Markus Nutivaara

Age 29 Jun 6, 1994

Oulu FIN

Defense shoots left

6'1" 185 cm

187 lbs 85 kg

ELC Signing Age 21

Waivers Signing Age 22

UFA Year 2021

Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Draft Year 2015
Drafted Overall 189
Draft Round 7
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.

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Career Earnings: $13,935,000

Transaction History

Jun 30, 2023	Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (hip) announced his retirement Friday, according to NHL reporter Tommi Seppala.
Apr 16, 2023	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara didn't play at all in 2022-23 because of a hip injury, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Oct 25, 2022	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (lower body) is not close to a return, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Oct 10, 2022	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Monday.
Oct 1, 2022	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (lower body) is not with the San Jose Sharks on the team's European trip, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Sep 29, 2022	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Sep 20, 2022	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) is on the San Jose Sharks' training camp roster.
Jul 13, 2022	San Jose Sharks \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.
Mar 2, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (lower body) skated before practice recently but remains without a definite timeline to return, George Richards of Panthers Press Box reports.
Nov 29, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara -- who is out with a lower-body injury -- may still be able to play this season, according to coach Andrew Brunette, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Nov 3, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) isn't expected to play Thursday against the Washington Capitals,
Oct 29, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) produced an assist but only saw 7:01 of ice time in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Oct 29, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) was activated from injured reserve and will play Friday against the Detroit Red Wings, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
May 26, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) is officially in the lineup for Wednesday's Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Steve Goldstein of Fox Sports Florida reports.
May 26, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara was labeled "likely" for Wednesday's Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning by coach Joel Quenneville, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Apr 29, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara recorded an assist, two shots on goal and a pair of hits in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Apr 15, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara set up both Florida goals in a 3-2 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.
Apr 13, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara produced an assist in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Dallas Stars.
Mar 9, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (upper body) logged 12:15 of ice time and had one block in Tuesday's 4-2 win over Blue Jackets.
Mar 9, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (upper body) will be activated off injured reserve and return to action Tuesday versus Columbus, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Mar 3, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (upper body) will travel with the Florida Panthers on their upcoming five-game road trip, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Feb 25, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, per the NHL's official media site.
Feb 23, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara has been sidelined for the Florida Panthers' last five games with an upper-body injury, but he's close to returning to the lineup, George Richards of Panthers Press Box reports.
Jan 28, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (COVID-19 protocols) had an assist in 12:29 of ice time in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to Columbus.
Jan 28, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (COVID-19 protocols) is expected to make his season debut Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Jan 26, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (COVID-19 protocols) isn't expected to play Tuesday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Jan 25, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (COVID-19 protocols) is questionable for Tuesday's clash with Columbus but will travel with the team for its four-game road trip, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Jan 19, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara returned to the team Tuesday after clearing the NHL's COVID-19 protocols, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Jan 18, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara was placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol Monday, Sportsnet's Chris Johnston reports.
Jan 15, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Coach Joel Quenneville doesn't expect Nutivaara (not injury related) to play in Sunday's or Tuesday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Jan 14, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Per the NHL's Media Site, Nutivaara was cleared from the league's COVID-19 protocols.
Jan 13, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara is unavailable due to the league's COVID-19 protocols.
Jan 4, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Markus Nutivaara \| Nutivaara (undisclosed) was deemed unfit to play in practice Monday, David Dwork of WPLG Local 10 News South Florida reports.
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Jan 5, 2020	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Activated D Markus Nutivaara from injured reserve.
Mar 29, 2018	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Signed D Markus Nutivaara to a four-year, $10.8 million contract extension.
Mar 11, 2018	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Activated D Markus Nutivaara from injured reserve.
Oct 16, 2017	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Recalled D Markus Nutivaara from Cleveland (AHL).
Oct 5, 2017	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Assigned D Markus Nutivaara to Cleveland (AHL).
May 3, 2016	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Signed D Markus Nutivaara to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

Regular Season Stats

Markus Nutivaara	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
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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
	2009-2010	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	7	0	4	4	0									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2009-2010	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja	25	1	17	18	18									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Ahmat Haukipudas U18	U18 I-divisioona Q	9	2	6	8	33
	2010-2011	Ahmat Haukipudas	II-divisioona	3	0	0	0	2
	2010-2011	Ahmat Haukipudas U18	U18 III-divisioona	13	8	7	15	10
	2011-2012	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	11	1	4	5	8									Playoffs	6	2	4	6	0
	2011-2012	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	33	9	16	25	6									Playoffs	6	2	4	6	0
	2012-2013	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-sarja	42	4	11	15	14
	2013-2014	Kärpät	ET	6	0	0	0	0
	2013-2014	JoKP	Mestis	11	0	3	3	4
	2013-2014	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-sarja	19	2	9	11	10									Playoffs	12	1	4	5	0
	2013-2014	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	1	1	4
Draft Yr	2014-2015	Kärpät	Liiga	35	0	2	2	4									Playoffs	16	1	5	6	0
Draft Yr	2014-2015	Kärpät	Champions HL	6	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	16	1	5	6	0
Draft Yr	2014-2015	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-sarja	7	2	6	8	0									Playoffs	5	3	2	5	0
Draft Yr	2014-2015	Hokki	Mestis	2	0	2	2	2
	2015-2016	Kärpät	Liiga	50	6	16	22	14									Playoffs	7	1	4	5	0
	2015-2016	Kärpät	Champions HL	13	4	5	9	0									Playoffs	7	1	4	5	0
	2015-2016	Finland	EHT	3	1	0	1	0
	2015-2016	Finland (all)	International	3	1	0	1	0
	2016-2017	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	66	2	5	7	6	852	57.41	49.46	-3.75	49.36	-2.91	0.14	0.42	Playoffs	2	1	1	2	0
	2017-2018	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	3	0	0	0	0
	2017-2018	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	61	7	16	23	14	924	58.82	55.35	2.80	53.71	3.00	0.39	1.36	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
	2017-2018	Finland	WC	8	3	6	9	6
	2017-2018	Finland (all)	International	8	3	6	9	6
	2018-2019	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	80	5	16	21	6	1,355	50.00	51.19	-0.32	48.60	-2.30	0.22	0.80	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	2019-2020	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	37	3	6	9	4	561	54.80	50.00	-1.50	49.40	0.10	0.21	0.75	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	2020-2021	Florida Panthers	NHL	30	0	10	10	12	434	50.00	55.40	1.00	54.90	0.60		0.97	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
	2021-2022	Florida Panthers	NHL	1	0	1	1	0	7	50.00	70.70	29.20	66.70	8.90		8.76
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 13, 2022
Signing Status UFA
Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Standard Contract | 1 Years $1,500,000 1.82% of cap space

	2022-2023
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	UFA
AAV	$1,750,000
Performance Bonuses	$250,000
Base Salary	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$1,500,000
Minors Salary	$1,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year
GP Bonuses: 50K for each of 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 games played

Signing Team

Signing Date March 29, 2018
Signing Status RFA
Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Standard Contract | 4 Years $10,800,000 3.40% of cap space

	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	UFA
AAV	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$3,300,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$3,300,000
Minors Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$3,300,000
Clauses
UFA Year
Deal signed by Markus Lehto of Wasserman. Now represented by Todd Diamond.

Signing Team

Signing Date May 3, 2016
Agent Markus Lehto

Entry Level Contract | 2 Years $1,850,000 1.12% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018
Cap Hit	$817,500	$817,500	RFA
AAV	$925,000	$925,000
Performance Bonuses	$132,500	$82,500
Base Salary	$700,000	$750,000
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500
Total Salary	$792,500	$842,500
Minors Salary	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year