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Nick Bjugstad

#17

age32

posC

shotr

h6'6"

w205lbs

Depth Chart C3

Stick JetSpeed FT7 Pro

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,100,000$2.10M

Year 2 of 2

23/24

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 32

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick19

Year2010

Agent Ben Hankinson

Birthdate Jul 17, 1992

Birthplace Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nationality USA

Stick JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2020

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $33,300,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP40

P12

PPG0.3

PIM10

EV TOI/GM 11.62

G60 0.52

P60 1.42

GF% 41.20

DFF% 50.30

REL DFF% -2.20

CF% 48.90

REL CF% -3.50

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,200,000$4.20M

cap hit$2,100,000$2.10M

Nick Bjugstad is signed to a 2 year, $4,200,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,100,000 per season, currently playing for the Utah Hockey Club. His contract was signed on July 1, 2023, and expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Bjugstad will be 32 years old.

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.51%

Signing Status UFAage 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M	UFAage 32
AAV	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Base	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Minors Salary	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

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	$2,100,000 $2.10M	NHL	Utah Hockey Club	40	5	7	12	10	465	41.20	50.30	-2.20	48.90	-3.50	0.52	1.42
2023-24	$2,100,000 $2.10M	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	76	22	23	45	59
2022-23	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	19	4	2	6	8	214	62.50	52.80	-3.90	49.40	-5.00	1.12	1.68	Playoffs	12	3	0	3	0
2022-23	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	59	13	10	23	26
2021-22	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	57	7	6	13	20	565	46.30	50.60	-3.20	48.30	-3.30	0.64	1.17
2020-21	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	44	6	11	17	17	459	59.40	55.20	4.10	46.30	-0.10	0.65	1.83	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	0
2019-20	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	13	1	1	2	8	134	62.50	49.60	-8.90	49.40	-7.30	0.45	1.35
2018-19	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	32	9	5	14	14	442	58.33	57.34	6.74	52.18	2.85	0.95	1.36	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Florida Panthers	32	5	7	12	16	392	55.56	45.58	-4.65	51.49	0.42	0.61	1.38
2017-18	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Florida Panthers	82	19	30	49	41	1,075	54.29	51.19	4.04	52.02	3.60	1.00	2.29
2016-17	$4,100,000 $4.10M	WC	USA	8	1	3	4	4
2016-17	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Florida Panthers	54	7	7	14	22	610	32.56	38.75	-10.75	45.24	-6.44	0.49	0.98
2015-16	$4,100,000 $4.10M	NHL	Florida Panthers	67	15	19	34	41	823	44.62	51.30	3.33	49.80	0.76	0.66	1.24	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	0
2014-15	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Florida Panthers	72	24	19	43	38	924	50.00	51.03	-0.95	49.85	-1.08	0.84	1.75
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Florida Panthers	76	16	22	38	16	992	46.74	49.34	-0.26	48.85	-0.65	0.91	2.00
2012-13	$900,000 $900K	WC	USA	10	0	2	2	0
2012-13	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Florida Panthers	11	1	0	1	2	155	18.18	34.22	-4.43	40.27	-5.26	0.39	0.39
2012-13	$900,000 $900K	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	40	21	15	36	28
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	6	4	2	6	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	40	25	17	42	28
2010-11	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	6	2	2	4	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	29	8	12	20	51
2009-10	$0 $0K	MN State	Blaine High	2	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	5	6	3	9	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	UMHSEHL	Team Twin Cities Orthopedics	23	13	8	21	18
2009-10	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	4	0	0	0	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	USHS-MN	Blaine High	25	29	31	60	24									Playoffs	5	6	3	9	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	4	1	0	1	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	MN State	Blaine High	3	4	0	4	4									Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	USHS-MN	Blaine High	25	26	25	51	20									Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	USHS-MN	Blaine High	24	6	14	20	10									Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0
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Contract History

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$900,000$900K

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2023 UFA age 30

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.09%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	UFAage 30
AAV	$900,000$900K
Base	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$900,000$900K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Mar 2, 2023

50.00% of contract was retained by the Utah Hockey Club in a trade to the Edmonton Oilers

Trade Details

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$900,000$900K

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2022 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 5 2021

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.10%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	UFAage 29
AAV	$900,000$900K
Base	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$900,000$900K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2015-2021 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$24,600,000$24.60M

cap hit$4,100,000$4.10M

expiry 2021 UFA age 28

Signed On Dec 31 2014

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.74%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	UFAage 28
AAV	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,100,000$4.10M
Base	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,350,000$3.35M	$3,850,000$3.85M	$4,300,000$4.30M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,350,000$3.35M	$3,850,000$3.85M	$4,300,000$4.30M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Minors Salary	$2,850,000$2.85M	$3,350,000$3.35M	$3,850,000$3.85M	$4,300,000$4.30M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Clauses						M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Sep 11, 2020

50.00% of contract was retained by the Pittsburgh Penguins in a trade to the Minnesota Wild

Trade Details

2012-2015 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$3,300,000$3.30M

cap hit$1,100,000$1.10M

expiry 2015 RFA age 22

Signed On Apr 3 2013

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.50%

Signing Status age 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,100,000$1.10M	$1,100,000$1.10M	$1,100,000$1.10M
Base	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$200,000$200K	$200,000$200K	$200,000$200K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Nick Bjugstad Updates

Jan 14 2025

Bjugstad scored a goal and added three hits in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

Jan 10 2025

Bjugstad logged an assist, three shots on goal and two hits in Friday's 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Jan 5 2025

Bjugstad notched an assist, five shots on goal and four hits in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars.

Jan 2 2025

Bjugstad produced an assist, two shots on goal, three hits, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames.

Dec 25 2024

Bjugstad's point drought reached nine games in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars.

Nov 29 2024

Bjugstad produced an assist, three shots on goal and two blocked shots in Friday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

Nov 24 2024

Bjugstad scored a power-play goal and added two hits in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Nov 19 2024

Bjugstad scored a goal, took two shots and recorded two hits in Monday's 6-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.

Nov 14 2024

Bjugstad scored two goals while adding three shots, one hit and one blocked shot in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Nov 3 2024

Bjugstad logged two assists in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Oct 26 2024

Bjugstad (upper body) delivered four hits in 12:49 of ice time in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Oct 25 2024

Bjugstad (upper body) will be taken off injured reserve and play Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings, per Brogan Houston of Deseret News Sports.

Oct 18 2024

Head coach Andre Tourigny said Friday that Bjugstad (upper body) has resumed contact drills and is 7-10 days away from returning, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports.

Oct 8 2024

Bjugstad (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Monday, per The Hockey News.

Oct 1 2024

Bjugstad (upper body) is not expected back until the start of November, per Craig Morgan of ALLCITY Network on Tuesday.

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