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Matt Tennyson

age35

posD

shotr

h6'2"

w205lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$750,000$750K

Term

2 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2023 age 33

Matt Tennyson is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 2 years, $1,500,000 with a cap hit of $750,000 per season. It expired at the end of the 2022-23 season.

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Undrafted

Agent Matt Federico

Birthdate Apr 23, 1990

Birthplace Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nationality USA

UFA Year 2017

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $5.81M

- No current season statistics -

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP173

A25

P29

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.17

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.02

Career Statline Details

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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
2023-24	33		NL	HC Lugano	1	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	9	0	0	0	0
2022-23	32	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Coachella Valley Firebirds	71	0	18	18	66												Playoffs	26	0	3	3	0
2021-22	31	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Nashville Predators	8	0	3	3	4	55.6	46.0	-1.0	40.0	-6.4	0.00	1.82	2	12:23	0:01	0:24
2021-22	31	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	53	3	11	14	44												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2020-21	30	$700,000 $700K	WC	USA	10	2	2	4	4
2020-21	30	$700,000 $700K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	21	1	2	3	2
2020-21	30	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Binghamton Devils	5	0	2	2	4
2019-20	29	$700,000 $700K	NHL	New Jersey Devils	20	0	3	3	6
2019-20	29	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Binghamton Devils	25	1	8	9	20
2018-19	28	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	4	0	0	0	0	28.6	37.0	-15.0	51.0	1.9	0.00	0.00	0	10:12	0:00	0:05
2018-19	28	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Rochester Americans	47	4	17	21	42												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2017-18	27	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	15	0	0	0	8
2017-18	27	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Rochester Americans	50	3	8	11	40												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2016-17	26	$675,000 $675K	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	45	0	6	6	6
2016-17	26	$675,000 $675K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	9	3	4	7	5
2015-16	25	$625,000 $625K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	29	1	3	4	0
2015-16	25	$625,000 $625K	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	5	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2014-15	24	$625,000 $625K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	27	2	6	8	16
2014-15	24	$625,000 $625K	AHL	Worcester Sharks	43	4	11	15	30												Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2013-14	23	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Worcester Sharks	54	7	14	21	33
2012-13	22	$925,000 $925K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	4	0	2	2	2
2012-13	22	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Worcester Sharks	60	5	22	27	44
2011-12	21		NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	41	11	13	24	28
2011-12	21		AHL	Worcester Sharks	7	1	1	2	0
2010-11	20		NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	42	9	12	21	38
2009-10	19		NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	34	2	7	9	30
2008-09	18		USHL	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	57	4	6	10	51												Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2007-08	17		NAHL	Texas Tornado	58	4	10	14	80												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
NHL Totals					173	4	25	29
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/28

2021

Tennyson, Matt

2yrs

$750,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2019

Tennyson, Matt

2yrs

$700,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2017

Tennyson, Matt

2yrs

$650,000

Cap Hit

07/3

2016

Tennyson, Matt

1yr

$675,000

Cap Hit

07/10

2014

Tennyson, Matt

2yrs

$625,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

04/6

2022

Tennyson, Matt

Tennyson was demoted to AHL Milwaukee on Wednesday.

03/19

2022

Tennyson, Matt

Tennyson was promoted from AHL Milwaukee on Saturday.

03/1

2022

Tennyson, Matt

Tennyson was demoted to AHL Milwaukee on Tuesday.

02/25

2022

Tennyson, Matt

Tennyson was promoted from AHL Milwaukee on Friday.

01/29

2022

Tennyson, Matt

Tennyson was reassigned to AHL Milwaukee on Saturday.

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Contract History

2021-2023 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2023 UFA age 33

Signed On Jul 28 2021

Signing Agent Matt Federico

Signed By

Signing GM David Poile

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	UFAage 33
AAV	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$325,000$325K	$325,000$325K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2019-2021 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,400,000$1.40M

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 31

Signed On Jul 1 2019

Signing Agent Matt Federico

Signed By

Signing GM Ray Shero

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K	UFAage 31
AAV	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$350,000$350K	$350,000$350K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

400K Guaranteed

2017-2019 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,300,000$1.30M

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2019 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 1 2017

Signing Agent Matthew Oates

Signed By

Signing GM Jason Botterill

% Cap Contract Start 0.87%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	UFAage 29
AAV	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Base	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$300,000$300K	$650,000$650K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2016-2017 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$675,000$675K

cap hit$675,000$675K

expiry 2017 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 3 2016

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Francis

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$675,000$675K	UFAage 27
AAV	$675,000$675K
Base	$675,000$675K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$675,000$675K
Minors Salary	$275,000$275K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2016 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,250,000$1.25M

cap hit$625,000$625K

expiry 2016 UFA-Group6 age 26

Signed On Jul 10 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Wilson

% Cap Contract Start 0.91%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$625,000$625K	$625,000$625K	UFA-Group6age 26
AAV	$625,000$625K	$625,000$625K
Base	$625,000$625K	$625,000$625K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$625,000$625K	$625,000$625K
Minors Salary	$75,000$75K	$625,000$625K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2012-2014 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$2,350,000$2.35M

cap hit$1,175,000$1.18M

expiry 2014 RFA age 24

Signed On Mar 29 2012

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Wilson

% Cap Contract Start 1.54%

Signing Status age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 24
AAV	$1,175,000$1.18M	$1,175,000$1.18M
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$250,000$250K	$250,000$250K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

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