Sean Walker

Carolina Hurricanes, Defensemen
Age: 31y-3m-23d (Nov 13, 1994)
Exp: 6 Years
Country: CA
College: Bowling Green
Drafted: Undrafted, LAK, 2018
Agent(s): Kurt Overhardt (KO Sports)
2025-26 Cap Hit

$3,600,000

2025-26 Cash

$4,000,000

Career Earnings

$20,859,400

2024-2028 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Sean Walker signed a 5 year, $18,000,000 contract with the Carolina Hurricanes, including $5,225,000 signing bonus, $18,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $3,600,000. In 2025-26, Walker will earn a base salary of $4,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $3,600,000.
Contract Terms:
5 yr(s) / $18,000,000
Average Salary:
$3,600,000
Signing Bonus:
$5,225,000
Free Agent:
2029 / UFA
BUYOUT CONTRACT
Year Age Cap HitAnnual Cap % League Cap Cash Annual Cash Cumulative
2024-25 30 $3,600,000 4.09% $5,000,000 $5,000,000
2025-26 31 $3,600,000 3.77% $4,000,000 $9,000,000
2026-27 32 $3,600,000 3.46% $3,000,000 $12,000,000
2027-28 33 $3,600,000 3.17% $3,000,000 $15,000,000
2028-29 34 $3,600,000 2.93% $3,000,000 $18,000,000
2029-30 35
UFA
Year Age Base Salary Signing Proration Cap Hit Cap % League
2024-25 30 $4,000,000 $1,000,000 $3,600,000 4.09%
2025-26 31 $4,000,000 - $3,600,000 3.77%
2026-27 32 $775,000 $2,225,000 $3,600,000 3.46%
2027-28 33 $3,000,000 - $3,600,000 3.17%
2028-29 34 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,600,000 2.93%
2029-30 35
UFA
Year Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Cash Total Cash Cumulative Cash Remaining AYC Cumulative AYC Remaining
2024-25 30 $4,000,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 - $5,000,000 $3,600,000
2025-26 31 $4,000,000 - $4,000,000 $9,000,000 - $4,500,000 $3,250,000
2026-27 32 $775,000 $2,225,000 $3,000,000 $12,000,000 - $4,000,000 $3,000,000
2027-28 33 $3,000,000 - $3,000,000 $15,000,000 - $3,750,000 $3,000,000
2028-29 34 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $18,000,000 - $3,600,000 $3,000,000
Contract Notes

  • 2024-2026: 15-team no trade list

Source: NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2020-2023 Extension

Contract Terms:
4 yr(s) / $10,600,000
Average Salary:
$2,650,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
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2018-2019 Rookie

Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $1,490,000
Average Salary:
$745,000
Signing Bonus:
$140,000
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Seasons

6 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$24,714,623

Earnings w/ Different Teams

4 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year Age Team(s) Status Cash Total Cash Cumulative Awards
2018 24
Active
Active
$489,400
$489,400
$489,400
$978,800
2019 25
Active
Active
$770,000
$770,000
$1,748,800
$2,518,800
2020 26
Active
$2,000,000
$4,518,800
2021 27
Reserve
$2,250,000
$6,768,800
2022 28
Active
$3,000,000
$9,768,800
2023 29
Active
Retained
Retained
$754,177
$2,595,823
$2,595,823
$10,522,977
$13,118,800
$15,714,623
2024 30
Active
$5,000,000
$20,714,623
2025 31
Active
$4,000,000
$24,714,623
Total      
$24,714,623
$24,714,623
2026 32
Active
$3,000,000
2027 33
Active
$3,000,000
2028 34
Active
$3,000,000
Total
$33,714,623

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
5 $9,488,800 $280,000 - $9,768,800
1 $754,177 - - $754,177
1 $5,191,646 - - $5,191,646
2 $8,000,000 $1,000,000 - $9,000,000
Year Team(s) Age Base Signing Incentives Cash Total Cash Cumulative
2018
24
$419,400
$419,400
$70,000
$70,000
$489,400
$489,400
$489,400
$978,800
2019
25
$700,000
$700,000
$70,000
$70,000
$770,000
$770,000
$1,748,800
$2,518,800
2020
26
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$4,518,800
2021
27
$2,250,000
$2,250,000
$6,768,800
2022
28
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
$9,768,800
2023
29
$754,177
$2,595,823
$2,595,823
$754,177
$2,595,823
$2,595,823
$10,522,977
$13,118,800
$15,714,623
2024
30
$4,000,000
$1,000,000
$5,000,000
$20,714,623
2025
31
$4,000,000
$4,000,000
$24,714,623
Total
$23,434,623
$1,280,000
$24,714,623
$24,714,623
2026
32
$775,000
$2,225,000
$3,000,000
2027
33
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
2028
34
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
Total
$28,209,623
$5,505,000
$33,714,623

Earnings Per Team

Years Team Base Signing Incentives Cash Cumulative
5 $9,488,800 $280,000 - $9,768,800
1 $754,177 - - $754,177
1 $5,191,646 - - $5,191,646
2 $8,000,000 $1,000,000 - $9,000,000

Injuries

Year Dates Games Missed Reason
2021-22 LAK Oct 27, 2021 - TBD 0 Knee (ACL)
  • Jul 01, 2024 Signed a 5 year $18 million contract with Carolina (CAR)
  • Jun 06, 2023 Traded to Philadelphia (PHI) from Los Angeles (LAK) as part of a 3-team trade: Philadelphia (PHI) traded Kevin Connauton and Hayden Hodgson to Los Angeles (LAK); Columbus (CBJ) traded 2024 2nd round pick and 2023 1st round pick to Philadelphia (PHI); Los Angeles (LAK) traded Cal Petersen, Helge Grans and 2024 2nd round pick to Philadelphia (PHI); Los Angeles (LAK) traded Ivan Provorov to Columbus (CBJ)
  • Sep 11, 2020 Signed a 4 year $10.6 million contract extension with Los Angeles (LAK)
  • Jul 03, 2018 Signed a 2 year $1.49 million contract with Los Angeles (LAK)
  • Jul 03, 2018 Signed a 2 year $1.49 million contract with Los Angeles (LAK)
Year Team GP G MIN A PTS +/- SOG S% PPG PPA SHG SHA Blk Hit PIM
2025 CAR 61 5 1,344 13 0 -2 129 .039 0 1 0 1 93 99 51
2024 CAR 82 5 1,380 11 0 -7 144 .035 0 0 0 0 90 91 46
2023 COL 81 10 1,557 19 29 11 150 .067 0 1 2 1 127 106 50
2022 LA 70 3 1,037 10 13 -3 94 .032 0 1 0 0 104 77 36
2021 LA 6 0 110 2 2 -1 18 0 1 0 0 9 9 4
2020 LA 47 5 853 13 18 -13 92 .054 0 1 0 0 72 43 18
2019 LA 70 5 1,318 19 24 -12 127 .039 0 5 0 0 84 81 26
2018 LA 39 3 601 7 10 -8 55 .055 1 0 0 0 40 43 8
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