Overview Current Contract Career Stats Contract History

Craig Smith

age34

posRW

shotr

h6'0"

w203lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$1,000,000$1.00M

Year 1 of 1

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 35

Profile

Draft Position round4 pick98

Draft Class 2009

Draft Team Predators

Birthdate Sep 5, 1989

Nationality USA

Agent Kevin Magnuson

UFA Year 2017

ELC Year 22

Waivers Age 22

Est Career Earnings $37,980,000

2023-24 Stats

Regular Season

GP75

G11

P20

PPG0.27

PIM33

EV TOI/GM 10.13

G60 0.80

P60 1.52

GF% 50.90

DFF% 56.60

REL DFF% 2.40

CF% 55.70

REL CF% 3.60

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,000,000$1.00M

cap hit$1,000,000$1.00M

Signed On Jul 1 2024

Signing Agent Kevin Magnuson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.14%

Signing Status

UFA

age 35

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,000,000$1.00M	UFAage 35
AAV	$1,000,000$1.00M
Base	$775,000$775K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	$225,000$225K
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Clauses	-
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2023-24	$1,000,000 $1.00M	NHL	Dallas Stars	75	11	9	20	33	750	50.90	56.60	2.40	55.70	3.60	0.80	1.52	Playoffs	14	0	2	2	0
2022-23	$3,100,000 $3.10M	NHL	Washington Capitals	22	5	1	6	4	260	54.20	46.80	2.10	48.80	3.50	1.15	1.38
2022-23	$3,100,000 $3.10M	NHL	Boston Bruins	42	4	6	10	14	413	59.30	51.60	-3.50	50.30	-1.10	0.73	0.87
2021-22	$3,100,000 $3.10M	NHL	Boston Bruins	74	16	20	36	28	928	54.30	57.90	1.30	55.30	1.00	1.03	2.07	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2020-21	$3,100,000 $3.10M	NHL	Boston Bruins	54	13	19	32	18	698	69.20	55.60	2.60	57.00	3.40	0.69	2.15	Playoffs	10	2	3	5	0
2019-20	$4,250,000 $4.25M	NHL	Nashville Predators	69	18	13	31	34	753	67.20	56.60	8.40	55.00	5.40	1.12	1.83	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	$4,250,000 $4.25M	NHL	Nashville Predators	76	21	17	38	20	924	59.72	50.67	0.23	52.83	0.98	1.10	1.95	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	0
2017-18	$4,250,000 $4.25M	NHL	Nashville Predators	79	25	26	51	24	981	64.20	56.76	8.90	58.08	7.49	0.92	2.14	Playoffs	13	2	2	4	0
2016-17	$4,250,000 $4.25M	NHL	Nashville Predators	78	12	17	29	30	970	56.76	51.83	-0.60	54.25	3.60	0.62	1.61	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
2015-16	$4,250,000 $4.25M	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	21	16	37	40	1,030	55.56	56.49	4.46	56.75	5.52	1.11	1.86	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	0
2014-15	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	23	21	44	44	1,035	59.60	54.77	0.21	55.66	3.64	0.93	1.97	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0
2013-14	$2,000,000 $2.00M	WC	USA	8	3	5	8	10
2013-14	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Nashville Predators	79	24	28	52	22	1,071	58.24	51.48	0.66	50.04	2.64	0.84	2.24
2012-13	$715,000 $715K	WC	USA	10	4	10	14	18
2012-13	$715,000 $715K	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	4	1	4	5	0
2012-13	$715,000 $715K	Liiga	KalPa	8	4	4	8	20
2012-13	$715,000 $715K	NHL	Nashville Predators	44	4	8	12	20	512	38.71	53.12	5.33	44.06	-1.69	0.23	0.59
2011-12	$715,000 $715K	WC	USA	4	0	2	2	2
2011-12	$715,000 $715K	NHL	Nashville Predators	72	14	22	36	30	826	46.03	48.44	-0.58	47.28	1.21	0.58	1.67	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
2010-11	-	WC	USA	7	3	3	6	4
2010-11	-	NCAA	Univ. of Wisconsin	41	19	24	43	87
2009-10	-	NCAA	Univ. of Wisconsin	41	8	25	33	72
2008-09	-	WJAC-19	USA U19	5	3	5	8	2
2008-09	-	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks	54	28	48	76	108									Playoffs	3	1	3	4	0
2007-08	-	WJAC-19	USA U19	4	0	0	0	0
2007-08	-	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks	58	13	10	23	90									Playoffs	11	2	3	5	0
2006-07	-	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks	45	8	10	18	28									Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2005-06	-	USHS-WI	Madison La Follette/East High	20	35	26	61	0
2004-05	-	USHS-WI	Madison La Follette/East High	20	16	24	40	0
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Contract History

2023-2024 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,000,000$1.00M

cap hit$1,000,000$1.00M

expiry 2024 UFA age 34

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Kevin Magnuson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.20%

Signing Status

UFA

age 34

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$1,000,000$1.00M	UFAage 34
AAV	$1,000,000$1.00M
Base	$800,000$800K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	$200,000$200K
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2020-2023 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$9,300,000$9.30M

cap hit$3,100,000$3.10M

expiry 2023 UFA age 33

Signed On Oct 10 2020

Signing Agent Kevin Magnuson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 3.80%

Signing Status

UFA

age 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$3,100,000$3.10M	$3,100,000$3.10M	$3,100,000$3.10M	UFAage 33
AAV	$3,100,000$3.10M	$3,100,000$3.10M	$3,100,000$3.10M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$4,300,000$4.30M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$4,300,000$4.30M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$4,300,000$4.30M
Clauses	-	-	-
UFA Year

2015-2020 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$21,250,000$21.25M

cap hit$4,250,000$4.25M

expiry 2020 UFA age 30

Signed On Jul 20 2015

Signing Agent Kevin Magnuson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.95%

Signing Status

RFA

age 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	UFAage 30
AAV	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,250,000$4.25M
Base	$3,750,000$3.75M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$3,750,000$3.75M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Minors Salary	$3,750,000$3.75M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M
Clauses	-	-	-	-	-
UFA Year

2013-2015 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,000,000$4.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

expiry 2015 RFA age 25

Signed On Sep 14 2012

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 3.11%

Signing Status

RFA

age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	RFAage 25
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2011-2013 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,800,000$1.80M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2013 RFA age 23

Signed On Jul 26 2011

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.11%

Signing Status age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013
Cap Hit	$715,000$715K	$715,000$715K	RFAage 23
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$600,000$600K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	$210,000$210K	$160,000$160K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$690,000$690K	$740,000$740K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

Craig Smith Updates

Jul 1 2024 | Chicago Blackhawks

Craig Smith

Standard | 1 yrs

$1,000,000

Cap Hit

$1,000,000

Kevin Magnuson | KO Sports, Inc.

Jul 1 2024

Smith signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

May 5 2024

Smith logged an assist, two shots on goal and four hits in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 7.

Apr 29 2024

Smith recorded an assist in Monday's 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4.

Apr 14 2024

Smith scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Seattle Kraken.

Apr 3 2024

Smith notched two assists and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 5-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

Mar 23 2024

Smith logged an assist in Friday's 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Mar 21 2024

Smith scored a goal in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Coyotes.

Mar 17 2024

Smith scored a goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

Mar 14 2024

Smith scored a goal on four shots and added three hits in Thursday's 6-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Mar 2 2024

Smith notched an assist and three hits in Saturday's 3-2 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks.

Feb 7 2024

Smith recorded an assist in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Jan 25 2024

Smith scored a goal in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Jan 25 2024

Smith (upper body) will draw into the lineup against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, per Mike Heika of the Dallas Stars' official site.

Jan 23 2024

Smith (upper body) won't play Tuesday versus Detroit, Mike Heika of the Dallas Stars' official site reports.

Jan 21 2024

Smith suffered an upper-body injury Sunday against the New York Islanders, Mike Heika of the Dallas Stars' official site reports.

Jul 1 2023 | Chicago Blackhawks

Craig Smith

Standard | 1 yrs

$1,000,000

Cap Hit

$1,000,000

Kevin Magnuson | KO Sports, Inc.

Feb 23 2023

$3,100,000

$-3,100,000

The Boston Bruins acquired Garnet Hathaway from the Washington Capitals for Craig Smith, 2023 1st Round Pick, 2025 2nd Round Pick, and 2024 3rd Round Pick

Full Details

Oct 10 2020 | Chicago Blackhawks

Craig Smith

Standard | 3 yrs

$9,300,000

Cap Hit

$3,100,000

Kevin Magnuson | KO Sports, Inc.

Jul 20 2015 | Chicago Blackhawks

Craig Smith

Standard | 5 yrs

$21,250,000