Sam Lafferty

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Sam LAFFERTY
29y
Flag of USA
$2M
188cm
93kg
Player Bio:
Position: Right Wing, Centre, Left Wing
Hand: R
Date of Birth: March 6, 1995
Place of Birth: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Draft Year: 2014
Draft Round: 4
Drafted Overall: 113
Drafted By:
Current Team's Last 5 Games:
Oct. 19, 2024 A 4:2 0G | 0A | 0 | 12:10
Oct. 17, 2024 A 4:6 0G | 0A | -1 | 09:37
Oct. 16, 2024 A 5:6 OT 0G | 0A | 0 | 08:40
Oct. 12, 2024 H 5:2 -
Oct. 10, 2024 H 1:3 0G | 0A | 0 | 11:48
Player Season Game Logs
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Season Stats

Regular Season Playoffs
Season Cap Hit Team GP Goals Assists Points +/- TOI GP Goals Assists Points +/- TOI
2024-25 $2M 6 0 0 0 -1 10:19
July 1, 2024: Signed by BUF
2023-24 $1.15M 79 13 11 24 +4 11:53 11 0 0 0 -2 08:36
Oct. 8, 2023: Traded from TOR to VAN
2022-23 $1.15M 19 2 4 6 -1 13:15 9 1 2 3 -1 10:41
Feb. 27, 2023: Traded from CHI to TOR
2022-23 $1.15M 51 10 11 21 -10 15:07
2021-22 $0.75M 46 5 6 11 -16 14:38
Jan. 5, 2022: Traded from PIT to CHI
2021-22 $0.75M 10 0 2 2 0 08:43
2020-21 $0.75M 34 0 6 6 -6 09:47
2019-20 $0.767M 50 6 7 13 +5 09:37 1 0 0 0 -1 07:40
2014: Drafted by PIT

Contracts

Standard Contract
Sam Lafferty signed a 2 year, $4,000,000 contract with the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, 2024. The contract has a cap hit of $2,000,000.
Signing team:
Signing date: July 1, 2024
Signed by: Kevyn Adams
Cap %: 2.27
Expiry status: UFA
Season Clause Cap Hit AAV P. Bonuses S. Bonuses Base Salary Total Salary Minors Salary
2024-25 $2M $2M - $1M $1M $2M $2M
2025-26 $2M $2M - - $2M $2M $2M
Standard Contract (Extension)
Sam Lafferty signed a 2 year, $2,300,000 contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on April 29, 2022. The contract has a cap hit of $1,150,000.
Signing team:
Signing date: April 29, 2022
Signed by: Kyle Davidson
Cap %: 1.38
Expiry status: UFA
Season Clause Cap Hit AAV P. Bonuses S. Bonuses Base Salary Total Salary Minors Salary
2022-23 $1.15M $1.15M - - $1.15M $1.15M $1.15M
2023-24 $1.15M $1.15M - - $1.15M $1.15M $1.15M
Standard Contract (Extension)
Sam Lafferty signed a 2 year, $1,500,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 8, 2020. The contract has a cap hit of $750,000.
Signing team:
Signing date: Oct. 8, 2020
Signed by: Jim Rutherford
Cap %: 0.92
Expiry status: UFA
Season Clause Cap Hit AAV P. Bonuses S. Bonuses Base Salary Total Salary Minors Salary
2020-21 $0.75M $0.75M - - $0.7M $0.7M $0.7M
2021-22 $0.75M $0.75M - - $0.8M $0.8M $0.8M
Entry-Level Contract
Sam Lafferty signed a 2 year, $1,850,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 6, 2018. The contract has a cap hit of $767,500.
Signing team:
Signing date: March 6, 2018
Signed by: Jim Rutherford
Cap %: 0.94
Expiry status: RFA (Arb)
Season Clause Cap Hit AAV P. Bonuses S. Bonuses Base Salary Total Salary Minors Salary
2018-19 $0.767M $0.925M $0.182M $0.092M $0.65M $0.743M $0.07M
2019-20 $0.767M $0.925M $0.133M $0.092M $0.7M $0.792M $0.07M
Qualifying Offer: $0.735M

Trades

June 26, 2024
acquire:
- C Sam Lafferty (Signing Rights)
- R Ilya Mikheyev $712,500 retained - 15%
- 2027 2nd round pick
acquire:
- 2027 4th round pick

Oct. 8, 2023
acquire:
- 2024 5th round pick (#157 - Timofei Obvintsev )
acquire:

Feb. 27, 2023
acquire:
- Pavel Gogolev (AHL/JR)
- 2025 1st round pick
Condition: Top 10 protected
- 2026 2nd round pick
acquire:
- D Jake McCabe $2,000,000 retained - 50%
- 2025 5th round pick
Condition: If McCabe plays in less than 50% of Toronto's 2023 Playoff games OR less than 25% of Toronto's 2023-24 regular season games, Chicago will transfer their 2025 3rd round pick instead of their 2025 5th round pick.
Result: Leafs will receive Chicago's 2025 5th round pick.
- 2024 5th round pick (#151 - Miroslav Holinka )
Condition: The 5th round pick transferred to Toronto will be the lowest of the 2024 5th round picks that Chicago owns at the time of the draft.
Result: Toronto will receive Nashville's 2024 5th round pick.

Jan. 5, 2022
acquire:
acquire:
- L Alexander Nylander (AHL/JR)