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Niko Mikkola

#77

age29

posLD

shotl

h6'6"

w205lbs

Depth Chart LD2

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Extension signed

Cap Hit

$2,500,000$2.50M

Year 3 of 3

23/24

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 30

Next Contract

Signed Oct 2, 2025

Next Cap Hit

$5,000,000$5.00M

Term

8 Years

Next Expiry Status

UFA 2034 age 38

Profile

Draft Team

Round5

Pick127

Year2015

Agent Markus Lehto

Birthdate Apr 27, 1996

Birthplace Finland

Nationality Finland

Stick Bauer Nexus Tracer

UFA Year 2023

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $11.95M

Regular Season

GP7

PPG0

PIM4

5x5 TOI/GP 16:01

PP TOI/GP 0:08

PK TOI/GP 1:41

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 20.0

xGF% 50.0

RELxGF% -2.5

CF% 50.0

REL CF% -2.4

Pen Diff 0

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP335

G14

A48

P62

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.19

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.04

Career Statline Details

Extension

2026-2034 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$40,000,000$40.00M

cap hit$5,000,000$5.00M

expiry 2034 UFA age 38

Niko Mikkola is signed to a 8 year, $40,000,000 contract extension with a cap hit of $5,000,000 per season. He plays for the Florida Panthers. His next contract begins for the 2026-27 season and expires at the end of the 2033-34 season, making him an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Oct 2 2025

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 4.81%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32	2032-33	2033-34	2034
Cap Hit	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	UFAage 38
AAV	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,100,000$3.10M	$2,900,000$2.90M	$2,900,000$2.90M	$2,900,000$2.90M
Total Salary	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,200,000$6.20M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$3,900,000$3.90M	$3,900,000$3.90M	$3,900,000$3.90M
Minors Salary	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,200,000$6.20M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,100,000$4.10M	$3,900,000$3.90M	$3,900,000$3.90M	$3,900,000$3.90M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2023-2026 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$7,500,000$7.50M

cap hit$2,500,000$2.50M

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 2.99%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	UFAage 30
AAV	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Base	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$500,000$500K	-	-
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP7

PPG0

PIM4

5x5 TOI/GP 16:01

PP TOI/GP 0:08

PK TOI/GP 1:41

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 20.0

xGF% 50.0

RELxGF% -2.5

CF% 50.0

REL CF% -2.4

Pen Diff 0

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP335

G14

A48

P62

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.19

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.04

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	29	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Florida Panthers	7	0	0	0	4	20.0	50.0	-2.5	50.0	-2.4	0.00	0.00	0	16:01	0:08	1:41
2024-25	28	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL 4 Nations	Finland	3	0	1	1	2
2024-25	28	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Florida Panthers	76	6	16	22	70	50.5	55.0	0.9	55.0	-1.3	0.27	0.94	13	17:35	0:07	1:45	Playoffs	22	3	3	6	0
2024-25	28	$2,500,000 $2.50M	International	Finland (all)	3	0	1	1	2
2023-24	27	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Florida Panthers	82	3	14	17	69	50.5	52.0	-2.5	54.0	-2.3	0.09	0.60	10	16:57	0:03	2:18	Playoffs	24	2	2	4	0
2022-23	26	$1,900,000 $1.90M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	50	0	3	3	35
2022-23	26	$1,900,000 $1.90M	NHL	New York Rangers	31	1	2	3	23	49.5	45.0	-1.5	43.0	-4.7	0.05	0.29	17	15:20	0:02	1:41	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
2021-22	25	$787,500 $788K	NHL	St. Louis Blues	54	3	10	13	55	44.0	46.0	-1.9	44.0	-4.8	0.15	0.81	17	15:05	0:03	1:24	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	0
2020-21	24	$787,500 $788K	NHL	St. Louis Blues	30	1	2	3	11	33.3	44.0	-2.6	43.0	-4.5	0.16	0.48	-3	12:29	0:01	1:44	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2019-20	23	$842,500 $843K	NHL	St. Louis Blues	5	0	1	1	0	80.0	61.0	5.9	63.0	8.2	0.00	0.89	-2	13:27	0:00	0:54
2019-20	23	$842,500 $843K	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	48	2	12	14	24
2018-19	22	$842,500 $843K	WC	Finland	10	2	3	5	0
2018-19	22	$842,500 $843K	International	Finland (all)	13	2	3	5	2
2018-19	22	$842,500 $843K	EHT	Finland	3	0	0	0	2
2018-19	22	$842,500 $843K	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	70	2	7	9	41
2017-18	21		Liiga	Tappara	50	2	9	11	54												Playoffs	16	0	1	1	0
2017-18	21		International	Finland (all)	5	0	0	0	0
2017-18	21		EHT	Finland	5	0	0	0	0
2017-18	21		Champions HL	Tappara	8	0	2	2	0
2016-17	20		Liiga	KalPa	56	4	11	15	89												Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
2016-17	20		International	Finland (all)	6	0	0	0	4
2016-17	20		EHT	Finland	6	0	0	0	4
2016-17	20		Champions HL	KalPa	8	0	2	2	10
2015-16	19		WJC-20	Finland U20	7	0	1	1	6
2015-16	19		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	0	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	8	0	1	1	0
2015-16	19		Liiga	KalPa	55	3	6	9	22												Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
2015-16	19		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	17	0	1	1	18
2015-16	19		Champions HL	KalPa	4	0	0	0	0
2014-15	18		U20 SM-sarja	KalPa U20	37	9	14	23	80
2014-15	18		Mestis	Hokki	5	1	0	1	8												Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
2014-15	18		Liiga	KalPa	10	0	1	1	4
2014-15	18		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	7	0	2	2	6
2013-14	17		U18 SM-sarja	KalPa U18	46	4	13	17	103												Playoffs	8	0	2	2	0
2012-13	16		U18 SM-sarja	KalPa U18	12	0	0	0	6
2012-13	16		U17 SM-sarja Q	KalPa U17	2	0	0	0	4
2012-13	16		U17 SM-sarja	KalPa U17	18	1	5	6	24
2011-12	15		U16 SM-sarja Q	Kärpät U16	8	0	0	0	4
2011-12	15		U16 SM-sarja	Kärpät U16	24	0	1	1	10												Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2010-11	14		U16 SM-sarja Q	Kärpät U16	1	0	0	0	0
NHL Totals					335	14	48	62
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Oct

Mikkola, Niko

8yrs

'34

$5,000,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2023

Mikkola, Niko

3yrs

$2,500,000

Cap Hit

02/9

2023

Skinner, Hunter

+3 more...

Mikkola, Niko Tarasenko, Vladimir

07/17

2022

Mikkola, Niko

1yr

$1,900,000

Cap Hit

01/30

2020

Mikkola, Niko

2yrs

$787,500

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Mikkola, Niko

Mikkola (upper body) will be available for Tuesday's game against the Boston Bruins, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.

Oct

Mikkola, Niko

Mikkola (upper body) won't return to Saturday's game against the Buffalo Sabres.

May

Mikkola, Niko

Mikkola (upper body) is expected to be available for Game 5 against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday, per Eric Engels of Sportsnet.

May

Mikkola, Niko

Mikkola (upper body) will not be an option against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 on Monday, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.

May

Mikkola, Niko

Mikkola (upper body) is expected to be in the lineup for Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday, George Richards of Florida Hockey Now reports.

All Transactions

Contract History

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,900,000$1.90M

cap hit$1,900,000$1.90M

expiry 2023 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 17 2022

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 2.30%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$1,900,000$1.90M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,900,000$1.90M
Base	$1,900,000$1.90M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,900,000$1.90M
Minors Salary	$1,900,000$1.90M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,575,000$1.58M

cap hit$787,500$788K

expiry 2022 RFA age 26

Signed On Jan 30 2020

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 0.97%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Qualifying Offer $826,875$827K

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$787,500$788K	$787,500$788K	RFAage 26
AAV	$787,500$788K	$787,500$788K
Base	$787,500$788K	$787,500$788K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$787,500$788K	$787,500$788K
Minors Salary	$787,500$788K	$787,500$788K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,685,000$1.69M

cap hit$842,500$843K

expiry 2020 RFA age 24

Signed On May 31 2018

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 1.06%

Signing Status age 22

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$842,500$843K	$842,500$843K	RFAage 24
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	$82,500$83K	$82,500$83K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$842,500$843K	$842,500$843K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year