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Oct 1, 2025

Hughes Signs a 7-Year, $63.00M Deal with the Devils

Luke Hughes

signing age22

posLD

Team

New Jersey Devils

Tom Fitzgerald

Agent

Pat Brisson

Cap Hit

$9,000,000$9.00M

Term

7 years

Total Value

$63,000,000$63.00M

% of Cap

9.4%

Signing Status

RFA 2026 age 22

Expiry Status

UFA 2032 age 28

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Contract Breakdown

Luke Hughes signed a 7 year, $63,000,000 contract with the New Jersey Devils on Oct 1, 2025. The contract has a cap hit of $9,000,000 and expires at the end of the 2031-32 season.

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32	2032
Cap Hit	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	UFAage 28
AAV	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Base	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Minors Salary	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Clauses						M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out