Luke Kunin

Florida Panthers, Center
Age: 28y-3m-2d (Dec 04, 1997)
Exp: 7 Years
Country: US
College: Wisconsin
Drafted: Round 1 (#15 overall), 2016

2025-2025 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Luke Kunin signed a 1 year, $775,000 contract with the Florida Panthers, including $775,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $775,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $775,000
Average Salary:
$775,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2026 / UFA
BUYOUT CONTRACT
Year Age Status Cap HitAnnual Cap % League Cap Cash Annual Cash Cumulative
2025-26 28
Buried
$775,000 0.81% $589,256 $589,256
2026-27 29
UFA
Year Age Status Base Salary Cap Hit Cap % League
2025-26 28
Buried
$775,000 $775,000 0.81%
2026-27 29
UFA
Year Age Status Base Salary Cash Total Cash Cumulative Cash Remaining AYC Cumulative AYC Remaining
2025-26 28
Buried
$589,256 $589,256 $589,256 - $589,256 $589,256
Source: NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2024-2024 Extension

Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,750,000
Average Salary:
$2,750,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2025 / UFA
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2022-2023 Extension

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $5,500,000
Average Salary:
$2,750,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2024 / RFA
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2020-2021

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $4,600,000
Average Salary:
$2,300,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2022 / RFA
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2017-2019 Rookie

Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $4,275,000
Average Salary:
$1,425,000
Signing Bonus:
$277,500
Free Agent:
2020 / RFA
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Seasons

7 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$15,375,530

Earnings w/ Different Teams

5 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year Age Team(s) Status Cash Total Cash Cumulative Awards
2017 20
Active
$606,938
$606,938
2018 21
Active
$496,836
$1,103,774
2019 22
Active
$832,500
$1,936,274
2020 23
Active
$2,300,000
$4,236,274
2021 24
Active
$2,300,000
$6,536,274
2022 25
Reserve
$2,500,000
$9,036,274
2023 26
Active
$3,000,000
$12,036,274
2024 27
Active
Retained
$587,243
$2,162,757
$12,623,517
$14,786,274
2025 28
Reserve / minor-buried
$589,256
$15,375,530
Total      
$15,375,530
$15,375,530
Total
$15,375,530

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
3 $1,658,775 $277,500 - $1,936,274
2 $4,600,000 - - $4,600,000
3 $7,662,757 - - $7,662,757
1 $587,243 - - $587,243
1 $589,256 - - $589,256
Year Team(s) Age Base Signing Incentives Cash Total Cash Cumulative
2017
20
$329,439
$277,500
$606,938
$606,938
2018
21
$496,836
$496,836
$1,103,774
2019
22
$832,500
$832,500
$1,936,274
2020
23
$2,300,000
$2,300,000
$4,236,274
2021
24
$2,300,000
$2,300,000
$6,536,274
2022
25
$2,500,000
$2,500,000
$9,036,274
2023
26
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
$12,036,274
2024
27
$587,243
$2,162,757
$587,243
$2,162,757
$12,623,517
$14,786,274
2025
28
$589,256
$589,256
$15,375,530
Total
$15,098,031
$277,500
$15,375,530
$15,375,530
Total
$15,098,031
$277,500
$15,375,530

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
3 $1,658,775 $277,500 - $1,936,274
2 $4,600,000 - - $4,600,000
3 $7,662,757 - - $7,662,757
1 $587,243 - - $587,243
1 $589,256 - - $589,256

Injuries

Year Dates Games Missed Reason
2023-24 SJS Dec 02, 2023 - Dec 12, 2023 0 Upper Body
2022-23 SJS Dec 18, 2022 - TBD 0 Undisclosed
2020-21 NSH Mar 02, 2021 - Mar 27, 2021 0 Lower Body
2018-19 MIN Oct 03, 2018 - Oct 07, 2018 0 Knee
2017-18 MIN Mar 06, 2018 - Mar 06, 2018 0 Knee
  • Aug 22, 2025 Signed a 1 year $775,000 contract with Florida (FLA)
  • Mar 07, 2025 Traded to Columbus (CBJ) from San Jose (SJS) for 2025 4th round pick (#115)
  • Jun 29, 2024 Signed a 1 year $2.75 million contract extension with San Jose (SJS)
  • Jul 18, 2022 Signed a 2 year $5.5 million contract extension with San Jose (SJS)
  • Jul 08, 2022 Traded to San Jose (SJS) from Nashville (NSH) for John Leonard and 2023 3rd round pick
  • Jan 06, 2021 Signed a 2 year $4.6 million contract with Nashville (NSH)
  • Oct 07, 2020 Traded to Nashville (NSH) from Minnesota (MIN) with 2020 4th round pick (#101) for Nick Bonino, 2020 2nd round pick (#37) and 2020 3rd round pick (#70)
  • Mar 24, 2017 Signed a 3 year $4.275 million contract with Minnesota (MIN)
  • Jun 24, 2016 Drafted by Minnesota (MIN): Round 1 (#15 overall)
Year Team GP G MIN A PTS +/- SOG S% PPG PPA SHG SHA Blk Hit PIM FO Won
2025 FLA 44 2 378 2 0 -10 33 .061 0 0 0 0 34 82 23 142
2024 CBJ 75 11 1,101 7 0 -28 112 .098 0 0 0 0 77 187 55 187
2023 SJ 77 11 1,212 7 18 -30 98 .112 2 3 0 0 60 143 83 219
2022 SJ 31 5 478 8 13 -9 58 .086 2 2 0 0 27 63 42 5
2021 NAS 82 13 1,134 9 22 -11 125 .104 0 2 0 0 51 223 99 48
2020 NAS 38 10 531 9 19 3 71 .141 0 0 0 0 20 84 13 15
2019 MIN 63 15 974 16 31 -10 128 .117 0 2 1 0 54 64 55 210
2018 MIN 49 6 778 11 17 -9 88 .068 0 1 0 0 34 67 27 88
2017 MIN 19 2 246 2 4 -3 32 .063 0 0 1 0 8 34 13 24
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