{"id":460161,"date":"2026-02-16T21:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/460161\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:31:11","slug":"how-brandon-bussis-new-contract-compares-to-other-goalies-in-the-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/460161\/","title":{"rendered":"How Brandon Bussi’s New Contract Compares to Other Goalies in the NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a story Brandon Bussi has become, and what a great thing for the Carolina Hurricanes to be the paper on which that story is written. After an incredible start to his NHL career, the 27-year-old has struck a deal to stay in Carolina for years to come. \u2026But how does it stack up to other goaltender contracts across the NHL?<\/p>\n

Monday, the Hurricanes signed Bussi to a three-year extension worth $5.7M, with an average annual value of $1.9M, including a 10-team no-trade stipulation for the final year.<\/p>\n

Alongside the contract, the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation also donated $10K to the Autism Society of North Carolina. Bussi, an advocate for autism in sports since before his professional career began, has notably worn goalie masks painted as an homage to his younger brother, Dylan, who has non-verbal autism. This season\u2019s mask features puzzle pieces and rainbow butterflies, as well as Dylan\u2019s initials.<\/p>\n

Brandon Bussi vs. the World<\/p>\n

Considering Bussi\u2019s play, ranking second in high-danger save percentage (.869) and notching a 23-3-1 record this season, $1.9M per year is notably low.<\/p>\n

To compare with Ilya Sorokin, the league\u2019s top dog in high-danger save percentage this season \u2013 who had similar numbers to Bussi in his early years \u2013 signed a three-year contract in September 2021. The annual price tag came at $2M, a slightly higher cost. However, that was before the salary cap increases, which began in the 2022-23 season and took a steep climb in 2024-25. In 2023, the New York Islanders\u2019 star goalie signed an eight-year extension worth $8.25M.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the current price tags for both of Bussi\u2019s Hurricanes teammates \u2013 Pyotr Kochetkov and Frederik Andersen \u2013 are $2M and $2.75M annually, respectively.<\/p>\n

Other notable comparisons are the San Jose Sharks\u2019 tandem, whom Bussi faced in his NHL debut. Yaroslav Askarov, who signed his first extension in 2024 (before the cap increase), is on a two-year contract that nets an annual value of $2M. Additionally, Alex Nedeljkovic, who also signed a two-year deal in 2024, earns $2.5M per year.<\/p>\n

While Bussi\u2019s sample size remains rather small, having only played 27 games in his career, if he continues to manage similar results, it could go down as one of the greatest signings of the decade.<\/p>\n

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\t\tRachel Barkley is a beat writer covering the Carolina Hurricanes for Carolina Hockey Now on Sportsnaut. Painting stories with … More about Rachel Barkley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What a story Brandon Bussi has become, and what a great thing for the Carolina Hurricanes to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[5807,194,29,5176,1239,5,195,277,4,1125],"class_list":{"0":"post-460161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-alex-nedeljkovic","9":"tag-carolina","10":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","11":"tag-carolinahurricanes","12":"tag-frederik-andersen","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-hurricanes","15":"tag-ilya-sorokin","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-yaroslav-askarov"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116082449685576644","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}