Pick47

Year2011

Agent Darren Ferris

Birthdate Nov 5, 1992

Birthplace Long Beach, California

Nationality USA

Stick Bauer Vapor HyperLite 2

UFA Year 2020

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $12,162,500

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP32

PPG0.09

PIM4

EV TOI/GM 10.07

G60 0.19

P60 0.37

GF% 29.40

DFF% 42.30

REL DFF% -11.50

CF% 45.30

REL CF% -6.70

Career Stats By Contract

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	$900,000 $900K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	15	3	4	7	8
2024-25	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	32	1	2	3	4	322	29.40	42.30	-11.50	45.30	-6.70	0.19	0.37
2023-24	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	22	1	3	4	4	199	66.70	41.40	-13.50	42.40	-12.30	0.30	1.21
2022-23	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	36	4	5	9	8	343	63.60	55.40	3.80	49.70	-2.80	1.40	2.45	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2022-23	$850,000 $850K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	45	8	7	15	8	554	37.50	47.00	-4.80	48.00	-1.10	0.87	1.52
2021-22	$850,000 $850K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	70	6	11	17	19	858	36.80	47.20	0.30	44.10	-1.40	0.42	1.19
2020-21	$700,000 $700K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	28	5	2	7	4	303	42.90	46.50	-2.80	44.40	-4.30	0.79	1.19
2019-20	$1,975,000 $1.98M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	70	8	13	21	6	751	56.40	50.60	-0.70	52.50	1.10	0.48	1.36	Playoffs	14	1	2	3	0
2018-19	$1,975,000 $1.98M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	64	4	19	23	8	695	45.00	55.77	8.77	51.52	2.13	0.17	1.47	Playoffs	12	4	3	7	0
2017-18	$1,000,000 $1.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	74	15	11	26	14	898	50.77	44.29	-3.14	46.42	-2.20	0.67	1.27	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	0
2016-17	$735,000 $735K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	43	7	4	11	4	565	33.33	47.75	1.56	49.83	2.37	0.64	0.85
2016-17	$735,000 $735K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	16	0	2	2	4	171	36.36	47.26	-7.06	51.99	-0.15	0.00	0.70
2015-16	$759,167 $759K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	67	8	9	17	10	783	40.43	46.54	-10.07	51.25	-0.42	0.38	1.00	Playoffs	16	1	2	3	0
2014-15	$759,167 $759K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	72	10	17	27	20	920	40.74	48.98	-1.97	52.82	1.25	0.39	1.24
2013-14	$759,167 $759K	AHL	Worcester Sharks	2	2	3	5	0
2013-14	$759,167 $759K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	66	10	14	24	16	809	46.30	55.41	-2.14	52.86	-2.62	0.67	1.34	Playoffs	7	2	3	5	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	AHL	Worcester Sharks	11	2	4	6	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	NCAA	Boston Univ.	39	18	19	37	24
2011-12	$0 $0K	NCAA	Boston Univ.	37	16	26	42	26
2010-11	$0 $0K	NCAA	Boston Univ.	39	10	13	23	16
2009-10	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	3	1	0	1	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	1	3	4	4
2009-10	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	54	28	26	54	31
2009-10	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	24	15	14	29	19
2008-09	$0 $0K	WHC-17	USA U17	6	3	3	6	6
2008-09	$0 $0K	International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	12	6	7	13	8
2008-09	$0 $0K	NAHL	U.S. National U18 Team	38	11	24	35	14
2008-09	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	13	6	8	14	14
2008-09	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	4	0	4	12
2008-09	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	13	9	9	18	8
2007-08	$0 $0K	USHS-Prep	Salisbury School	23	8	10	18	0
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/1

2023

Nieto, Matt

2yrs

$900,000AAV

01/25

2023

MacDonald, Jacob Kaut, Martin

Merkley, Ryan Nieto, Matt

06/21

2021

Nieto, Matt

2yrs

$850,000AAV

10/13

2020

Nieto, Matt

1yr

$700,000AAV

07/6

2018

Nieto, Matt

2yrs

$1,975,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Nieto, Matt

Nieto has been ruled out for the remainder of the season for an undisclosed reason, Josh Yohe of The Athletic reports Thursday.

Apr

Nieto, Matt

Nieto was promoted from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Tuesday under emergency conditions.

Mar

Nieto, Matt

Nieto was reassigned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday.

Mar

Nieto, Matt

Nieto was recalled from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday, per Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports.

Mar

Nieto, Matt

Nieto was loaned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

All Transactions

Contract History

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,800,000$1.80M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2025 UFA age 32

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.08%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	UFAage 32
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2021-2023 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,700,000$1.70M

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2023 UFA age 30

Signed On Jun 21 2021

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.04%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	UFAage 30
AAV	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 28

Signed On Oct 13 2020

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	UFAage 28
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	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

Minors Salary Unconfirmed

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,950,000$3.95M

cap hit$1,975,000$1.98M

expiry 2020 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 6 2018

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.48%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Base	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Minors Salary	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,000,000$1.00M

cap hit$1,000,000$1.00M

expiry 2018 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 25 2017

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.33%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$1,000,000$1.00M	RFAage 25
AAV	$1,000,000$1.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2016-2017 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$735,000$735K

cap hit$735,000$735K

expiry 2017 RFA age 24

Signed On Jul 15 2016

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.01%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$735,000$735K	RFAage 24
AAV	$735,000$735K
Base	$735,000$735K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$735,000$735K
Minors Salary	$735,000$735K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2013-2016 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2016 RFA age 23

Signed On Apr 1 2013

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.18%

Signing Status age 20

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$759,167$759K	$759,167$759K	$759,167$759K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$600,000$600K	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$232,500$233K	$132,500$133K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$692,500$693K	$792,500$793K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year