Josh Norris

Buffalo Sabres, Center
Age: 25y-10m-19d (May 05, 1999)
Exp: 2 Years
Country: US
College: USA U-18
Drafted: Round 1 (#19 overall), 2017
2024-25 Cap Hit

$7,950,000

2024-25 Cash

$9,500,000

Career Earnings

$23,121,540

2022-2029 Extension (CURRENT)

Josh Norris signed a 8 year, $63,600,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators, including $63,600,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $7,950,000. In 2024-25, Norris will earn a base salary of $9,500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $7,950,000.
Contract Terms:
8 yr(s) / $63,600,000
Average Salary:
$7,950,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2030 / UFA
BUYOUT CONTRACT
Year Age Cap HitAnnual Cap % League Cap Cash Annual Cash Cumulative
2022-23 23 $7,950,000 9.64% $5,000,000 $5,000,000
2023-24 24 $7,950,000 9.52% $6,500,000 $11,500,000
2024-25 25 $7,950,000 9.03% $2,028,639 $13,528,639
2025-26 26 $7,950,000 8.32% $9,500,000 $23,028,639
2026-27 27 $7,950,000 7.64% $9,500,000 $32,528,639
2027-28 28 $7,950,000 7.00% $8,750,000 $41,278,639
2028-29 29 $7,950,000 6.46% $7,850,000 $49,128,639
2029-30 30 $7,950,000 - $7,000,000 $56,128,639
2030-31 31
UFA
Year Age Base Salary Cap Hit Cap % League Cap
2022-23 23 $5,000,000 $7,950,000 9.64%
2023-24 24 $6,500,000 $7,950,000 9.52%
2024-25 25 $9,500,000 $7,950,000 9.03%
2025-26 26 $9,500,000 $7,950,000 8.32%
2026-27 27 $9,500,000 $7,950,000 7.64%
2027-28 28 $8,750,000 $7,950,000 7.00%
2028-29 29 $7,850,000 $7,950,000 6.46%
2029-30 30 $7,000,000 $7,950,000 -
2030-31 31
UFA
Year Age Base Salary Cash Total Cash Cumulative Cash Remaining AYC Cumulative AYC Remaining
2022-23 23 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 - $5,000,000 $7,016,080
2023-24 24 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $11,500,000 - $5,750,000 $7,304,091
2024-25 25 $2,028,639 $2,028,639 $13,528,639 - $4,509,546 $7,438,107
2025-26 26 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $23,028,639 - $5,757,160 $8,520,000
2026-27 27 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $32,528,639 - $6,505,728 $8,275,000
2027-28 28 $8,750,000 $8,750,000 $41,278,639 - $6,879,773 $7,866,667
2028-29 29 $7,850,000 $7,850,000 $49,128,639 - $7,018,377 $7,425,000
2029-30 30 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $56,128,639 - $7,016,080 $7,000,000
Retained/Dead Cash
2024-25 25 $7,471,361 $7,471,361 - - $7,471,361 $7,471,361
Contract Notes
  • 2026-2029: 10 team no trade list
Source: NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2022-0

Contract Terms:
0 yr(s)
Signing Bonus:
N/A
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2019-2021 Rookie

Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $4,900,000
Average Salary:
$1,633,333
Signing Bonus:
$277,500
Free Agent:
2022 / RFA
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Seasons

2 Years

Career Earnings thru 2024

$23,121,540

Earnings w/ Different Teams

2 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year Age Team(s) Status Cash Total Cash Cumulative Awards
2019 20
Active
$271,540
$271,540
2020 21
Active
$925,000
$1,196,540
2021 22
Active
$925,000
$2,121,540
2022 23
Injured
$5,000,000
$7,121,540
2023 24
Reserve
$6,500,000
$13,621,540
2024 25
Active
Retained
$2,028,639
$7,471,361
$15,650,179
$23,121,540
Total      
$23,121,540
$15,650,179
$23,121,540
2025 26
Active
$9,500,000
2026 27
Active
$9,500,000
2027 28
Active
$8,750,000
2028 29
Active
$7,850,000
2029 30
Active
$7,000,000
Total
$65,721,540

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
6 $20,815,401 $277,500 - $21,092,901
1 $2,028,639 - - $2,028,639
Year Team(s) Age Base Signing Incentives Cash Total Cash Cumulative
2019
20
$179,040
$92,500
$271,540
$271,540
2020
21
$832,500
$92,500
$925,000
$1,196,540
2021
22
$832,500
$92,500
$925,000
$2,121,540
2022
23
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$7,121,540
2023
24
$6,500,000
$6,500,000
$13,621,540
2024
25
$2,028,639
$7,471,361
$2,028,639
$7,471,361
$15,650,179
$23,121,540
Total
$22,844,040
$277,500
$23,121,540
$15,650,179
$23,121,540
2025
26
$9,500,000
$9,500,000
2026
27
$9,500,000
$9,500,000
2027
28
$8,750,000
$8,750,000
2028
29
$7,850,000
$7,850,000
2029
30
$7,000,000
$7,000,000
Total
$65,444,040
$277,500
$65,721,540

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
6 $20,815,401 $277,500 - $21,092,901
1 $2,028,639 - - $2,028,639

Injuries

Year Dates Games Missed Reason
2023-24 OTT Feb 29, 2024 - TBD 0 Upper Body
2023-24 OTT Oct 10, 2023 - Oct 18, 2023 0 Shoulder
2022-23 OTT Jan 23, 2023 - Apr 10, 2023 0 Shoulder
2022-23 OTT Oct 24, 2022 - Jan 17, 2023 0 Shoulder
2021-22 OTT Feb 08, 2022 - Mar 03, 2022 0 Shoulder
2021-22 OTT Dec 31, 2021 - Jan 05, 2022 0 COVID-19
Year Team GP G A PTS +/- SOG PPG PPA SHG SHA Blk Hit PIM FO Won
2024 BUF 56 21 14 0 -6 96 6 5 3 1 47 135 44 413
2023 OTT 50 16 14 30 -6 115 5 7 0 1 30 73 22 328
2022 OTT 8 2 1 3 -1 15 0 0 0 0 6 7 6 33
2021 OTT 66 35 20 55 -7 172 16 7 0 0 44 79 16 529
2020 OTT 56 17 18 35 -12 96 6 8 0 0 34 72 13 379
2019 OTT 3 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 3 30

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TRANSACTIONS

Mar 07, 2025
Traded to Buffalo (BUF) from Ottawa (OTT) with Jacob Bernard-Docker and 2026 2nd round pick for Dylan Cozens and Dennis Gilbert
Jul 14, 2022
Signed an 8 year $63.6 million contract extension with Ottawa (OTT)
May 29, 2019
Signed a 3 year $4.9 million contract with Ottawa (OTT)
Sep 13, 2018
Traded to Ottawa (OTT) from San Jose (SJS) with 2020 1st round pick, Chris Tierney , Rudolfs Balcers , Dylan Demelo and 2019 2nd round pick (#44) for Erik Karlsson and Francis Perron
Jun 23, 2017
Drafted by San Jose (SJS): Round 1 (#19 overall)

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