Jacob MacDonald

Colorado Avalanche, Defensemen
Age: 31y-11m-23d (Feb 26, 1993)
Exp: 3 Years
Country: US
College: Cornell
Drafted: Undrafted, FLA, 2018
2024-2025 Free Agent (CURRENT)
Jacob MacDonald signed a 2 year, $1,550,000 contract with the Colorado Avalanche, including $1,550,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $775,000.
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $1,550,000
Average Salary:
$775,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2026 / UFA
Year | Age | Status | Cap HitAnnual | Cap % League Cap | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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31 | $775,000 | 0.88% | $775,000 | $775,000 | |
2025-26 |
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32 | $775,000 | 0.81% | $775,000 | $1,550,000 | |
2026-27 |
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33 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cap Hit | Cap % League Cap | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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31 | $775,000 | $775,000 | 0.88% | |
2025-26 |
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32 | $775,000 | $775,000 | 0.81% | |
2026-27 |
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33 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Cash Remaining | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-25 |
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31 | $775,000 | $775,000 | $775,000 | $1,550,000 | $775,000 | $775,000 | |
2025-26 |
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32 | $775,000 | $775,000 | $1,550,000 | - | $775,000 | $775,000 |
Source:
NHL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2022-2023 Extension
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $1,525,000
Average Salary:
$762,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
2020-2021 Extension
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $1,450,000
Average Salary:
$725,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2018-2019 Rookie
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $1,500,000
Average Salary:
$750,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Seasons
3 Years
Career Earnings thru 2024
$2,373,782
Earnings w/ Different Teams
3 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 25 |
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Reserve / minor-buried
|
$37,630 |
$37,630 |
|
2020 | 27 |
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Active
|
$476,686 |
$514,316 |
|
2021 | 28 |
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Active
|
$425,000 |
$939,316 |
|
2022 | 29 |
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Active
Retained
|
$316,212 $412,162 |
$1,255,528 $1,667,690 |
|
2023 | 30 |
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Active
|
$706,092 |
$2,373,782 |
|
Total |
$2,373,782 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
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$37,630 | - | - | $37,630 |
3 |
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$1,313,848 | - | - | $1,313,848 |
2 |
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$1,022,304 | - | - | $1,022,304 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 |
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25 |
$37,630
|
$37,630 |
$37,630 |
||
2020 |
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27 |
$476,686
|
$476,686 |
$514,316 |
||
2021 |
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28 |
$425,000
|
$425,000 |
$939,316 |
||
2022 |
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29 |
$316,212 $412,162
|
$316,212 $412,162 |
$1,255,528 $1,667,690 |
||
2023 |
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30 |
$706,092
|
$706,092 |
$2,373,782 |
||
Total |
$2,373,782 |
$2,373,782 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
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$37,630 | - | - | $37,630 |
3 |
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$1,313,848 | - | - | $1,313,848 |
2 |
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$1,022,304 | - | - | $1,022,304 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Games Missed | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023-24 |
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Dec 27, 2023 - Jan 29, 2024 | 0 | Undisclosed |
2023-24 |
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Nov 08, 2023 - Nov 20, 2023 | 0 | Undisclosed |
2023-24 |
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Oct 10, 2023 - Oct 31, 2023 | 0 | Undisclosed |
2022-23 |
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Oct 11, 2022 - Oct 18, 2022 | 0 | Undisclosed |
2021-22 |
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Dec 16, 2021 - Feb 25, 2022 | 0 | Undisclosed |
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Jul 01, 2024 Signed a 2 year $1.55 million contract with Colorado (COL)
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Mar 09, 2024 Promoted from the Minors by San Jose (SJS)
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Feb 21, 2024 Demoted to the Minors by San Jose (SJS)
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Jan 25, 2023 Traded to San Jose (SJS) from Colorado (COL) with Martin Kaut for Ryan Merkley and Matt Nieto
-
Jul 10, 2022 Signed a 2 year $1.525 million contract extension with Colorado (COL)
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Apr 08, 2021 Suspended 2 games for an Illegal hit to the head against Ryan Hartman (MIN), forfeiting $12,500 in 2020-21 salary with Colorado (COL)
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Mar 27, 2020 Signed a 2 year $1.45 million contract extension with Colorado (COL)
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Jun 29, 2019 Traded to Colorado (COL) from Florida (FLA) for Dominic Toninato
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Jul 02, 2018 Signed a 2 year $1.5 million contract with Florida (FLA)
Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | Blk | Hit | PIM | FO Won |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | SJ | 34 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 1 |
2022 | SJ | 58 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -14 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 69 | 23 | 0 |
2021 | COL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | COL | 33 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 38 | 8 | 0 |
2018 | FLA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |