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Sam Steel

#18

age27

posC,LW

shotl

h6'0"

w190lbs

Depth Chart LW3

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,100,000$2.10M

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 29

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick30

Year2016

Agent Gerry Johannson

Birthdate Feb 3, 1998

Birthplace Ardrossan, Alberta

Nationality Canada

Stick Warrior Covert QR6 Pro

UFA Year 2025

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $5.64M

Regular Season

GP79

A19

P25

PPG0.32

PIM31

EV TOI/GM 11.68

G60 0.33

P60 1.32

GF% 40.00

DFF% 49.70

REL DFF% -0.40

CF% 51.80

REL CF% 2.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP418

G49

A93

P142

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.34

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.12

Career Statline Details

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,200,000$4.20M

cap hit$2,100,000$2.10M

Sam Steel is signed to a 2 year, $4,200,000 contract with a cap hit of $2,100,000 per season, playing for the Dallas Stars. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Steel an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Feb 14 2025

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 2.20%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M	UFAage 29
AAV	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Base	$2,300,000$2.30M	$1,900,000$1.90M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,300,000$2.30M	$1,900,000$1.90M
Minors Salary	$2,300,000$2.30M	$1,900,000$1.90M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP79

A19

P25

PPG0.32

PIM31

EV TOI/GM 11.68

G60 0.33

P60 1.32

GF% 40.00

DFF% 49.70

REL DFF% -0.40

CF% 51.80

REL CF% 2.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP418

G49

A93

P142

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.34

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.12

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	26	$1,200,000 $1.20M	NHL	Dallas Stars	79	6	19	25	31	911	40.00	49.70	-0.40	51.80	2.70	0.33	1.32	Playoffs	18	1	6	7	0
2023-24	25	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Dallas Stars	77	9	15	24	29	859	45.20	52.10	-3.30	52.30	-0.80	0.49	1.40	Playoffs	19	1	4	5	0
2022-23	24	$825,000 $825K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	65	10	18	28	18	815	55.20	52.70	2.80	53.10	3.90	0.59	1.55	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0
2021-22	23	$874,125 $874K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	68	6	14	20	16	763	37.90	44.50	-5.40	45.70	-3.70	0.47	1.34
2020-21	22	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	42	6	6	12	8	517	43.20	45.80	-2.20	49.40	-0.70	0.70	1.39
2019-20	21	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	65	6	16	22	20	815	42.60	46.00	-1.50	48.30	0.60	0.29	0.96
2018-19	20	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	22	6	5	11	8	270	63.16	33.58	-8.77	43.81	-1.56	0.89	1.55
2018-19	20	$863,333 $863K	AHL	San Diego Gulls	53	20	21	41	24									Playoffs	16	6	7	13	0
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	4	5	9	0
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	WHL	Regina Pats	54	33	50	83	18									Playoffs	7	1	10	11	0
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	Memorial Cup	Regina Pats	5	2	11	13	4
2017-18	19	$894,166 $894K	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	2	0	4	4	0
2016-17	18	$925,000 $925K	WHL	Regina Pats	66	50	81	131	40									Playoffs	23	11	19	30	0
2016-17	18	$925,000 $925K	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	2	1	1	2	0
2015-16	17		WHL	Regina Pats	72	23	47	70	24									Playoffs	12	6	10	16	0
2015-16	17		U18-Dev	Team White	3	1	0	1	2
2015-16	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	1	2	3	2
2014-15	16		WHL	Regina Pats	61	17	37	54	16
2014-15	16		WHC-17	Canada Black U17	5	1	2	3	4
2014-15	16		U17-Dev	Team Black	3	1	1	2	0
2013-14	15		WHL	Regina Pats	5	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	15		WCCC-16	Team Alberta	4	1	4	5	0
2013-14	15		AJHL	Sherwood Park Crusaders	1	0	0	0	0
2013-14	15		AEHL U18	Sherwood Park Kings U18 AAA	14	7	16	23	8									Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0
2012-13	14		IIHF Dev. Camp	Team Maroon	6	7	8	15	2
2012-13	14		Alberta Cup	Team Northeast	5	6	9	15	0
2012-13	14		AEHL U17	Sherwood Park Squires U17 AAA	3	5	3	8	0
2012-13	14		AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA	31	52	52	104	16									Playoffs	5	3	8	11	0
2011-12	13		John Reid Memorial	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA	5	3	6	9	0
2011-12	13		AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA	33	26	24	50	10									Playoffs	3	2	6	8	0
2010-11	12		NAHL U15	Strathcona Warriors U15 AA	11	17	15	32	0
NHL Totals					418	49	93	142
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Signings & Trades

Feb

Steel, Sam

2yrs

$2,100,000

Cap Hit

06/30

2024

Steel, Sam

1yr

$1,200,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2023

Steel, Sam

1yr

$850,000

Cap Hit

08/30

2022

Steel, Sam

1yr

$825,000

Cap Hit

08/6

2021

Steel, Sam

1yr

$874,125

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

May

Steel, Sam

Steel recorded an assist, two hits, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1.

May

Steel, Sam

Steel scored a goal in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 6.

May

Steel, Sam

Steel recorded two even-strength assists in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3.

May

Steel, Sam

Steel provided an assist, five hits and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 1.

Apr

Steel, Sam

Steel notched two assists and three hits in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2.

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Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,200,000$1.20M

cap hit$1,200,000$1.20M

expiry 2025 UFA age 27

Signed On Jun 30 2024

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 1.36%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,200,000$1.20M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,200,000$1.20M
Base	$1,200,000$1.20M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M
Minors Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2023-2024 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$850,000$850K

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2024 UFA no QO age 26

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 1.02%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	UFA no QOage 26
AAV	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$825,000$825K

cap hit$825,000$825K

expiry 2023 UFA no QO age 25

Signed On Aug 30 2022

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Guerin

% Cap Contract Start 1.00%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$825,000$825K	UFA no QOage 25
AAV	$825,000$825K
Base	$825,000$825K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$825,000$825K
Minors Salary	$825,000$825K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$874,125$874K

cap hit$874,125$874K

expiry 2022 UFA no QO age 24

Signed On Aug 6 2021

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

Signing GM Bob Murray

% Cap Contract Start 1.07%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$874,125$874K	UFA no QOage 24
AAV	$874,125$874K
Base	$874,125$874K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$874,125$874K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2016-2021 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,589,999$2.59M

cap hit$863,333$863K

expiry 2021 RFA age 23

Signed On Dec 20 2016

Signing Agent Gregory Landry

Signed By

Signing GM Bob Murray

% Cap Contract Start 1.27%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,166$894K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$894,166$894K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K
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	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year