Overview Current Contract Career Stats Contract History

Ethan Bear

#25

age27

posD

shotr

h5'11"

w196lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$2,062,500$2.06M

Year 2 of 2

23/24

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 28

Profile

Draft Position round5 pick124

Draft Class 2015

Draft Team Oilers

Birthdate Jun 26, 1997

Nationality Canada

Agent Jason Davidson

UFA Year 2024

ELC Year 19

Waivers Age 19

Est Career Earnings $12,485,000

2023-24 Stats

Regular Season

GP24

PPG0.17

PIM10

EV TOI/GM 13.96

G60 0.00

P60 0.36

GF% 38.50

DFF% 44.10

REL DFF% -4.70

CF% 45.60

REL CF% -1.20

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,125,000$4.13M

cap hit$2,062,500$2.06M

Signed On Dec 28 2023

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.47%

Signing Status

UFA no QO

age 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$2,062,500$2.06M	$2,062,500$2.06M	UFAage 28
AAV	$2,062,500$2.06M	$2,062,500$2.06M
Base	$1,375,000$1.38M	$2,750,000$2.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,375,000$1.38M	$2,750,000$2.75M
Minors Salary	$1,375,000$1.38M	$2,750,000$2.75M
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	$2,062,500 $2.06M	NHL	Washington Capitals	24	1	3	4	10	335	38.50	44.10	-4.70	45.60	-1.20		0.36
2022-23	$2,200,000 $2.20M	WC	Canada	8	0	0	0	4
2022-23	$2,200,000 $2.20M	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	61	3	13	16	25	979	50.00	50.10	3.70	50.40	3.10	0.12	0.74
2021-22	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	58	5	9	14	20	825	50.00	54.00	-0.10	56.60	1.10	0.36	0.95
2020-21	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	43	2	6	8	14	650	45.80	54.90	6.60	50.30	1.70	0.18	0.74	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2019-20	$720,000 $720K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	5	16	21	33	1,296	46.60	50.00	1.60	49.20	2.50	0.19	0.88	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	$720,000 $720K	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	52	6	25	31	34									Playoffs	8	2	2	4	0
2017-18	$720,000 $720K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	18	1	3	4	10	292	29.17	37.44	-9.73	43.87	-4.20	0.00	0.41
2017-18	$720,000 $720K	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	37	6	12	18	12
2016-17	$721,667 $722K	Memorial Cup	Seattle Thunderbirds	3	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	17	6	20	26	0
2016-17	$721,667 $722K	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	67	28	42	70	21									Playoffs	17	6	20	26	0
2015-16	-	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	69	19	46	65	33									Playoffs	18	8	14	22	0
2014-15	-	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	0	3	3	6
2014-15	-	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	69	13	25	38	23									Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
2014-15	-	U18-Dev	Team White	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	-	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	1	1	2	2
2013-14	-	WHC-17	Canada Western U17	5	0	1	1	0
2013-14	-	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	58	6	13	19	18									Playoffs	9	2	2	4	0
2012-13	-	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	1	0	0	0	0
2012-13	-	SMAAAHL	Yorkton Maulers U18 AAA	38	7	28	35	30									Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0
2011-12	-	NAPHL 14U	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna U15P	5	2	5	7	0
2011-12	-	John Reid Bantam	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna U15P	6	0	4	4	17
2011-12	-	OMAHA	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna U15P	40	12	32	44	45
2010-11	-	SAAHL U15	Melville Millionaires U15 AA	21	16	19	35	34
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Contract History

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,200,000$2.20M

cap hit$2,200,000$2.20M

expiry 2023 UFA no QO age 26

Signed On Jul 27 2022

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.67%

Signing Status

RFA

age 25

Notes

* Retained Salary Oct 28, 2022

18.1818% of contract was retained by Carolina Hurricanes in trade to Vancouver Canucks

Trade Details

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$2,200,000$2.20M	UFA no QOage 26
AAV	$2,200,000$2.20M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M
Minors Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,000,000$4.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

expiry 2022 RFA age 25

Signed On Dec 28 2020

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.45%

Signing Status

RFA

age 23

Qualifying Offer $2,400,000$2.40M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
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	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2016-2020 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,160,000$2.16M

cap hit$720,000$720K

expiry 2020 RFA age 23

Signed On Jul 2 2016

Signing Agent Jason Davidson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.99%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$721,667$722K	$720,000$720K	$720,000$720K	$720,000$720K	RFAage 23
AAV	$800,000$800K	$798,333$798K	$798,333$798K	$798,333$798K
Base	-	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	$145,000$145K	$70,000$70K	$20,000$20K
Signing Bonuses	$80,000$80K	$80,000$80K	$80,000$80K	-
Total Salary	-	$730,000$730K	$730,000$730K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses	-	-	-	-
UFA Year
Slide Year

Ethan Bear Updates

Apr 30 2024

Bear (personal) has been cleared by the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports Tuesday.

OUT | Personal

Ethan Bear

Bear entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Wednesday, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024

Mar 27 2024

Bear entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Wednesday, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.

Jan 17 2024

Bear scored the game-winning goal in Tuesday's 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

Dec 30 2023

Bear (shoulder) is set to make his season debut Saturday versus Nashville, per Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press.

Dec 29 2023

Bear (shoulder) won't make his Capitals debut Friday against the the New York Islanders, Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News reports.

Dec 28 2023 | Washington Capitals

Ethan Bear

Standard | 2 yrs

$4,125,000

Cap Hit

$2,062,500

Jason Davidson | Thunder Creek Professional Player Management

Dec 28 2023

Bear (shoulder) agreed to terms on a two-year, $4.125 million contract with Washington on Thursday.

Dec 20 2023

Bear, who is recovering from a shoulder injury, is expected to sign with Washington at a later date.

Sep 26 2023

Bear (shoulder) is skating, but is expected to be out until around Christmas, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Jun 30 2023

Bear (shoulder) won't receive a qualifying offer from Vancouver, which will make him an unrestricted free agent Saturday.

Jun 15 2023

Bear is expected to miss six months after undergoing shoulder surgery Thursday.

Jun 14 2023

Bear (shoulder) is expected to undergo surgery, per Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK television.

Jun 9 2023

Bear could undergo shoulder surgery in the offseason after suffering the injury during the 2023 IIHF World Hockey Championship, Rick Dhaliwal reports.

Mar 26 2023

Bear picked up a pair of assists in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Mar 18 2023

Bear (upper body) was activated from injured reserve Saturday, according to the NHL media site.

Feb 26 2023

Bear (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday.

Oct 28 2022

$1,800,000

$-1,800,000

The Vancouver Canucks acquired Ethan Bear and Lane Pederson from the Carolina Hurricanes for 2023 fifth round pick

Full Details

Jul 27 2022 | Washington Capitals