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Dean Kukan

age31

posD

shotl

h6'2"

w185lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$1,650,000$1.65M

Term

2 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2022 age 28

Profile

Draft Position

Undrafted

Draft Class

Draft Team

Birthdate Jul 8, 1993

Nationality Switzerland

Agent Andre Rufener

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 22

Waivers Age 22

Est Career Earnings $6,985,000

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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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	-	WC	Switzerland	10	1	2	3	6
2023-24	-	EHT	Switzerland	5	0	2	2	2
2023-24	-	International	Switzerland (all)	15	1	4	5	8
2023-24	-	NL	ZSC	40	3	22	25	8									Playoffs	15	2	9	11	0
2022-23	-	WC	Switzerland	7	0	4	4	4
2022-23	-	International	Switzerland (all)	14	1	4	5	4
2022-23	-	EHT	Switzerland	7	1	0	1	0
2022-23	-	Champions HL	ZSC	6	1	2	3	25									Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
2022-23	-	NL	ZSC	49	7	24	31	8									Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
2021-22	$1,650,000 $1.65M	EHT	Switzerland	2	0	0	0	0
2021-22	$1,650,000 $1.65M	WC	Switzerland	8	2	4	6	0
2021-22	$1,650,000 $1.65M	International	Switzerland (all)	10	2	4	6	0
2021-22	$1,650,000 $1.65M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	41	3	8	11	16	608	50.80	44.00	-0.50	47.40	0.30	0.30	0.99
2020-21	$1,650,000 $1.65M	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	35	1	4	5	10	484	46.90	48.70	2.70	46.90	0.70	0.12	0.62
2019-20	$725,000 $725K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	33	1	4	5	12	487	36.40	52.70	-2.00	50.70	1.30		0.49	Playoffs	9	0	1	1	0
2018-19	$725,000 $725K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	5	1	1	2	0
2018-19	$725,000 $725K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	25	0	5	5	6	332	65.00	59.28	5.86	53.24	1.54	0.00	0.90	Playoffs	10	1	0	1	0
2017-18	$700,000 $700K	WC	Switzerland	10	1	2	3	0
2017-18	$700,000 $700K	International	Switzerland (all)	10	1	2	3	0
2017-18	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	11	0	4	4	2	131	56.25	61.40	8.51	54.90	2.38	0.00	1.83
2017-18	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	32	1	14	15	20
2016-17	$767,500 $768K	WC	Switzerland	8	0	1	1	2
2016-17	$767,500 $768K	International	Switzerland (all)	11	0	1	1	2
2016-17	$767,500 $768K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	72	4	25	29	43
2015-16	$767,500 $768K	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	8	0	0	0	0	132	83.33	54.68	5.62	49.36	5.48	0.00	0.00
2015-16	$767,500 $768K	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	33	3	10	13	8									Playoffs	17	1	4	5	0
2014-15	-	WC	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	-	International	Switzerland (all)	13	0	2	2	4
2014-15	-	Champions HL	Luleå HF	13	1	2	3	10									Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
2014-15	-	SHL	Luleå HF	52	3	10	13	14									Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
2013-14	-	Deutschland Cup	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	0
2013-14	-	WC	Switzerland	7	1	0	1	2
2013-14	-	International	Switzerland (all)	18	1	1	2	6
2013-14	-	ET	Luleå HF	8	1	1	2	2									Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2013-14	-	SHL	Luleå HF	54	4	8	12	12									Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2012-13	-	International	Switzerland (all)	2	0	0	0	0
2012-13	-	SHL	Luleå HF	16	1	3	4	0									Playoffs	15	0	1	1	0
2012-13	-	WJC-20	Switzerland U20	6	0	1	1	2
2012-13	-	WJAC-19	Switzerland U19	5	1	0	1	8
2012-13	-	HockeyAllsvenskan	Tingsryds AIF	16	0	2	2	2
2012-13	-	HockeyAllsvenskan	Asplöven HC	2	0	0	0	4
2012-13	-	ET	Luleå HF	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	15	0	1	1	0
2012-13	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U20 (all)	14	1	4	5	14
2012-13	-	J20 Nationell	Luleå HF J20	11	2	1	3	2
2011-12	-	International	Switzerland (all)	4	0	0	0	0
2011-12	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U19 (all)	4	1	1	2	0
2011-12	-	SHL	Luleå HF	3	0	0	0	0
2011-12	-	WJC-20	Switzerland U20	6	1	1	2	0
2011-12	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U20 (all)	14	1	4	5	2
2011-12	-	J20 Nationell	Luleå HF J20	42	5	16	21	8									Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0
2010-11	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U20 (all)	4	0	1	1	2
2010-11	-	WJC-18	Switzerland U18	6	0	2	2	0
2010-11	-	U20-Elit	GC/Küsnacht U20	2	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	10	0	0	0	0
2010-11	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U18 (all)	22	4	5	9	2
2010-11	-	NL	ZSC	2	0	0	0	0
2010-11	-	WJAC-19	Switzerland U19	4	0	1	1	2
2010-11	-	SL	GC/Küsnacht	37	1	2	3	4
2009-10	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U18 (all)	25	1	9	10	2
2009-10	-	WJC-18	Switzerland U18	6	0	3	3	0
2009-10	-	U20-Elit	GC/Küsnacht U20	13	1	5	6	2									Playoffs	9	0	4	4	0
2009-10	-	SL	GC/Küsnacht	29	0	6	6	14
2008-09	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U17 (all)	3	0	0	0	0
2008-09	-	International-Jr	Switzerland U16 (all)	12	1	2	3	2
2008-09	-	U17-Elit	ZSC U17	27	1	2	3	4									Playoffs	10	0	5	5	0
2008-09	-	U20-Elit	GC/Küsnacht U20	8	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2007-08	-	U15-Top	ZSC II U15	1	3	4	7	0
2007-08	-	U17-Top	ZSC II U17	16	4	9	13	4
2007-08	-	U15-Elit	ZSC U15	24	9	9	18	2
2007-08	-	U17-Elit	ZSC U17	2	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	12	1	0	1	0
2006-07	-	U17-Top	GC/Küsnacht U17	2	0	0	0	0
2006-07	-	U17-A	ZSC II U17	17	5	6	11	6
2006-07	-	U15-Elit	ZSC U15	26	9	5	14	14
2006-07	-	U17-Elit	ZSC U17	1	0	0	0	0
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Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,300,000$3.30M

cap hit$1,650,000$1.65M

expiry 2022 UFA age 28

Signed On Feb 7 2020

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.02%

Signing Status

RFA

age 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,650,000$1.65M	UFAage 28
AAV	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,650,000$1.65M
Base	$1,300,000$1.30M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,300,000$1.30M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$1,300,000$1.30M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,450,000$1.45M

cap hit$725,000$725K

expiry 2020 RFA age 26

Signed On Mar 14 2018

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.91%

Signing Status

RFA

age 25

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$725,000$725K	$725,000$725K	RFAage 26
AAV	$725,000$725K	$725,000$725K
Base	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2018 RFA age 24

Signed On Jun 9 2017

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.93%

Signing Status

RFA

age 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	RFAage 24
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$85,000$85K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2015-2017 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,535,000$1.54M

cap hit$767,500$768K

expiry 2017 RFA age 23

Signed On Jun 1 2015

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.07%

Signing Status age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$767,500$768K	$767,500$768K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$182,500$183K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$742,500$743K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

Dean Kukan Updates

May 20 2022

Kukan will sign with a team in Switzerland's National League for the 2022-23 campaign.

Feb 20 2022

Kukan had two goals and an assist in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Feb 11 2022

Kukan picked up an assist in Thursday's overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Jan 4 2022

Kukan (wrist) will be in the lineup versus Tampa Bay on Tuesday, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports.

Dec 30 2021

Kukan (wrist) will not participate in Thursday's contest against the Nashville Predators, per Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers.

Dec 26 2021

Kukan (wrist) was spotted in practice Sunday, according to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.

Oct 26 2021

Kukan suffered a fractured wrist in Monday's game against the Dallas Stars and was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. He's expected to miss eight weeks.

Feb 3 2021

Kukan scored his first goal of the season on two shots in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Dallas Stars.

Jan 19 2021

Kukan posted an assist in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Jun 18 2020

Activated D Dean Kukan from injured reserve.

Feb 7 2020