- Flames sign Simon Nemec to a five-year extension worth $36.25 million
- The deal carries a $7.25 million cap hit for the 22-year-old defenseman
- Read below for the trade that brought him to Calgary and the picks it cost
The Flames locked up Simon Nemec before he ever pulled on the jersey.
Calgary signed Nemec to a five-year, $36.25 million extension on Monday, the team announced. That works out to a $7.25 million cap hit for the 22-year-old defenseman.
The number lands right in the neighborhood of what other young blueliners cashed in for this summer. Brandt Clarke got five years and $37 million from the Kings. Pavel Mintyukov signed for five years and $36 million in Anaheim. Nemec slots in between them.
Calgary paid a real price to get him. The Flames acquired Nemec and forward Maxim Tsyplakov from New Jersey on June 23.
The Devils got back defense prospect Etienne Morin, a 2026 second-round pick, and two top-10-protected first-rounders, a 2027 selection from Vegas and a 2028 selection from Colorado. Elliotte Friedman laid out the full return:
New Jersey moving a No. 2 overall pick just four years after drafting him raised some eyebrows. New GM Sunny Mehta was working with about $13.2 million in cap space and a restricted free agent looking for a raise, so a hard call got made.
Flames GM Craig Conroy had already said the two sides were working on a deal. Now it’s signed.
Nemec steps into a Calgary blue line that spent the offseason getting reshaped. At $7.25 million a year, he’s here to play top-four minutes right away.
