Elvis Merzlikins

Elvis MERZLIKINS

30y

$5.4M

191cm

83kg

Player Bio:

Position: Goaltender

Hand: L

Date of Birth: April 13, 1994

Place of Birth: Riga, Riga, LAT

Draft Year: 2014

Draft Round: 3

Drafted Overall: 76

Drafted By:

Current Team's Last 5 Games:

Oct. 19, 2024	H	1:3	-
Oct. 17, 2024	H	6:4	-
Oct. 15, 2024	H	3:4	0.818 \| 4GA \| 18SVS \| 55:34
Oct. 12, 2024	A	6:4	-
Oct. 10, 2024	A	2:3	0.885 \| 3GA \| 23SVS \| 58:38

Player Season Game Logs

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Season Stats

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Cap Hit	Team	GP	GS	Wins	SV%	GAA	GP	GS	Wins	SV%	GAA
2024-25	$5.4M		2	2	0	0.854	3.68
2023-24	$5.4M		41	40	13	0.897	3.45
2022-23	$5.4M		30	27	7	0.876	4.23
2021-22	$4M		59	56	27	0.907	3.22
2020-21	$4M		28	23	8	0.916	2.77
2019-20	$0.874M		33	31	13	0.923	2.35	2	1	1	0.946	1.96
2014: Drafted by CBJ

Contracts

Standard Contract (Extension)

Season	Original Cap Hit	Cap Hit	Saving
2025-26	$5.4M	$1.5M	$3.9M
2026-27	$5.4M	$2.8M	$2.6M
2027-28	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
2028-29	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
Total	$10.8M	$7.55M	$3.25M

Elvis Merzlikins signed a 5 year, $27,000,000 contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sept. 21, 2021. The contract has a cap hit of $5,400,000.

Signing team:

Signing date: Sept. 21, 2021

Signed by: Jarmo Kekalainen

Cap %: 6.14

Expiry status: UFA

Season	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	P. Bonuses	S. Bonuses	Base Salary	Total Salary	Minors Salary
2022-23	M-NTC	$5.4M	$5.4M	-	-	$5.25M	$5.25M	$5.25M
2023-24	M-NTC	$5.4M	$5.4M	-	-	$6M	$6M	$6M
2024-25	M-NTC	$5.4M	$5.4M	-	-	$6M	$6M	$6M
2025-26	M-NTC	$5.4M	$5.4M	-	-	$5.525M	$5.525M	$5.525M
2026-27	M-NTC	$5.4M	$5.4M	-	-	$4.225M	$4.225M	$4.225M

Clause Details: Player submits a 10 team no trade list

Standard Contract (Extension)

Season	Original Cap Hit	Cap Hit	Saving
2025-26	$5.4M	$1.5M	$3.9M
2026-27	$5.4M	$2.8M	$2.6M
2027-28	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
2028-29	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
Total	$10.8M	$7.55M	$3.25M

Elvis Merzlikins signed a 2 year, $8,000,000 contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 23, 2020. The contract has a cap hit of $4,000,000.

Signing team:

Signing date: April 23, 2020

Signed by: Jarmo Kekalainen

Cap %: 4.91

Expiry status: UFA

Season	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	P. Bonuses	S. Bonuses	Base Salary	Total Salary	Minors Salary
2020-21		$4M	$4M	-	-	$3M	$3M	$3M
2021-22		$4M	$4M	-	-	$5M	$5M	$5M

Standard Contract (Extension)

Season	Original Cap Hit	Cap Hit	Saving
2025-26	$5.4M	$1.5M	$3.9M
2026-27	$5.4M	$2.8M	$2.6M
2027-28	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
2028-29	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
Total	$10.8M	$7.55M	$3.25M

Elvis Merzlikins signed a 1 year, $874,125 contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on May 15, 2019. The contract has a cap hit of $874,125.

Signing team:

Signing date: May 15, 2019

Signed by: Jarmo Kekalainen

Cap %: 1.07

Expiry status: RFA (Arb)

Season	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	P. Bonuses	S. Bonuses	Base Salary	Total Salary	Minors Salary
2019-20		$0.874M	$0.874M	-	-	$0.874M	$0.874M	$0.874M

Qualifying Offer: $0.918M

Entry-Level Contract

Season	Original Cap Hit	Cap Hit	Saving
2025-26	$5.4M	$1.5M	$3.9M
2026-27	$5.4M	$2.8M	$2.6M
2027-28	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
2028-29	-	$1.625M	$-1.625M
Total	$10.8M	$7.55M	$3.25M

Elvis Merzlikins signed a 1 year, $925,000 contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 20, 2019. The contract has a cap hit of $1,844,559.

Signing team:

Signing date: March 20, 2019

Signed by: Jarmo Kekalainen

Cap %: 2.32

Expiry status: 10.2(c)

Season	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	P. Bonuses	S. Bonuses	Base Salary	Total Salary	Minors Salary
2018-19		$1.845M	$1.845M	-	$0.092M	$0.833M	$0.925M	$0.07M

Qualifying Offer: $0.874M

Trades

Player has not been involved in any trades.