Damon Severson

Against a 3.5% expectation, this deal gave the club $2.46M of room its plan did not expect (where this number comes from) over 5 seasons with a cap on file.

• 2023–24: 7.5% (where this number comes from) of $83.5M (actual cap) · expected 7.5% of $83.5M · gap $0.00M (where this number comes from)
• 2024–25: 7.1% (where this number comes from) of $88.0M (actual cap) · expected 7.2% of $86.4M · gap −$0.11M (where this number comes from)
• 2025–26: 6.5% (where this number comes from) of $95.5M (actual cap) · expected 7.0% of $89.4M · gap −$0.42M (where this number comes from)
• 2026–27: 6.0% (where this number comes from) of $104.0M (announced cap) · expected 6.8% of $92.6M · gap −$0.77M (where this number comes from)
• 2027–28: 5.5% (where this number comes from) of $113.5M (league projection) · expected 6.5% of $95.8M · gap −$1.15M (where this number comes from)
• 2028–29: at most 6.0% (where this number comes from) of $104.0M (the MOU floor; no cap is projected yet and the real one can only be higher, so it is left off the chart) · expected 6.3% of $99.2M
• 2029–30: at most 6.0% (where this number comes from) of $104.0M (the MOU floor; no cap is projected yet and the real one can only be higher, so it is left off the chart) · expected 6.1% of $102.6M
• 2030–31: at most 6.0% (where this number comes from) of $104.0M (the MOU floor; no cap is projected yet and the real one can only be higher, so it is left off the chart) · expected 5.9% of $106.2M

Flat-cap tax (+) or windfall (−)

−$2.46M (where this number comes from)

Relative to the league

−$1.57M (where this number comes from) over 5 seasons: less room lost than the league's deals in force lost (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; 2027-28 league rate -12.1%, n 416)

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%: −$3.16M · 3.5%: −$2.46M · 4.0%: −$2.12M · 4.8%: −$1.60M

At the league guidance on file when signed

−$2.12M (the dated guidance for the seasons it covered, then 3.5%)

Mean share: expected · realised

7.0% · 6.5%

Flat equivalent

Not on file (known once every season of the term has a cap)

Netted

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

Regime

Signed in the flat (2020-21 to 2023-24) years; runs through flat (2020-21 to 2023-24), fast rise (2024-25 to 2027-28), MOU formula (2028-29 on).

Seasons

3 actual · 1 announced · 1 projected · 3 on the MOU formula (a guess)

Paid

$6.25M (where this number comes from)7.5% of the cap in 2023–24

Worth

$6.50MCup: paid under 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, 2023–24 to 2030–31

Signed

2023-06-30 (2022–23: 7.6% of that cap)

At expiry

UFA

Trade protection

ntc: no-trade clause (no list size given) (from a 2025–26 clause list; 2026–27 terms not separately confirmed)

Retained

None on file

Contract type

standard

Rules it was signed under

2020 MOU: 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

reported

Sources

• NHL.com (sign-and-trade coverage)

Quoted

Signed an 8-year, $50M deal with New Jersey as part of a sign-and-trade sending him to Columbus; term/AAV as reported in NHL.com's trade coverage.

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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