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James Neal

#81

age36

posLW

shotl

h6'3"

w212lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$750,000$750K

Term

1 Year

Expiry Status

UFA 2022 age 34

Profile

Draft Position round2 pick33

Draft Class 2005

Draft Team Stars

Birthdate Sep 3, 1987

Nationality Canada

Agent Patrick Morris

UFA Year 2015

ELC Year 19

Waivers Age 20

Est Career Earnings $67,190,000

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
2021-22	$5,750,000 $5.75M	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	28	14	12	26	10									Playoffs	17	4	8	12	0
2021-22	$5,750,000 $5.75M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	19	2	2	4	0	193	57.10	50.60	2.60	49.50		0.31	0.62
2020-21	$5,750,000 $5.75M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	29	5	5	10	11	292	45.00	46.40	-4.50	47.60	-2.10	0.82	1.44	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2019-20	$5,750,000 $5.75M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	55	19	12	31	12	697	41.80	48.50	-0.10	49.80	4.10	0.43	0.95	Playoffs	4	2	1	3	0
2018-19	$5,750,000 $5.75M	NHL	Calgary Flames	63	7	12	19	28	785	46.43	48.60	-5.59	50.58	-3.18	0.38	0.99	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2017-18	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	71	25	19	44	24	994	46.39	47.87	-3.81	51.43	-0.68	1.03	1.75	Playoffs	20	6	5	11	0
2016-17	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Nashville Predators	70	23	18	41	35	979	48.61	54.47	2.71	52.40	1.08	0.92	1.47	Playoffs	22	6	3	9	0
2015-16	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	31	27	58	65	1,248	63.86	53.53	0.22	53.61	1.30	1.15	1.78	Playoffs	14	4	4	8	0
2014-15	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Nashville Predators	67	23	14	37	57	950	60.47	57.54	2.87	56.69	4.83	1.01	1.83	Playoffs	6	4	1	5	0
2013-14	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	59	27	34	61	55	803	56.79	54.38	8.32	56.05	9.68	1.05	2.32	Playoffs	13	2	2	4	0
2012-13	$5,000,000 $5.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	40	21	15	36	26	516	58.14	56.70	6.44	55.01	5.33	1.28	2.09	Playoffs	13	6	4	10	0
2011-12	$2,875,000 $2.88M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	40	41	81	87	1,136	57.50	54.19	0.82	57.29	3.05	1.16	2.53	Playoffs	5	2	4	6	0
2010-11	$2,875,000 $2.88M	WC	Canada	6	2	3	5	10
2010-11	$2,875,000 $2.88M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	20	1	5	6	6	260	44.44	55.54	5.06	61.16	6.29	0.23	0.92	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0
2010-11	$2,875,000 $2.88M	NHL	Dallas Stars	59	21	18	39	60	863	58.82	49.18	3.38	49.05	3.08	1.04	2.09
2009-10	$646,667 $647K	NHL	Dallas Stars	78	27	28	55	64	1,051	48.60	49.14	0.86	47.19	-0.45	1.26	2.34
2008-09	$646,667 $647K	WC	Canada	3	1	2	3	2
2008-09	$646,667 $647K	AHL	Manitoba Moose	5	4	1	5	2
2008-09	$646,667 $647K	NHL	Dallas Stars	77	24	13	37	51	952	45.95	49.20	0.16	49.95	0.15	0.95	1.64
2007-08	$646,667 $647K	AHL	Iowa Stars	62	18	19	37	63
2006-07	-	CHL Challenge	OHL All-Stars	1	0	1	1	0
2006-07	-	Memorial Cup	Plymouth Whalers	5	5	1	6	42									Playoffs	20	13	12	25	0
2006-07	-	WJC-20	Canada U20	6	0	0	0	8
2006-07	-	OHL	Plymouth Whalers	45	27	38	65	94									Playoffs	20	13	12	25	0
2005-06	-	OHL	Plymouth Whalers	66	21	37	58	109									Playoffs	13	9	7	16	0
2004-05	-	WJC-18	Canada U18	6	1	1	2	6
2004-05	-	OHL	Plymouth Whalers	67	18	26	44	32									Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0
2003-04	-	OJHL	Bowmanville Eagles	43	28	27	55	54									Playoffs	15	12	3	15	0
2003-04	-	OHL	Plymouth Whalers	9	2	4	6	0
2002-03	-	ETAHL U16	Whitby Wildcats U16 AAA	0	0	0	15	0
2002-03	-	ETAHL U16	Whitby Wildcats U16 AAA	47	18	23	41	47
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Contract History

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 34

Signed On Oct 9 2021

Signing Agent Patrick Morris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status

UFA

age 34

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 34
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$750,000$750K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2018-2021 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$28,750,000$28.75M

cap hit$5,750,000$5.75M

expiry 2021 UFA age 33

Signed On Jul 2 2018

Signing Agent Patrick Morris

Signed By

Contract Bought Out By

This contract was bought out by prior to 2021-2022

Buyout Details

% Cap Contract Start 7.23%

Signing Status

UFA

age 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Cap Hit	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	UFAage 33
AAV	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M
Base	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M
Minors Salary	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M	$5,750,000$5.75M
Clauses	-	-	-	-	-
UFA Year

2012-2018 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$30,000,000$30.00M

cap hit$5,000,000$5.00M

expiry 2018 UFA age 30

Signed On Feb 19 2012

Signing Agent Patrick Morris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 8.33%

Signing Status

RFA

age 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	UFAage 30
AAV	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Base	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses	-	-	-	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year

2010-2012 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$5,750,000$5.75M

cap hit$2,875,000$2.88M

expiry 2012 RFA age 24

Signed On Sep 16 2010

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 4.84%

Signing Status

RFA

age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2010-11	2011-12	2012
Cap Hit	$2,875,000$2.88M	$2,875,000$2.88M	RFAage 24
AAV	$2,875,000$2.88M	$2,875,000$2.88M
Base	$2,150,000$2.15M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$100,000$100K	-
Total Salary	$2,250,000$2.25M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Minors Salary	$2,250,000$2.25M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2007-2010 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,465,000$2.47M

cap hit$821,667$822K

expiry 2010 RFA age 22

Signed On Oct 20 2006

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.29%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010
Cap Hit	$646,667$647K	$646,667$647K	$646,667$647K	RFAage 22
AAV	$821,667$822K	$821,667$822K	$821,667$822K
Base	$585,000$585K	$635,000$635K	$720,000$720K
Performance Bonuses	$265,000$265K	$215,000$215K	$45,000$45K
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$585,000$585K	$635,000$635K	$720,000$720K
Minors Salary	$62,500$63K	$62,500$63K	$62,500$63K
Clauses	-	-	-
UFA Year

James Neal Updates

Oct 3 2022

Neal was released from his professional tryout agreement by Columbus on Monday, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.

Jan 26 2022

The Blues reassigned Neal to AHL Springfield on Wednesday.

Jan 17 2022

Neal was demoted to the taxi squad Monday, per CBS Sports.

Jan 13 2022

Neal finished with one hit and one shot in a 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.

Jan 13 2022

Neal (undisclosed) was cleared to play and promoted to the active roster ahead of Thursday's game against the Seattle Kraken, per Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic.

Jan 3 2022

Neal (undisclosed) was placed on the taxi squad Monday.

Jan 2 2022

Neal (undisclosed) was placed on waivers Sunday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Dec 29 2021

Neal (undisclosed) exited the NHL's COVID-19 protocols Wednesday, per Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Dec 26 2021

Neal (undisclosed) was placed in COVID-19 protocols Sunday.

Nov 27 2021

Neal (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve Saturday.

Nov 26 2021

Neal (undisclosed) will not play Friday in Chicago, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.

Nov 24 2021

Neal will be sidelined against the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday with an undisclosed injury but is considered day-to-day, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.

Nov 4 2021

Neal scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Oct 23 2021

Neal scored a power-play goal on two shots in Saturday's 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

Oct 9 2021