Neal Pionk

Winnipeg Jets, Defensemen
Age: 30y-7m-7d (Jul 29, 1995)
Exp: 7 Years
Country: US
College: Minnesota-Duluth
Drafted: Undrafted, NYR, 2017
Agent(s): Pete Rutili (Wasserman)
2025-26 Cap Hit

$7,000,000

2025-26 Cash

$8,000,000

Career Earnings

$38,784,612

2025-2030 Extension (CURRENT)

Neal Pionk signed a 6 year, $42,000,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets, including $4,000,000 signing bonus, $42,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $7,000,000. In 2025-26, Pionk will earn a base salary of $4,000,000 and a signing bonus of $4,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $7,000,000.
Contract Terms:
6 yr(s) / $42,000,000
Average Salary:
$7,000,000
Signing Bonus:
$4,000,000
Free Agent:
2031 / UFA
BUYOUT CONTRACT
Year Age Cap HitAnnual Cap % League Cap Cash Annual Cash Cumulative
2025-26 30 $7,000,000 7.33% $8,000,000 $8,000,000
2026-27 31 $7,000,000 6.73% $8,000,000 $16,000,000
2027-28 32 $7,000,000 6.17% $7,500,000 $23,500,000
2028-29 33 $7,000,000 5.69% $7,500,000 $31,000,000
2029-30 34 $7,000,000 - $6,000,000 $37,000,000
2030-31 35 $7,000,000 - $5,000,000 $42,000,000
2031-32 36
UFA
Year Age Base Salary Signing Proration Cap Hit Cap % League
2025-26 30 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $7,000,000 7.33%
2026-27 31 $8,000,000 - $7,000,000 6.73%
2027-28 32 $7,500,000 - $7,000,000 6.17%
2028-29 33 $7,500,000 - $7,000,000 5.69%
2029-30 34 $6,000,000 - $7,000,000 -
2030-31 35 $5,000,000 - $7,000,000 -
2031-32 36
UFA
Year Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Cash Total Cash Cumulative Cash Remaining AYC Cumulative AYC Remaining
2025-26 30 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 - $8,000,000 $7,000,000
2026-27 31 $8,000,000 - $8,000,000 $16,000,000 - $8,000,000 $6,800,000
2027-28 32 $7,500,000 - $7,500,000 $23,500,000 - $7,833,333 $6,500,000
2028-29 33 $7,500,000 - $7,500,000 $31,000,000 - $7,750,000 $6,166,667
2029-30 34 $6,000,000 - $6,000,000 $37,000,000 - $7,400,000 $5,500,000
2030-31 35 $5,000,000 - $5,000,000 $42,000,000 - $7,000,000 $5,000,000
Contract Notes

  • 2025-2027: 15 Team No Trade Clause
  • 2028-2030: 10 Team No Trade Clause

Source: NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2021-2024 Extension

Neal Pionk signed a 4 year, $23,500,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets, including $23,500,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $5,875,000.
Contract Terms:
4 yr(s) / $23,500,000
Average Salary:
$5,875,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
BUYOUT CONTRACT
Year Age Cap HitAnnual Cap % League Cap Cash Annual Cash Cumulative
2021-22 26 $5,875,000 7.21% $3,500,000 $3,500,000
2022-23 27 $5,875,000 7.12% $6,500,000 $10,000,000
2023-24 28 $5,875,000 7.04% $7,500,000 $17,500,000
2024-25 29 $5,875,000 6.68% $6,000,000 $23,500,000
Year Age Base Salary Cap Hit Cap % League
2021-22 26 $3,500,000 $5,875,000 7.21%
2022-23 27 $6,500,000 $5,875,000 7.12%
2023-24 28 $7,500,000 $5,875,000 7.04%
2024-25 29 $6,000,000 $5,875,000 6.68%
Year Age Base Salary Cash Total Cash Cumulative Cash Remaining AYC Cumulative AYC Remaining
2021-22 26 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 - $3,500,000 $5,875,000
2022-23 27 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $10,000,000 - $5,000,000 $6,666,667
2023-24 28 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $17,500,000 - $5,833,333 $6,750,000
2024-25 29 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $23,500,000 - $5,875,000 $6,000,000
Source: NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2019-2020

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $6,000,000
Average Salary:
$3,000,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2021 / RFA
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2017-2018 Rookie

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $3,550,000
Average Salary:
$1,775,000
Signing Bonus:
$185,000
Free Agent:
2019 / RFA
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Seasons

7 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$39,617,112

Earnings w/ Different Teams

2 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year Age Team(s) Status Cash Total Cash Cumulative Awards
2017 22
Active
$452,112
$452,112
2018 23
Active
Active
$832,500
$832,500
$1,284,612
$2,117,112
2019 24
Active
$2,850,000
$4,967,112
2020 25
Active
$3,150,000
$8,117,112
2021 26
Active
$3,500,000
$11,617,112
2022 27
Active
$6,500,000
$18,117,112
2023 28
Active
$7,500,000
$25,617,112
2024 29
Active
$6,000,000
$31,617,112
2025 30
Injured
$8,000,000
$39,617,112
Total      
$39,617,112
$39,617,112
2026 31
Active
$8,000,000
2027 32
Active
$7,500,000
2028 33
Active
$7,500,000
2029 34
Active
$6,000,000
2030 35
Active
$5,000,000
Total
$73,617,112

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
2 $1,932,112 $185,000 - $2,117,112
7 $33,500,000 $4,000,000 - $37,500,000
Year Team(s) Age Base Signing Incentives Cash Total Cash Cumulative
2017
22
$267,112
$185,000
$452,112
$452,112
2018
23
$832,500
$832,500
$832,500
$832,500
$1,284,612
$2,117,112
2019
24
$2,850,000
$2,850,000
$4,967,112
2020
25
$3,150,000
$3,150,000
$8,117,112
2021
26
$3,500,000
$3,500,000
$11,617,112
2022
27
$6,500,000
$6,500,000
$18,117,112
2023
28
$7,500,000
$7,500,000
$25,617,112
2024
29
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$31,617,112
2025
30
$4,000,000
$4,000,000
$8,000,000
$39,617,112
Total
$35,432,112
$4,185,000
$39,617,112
$39,617,112
2026
31
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
2027
32
$7,500,000
$7,500,000
2028
33
$7,500,000
$7,500,000
2029
34
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
2030
35
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
Total
$69,432,112
$4,185,000
$73,617,112

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
2 $1,932,112 $185,000 - $2,117,112
7 $33,500,000 $4,000,000 - $37,500,000

Injuries

Year Dates Games Missed Reason
2025-26 WPG Jan 14, 2026 - TBD 0 Lower Body
2021-22 WPG Feb 14, 2022 - Feb 16, 2022 0 COVID-19
2021-22 WPG Feb 07, 2022 - Feb 11, 2022 0 COVID-19
  • Apr 18, 2025 Signed a 6 year $42 million contract extension with Winnipeg (WPG)
  • Nov 17, 2024 Fined $5,000 Clipping Jesper Boqvist (FLA)
  • Apr 11, 2023 Fined $5,000 Cross-checking Marcus Johansson (MIN)
  • Dec 06, 2021 Suspended 2 games for kneeing Rasmus Sandin (TOR), forfeiting $58,750 in 2021-22 salary with Winnipeg (WPG)
  • Aug 11, 2021 Signed a 4 year $23.5 millioncontract extension with Winnipeg (WPG)
  • Jul 21, 2019 Signed a 2 year $6 million contract with Winnipeg (WPG)
  • Jun 17, 2019 Traded to Winnipeg (WPG) from New York (NYR) with 2019 1st round pick (#20) for Jacob Trouba
  • May 01, 2017 Signed a 2 year $3.55 million contract with New York (NYR)

Fines

Date Reason Fine Amount
Nov 17, 2024 Clipping Jesper Boqvist (FLA) $5,000
Apr 11, 2023 Cross-checking Marcus Johansson (MIN) $5,000
Fines: 2 $10,000

Suspensions

Date Reason Games Suspended Fine Amount
Dec 06, 2021 Kneeing Rasmus Sandin (TOR) 2 $58,750
Suspensions: 1 $58,750
Year Team GP G MIN A PTS +/- SOG S% PPG PPA SHG SHA Blk Hit PIM
2025 WPG 40 2 911 6 0 -1 76 .026 1 1 0 0 64 84 19
2024 WPG 69 10 1,522 29 0 21 123 .081 4 8 0 1 101 114 44
2023 WPG 82 5 1,707 28 33 9 146 .034 1 7 0 0 118 202 63
2022 WPG 82 10 1,799 23 33 -12 142 .070 1 2 0 1 129 169 44
2021 WPG 77 3 1,627 31 34 5 140 .021 1 11 0 0 91 185 46
2020 WPG 54 3 1,185 29 32 6 100 .030 1 9 0 0 74 137 20
2019 WPG 71 6 1,659 39 45 10 177 .034 3 22 0 1 78 165 32
2018 NYR 73 6 1,545 20 26 -16 132 .045 2 11 0 1 98 138 35
2017 NYR 28 1 626 13 14 -1 54 .019 0 5 0 0 41 49 12
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