Ehlers Signs a 6-Year, $51.00M Deal with the Hurricanes

Nikolaj Ehlers

signing age29

posLW

Team

Carolina Hurricanes

Eric Tulsky

Agent

Andre Rufener

Cap Hit

$8,500,000$8.50M

Term

6 years

Total Value

$51,000,000$51.00M

% of Cap

8.9%

Signing Status

UFA 2026 age 29

Expiry Status

UFA 2031 age 35

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Contract Breakdown

Nikolaj Ehlers signed a 6 year, $51,000,000 contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on Jul 3, 2025. The contract has a cap hit of $8,500,000 and expires at the end of the 2030-31 season.

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031
Cap Hit	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	UFAage 35
AAV	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$8,500,000$8.50M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,250,000$6.25M
Total Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$7,750,000$7.75M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,250,000$7.25M
Minors Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$7,750,000$7.75M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,250,000$7.25M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	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	Buy Out