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Nikolaj Ehlers

#27

age28

posLW

shotl

h6'0"

w172lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$6,000,000$6.00M

Year 7 of 7

18/19

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 29

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick9

Year2014

Agent Andre Rufener

Birthdate Feb 14, 1996

Birthplace Aalborg

Nationality Denmark

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $44,682,500

2023-24 Stats

Regular Season

GP82

G25

A36

P61

PPG0.74

PIM29

EV TOI/GM 13.24

G60 1.12

P60 2.57

GF% 65.20

DFF% 55.10

REL DFF% 4.50

CF% 54.70

REL CF% 5.00

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2018-2025 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$42,000,000$42.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

Nikolaj Ehlers is currently signed to a 7-year contract with a cap hit of $6,000,000 per season. His contract expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Ehlers is 29 years old.

Signed On Oct 4 2017

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

% 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
Buy Out							Buy Out

Notes

Yrs 5-7: 10 team no trade list

Career Stats By Contract

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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	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	5	1	6	7	4
2024-25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Denmark	3	1	3	4	2
2023-24	$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	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	7	5	4	9	0
2022-23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	7	5	4	9	0
2022-23	$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
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	14	8	15	23	6
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	7	1	6	7	2
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Denmark	3	5	4	9	2
2021-22	$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
2020-21	$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	$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	$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	$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	$894,167 $894K	WC	Denmark	7	0	4	4	18
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	International	Denmark (all)	14	1	9	10	22
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	OGQ	Denmark	3	1	1	2	0
2016-17	$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
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	WC	Denmark	8	4	2	6	4
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	International	Denmark (all)	11	5	3	8	6
2015-16	$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
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	WJAC-19	Denmark U19	4	6	3	9	4
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	9	7	6	13	6
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	WJC-20	Denmark U20	5	1	3	4	2
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads	51	37	63	100	67									Playoffs	14	10	21	31	0
2013-14	-	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	5	2	4	6	4
2013-14	-	WJC-20 D1A	Denmark U20	5	2	4	6	4
2013-14	-	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads	63	49	55	104	51									Playoffs	16	11	17	28	0
2012-13	-	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	2	4	0	4	2
2012-13	-	WJC-18 D1A	Denmark U18	5	3	8	11	2
2012-13	-	NL	EHC Biel-Bienne	11	1	1	2	0									Playoffs	7	0	3	3	0
2012-13	-	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	3	1	1	2	2
2012-13	-	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	32	26	23	49	34
2012-13	-	International-Jr	Denmark U18 (all)	13	7	14	21	8
2011-12	-	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	4	2	2	4	2
2011-12	-	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	10	5	8	13	6
2011-12	-	International-Jr	Denmark U16 (all)	3	1	1	2	4
2011-12	-	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	28	17	17	34	6
2011-12	-	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	7	4	5	9	12
2010-11	-	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	7	7	9	16	6
2010-11	-	U15-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U15	12	22	13	35	22
2010-11	-	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	28	19	11	30	8
2009-10	-	U15-Top	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	2	7	1	8	4
2009-10	-	U15-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U15	25	34	28	62	36
2009-10	-	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2008-09	-	QC Int PW	Swiss Eastern Selects	4	4	6	10	0
2008-09	-	Mini B	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	2	8	4	12	0
2008-09	-	U15-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U15	14	8	7	15	8
2007-08	-	Mini B	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	1	1	1	2	0
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Contract History

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

% 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
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Nikolaj Ehlers Updates

Apr 30 2024

Ehlers logged an assist, two shots on goal, four hits and a minus-2 rating in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5.

Apr 26 2024

Ehlers produced an assist and two shots on goal in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3.

Apr 16 2024

Ehlers scored a goal on five shots and added a power-play assist in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken.

Apr 11 2024

Ehlers scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 3-0 win over the Dallas Stars.

Apr 4 2024

Ehlers scored a goal on three shots, provided a power-play assist, added two PIM and went plus-2 in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

Mar 30 2024

Ehlers found the back of the net in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

Mar 18 2024

Ehlers tallied a goal and added an assist in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Mar 16 2024

Ehlers notched two assists, one on the power play, in Friday's 6-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Mar 11 2024

Ehlers notched an assist and two shots on goal in Monday's 3-0 win over the Washington Capitals.

Mar 8 2024

Ehlers scored an empty-net goal on four shots in Friday's 3-0 win over the Seattle Kraken.

Mar 2 2024

Ehlers (undisclosed) is expected to play Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes, per Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Free Press.

Mar 1 2024

Ehlers (undisclosed) missed Friday's practice and is regarded as a game-time decision for Saturday's contest against the Carolina Hurricanes, per Mitchell Clinton of the Winnipeg Jets' official site.

Feb 28 2024

Ehlers logged two assists in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Jan 23 2024

Ehlers had an assist in Monday's 4-1 road loss against the Boston Bruins.

Jan 20 2024

Ehlers scored the game-winning goal Saturday in a 2-1 overtime victory over the Ottawa Senators.

Oct 4 2017 | Winnipeg Jets

Nikolaj Ehlers

Standard | 7 yrs

$42,000,000

Cap Hit

$6,000,000