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Neal Pionk

A. Captain

age30

posRD

shotr

h6'0"

w190lbs

Depth Chart RD2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$7,000,000$7.00M

Year 1 of 6

25/26

30/31

Expiry Status

UFA 2031 age 35

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Pete Rutili

Birthdate Jul 29, 1995

Birthplace Omaha, Nebraska

Nationality USA

Stick CCM Ribcor Trigger 8 Pro

UFA Year 2023

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $35.51M

Regular Season

GP9

PPG0.11

PIM8

5x5 TOI/GP 16:12

PP TOI/GP 2:20

PK TOI/GP 3:23

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 60.0

xGF% 40.0

RELxGF% -4.2

CF% 42.0

REL CF% -0.2

Pen Diff 1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP545

G44

A213

P257

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.47

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.08

Career Statline Details

2025-2031 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$42,000,000$42.00M

cap hit$7,000,000$7.00M

Neal Pionk is signed to a 6 year, $42,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $7,000,000 per season, playing for the Winnipeg Jets. His contract expires at the end of the 2030-31 season, making Pionk an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Apr 17 2025

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Kevin Cheveldayoff

% Cap Contract Start 7.33%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031
Cap Hit	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	UFAage 35
AAV	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$4,000,000$4.00M	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

Yr 1 - 3: 15 Team M-NTC Yr 4 - 6: 10 Team M-NTC

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP9

PPG0.11

PIM8

5x5 TOI/GP 16:12

PP TOI/GP 2:20

PK TOI/GP 3:23

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 60.0

xGF% 40.0

RELxGF% -4.2

CF% 42.0

REL CF% -0.2

Pen Diff 1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP545

G44

A213

P257

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.47

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.08

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
2025-26	30	$7,000,000 $7.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	9	0	1	1	8	60.0	40.0	-4.2	42.0	-0.2	0.00	0.00	1	16:12	2:20	3:23
2024-25	29	$5,875,000 $5.88M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	69	10	29	39	44	58.9	51.0	-1.4	51.0	1.7	0.24	1.05	12	18:10	1:20	1:40	Playoffs	13	1	6	7	0
2023-24	28	$5,875,000 $5.88M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	5	28	33	63	52.7	47.0	-6.0	49.0	-2.7	0.17	0.87	12	16:46	1:45	1:30	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2022-23	27	$5,875,000 $5.88M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	10	23	33	44	46.7	48.0	-6.8	49.0	-4.0	0.25	1.00	5	17:34	1:51	1:39	Playoffs	5	0	7	7	0
2021-22	26	$5,875,000 $5.88M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	77	3	31	34	46	50.4	46.0	-6.3	47.0	-4.1	0.05	0.81	3	17:19	2:07	1:00
2020-21	25	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	54	3	29	32	20	54.8	49.0	4.2	50.0	3.8	0.06	0.97	-4	18:25	2:01	0:44	Playoffs	8	0	4	4	0
2019-20	24	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	71	6	39	45	32	47.5	45.0	2.0	51.0	3.9	0.14	0.68	4	18:35	2:47	0:51	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New York Rangers	73	6	20	26	35	40.2	45.0	-3.2	44.0	-3.1	0.10	0.46	-1	16:14	1:27	2:44
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	WC	USA	10	2	1	3	4
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New York Rangers	28	1	13	14	12
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	48	1	16	17	20
2016-17	21		NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	42	7	27	34	25
2015-16	20		NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	40	4	13	17	44
2014-15	19		USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	53	7	41	48	104												Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2014-15	19		JCWC	Sioux City Musketeers	5	1	0	1	2
2013-14	18		WJAC-19	USA U19	4	0	2	2	8
2013-14	18		USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	54	2	21	23	93												Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
2012-13	17		USHS-MN	Hermantown High	25	14	15	29	25												Playoffs	3	2	3	5	0
2012-13	17		USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	12	1	5	6	2
2012-13	17		UMHSEHL	Team The Base	20	1	10	11	32												Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0
2012-13	17		MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	1	2	3	0
2012-13	17		MN State	Hermantown High	3	0	5	5	2
2011-12	16		USHS-MN	Hermantown High	25	7	6	13	12												Playoffs	3	0	3	3	0
2011-12	16		MN State	Hermantown High	3	1	0	1	4
NHL Totals					545	44	213	257
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Apr

Pionk, Neal

6yrs

$7,000,000

Cap Hit

08/11

2021

Pionk, Neal

4yrs

$5,875,000

Cap Hit

07/21

2019

Pionk, Neal

2yrs

$3,000,000

Cap Hit

06/17

2019

Pionk, Neal 2019 Round 1

Trouba, Jacob

05/1

2017

Pionk, Neal

2yrs

$925,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Pionk, Neal

Pionk recorded a power-play assist and three blocked shots in Monday's 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames.

May

Pionk, Neal

Pionk logged two assists (one on the power play), six hits and two blocked shots in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 5.

May

Pionk, Neal

Pionk logged three assists, three shots on net, six hits, four blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 4-3 double-overtime win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 7.

Apr

Pionk, Neal

Pionk logged an assist, three hits, three blocked shots and a plus-4 rating in Wednesday's 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 5.

Apr

Pionk, Neal

Pionk scored a power-play goal on three shots, doled out five hits, added two PIM and went minus-2 in Thursday's 7-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues in Game 3.

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Contract History

2021-2025 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$23,500,000$23.50M

cap hit$5,875,000$5.88M

expiry 2025 UFA age 29

Signed On Aug 11 2021

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Kevin Cheveldayoff

% Cap Contract Start 7.21%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$5,875,000$5.88M	$5,875,000$5.88M	$5,875,000$5.88M	$5,875,000$5.88M	UFAage 29
AAV	$5,875,000$5.88M	$5,875,000$5.88M	$5,875,000$5.88M	$5,875,000$5.88M
Base	$3,500,000$3.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Minors Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Clauses			M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

*Modified Trade Clause – from 1st year player qualifies for free agency - 6 team no trade list.

2019-2021 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$6,000,000$6.00M

cap hit$3,000,000$3.00M

expiry 2021 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 21 2019

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Kevin Cheveldayoff

% Cap Contract Start 3.68%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	RFAage 25
AAV	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Base	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,150,000$3.15M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,150,000$3.15M
Minors Salary	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,150,000$3.15M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2019 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,850,000$1.85M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2019 RFA age 23

Signed On May 1 2017

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 1.23%

Signing Status age 22

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 23
AAV	$1,775,000$1.78M	$1,775,000$1.78M
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
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