Brandon Saad

Age 28 Oct 27, 1992

Pittsburgh USA

Left Wing shoots left

6'1" 185 cm

206 lbs 93 kg

ELC Signing Age 18

Waivers Signing Age 18

UFA Year 2019

Agent Lewis Gross

Draft Year 2011
Drafted Overall 43
Draft Round 2
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $4,500,000
5.5% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $0
Year 1 of 5 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2026 | 33 yrs old
Career Earnings: $42,792,500

Transaction History

Jul 29, 2021		St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract with St. Louis on Thursday.
Jun 10, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad posted an assist and two hits in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Golden Knights in Game 6.
Jun 8, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and added a pair of hits Tuesday in a 3-2 overtime loss to Vegas in Game 5.
Jun 6, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and added four hits in Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Golden Knights in Game 4.
Jun 2, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Golden Knights in Game 2.
May 30, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots, went plus-2 and added 12 PIM in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Golden Knights in Game 1.
May 23, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power-play goal on two shots in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Blues in Game 4.
May 21, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Friday's 5-1 win over the Blues in Game 3.
May 19, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored an empty-net goal on two shots in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Blues in Game 2.
May 18, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had two shots on net over 14:38 of ice time in Colorado's 4-1 win over St. Louis in Game 1 of their playoff series Monday.
May 15, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) was on the ice for Saturday's practice, Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
May 10, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) is slated to be sidelined for at least the first game of the postseason, Adrian Dater of ColoradoHockeyNow.com reports.
May 6, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) could be ready to return Wednesday or next Thursday versus LA, Mike Chambers of The Denver Post reports.
Apr 27, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Martin Kaut \| Kaut replaced Brandon Saad (lower body) on the third line in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Blues. He had one shot on net, two blocked shots and two PIM.
Apr 26, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) will miss 2-4 weeks after suffering an injury Saturday against the Blues, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.
Apr 22, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and added two PIM in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Blues.
Apr 14, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal and added two hits in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Blues.
Apr 12, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal in Monday's 4-2 win over the Coyotes.
Apr 5, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Monday's 5-4 win over Minnesota.
Apr 2, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power-play goal on four shots and blocked a pair of shots in Friday's 3-2 win over the Blues.
Mar 21, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had an assist and four shots on net in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Wild.
Mar 16, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power play goal on two shots and added an assist in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Ducks.
Mar 14, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad notched an assist and went plus-2 in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Kings.
Mar 10, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime win over the Coyotes.
Mar 6, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on his only shot and dished out a pair of hits Saturday in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Ducks.
Mar 5, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal and supplied a pair of assists in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Ducks.
Feb 27, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had one shot on net and one blocked shot over 15:01 of ice time in Friday's 3-2 win over Arizona.
Feb 26, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (personal) participated in Friday's skate, suggesting he'll take part in Friday night's game against Arizona.
Feb 24, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (personal) won't play Wednesday against the Wild so that he can attend the birth of his child.
Feb 16, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist and went plus-3 in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Golden Knights.
Jan 31, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Sunday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Wild.
Jan 30, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and supplied an assist in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Wild.
Jan 28, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad posted two assists and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 3-0 win over the Sharks.
Jan 26, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored two goals on three shots in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the Sharks.
Jan 25, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had one shot on net over a season-low 10:51 of ice time in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Ducks.
Jan 19, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored his first goal for the Avalanche in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Kings.
Jan 8, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (undisclosed) is on the ice for Friday's practice, (NHL).com's Rick Sadowski reports.
Jan 4, 2021		Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (undisclosed) was deemed unfit to play for the start of training camp Monday by coach Jared Bednar, Rick Sadowski of (NHL).com reports.
Oct 10, 2020	Trade	TRADE ANALYSIS The Chicago Blackhawks acquired Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm from the Colorado Avalanche for Brandon Saad and Dennis Gilbert (0) Leave a Comment
Jan 18, 2020	Activated	Chicago Blackhawks \| activated LW Brandon Saad from injured reserve.
Jun 23, 2017	Trade	Chicago Blackhawks \| acquired LW Brandon Saad, G Anton Forsberg and a 2018 fifth-round draft pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for LW Artemi Panarin, LW Tyler Motte and a 2017 sixth-round draft pick.
Jul 3, 2015		Columbus Blue Jackets \| signed LW Brandon Saad to a six-year, $36 million contract extension.
Jun 30, 2015	Trade	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Columbus Blue Jackets acquired LW Brandon Saad, D Michael Paliotta and C Alex Broadnurst from the Chicago Blackhawks for C Artem Anisimov, C Marko Dano, RW Jeremy Morin, RW Corey Tropp and a 2016 fourth-round draft pick.
Jan 13, 2013	Recalled	Chicago Blackhawks \| recalled LW Brandon Saad from Rockford (AHL).
Sep 15, 2012	Assigned	Chicago Blackhawks \| assigned LW Brandon Saad to Rockford (AHL).
Apr 16, 2012	Recalled	Chicago Blackhawks \| (Brandon Saad) has been recalled from the Saginaw Spirit (AHL).
Oct 4, 2011		Chicago Blackhawks \| (Brandon Saad) Agreed to terms with forward on a three-year contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2020-2021 Regular Season Stats

Brandon Saad	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Colorado Avalanche	44	15	9	24	1	12	523	50.90	55.30	-4.80	56.70	-2.00	1.49	2.29
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2007-2008	Pine-Richland High	USHS-PA	13	8	19	27	14
	2007-2008	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	T1EHL 18U	26	11	19	30	16
	2007-2008	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	18U AAA	76	43	51	94	92
	2008-2009	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	NAHL	47	29	18	47	48									Playoffs	7	5	1	6	0
	2008-2009	USA U17	WHC-17	6	4	5	9	2
	2009-2010	USNTDP Juniors	USHL	24	12	14	26	18
	2009-2010	U.S. National U18 Team	USDP	39	17	15	32	34
	2009-2010	USA U18	WJC-18	7	3	3	6	4
Draft Yr	2010-2011	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	59	27	28	55	47									Playoffs	12	3	8	11	0
	2011-2012	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	25		38.10	-21.71	37.36	-18.52	0.00	0.00	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
	2011-2012	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	44	34	42	76	38									Playoffs	12	8	9	17	0
	2011-2012	USA U20	WJC-20	6	1	5	6	0
	2012-2013	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	31	8	12	20	10
	2012-2013	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	46	10	17	27	12	610	67.35	61.58	11.12	58.62	3.30	0.88	2.16	Playoffs	23	1	5	6	0
	2013-2014	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	78	19	28	47	20	1,010	57.29	58.99	3.57	58.12	2.48	0.71	1.90	Playoffs	19	6	10	16	0
	2014-2015	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	23	29	52	12	1,093	55.81	52.86	4.30	53.89	-0.12	1.04	2.09	Playoffs	23	8	3	11	0
	2015-2016	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	78	31	22	53	14	1,053	56.67	52.97	2.56	49.40	2.20	1.14	2.17
	2016-2017	Team North America	WCup	3	0	0	0	2
	2016-2017	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	82	24	29	53	8	1,138	62.35	54.97	5.16	55.45	6.04	1.05	2.27	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
	2017-2018	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	18	17	35	14	1,061	45.74	51.43	2.72	55.58	5.07	0.79	1.58
	2018-2019	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	23	24	47	12	1,096	47.06	46.09	2.43	52.69	4.86	0.77	1.75
	2019-2020	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	58	21	12	33	16	749	54.00	50.60	4.60	49.90	3.00	1.28	2.16	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
	2020-2021	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	44	15	9	24	12	523	50.90	55.30	-4.80	56.70	-2.00	1.49	2.29	Playoffs	10	7	1	8	0
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date July 29, 2021
Signing Status UFA
Agent Lewis Gross

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 5 Years $22,500,000 5.52% of cap space

	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Cap Hit	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
AAV	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,500,000	$4,375,000	$3,625,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,500,000	$4,375,000	$3,625,000
Minors Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,500,000	$4,375,000	$3,625,000
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out
No Trade – through 2024-25 season; Modified Trade Clause – 2025-26 season – 12 team No Trade List

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 3, 2015
Signing Status RFA
Agent Lewis Gross

Standard Contract | 6 Years $36,000,000 8.40% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
AAV	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,000,000	$5,750,000	$6,250,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$4,000,000	$5,750,000	$6,250,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000
Minors Salary	$4,000,000	$5,750,000	$6,250,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000
Clauses						M-NTC
UFA Year
* Retained 16.6666% of contract was retained by Chicago Blackhawks in trade to Colorado Avalanche

Signing Team

Signing Date October 5, 2011

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,775,000 1.24% of cap space

	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$795,000	$764,167	$764,167	$764,167	RFA
AAV	$925,000	$894,167	$894,167	$894,167
Performance Bonuses	$0	$307,500	$82,500	$0
Base Salary	$0	$525,000	$750,000	$832,500
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500	$92,500	$0
Total Salary	$0	$617,500	$842,500	$832,500
Minors Salary	$0	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year