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James Reimer

Position	Goaltender	Current Team
Catches	Left	Current Contract
Height	6'2"	Expires
Weight (lbs)	200	Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age	37 (Mar 15, 1988)	Expiry Status
Drafted	2006, Round 4, Overall 99 (TOR)

News and Opinions

Best of the rest: Who's left in NHL free agency? at ESPN (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche must add goaltending depth this summer at Mile High Sticking (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
These early Sabres lines could raise eyebrows (in a not-so-good way) at Sabres Noise (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
Four years ago, Sabres goalie Alex Lyon ignited NHL career by evolving: ‘Found another level of desperation’ at Buffalo Hockey Beat (Wed Jul 9, 2025)
5 remaining free agents who could still help the Maple Leafs this season at Editor in Leaf (Mon Jul 7, 2025)
2025 Free Agency Preview and Open Thread at Jackets Cannon (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Could the Sabres trade for this Blue jackets goalie? at Sabres Noise (Wed Jun 11, 2025)
How did the Sabres fair against the supposed NHL's worst? at Sabres Noise (Tue Jun 10, 2025)
GDT: Sharks vs Oilers at Copper and Blue (Tue Mar 21, 2023)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 13, 2024	Anaheim Ducks	Lost on Waivers to Buffalo Sabres
Nov 13, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Claimed on Waivers from Anaheim Ducks
Nov 12, 2024	Anaheim Ducks	Placed on Waivers
Oct 7, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Lost on Waivers to Anaheim Ducks
Oct 7, 2024	Anaheim Ducks	Claimed on Waivers from Buffalo Sabres
Oct 6, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Placed on Waivers
Jul 2, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 1, 2023	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 1 year @ $1.500M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 28, 2021	San Jose Sharks	Signed 2 years @ $2.250M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 1, 2016	Florida Panthers	Signed 5 years @ $3.400M AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 26, 2014	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed 2 years @ $2.300M AAV starting in 2014-15
Jun 9, 2011	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed 3 years @ $1.800M AAV starting in 2011-12
Mar 19, 2008	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
2003-04	MMHL	Interlake	27		6	5			41	2.85
2004-05	MMHL	Interlake	37		19	6		58	3	2.11	0.948
2004-05	MU18HL	Interlake Lightning U18 AAA										7							3.59
2005-06	WHL	Red Deer	34		7	18		889	80	2.81	0.910
2006-07	WHL	Red Deer	60		26	23		1677	148	2.66	0.912	7		3	4		210	27	3.88	0.871
2007-08	WHL	Red Deer	30		8	15		902	76	2.73	0.920
2008-09	ECHL	Reading	22		10	7		640	68	3.30	0.904
2008-09	AHL	Toronto	3		1	2		75	10	3.28	0.880
2008-09	ECHL	South Carolina	6		6			197	8	1.32	0.961	8		4	1		234	18	2.17	0.929
2009-10	AHL	Toronto	26		14	8		757	57	2.25	0.925
2010-11	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	37	37	20	10	5	1134	90	2.60	0.921
2010-11	AHL	Toronto	15		9	5		425	37	2.59	0.920
2010-11	WC-A	Canada	4		4			100	8	2.04	0.920
2011-12	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	34	34	14	14	4	974	97	3.10	0.900
2012-13	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	33	33	19	8	5	995	76	2.46	0.924	7	7	3	4		272	21	2.87	0.923
2013-14	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	36	36	12	16	1	1095	98	3.29	0.911
2013-14	WC-A	Canada	4		3	1		101	9	2.20	0.911
2014-15	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	35	35	9	16	1	1001	93	3.16	0.907
2015-16	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	32	32	11	12	7	920	75	2.49	0.918
2015-16	NHL	San Jose Sharks	8	8	6	2		208	13	1.62	0.938	1	1				7	1	2.06	0.857
2016-17	NHL	Florida Panthers	43	43	18	16	5	1222	98	2.53	0.920
2017-18	NHL	Florida Panthers	44	44	22	14	6	1373	120	2.99	0.913
2018-19	NHL	Florida Panthers	36	36	13	12	5	929	93	3.09	0.900
2019-20	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	25	25	14	6	2	712	61	2.66	0.914	3	3	2	1		106	7	2.36	0.934
2020-21	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	22	22	15	5	2	627	59	2.66	0.906
2021-22	NHL	San Jose Sharks	48	48	19	17	10	1450	129	2.90	0.911
2022-23	NHL	San Jose Sharks	43	43	12	21	8	1335	147	3.48	0.890
2023-24	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	25	25	11	8	2	727	70	3.11	0.904
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	22	22	10	8	2	596	60	2.90	0.901
2024-25	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	2	2		2		66	9	4.50	0.864
NHL Career			525	525	225	187	65	15364	1388	2.89	0.910	11	11	5	5	0	385	29	2.70	0.925

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2015-16	SJS	8	364:29	34.57	25.19	1.83	1.32	0.51	94.77	92.74	2.03
2015-16	TOR	32	1375:05	43.85	31.15	2.34	1.88	0.47	93.98	92.48	1.50
2015-16	SJS, TOR	40	1739:34	41.91	29.90	2.23	1.76	0.48	94.12	92.53	1.59
2016-17	FLA	42	1796:45	42.28	32.22	2.46	2.20	0.25	93.16	92.38	0.78
2017-18	FLA	43	1881:18	44.33	32.44	2.53	2.68	-0.15	91.74	92.20	-0.46
2018-19	FLA	35	1410:47	41.42	30.71	2.41	2.81	-0.40	90.86	92.16	-1.30
2019-20	CAR	25	1032:14	41.15	29.70	2.53	2.27	0.27	92.37	91.47	0.90
2020-21	CAR	22	1034:03	38.01	27.56	2.37	2.20	0.16	92.00	91.41	0.59
2021-22	SJS	48	2128:45	45.49	31.99	2.72	2.79	-0.07	91.28	91.49	-0.21
2022-23	SJS	43	2022:01	42.85	30.03	2.70	3.26	-0.56	89.13	91.01	-1.88
2023-24	DET	25	1089:14	44.01	30.02	2.51	2.97	-0.47	90.09	91.65	-1.56
2024-25	ANA	2	103:11	49.43	30.82	2.98	2.91	0.08	90.57	90.31	0.25
2024-25	BUF	22	1006:43	44.82	27.89	2.62	2.62	-0.00	90.60	90.60	-0.00
2024-25	ANA, BUF	24	1109:54	45.25	28.16	2.66	2.65	0.01	90.60	90.57	0.02

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2015-16	SJS	8	41:18	58.11	42.13	4.59	4.36	0.23	89.66	89.11	0.54
2015-16	TOR	32	164:17	62.45	42.73	4.88	7.30	-2.42	82.91	88.58	-5.67
2015-16	SJS, TOR	40	205:35	61.58	42.61	4.82	6.71	-1.89	84.25	88.68	-4.44
2016-17	FLA	42	199:47	66.37	47.75	5.52	6.31	-0.79	86.79	88.45	-1.65
2017-18	FLA	43	188:59	81.91	61.59	7.15	6.03	1.12	90.21	88.39	1.82
2018-19	FLA	35	136:46	58.79	43.43	4.76	6.14	-1.39	85.86	89.05	-3.19
2019-20	CAR	25	126:43	66.29	50.19	6.16	6.16	0.00	87.74	87.73	0.00
2020-21	CAR	22	129:56	57.26	45.72	5.00	6.46	-1.46	85.86	89.06	-3.20
2021-22	SJS	48	198:28	70.44	50.49	6.92	3.93	2.99	92.22	86.29	5.92
2022-23	SJS	43	190:37	81.21	53.83	7.86	5.67	2.20	89.47	85.39	4.08
2023-24	DET	25	100:02	94.17	71.98	10.32	7.20	3.13	90.00	85.66	4.34
2024-25	ANA	2	8:05	126.19	74.23	16.50	14.85	1.66	80.00	77.77	2.23
2024-25	BUF	22	94:09	61.18	44.61	6.31	7.65	-1.34	82.86	85.86	-3.00
2024-25	ANA, BUF	24	102:14	66.32	46.95	7.12	8.22	-1.10	82.50	84.85	-2.35

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic	Definition
SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60	Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60	Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%	Save Percentage.
xSv%	Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AE	Save Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).

Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	36		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Signed: July 2, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.14

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	35	M-NTC	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.8

Clause: Player has a 7 team no-trade list.

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	33	M-NTC	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	UFA
2022-23	34	M-NTC	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.76

Clause: Player has a 5 team no trade list in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	28	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	-	$1,250,000	$3,250,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2017-18	29	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	-	-	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	UFA
2018-19	30	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	-	-	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	UFA
2019-20	31	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	-	-	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	UFA
2020-21	32	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	-	$2,250,000	$850,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	UFA
Total				-	$3,500,000	$13,500,000	$17,000,000	$17,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2016

Team: Florida Panthers

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.66

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	26	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	-	-	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	RFA-arb
2015-16	27	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,600,000	$4,600,000	$4,600,000

Signed: July 26, 2014

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.33

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	23	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-	$500,000	$1,700,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	RFA
2012-13	24	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	RFA-arb
2013-14	25	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$500,000	$4,900,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000

Signed: June 9, 2011

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.8

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2008-09	20	$546,667	$596,667	$25,000	$55,000	$475,000	$530,000	$62,500	ELC
2009-10	21	$546,667	$596,667	$25,000	$55,000	$500,000	$555,000	$62,500	ELC
2010-11	22	$546,667	$596,667	$100,000	$55,000	$500,000	$555,000	$62,500	ELC
Total				$150,000	$165,000	$1,475,000	$1,640,000	$187,500

Signed: Mar 19, 2008

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15