Ethan Bear

New York Islanders, Defensemen
Age: 28y-8m-9d (Jun 26, 1997)
Exp: 4 Years
Country: CA
College: Seattle
Drafted: Round 5 (#124 overall), 2015

2025-2025 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Ethan Bear signed a 1 year, $775,000 contract with the New York Islanders, 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 $775,000 0.81% $775,000 $775,000
2026-27 29
UFA
Year Age Status Base Salary Cap Hit Cap % League
2025-26 28 $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 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 - $775,000 $775,000
Source: NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2023-2024 Free Agent

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $4,125,000
Average Salary:
$2,062,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2025 / UFA
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2022-2022 Extension

Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,200,000
Average Salary:
$2,200,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2023 / UFA
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2020-2021

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $4,000,000
Average Salary:
$2,000,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2022 / RFA
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2016-2019 Rookie

Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $2,165,000
Average Salary:
$721,667
Signing Bonus:
$240,000
Free Agent:
2020 / RFA
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Seasons

4 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$14,712,360

Earnings w/ Different Teams

4 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year Age Team(s) Status Cash Total Cash Cumulative Awards
2017 20
Reserve / minor-buried
Reserve / minor-buried
$222,513
$222,513
$222,513
$445,026
2018 21
Reserve / minor-buried
Reserve / minor-buried
Reserve / minor-buried
$90,485
$90,485
$90,485
$535,511
$625,996
$716,481
2019 22
Active
$696,155
$1,412,636
2020 23
Active
$1,500,000
$2,912,636
2021 24
Active
$2,500,000
$5,412,636
2022 25
Active
Retained
Retained
$1,975,276
$224,724
$224,724
$7,387,912
$7,612,636
$7,837,360
2023 26
Reserve / restricted-list
$1,375,000
$9,212,360
2024 27
Reserve / minor-buried
Reserve / minor-buried
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$11,962,360
$14,712,360
Total
$14,712,360

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
4 $2,512,636 $400,000 - $2,912,636
2 $2,949,448 - - $2,949,448
1 $1,975,276 - - $1,975,276
2 $6,875,000 - - $6,875,000
Year Team(s) Age Base Signing Incentives Cash Total Cash Cumulative
2017
20
$142,513
$142,513
$80,000
$80,000
$222,513
$222,513
$222,513
$445,026
2018
21
$10,485
$10,485
$10,485
$80,000
$80,000
$80,000
$90,485
$90,485
$90,485
$535,511
$625,996
$716,481
2019
22
$696,155
$696,155
$1,412,636
2020
23
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
$2,912,636
2021
24
$2,500,000
$2,500,000
$5,412,636
2022
25
$1,975,276
$224,724
$224,724
$1,975,276
$224,724
$224,724
$7,387,912
$7,612,636
$7,837,360
2023
26
$1,375,000
$1,375,000
$9,212,360
2024
27
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$11,962,360
$14,712,360
Total
$14,312,360
$400,000
$14,712,360

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
4 $2,512,636 $400,000 - $2,912,636
2 $2,949,448 - - $2,949,448
1 $1,975,276 - - $1,975,276
2 $6,875,000 - - $6,875,000

Injuries

Year Dates Games Missed Reason
2022-23 VAN Feb 26, 2023 - Mar 18, 2023 0 Upper Body
2020-21 EDM Feb 06, 2021 - Feb 25, 2021 0 Concussion
  • Jul 01, 2025 Signed a 1 year $775,000 contract with New York (NYI)
  • Dec 29, 2023 Signed a 2 year $4.125 million contract with Washington (WAS)
  • Oct 28, 2022 Traded to Vancouver (VAN) from Carolina (CAR) with Lane Pederson for 2023 5th round pick
  • Jul 28, 2022 Signed a 1 year $2.2 million contract extension with Carolina (CAR)
  • Jul 28, 2021 Traded to Carolina (CAR) from Edmonton (EDM) for Warren Foegele
  • Dec 29, 2020 Signed a 2 year $4 million contract with Edmonton (EDM)
  • Jul 02, 2016 Signed a 3 year $2.165 million contract with Edmonton (EDM)
  • Jun 27, 2015 Drafted by Edmonton (EDM): Round 5 (#124 overall)
Year Team GP G MIN A PTS +/- SOG S% PPG PPA SHG SHA Blk Hit PIM
2023 WAS 24 1 357 3 4 -5 24 .042 0 0 0 0 31 15 10
2022 VAN 61 3 1,130 13 16 6 75 .040 0 0 0 1 82 39 25
2021 CAR 58 5 932 9 14 1 97 .052 0 1 0 0 41 55 20
2020 EDM 43 2 772 6 8 -1 53 .038 0 0 0 0 55 31 14
2019 EDM 71 5 1,559 16 21 -4 99 .051 1 1 0 0 106 59 33
2018 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 EDM 18 1 335 3 4 -11 20 .050 1 1 0 0 28 14 10
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