Drew Doughty

Against a 3.5% expectation, this deal cost the club $5.51M of room against its plan (where this number comes from) over 8 seasons with a cap on file.

• 2019–20: 13.5% (where this number comes from) of $81.5M (actual cap) · expected 13.4% of $82.3M · gap $0.10M (where this number comes from)
• 2020–21: 13.5% (where this number comes from) of $81.5M (actual cap) · expected 12.9% of $85.2M · gap $0.47M (where this number comes from)
• 2021–22: 13.5% (where this number comes from) of $81.5M (actual cap) · expected 12.5% of $88.1M · gap $0.83M (where this number comes from)
• 2022–23: 13.3% (where this number comes from) of $82.5M (actual cap) · expected 12.1% of $91.2M · gap $1.05M (where this number comes from)
• 2023–24: 13.2% (where this number comes from) of $83.5M (actual cap) · expected 11.6% of $94.4M · gap $1.27M (where this number comes from)
• 2024–25: 12.5% (where this number comes from) of $88.0M (actual cap) · expected 11.3% of $97.7M · gap $1.09M (where this number comes from)
• 2025–26: 11.5% (where this number comes from) of $95.5M (actual cap) · expected 10.9% of $101.1M · gap $0.61M (where this number comes from)
• 2026–27: 10.6% (where this number comes from) of $104.0M (announced cap) · expected 10.5% of $104.7M · gap $0.07M (where this number comes from)

Flat-cap tax (+) or windfall (−)

$5.51M (where this number comes from)

Relative to the league

$4.46M (where this number comes from) over 8 seasons: more room lost than the league's deals in force lost (2019-20 league rate -0.6%, n 60; 2020-21 league rate 2.6%, n 79; 2021-22 league rate 4.8%, n 67; 2022-23 league rate 4.9%, n 93; 2023-24 league rate 5.0%, n 137; 2024-25 league rate 1.9%, n 206; 2025-26 league rate -2.7%, n 381; 2026-27 league rate -6.3%, n 589)

Buyer's-market discount

Not on file (applies only to deals signed in the 2020 and 2021 flat-cap summers)

The same at other expectations

2.5%: $1.81M · 3.5%: $5.51M · 4.0%: $7.27M · 4.8%: $9.98M

At the league guidance on file when signed

Not on file (no dated league guidance covered these seasons on the signing date)

Mean share: expected · realised

11.9% · 12.7%

Flat equivalent

12.6%

Netted

Retention none on file; LTIR and bonus overage Not on file (no allowed source states them per contract)

Regime

Signed in the rising (2005-06 to 2019-20) years; runs through rising (2005-06 to 2019-20), flat (2020-21 to 2023-24), fast rise (2024-25 to 2027-28).

Seasons

7 actual · 1 announced

Paid

$11.0M (where this number comes from)13.5% of the cap in 2019–20

Worth

$6.00MCap: paid at or above the market

Worth is what standard deals signed at 26 or older pay for production ranked where his projected points rank. It is a market price, not a judgement of the player.

Term

8 seasons, 2019–20 to 2026–27

Signed

2018-07-01 (2018–19: 13.8% of that cap)

At expiry

UFA

Trade protection

modified-ntc: modified no-trade clause: he must submit a seven-team trade list (through 2026–27)

Retained

None on file

Contract type

standard

Rules it was signed under

2013 CBA: at most 8 seasons with the incumbent club, 7 elsewhere; no season above 20% of the cap in force at signing.

Year-by-year salary and bonuses

Not on file (structure needs a licensed contract source (owner decision pending))

Tier

certified

Sources

• NHL.com

Quoted

Final season of the deal is 2026–27.

Archive

The current deal, from the live ledger. The archive holds 855 standard contracts; year-by-year structure is unknown on every one.

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