Alex Carrier

Montreal Canadiens, Defensemen
Age: 34y-0m-3d (Feb 18, 1991)
Exp: 4 Years
Country: CA
College: Val-d'Or
Drafted: Round 4 (#115 overall), 2015
2024-25 Cap Hit
$3,750,000
2024-25 Cash
$4,600,000
Career Earnings
$9,608,074
2024-2026 Free Agent (CURRENT)
Alex Carrier signed a 3 year, $11,250,000 contract with the Nashville Predators, including $11,250,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $3,750,000. In 2024-25, Carrier will earn a base salary of $4,600,000, while carrying a cap hit of $3,750,000.
Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $11,250,000
Average Salary:
$3,750,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2027 / UFA
Year | Age | Cap HitAnnual | Cap % League Cap | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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33 | $3,750,000 | 4.26% | $2,874,960 | $2,874,960 |
2025-26 |
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34 | $3,750,000 | 3.93% | $3,850,000 | $6,724,960 |
2026-27 |
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35 | $3,750,000 | 4.26% | $2,800,000 | $9,524,960 |
2027-28 |
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36 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Base Salary | Cap Hit | Cap % League Cap | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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33 | $4,600,000 | $3,750,000 | 4.26% |
2025-26 |
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34 | $3,850,000 | $3,750,000 | 3.93% |
2026-27 |
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35 | $2,800,000 | $3,750,000 | 4.26% |
2027-28 |
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36 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Cash Remaining | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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33 | $2,874,960 | $2,874,960 | $2,874,960 | - | $2,874,960 | $3,174,987 | ||||
2025-26 |
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34 | $3,850,000 | $3,850,000 | $6,724,960 | - | $3,362,480 | $3,325,000 | ||||
2026-27 |
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35 | $2,800,000 | $2,800,000 | $9,524,960 | - | $3,174,987 | $2,800,000 | ||||
Retained/Dead Cash | ||||||||||||
2024-25 |
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33 | $1,725,040 | $1,725,040 | - | - | $1,725,040 | $1,725,040 |
Source:
NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2023-2023 Free Agent
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,500,000
Average Salary:
$2,500,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
2020-2022 Extension
Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $2,200,000
Average Salary:
$733,333
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2023 / RFA
2015-2019 Rookie
Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $2,070,000
Average Salary:
$690,000
Signing Bonus:
$195,000
Seasons
4 Years
Career Earnings thru 2024
$9,608,074
Earnings w/ Different Teams
2 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 25 |
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Reserve / minor-buried
|
$640,000 |
$640,000 |
|
2020 | 29 |
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Active
|
$368,074 |
$1,008,074 |
|
2021 | 30 |
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Active
|
$750,000 |
$1,758,074 |
|
2022 | 31 |
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Active
|
$750,000 |
$2,508,074 |
|
2023 | 32 |
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Active
|
$2,500,000 |
$5,008,074 |
|
2024 | 33 |
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Active
Retained
|
$2,874,960 $1,725,040 |
$7,883,034 $9,608,074 |
|
Total |
$9,608,074 |
$7,883,034 $9,608,074 |
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2025 | 34 |
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Active
|
$3,850,000 |
||
2026 | 35 |
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Active
|
$2,800,000 |
||
Total |
$16,258,074 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 |
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$6,668,114 | $65,000 | - | $6,733,114 |
1 |
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$2,874,960 | - | - | $2,874,960 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 |
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25 |
$575,000
|
$65,000 |
$640,000 |
$640,000 |
|
2020 |
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29 |
$368,074
|
$368,074 |
$1,008,074 |
||
2021 |
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30 |
$750,000
|
$750,000 |
$1,758,074 |
||
2022 |
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31 |
$750,000
|
$750,000 |
$2,508,074 |
||
2023 |
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32 |
$2,500,000
|
$2,500,000 |
$5,008,074 |
||
2024 |
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33 |
$2,874,960 $1,725,040
|
$2,874,960 $1,725,040 |
$7,883,034 $9,608,074 |
||
Total |
$9,543,074 |
$65,000 |
$9,608,074 |
$7,883,034 $9,608,074 |
|||
2025 |
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34 |
$3,850,000
|
$3,850,000 |
|||
2026 |
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35 |
$2,800,000
|
$2,800,000 |
|||
Total |
$16,193,074 |
$65,000 |
$16,258,074 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 |
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$6,668,114 | $65,000 | - | $6,733,114 |
1 |
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$2,874,960 | - | - | $2,874,960 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Games Missed | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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Dec 12, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024 | 0 | Upper Body |
2020-21 |
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Apr 08, 2021 - May 01, 2021 | 0 | Undisclosed |
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Dec 18, 2024 Traded to Montreal (MTL) from Nashville (NSH) for Justin Barron
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Jul 01, 2024 Signed a 3 year $11.25 million contract with Nashville (NSH)
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Jul 01, 2023 Signed a 1 year $2.5 million contract with Nashville (NSH)
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Apr 15, 2020 Signed a 3 year $2.2 million contract extension with Nashville (NSH)
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Nov 12, 2015 Signed a 3 year contract with Nashville (NAS)
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Jun 27, 2015 Drafted by Nashville (NAS): Round 4 (#115 overall)
Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | Blk | Hit | PIM | FO Won |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | MON | 53 | 3 | 16 | 0 | -10 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 52 | 18 | 0 |
2023 | NAS | 73 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 58 | 44 | 0 |
2022 | NAS | 43 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 57 | 27 | 0 |
2021 | NAS | 77 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 95 | 50 | 0 |
2020 | NAS | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
2019 | NAS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | NAS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |