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Simon Despres

age34

posD

shotl

h6'4"

w218lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$3,700,000$3.70M

Term

5 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2021 age 29

Simon Despres is an Unrestricted Free Agent. His last contract was 5 years, $18,500,000 with a cap hit of $3,700,000 per season. It expired at the end of the 2020-21 season.

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Draft Team

Round1

Pick30

Year2009

Birthdate Jul 27, 1991

Birthplace Laval, Quebec

Nationality Canada

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 24

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $18.50M

Glasgow Clan

(EIHL)

GP52

A23

P29

PPG0.56

PIM63

Glasgow Clan

(EIHL Cup)

GP13

PPG0.62

PIM8

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP193

A37

P43

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.22

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.03

Career Statline Details

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Career Stats By Contract

Glasgow Clan

(EIHL)

GP52

A23

P29

PPG0.56

PIM63

Glasgow Clan

(EIHL Cup)

GP13

PPG0.62

PIM8

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP193

A37

P43

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.22

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.03

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	33		EIHL Cup	Glasgow Clan	13	1	7	8	8
2024-25	33		EIHL	Glasgow Clan	52	6	23	29	63									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2023-24	32		EIHL	Nottingham Panthers	44	2	10	12	24
2022-23	31		ICEHL	Villacher SV	43	3	12	15	26									Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2022-23	31		Champions HL	Villacher SV	5	0	3	3	0
2021-22	30		DEL	Eisbären Berlin	52	2	17	19	23									Playoffs	11	0	2	2	0
2021-22	30		Champions HL	Eisbären Berlin	6	1	1	2	6
2020-21	29	$3,700,000 $3.70M	DEL	Eisbären Berlin	19	3	7	10	14									Playoffs	9	1	4	5	0
2019-20	28	$3,700,000 $3.70M	SHL	IK Oskarshamn	41	4	13	17	55
2018-19	27	$3,700,000 $3.70M	Spengler Cup	Team Canada	4	0	1	1	0
2018-19	27	$3,700,000 $3.70M	DEL	Kölner Haie	7	0	3	3	6									Playoffs	10	1	3	4	0
2018-19	27	$3,700,000 $3.70M	AHL	Laval Rocket	5	1	1	2	4
2017-18	26	$3,700,000 $3.70M	KHL	HC Slovan Bratislava	44	4	7	11	84
2017-18	26	$3,700,000 $3.70M	International	Team Canada	6	0	1	1	8
2016-17	25	$3,700,000 $3.70M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	1	0	0	0	0	9		49.32	-4.74	28.20	-22.98	0.00	0.00
2015-16	24		NHL	Anaheim Ducks	32	0	4	4	8	531	47.37	52.44	1.43	50.36	-5.01	0.00	0.11	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2015-16	24		AHL	San Diego Gulls	4	1	1	2	6
2014-15	23		NHL	Anaheim Ducks	16	1	5	6	22	263	44.00	48.36	-4.31	54.13	-0.18	0.23	0.68	Playoffs	16	1	6	7	0
2014-15	23		NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	59	2	15	17	64	865	55.38	51.14	-1.29	53.15	-0.35	0.07	0.97
2013-14	22		NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	34	0	5	5	26	497	58.06	52.40	6.00	53.38	6.43	0.00	0.36
2013-14	22		AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	36	6	16	22	39									Playoffs	17	2	7	9	0
2012-13	21		NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	33	2	5	7	20	444	60.61	55.57	3.00	53.60	3.60	0.27	0.68	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2012-13	21		AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	27	4	3	7	28
2011-12	20		NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	18	1	3	4	10	220	66.67	68.43	13.07	57.36	2.68	0.00	0.82	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2011-12	20		AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	44	5	10	15	45									Playoffs	10	1	1	2	0
2010-11	19		WJC-20	Canada U20	7	0	3	3	0
2010-11	19		QMJHL	Saint John Sea Dogs	47	13	28	41	54									Playoffs	19	4	8	12	0
2010-11	19		Memorial Cup	Saint John Sea Dogs	3	1	0	1	8
2009-10	18		QMJHL	Saint John Sea Dogs	63	9	38	47	87									Playoffs	21	2	17	19	0
2009-10	18		Jr Super Series	QMJHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	4
2008-09	17		WJC-18	Canada U18	6	0	2	2	8
2008-09	17		QMJHL	Saint John Sea Dogs	66	2	30	32	74									Playoffs	4	0	4	4	0
2008-09	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	2	0	2	8
2008-09	17		CHL Challenge	QMJHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	0
2007-08	16		WHC-17	Canada Québec U17	5	0	0	0	10
2007-08	16		QMJHL	Saint John Sea Dogs	64	1	13	14	30									Playoffs	14	0	4	4	0
2007-08	16		CHL Challenge	QMJHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	0
2006-07	15		QM18AAA	Laval-Bourassa Rousseau	42	8	31	39	36									Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2006-07	15		CWG	Team Québec	5	0	1	1	6
2005-06	14		QM17AAA	Laval Patriotes Midget Espoir	37	4	9	13	23
NHL Totals					193	6	37	43
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Signings & Trades

10/9

2015

Despres, Simon

5yrs

$3,700,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

09/13

2019

Despres, Simon

Assigned C Jake Gricius to Kelowna (WHL).

10/3

2018

Despres, Simon

Assigned C Jake Gricius to juniors.

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Contract History

2016-2021 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$18,500,000$18.50M

cap hit$3,700,000$3.70M

expiry 2021 UFA age 29

Signed On Oct 9 2015

Signed By

Signing GM Marc Bergevin

% Cap Contract Start 5.07%

Signing Status age 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	UFAage 29
AAV	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M	$3,700,000$3.70M
Base	$2,600,000$2.60M	$3,100,000$3.10M	$4,700,000$4.70M	$4,700,000$4.70M	$3,400,000$3.40M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$2,600,000$2.60M	$3,100,000$3.10M	$4,700,000$4.70M	$4,700,000$4.70M	$3,400,000$3.40M
Minors Salary	$2,600,000$2.60M	$3,100,000$3.10M	$4,700,000$4.70M	$4,700,000$4.70M	$3,400,000$3.40M
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Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
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