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Nikolaj Ehlers

#27

age29

posLW

shotl

h6'0"

w172lbs

Depth Chart LW1

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$8,500,000$8.50M

Year 1 of 6

25/26

30/31

Expiry Status

UFA 2031 age 35

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick9

Year2014

Agent Andre Rufener

Birthdate Feb 14, 1996

Birthplace Aalborg

Nationality Denmark

Stick Bauer Twitch

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $44.68M

Regular Season

GP69

G24

A39

P63

PPG0.91

PIM17

EV TOI/GM 12.38

G60 0.98

P60 2.11

GF% 65.50

DFF% 55.50

REL DFF% 3.90

CF% 53.00

REL CF% 3.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP674

G225

A295

P520

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.77

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.33

Career Statline Details

2025-2031 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$51,000,000$51.00M

cap hit$8,500,000$8.50M

Nikolaj Ehlers is signed to a 6 year, $51,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $8,500,000 per season, playing for the Carolina Hurricanes. His contract expires at the end of the 2030-31 season, making Ehlers an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 3 2025

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

Signing GM Eric Tulsky

% Cap Contract Start 8.90%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031
Cap Hit	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	UFAage 35
AAV	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M
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
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,250,000$6.25M
Total Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$7,750,000$7.75M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,250,000$7.25M
Minors Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$7,750,000$7.75M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,250,000$7.25M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NTC	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	Buy Out

Notes

NMC Yrs 1-2; NTC Yrs 3-4; 10 team no trade Yrs 5-6

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP69

G24

A39

P63

PPG0.91

PIM17

EV TOI/GM 12.38

G60 0.98

P60 2.11

GF% 65.50

DFF% 55.50

REL DFF% 3.90

CF% 53.00

REL CF% 3.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP674

G225

A295

P520

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.77

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.33

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	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	28	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	4	3	0	3	2
2024-25	28	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Denmark	3	1	3	4	2
2024-25	28	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	69	24	39	63	17	854	65.50	55.50	3.90	53.00	3.70	0.98	2.11	Playoffs	8	5	2	7	0
2024-25	28	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	9	4	6	10	6
2023-24	27	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	25	36	61	29	1,073	65.20	55.10	4.50	54.70	5.00	1.12	2.57	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2022-23	26	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	7	5	4	9	0
2022-23	26	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	45	12	26	38	11	550	56.20	56.00	3.40	56.50	4.00	0.98	2.73	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2022-23	26	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	7	5	4	9	0
2021-22	25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	7	1	6	7	2
2021-22	25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Denmark	3	5	4	9	2
2021-22	25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	62	28	27	55	20	903	62.50	52.70	3.50	54.30	6.20	1.33	2.59
2021-22	25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	14	8	15	23	6
2020-21	24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	47	21	25	46	15	655	67.30	49.60	6.30	51.80	5.80	1.19	2.57	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	0
2019-20	23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	71	25	33	58	30	1,016	56.30	46.80	4.90	53.70	7.30	1.06	2.72	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0
2018-19	22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	62	21	16	37	15	864	52.86	51.77	3.52	52.42	3.74	1.11	1.88	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2017-18	21	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	29	31	60	26	1,090	53.54	52.75	0.15	54.81	2.90	0.94	2.15	Playoffs	15	0	7	7	0
2016-17	20	$894,167 $894K	WC	Denmark	7	0	4	4	18
2016-17	20	$894,167 $894K	OGQ	Denmark	3	1	1	2	0
2016-17	20	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	25	39	64	38	1,157	51.72	51.60	1.48	49.84	1.48	0.78	2.28
2016-17	20	$894,167 $894K	International	Denmark (all)	14	1	9	10	22
2015-16	19	$894,167 $894K	WC	Denmark	8	4	2	6	4
2015-16	19	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	72	15	23	38	21	947	54.67	52.81	4.24	53.38	3.45	0.63	1.52
2015-16	19	$894,167 $894K	International	Denmark (all)	11	5	3	8	6
2014-15	18	$925,000 $925K	WJC-20	Denmark U20	5	1	3	4	2
2014-15	18	$925,000 $925K	WJAC-19	Denmark U19	4	6	3	9	4
2014-15	18	$925,000 $925K	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads	51	37	63	100	67									Playoffs	14	10	21	31	0
2014-15	18	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	9	7	6	13	6
2013-14	17		WJC-20 D1A	Denmark U20	5	2	4	6	4
2013-14	17		QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads	63	49	55	104	51									Playoffs	16	11	17	28	0
2013-14	17		International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	5	2	4	6	4
2012-13	16		WJC-18 D1A	Denmark U18	5	3	8	11	2
2012-13	16		U21-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	32	26	23	49	34
2012-13	16		NL	EHC Biel-Bienne	11	1	1	2	0									Playoffs	7	0	3	3	0
2012-13	16		International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	3	1	1	2	2
2012-13	16		International-Jr	Denmark U18 (all)	13	7	14	21	8
2011-12	15		U21-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	28	17	17	34	6
2011-12	15		U18-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U18	7	4	5	9	12
2011-12	15		International-Jr	Denmark U16 (all)	3	1	1	2	4
2010-11	14		U18-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U18	28	19	11	30	8
2010-11	14		U16-Elite	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U16	12	22	13	35	22
2009-10	13		U18-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U18	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2009-10	13		U16-Top	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	2	7	1	8	4
2009-10	13		U16-Elite	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U16	25	34	28	62	36
2008-09	12		U16-Elite	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U16	14	8	7	15	8
2008-09	12		QC Int PW	Swiss Eastern Selects	4	4	6	10	0
2008-09	12		Mini B	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	2	8	4	12	0
2007-08	11		Mini B	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	1	1	1	2	0
NHL Totals					674	225	295	520
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jul

Ehlers, Nikolaj

6yrs

$8,500,000

Cap Hit

10/4

2017

Ehlers, Nikolaj

7yrs

$6,000,000

Cap Hit

09/7

2014

Ehlers, Nikolaj

3yrs

$1,625,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

May

Ehlers, Nikolaj

Ehlers scored two goals on five shots in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 5.

May

Ehlers, Nikolaj

Ehlers scored a goal on five shots and added two hits in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Dallas Stars in Game 4.

May

Ehlers, Nikolaj

Ehlers scored twice on seven shots, dished a power-play assist, added two PIM and went plus-2 in Friday's 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 2.

May

Ehlers, Nikolaj

Ehlers notched an assist, five shots on goal, six hits and two PIM in Sunday's 4-3 double-overtime win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 7.

May

Ehlers, Nikolaj

Ehlers (foot) will return to the lineup ahead of Game 6 in St. Louis on Friday.

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Contract History

2018-2025 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$42,000,000$42.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

expiry 2025 UFA age 29

Signed On Oct 4 2017

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

Signing GM Kevin Cheveldayoff

% Cap Contract Start 7.55%

Signing Status RFAage 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	UFAage 29
AAV	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Base	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M
Minors Salary	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M
Clauses					M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

Yrs 5-7: 10 team no trade list

2014-2018 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$4,875,000$4.88M

cap hit$1,625,000$1.63M

expiry 2018 RFA age 22

Signed On Sep 7 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Kevin Cheveldayoff

% Cap Contract Start 1.34%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,625,000$1.63M	$1,594,167$1.59M	$1,594,167$1.59M	$1,594,167$1.59M
Base	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	$575,000$575K	$675,000$675K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year