Kris Russell

Age 33 May 2, 1987

Caroline CAN

Defense shoots left

5'10" 178 cm

170 lbs 77 kg

ELC Signing Age 20

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2014

Agent Allain Roy

Expansion Draft Status
Eligible

Draft Year 2005
Drafted Overall 67
Draft Round 3
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $4,000,000
4.9% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $0
Year 4 of 4 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2021 | 34 yrs old
Career Earnings: $31,350,000

Transaction History

Feb 29, 2020	Activated	Edmonton Oilers activated D Kris Russell from injured reserve.
Jan 30, 2020	Injured	Edmonton Oilers placed D Kris Russell on IR.
Jan 6, 2019	Activated	Edmonton Oilers activated D Kris Russell from injured reserve.
Dec 13, 2018	Injured	Edmonton Oilers placed D Kris Russell on IR.
Oct 6, 2018	Activated	Edmonton Oilers activated D Kris Russell from injured reserve.
Oct 2, 2018	Injured	Edmonton Oilers placed D Kris Russell on IR.
Oct 7, 2016		Edmonton Oilers signed D Kris Russell to a one-year, $3.1 million contract.
Feb 29, 2016	Trade	Dallas Stars Dallas Stars acquired D Kris Russell from the Calgary Flames for D Jyrki Jokipakka, C Brett Pollock, and a 2016 conditional second-round draft pick (Dillon Dube).
Feb 8, 2014		Calgary Flames signed D Kris Russell to a two-year contract extension.
Jan 20, 2014	Activated	Calgary Flames activated D Kris Russell from injured reserve.
Jul 5, 2013	Trade	Calgary Flames Calgary Flames acquired D Kris Russell from the St. Louis Blues for a 2014 fifth-round draft pick (Jaedon Descheneau).
Nov 11, 2011	Trade	St. Louis Blues (Kris Russell) acquired in a trade from Columbus in exchange for Nikita Nikitin.
Nov 11, 2011	Trade	Columbus Blue Jackets (Nikita Nikitin) acquired in a trade from St. Louis in exchange for Kris Russell.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2019-2020 Regular Season Stats

Kris Russell	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Edmonton Oilers	55	0	9	9	0	14	766	48.80	47.10	-1.80	43.30	-4.70		0.63
Kris Russell Stats by Elite Prospects							Kris Russell Advanced Stats by

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
	2002-2003	Innisfail Flyers U18 AA	SCAHL U18	29	17	36	53	0
	2003-2004	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	55	4	15	19	30									Playoffs	20	3	2	5	0
	2003-2004	Canada Pacific U17	WHC-17	6	1	4	5	0
	2003-2004	Medicine Hat Tigers	M-Cup	4	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	20	3	2	5	0
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	72	26	35	61	37									Playoffs	10	2	1	3	0
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Canada U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	0	1	1	2
Draft Yr	2004-2005	WHL All-Stars	CHL Challenge	1	1	1	2	4
	2005-2006	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	55	14	33	47	18									Playoffs	13	4	8	12	0
	2005-2006	Canada U20	WJC-20	6	1	3	4	4
	2005-2006	WHL All-Stars	CHL Challenge	1	1	0	1	0
	2006-2007	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	59	32	37	69	56									Playoffs	23	4	15	19	0
	2006-2007	Canada U20	WJC-20	6	4	2	6	0
	2006-2007	Medicine Hat Tigers	M-Cup	4	0	1	1	4									Playoffs	23	4	15	19	0
	2006-2007	WHL All-Stars	CHL Challenge	1	0	0	0	2
	2007-2008	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	67	2	8	10	14	726	41.30	57.23	5.99	55.77	5.63	0.08	0.33
	2008-2009	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	66	2	19	21	28	783	48.00	55.75	5.09	55.22	5.27	0.08	0.69	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0
	2008-2009	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	14	3	5	8	0
	2009-2010	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	70	7	15	22	32	1,020	54.17	50.44	3.55	48.49	2.33	0.29	0.71
	2009-2010	Canada	WC	7	1	3	4	2
	2010-2011	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	73	5	18	23	37	989	47.50	50.97	0.80	51.13	1.95	0.12	0.79
	2011-2012	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	12	2	1	3	13	161	50.00	61.01	9.82	50.12	3.30	0.75	0.75
	2011-2012	St. Louis Blues	NHL	43	4	5	9	12	617	63.41	53.33	-1.11	52.90	-1.59	0.29	0.78	Playoffs	9	0	3	3	0
	2011-2012	Canada	WC	4	0	3	3	2
	2012-2013	St. Louis Blues	NHL	33	1	6	7	9	476	54.84	48.78	-3.99	51.50	-1.62	0.00	0.63
	2012-2013	TPS	Liiga	15	2	12	14	8
	2013-2014	Calgary Flames	NHL	68	7	22	29	15	1,234	46.08	48.04	0.93	43.00	-3.29	0.10	0.68
	2014-2015	Calgary Flames	NHL	79	4	30	34	17	1,490	55.81	44.22	-4.42	42.88	-2.16	0.12	0.52	Playoffs	11	2	5	7	0
	2015-2016	Calgary Flames	NHL	51	4	11	15	8	961	45.68	46.27	-3.57	43.39	-5.23	0.06	0.62
	2015-2016	Dallas Stars	NHL	11	0	4	4	2	197	53.57	53.66	6.28	49.64	-0.21	0.00	0.61	Playoffs	12	0	4	4	0
	2016-2017	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	68	1	12	13	23	1,216	54.67	49.19	-2.29	47.10	-4.42	0.05	0.59	Playoffs	13	0	4	4	0
	2017-2018	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	78	4	17	21	8	1,282	44.66	49.38	-2.81	47.15	-4.02	0.19	0.80
	2018-2019	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	72	3	13	16	27	1,278	50.51	47.07	-2.77	45.09	-4.95	0.14	0.66
	2019-2020	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	55	0	9	9	14	766	48.80	47.10	-1.80	43.30	-4.70		0.63	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date October 21, 2020
Signing Status UFA
Agent Allain Roy

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 1 Years $1,250,000 1.53% of cap space

	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$1,250,000	UFA
AAV	$1,250,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$1,250,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$1,250,000
Minors Salary	$1,250,000
Clauses
UFA Year
	Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date June 23, 2017
Signing Status UFA
Agent Allain Roy

Standard Contract | 4 Years $16,000,000 5.33% of cap space

	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
AAV	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,000,000	$4,500,000	$4,000,000	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$1,000,000
Total Salary	$5,000,000	$4,500,000	$4,000,000	$2,500,000
Minors Salary	$5,000,000	$4,500,000	$4,000,000	$2,500,000
Clauses	NMC	NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date October 7, 2016
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $3,100,000 4.25% of cap space

	2016-2017
Cap Hit	$3,100,000	UFA
AAV	$3,100,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$3,100,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$3,100,000
Minors Salary	$3,100,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date March 2, 2014
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $5,200,000 3.77% of cap space

	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cap Hit	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	UFA
AAV	$2,600,000	$2,600,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,600,000	$2,350,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$250,000
Total Salary	$2,600,000	$2,600,000
Minors Salary	$2,600,000	$2,600,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2013
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $1,500,000 2.33% of cap space

	2013-2014
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	UFA
AAV	$1,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$1,500,000
Minors Salary	$1,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date October 17, 2009
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 3 Years $3,900,000 2.19% of cap space

	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013
Cap Hit	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	RFA
AAV	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Minors Salary	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2007

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,333,333 1.09% of cap space

	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Cap Hit	$550,000	$550,000	$550,000	RFA
AAV	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000
Performance Bonuses	$325,000	$225,000	$50,000
Base Salary	$550,000	$575,000	$525,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$550,000	$575,000	$525,000
Minors Salary	$60,000	$60,000	$60,000
Clauses
UFA Year