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Pavel Buchnevich

#89

age30

posLW,C

shotl

h6'1"

w196lbs

Depth Chart RW1

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$8,000,000$8.00M

Year 1 of 6

25/26

30/31

Expiry Status

UFA 2031 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round3

Pick75

Year2013

Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Birthdate Apr 17, 1995

Birthplace Cherepovets

Nationality Russia

Stick Bauer Proto R

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $34.23M

Regular Season

GP3

PPG0.67

PIM2

5x5 TOI/GP 12:46

PP TOI/GP 2:30

PK TOI/GP 1:51

G60 0.00

P60 1.57

GF% 50.0

xGF% 34.0

RELxGF% -25.9

CF% 46.0

REL CF% -8.5

Pen Diff -1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP596

G182

A278

P460

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.77

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.31

Career Statline Details

2025-2031 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$48,000,000$48.00M

cap hit$8,000,000$8.00M

Pavel Buchnevich is signed to a 6 year, $48,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $8,000,000 per season, playing for the St. Louis Blues. His contract expires at the end of the 2030-31 season, making Buchnevich an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 2 2024

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 8.38%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031
Cap Hit	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	UFAage 36
AAV	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Base	$8,000,000$8.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$8,000,000$8.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$8,000,000$8.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses	NTC	NTC	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

Notes

20 team no trade list in yr 5; then 15 team no trade list in Yr 6

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP3

PPG0.67

PIM2

5x5 TOI/GP 12:46

PP TOI/GP 2:30

PK TOI/GP 1:51

G60 0.00

P60 1.57

GF% 50.0

xGF% 34.0

RELxGF% -25.9

CF% 46.0

REL CF% -8.5

Pen Diff -1

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP596

G182

A278

P460

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.77

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.31

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	30	$8,000,000 $8.00M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	3	0	2	2	2	50.0	34.0	-25.9	46.0	-8.5	0.00	1.57	-1	12:46	2:30	1:51
2024-25	29	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	76	20	37	57	23	56.7	50.0	0.3	49.0	0.5	0.86	2.05	2	14:39	2:08	1:03	Playoffs	7	3	5	8	0
2023-24	28	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	80	27	36	63	48	53.2	49.0	6.5	52.0	8.5	0.54	1.66	1	13:59	2:58	1:40
2022-23	27	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	63	26	41	67	36	62.4	47.0	0.9	47.0	2.3	1.22	2.51	5	14:01	2:49	1:40
2021-22	26	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	73	30	46	76	34	61.2	53.0	6.5	52.0	6.1	0.90	2.46	-4	13:42	2:12	1:32	Playoffs	12	1	10	11	0
2020-21	25	$3,250,000 $3.25M	NHL	New York Rangers	54	20	28	48	42	57.4	51.0	3.3	48.0	0.5	1.07	2.64	-2	13:30	2:00	2:13
2019-20	24	$3,250,000 $3.25M	NHL	New York Rangers	68	16	30	46	24	55.6	53.0	8.6	51.0	5.6	0.75	2.06	-6	14:07	2:07	0:01	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2018-19	23	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New York Rangers	64	21	17	38	13	46.4	47.0	-1.4	47.0	1.4	0.81	1.61	-5	12:46	1:53	0:00
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	WC	Russia	8	1	3	4	2
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New York Rangers	74	14	29	43	20
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	International	Russia (all)	13	2	5	7	2
2017-18	22	$925,000 $925K	EHT	Russia	5	1	2	3	0
2016-17	21	$925,000 $925K	NHL	New York Rangers	41	8	12	20	13												Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2016-17	21	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	4	3	2	5	0
2015-16	20		KHL	SKA St. Petersburg	18	4	4	8	4												Playoffs	14	1	2	3	0
2015-16	20		KHL	Severstal Cherepovets	40	12	17	29	20
2015-16	20		International	Russia (all)	2	0	0	0	2
2015-16	20		EHT	Russia	2	0	0	0	2
2014-15	19		WJC-20	Russia U20	7	1	5	6	2
2014-15	19		MHL	Almaz Cherepovets	0	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	11	8	12	20	0
2014-15	19		KHL	Severstal Cherepovets	48	13	17	30	16
2014-15	19		International-Jr	Russia U20 (all)	14	4	10	14	18
2014-15	19		International	Russia (all)	2	0	0	0	0
2014-15	19		EHT	Russia	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	18		WJC-20	Russia U20	7	2	5	7	18
2013-14	18		Nadezhda Cup	Severstal Cherepovets	6	1	1	2	9
2013-14	18		MHL	Almaz Cherepovets	2	0	2	2	2												Playoffs	7	4	5	9	0
2013-14	18		KHL	Severstal Cherepovets	40	7	11	18	12
2012-13	17		WJC-18	Russia U18	7	5	6	11	2
2012-13	17		MHL	Almaz Cherepovets	24	8	15	23	36												Playoffs	3	1	4	5	0
2012-13	17		KHL	Severstal Cherepovets	12	1	1	2	0												Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2012-13	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Russia U18	4	1	1	2	4
2011-12	16		WHC-17	Russia U17	5	0	1	1	0
2011-12	16		MHL	Almaz Cherepovets	45	15	29	44	55												Playoffs	10	4	3	7	0
2009-10	14		Districts Cup U16	Team Northwest U16	5	0	1	1	14
2009-10	14		Districts Cup U15	Team Northwest U15	5	1	3	4	8
2008-09	13		Districts Cup U15	Team Northwest U15	5	2	0	2	2
NHL Totals					596	182	278	460
Pavel Buchnevich Stats by Elite Prospects Pavel Buchnevich Advanced Stats by MoneyPuck.com

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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/2

2024

Buchnevich, Pavel

6yrs

$8,000,000

Cap Hit

07/27

2021

Buchnevich, Pavel

4yrs

$5,800,000

Cap Hit

07/23

2021

Buchnevich, Pavel

Blais, Sammy 2022 Round 2

07/26

2019

Buchnevich, Pavel

2yrs

$3,250,000

Cap Hit

05/13

2016

Buchnevich, Pavel

3yrs

$925,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

May

Buchnevich, Pavel

Buchnevich logged an assist and four shots on goal in Sunday's 4-3 double-overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets in Game 7.

Apr

Buchnevich, Pavel

Buchnevich registered an assist, two hits and two PIM in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4.

Apr

Buchnevich, Pavel

Buchnevich scored three goals on five shots, dished an assist, went plus-3 and added six hits in Thursday's 7-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3.

Apr

Buchnevich, Pavel

Buchnevich notched a power-play assist, 10 PIM and a minus-2 rating in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets in Game 1.

Apr

Buchnevich, Pavel

Buchnevich recorded a goal and two assists, including one on the power play, in Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Utah Mammoth.

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Contract History

2021-2025 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$23,200,000$23.20M

cap hit$5,800,000$5.80M

expiry 2025 UFA age 30

Signed On Jul 27 2021

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Doug Armstrong

% Cap Contract Start 7.12%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	UFAage 30
AAV	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M
Base	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$6,900,000$6.90M	$6,300,000$6.30M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$6,900,000$6.90M	$6,300,000$6.30M
Minors Salary	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M	$6,900,000$6.90M	$6,300,000$6.30M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	NTC
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

Modified No Trade Clause – 12 team no trade list

2019-2021 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$6,500,000$6.50M

cap hit$3,250,000$3.25M

expiry 2021 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 26 2019

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 3.99%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M	RFAage 26
AAV	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,250,000$3.25M
Base	$2,500,000$2.50M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$500,000$500K	$500,000$500K
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2016-2019 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2019 RFA age 24

Signed On May 13 2016

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 1.27%

Signing Status age 21

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 24
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year