The Stanley Cap | Michael Bunting Salary/Contract Information, News, Statistics, Analytics and more

TheStanleyCap.com is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Consider registering a user account and/or logging in. A user account offers you substantially fewer ads, ability to rate contracts and make contract predictions with exclusive features to come.

Michael Bunting

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Nashville Predators
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	186	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	30 (Sep 17, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 4, Overall 117 (ARI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 14, 2025	Nashville Predators	Activated from IR
Mar 5, 2025	Nashville Predators	Placed on IR
Mar 5, 2025	Nashville Predators	Acquired from Pittsburgh Penguins
Mar 5, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Traded to Nashville Predators
Feb 27, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2023	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 3 years @ $4.500M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 28, 2021	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed 2 years @ $950K AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 5, 2019	Arizona Coyotes	Signed 2 years @ $737K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 14, 2018	Arizona Coyotes	Signed 1 year @ $715K AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 23, 2015	Arizona Coyotes	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	ARI	5	47:41	1.26	0.00	1.26	0.84	0.41	20.00	13.41	6.59	0.00	0.00
2020-21	ARI	21	294:40	1.22	0.61	1.83	0.75	0.47	20.69	12.77	7.92	10.26	12.82
2021-22	TOR	79	1079:01	1.11	2.00	3.11	1.06	0.06	12.82	12.18	0.64	4.21	7.94
2022-23	TOR	82	1106:52	0.70	1.19	1.90	0.97	-0.26	9.49	13.00	-3.51	2.94	10.78
2023-24	CAR	60	706:53	0.59	0.93	1.53	0.64	-0.04	8.97	9.59	-0.62	7.27	7.27
2023-24	PIT	21	286:02	0.84	1.89	2.73	0.88	-0.04	10.81	11.31	-0.50	4.00	16.00
2023-24	CAR, PIT	81	992:55	0.66	1.21	1.87	0.71	-0.04	9.57	10.15	-0.58	6.25	10.00
2024-25	NSH	18	260:35	0.46	0.92	1.38	0.77	-0.31	6.06	10.17	-4.11	2.13	6.38
2024-25	PIT	58	723:31	0.41	0.66	1.08	0.76	-0.35	6.49	11.93	-5.43	2.44	9.76
2024-25	NSH, PIT	76	984:06	0.43	0.73	1.16	0.76	-0.34	6.36	11.40	-5.04	2.35	8.82
2025-26	NSH	1	13:29	4.45	0.00	4.45	1.50	2.95	33.33	11.26	22.07	0.00	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	ARI	5	47:41	39.01	1.26	2.34	40.27	1.26	2.54	50.00	48.03	0.49	0.24	3.40
2020-21	ARI	21	294:40	44.19	2.44	2.43	36.24	2.44	2.41	50.00	50.19	0.14	-0.02	1.71
2021-22	TOR	79	1079:01	51.10	4.73	3.56	39.48	3.23	2.38	59.44	59.99	0.83	-0.06	7.15
2022-23	TOR	82	1106:52	48.35	3.42	3.34	43.37	1.90	2.69	64.29	55.38	0.58	0.35	1.29
2023-24	CAR	60	706:53	48.72	2.12	2.60	40.66	2.89	2.53	42.37	50.75	-0.17	0.51	-7.17
2023-24	PIT	21	286:02	51.18	3.78	3.04	44.68	3.99	2.74	48.65	52.63	0.54	0.05	4.38
2023-24	CAR, PIT	81	992:55	49.43	2.60	2.73	41.82	3.20	2.59	44.79	51.34	0.03	0.40	-3.93
2024-25	NSH	18	260:35	46.05	2.53	2.54	37.76	2.53	2.40	50.00	51.42	0.59	-0.23	8.78
2024-25	PIT	58	723:31	42.96	2.16	2.55	40.39	2.74	2.45	44.07	51.03	0.10	-0.00	1.00
2024-25	NSH, PIT	76	984:06	43.78	2.26	2.55	39.69	2.68	2.44	45.68	51.13	0.21	-0.06	2.71
2025-26	NSH	1	13:29	31.15	4.45	2.07	48.95	0.00	2.42	100.00	46.09	-0.11	0.25	-4.07

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	79	22.8	0.6	9.2	9.4	87.7	43.9	4.0	34.0	62.0	0.4	0.2	0.5
2022-23	82	22.5	0.6	9.2	9.4	89.0	47.0	6.0	29.5	64.4	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	81	21.5	0.2	8.9	9.2	87.9	48.6	11.7	38.7	49.6	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	76	22.2	0.4	9.3	9.4	88.1	55.4	10.3	28.4	61.2	0.4	0.2	0.4
2025-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	PIT	0.72	3.61	16.67	2.49	2.39	51.04	0.16	-0.01	1.80
2024-25	NSH	4.56	1.52	75.00	3.44	2.71	55.97	1.44	0.14	12.26
2024-25	PIT	0.87	0.87	50.00	2.30	2.64	46.49	-0.12	0.06	-1.91
2024-25	PIT	2.63	1.75	60.00	2.86	2.44	53.97	0.41	-0.23	6.09
2024-25	PIT	1.96	1.96	50.00	3.12	2.73	53.34	0.78	0.42	3.06
2024-25	PIT	1.99	5.97	25.00	1.77	3.20	35.63	-0.60	0.72	-13.23
2024-25	PIT	0.00	1.25	0.00	2.34	0.75	75.82	-0.28	-1.61	23.20
2024-25	NSH	0.00	1.28	0.00	1.25	1.50	45.37	-0.77	-1.16	2.27
2024-25	PIT	4.82	3.21	60.00	1.48	1.70	46.52	-1.08	-0.53	-6.89
2024-25	PIT	0.00	0.00	-	2.96	1.45	67.17	0.27	-0.91	13.86
2024-25	NSH	0.00	4.41	0.00	3.13	2.38	56.82	1.49	0.05	15.38
2024-25	PIT	2.60	10.40	20.00	2.07	5.96	25.76	0.03	3.72	-21.86
2024-25	PIT	5.88	2.94	66.67	2.09	3.01	41.03	-0.62	0.75	-13.63
2023-24	PIT	4.71	2.83	62.50	3.13	2.45	56.09	0.66	-0.29	8.63
2023-24	CAR	2.26	2.26	50.00	2.78	2.22	55.66	0.05	0.12	-0.95
2023-24	CAR	2.64	2.64	50.00	3.33	2.97	52.88	0.78	0.83	-1.45
2023-24	CAR	4.32	1.44	75.00	2.46	2.54	49.25	-0.38	0.32	-6.99
2023-24	CAR	1.98	2.97	40.00	2.60	1.62	61.60	-0.02	-0.82	9.86
2023-24	PIT	0.00	7.19	0.00	4.34	4.18	50.94	1.78	1.44	2.60
2023-24	CAR	0.00	3.76	0.00	2.29	2.96	43.61	-0.34	0.51	-8.20
2023-24	CAR	1.90	3.79	33.33	2.51	2.41	51.05	-0.33	0.24	-5.66
2023-24	CAR	0.00	0.00	-	1.44	1.94	42.74	-1.41	-0.04	-16.39
2023-24	CAR	2.66	5.32	33.33	2.30	2.15	51.61	-0.30	0.03	-3.34
2023-24	CAR	0.00	5.38	0.00	3.40	5.19	39.60	0.80	2.90	-13.53
2022-23	TOR	4.59	1.58	74.36	3.83	2.83	57.51	1.10	0.41	4.45
2022-23	TOR	3.39	2.12	61.54	3.25	2.38	57.65	0.35	-0.05	3.36
2022-23	TOR	2.66	0.00	100.00	2.70	2.78	49.20	-0.26	0.34	-5.48
2022-23	TOR	0.78	3.92	16.67	3.15	3.32	48.75	0.30	0.89	-5.35
2022-23	TOR	0.00	1.78	0.00	4.12	2.56	61.62	1.29	0.16	7.61
2021-22	TOR	6.59	3.35	66.29	3.96	2.17	64.57	1.15	-0.23	10.69
2021-22	TOR	1.40	4.21	25.00	3.44	2.79	55.22	0.49	0.42	-0.32
2021-22	TOR	2.37	1.58	60.00	3.18	1.93	62.29	0.33	-0.40	7.15
2021-22	TOR	4.08	5.44	42.86	4.32	2.71	61.46	1.23	0.28	5.46
2021-22	TOR	1.50	5.99	20.00	2.86	1.99	58.96	-0.19	-0.54	4.24
2021-22	TOR	3.55	1.77	66.67	4.03	2.26	64.10	0.98	-0.15	8.26
2021-22	TOR	2.07	0.00	100.00	2.65	2.05	56.37	-0.67	-0.71	1.78
2021-22	TOR	2.30	0.00	100.00	2.76	3.25	45.88	-0.27	0.95	-10.94
2021-22	TOR	2.87	0.00	100.00	2.91	2.23	56.62	-0.19	-0.15	0.02
2020-21	ARI	2.38	1.78	57.14	2.23	2.09	51.60	0.12	-0.35	5.17
2020-21	ARI	2.59	2.59	50.00	2.72	2.64	50.82	0.60	0.40	2.06
2018-19	ARI	2.30	0.00	100.00	3.31	2.16	60.52	1.37	0.01	13.19

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Nashville Predators may have stumbled upon a line that changes the early season outlook at Pred Lines (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-2026 Player Previews: Jonathan Marchessault in for More at Pred Lines (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Nashville Predators hold off Blue Jackets: Juuse Saros and two other X-Factors at Pred Lines (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Top Performances From Nashville Predators' Season-Opening Victory Over Blue Jackets at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Three Things: Bunting, O'Reilly Provide Predators Offense, Voronkov Breaks Through, Greaves, Saros Outstanding at 1st Ohio Battery (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Predators Outlast Blue Jackets 2-1 in Season Opener at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Recap #1: Jackets stymied by Saros and penalties at Jackets Cannon (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
3 things we saw in Nashville Predators season opening win over Columbus Blue Jackets at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
NSH 2, CBJ 1: Blue Jackets Play Well, But Stymied By Saros In Fourth Consecutive Season Opening Loss at 1st Ohio Battery (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
Martin, Wood Continue To Make Case For Opening Night Roster Spots at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
2025-2026 Nashville Predators Player Previews: Michael Bunting trying out for next destination? at Pred Lines (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Kyle Dubas’s Penguins Trade Trees, The Good & Bad at Yahoo Sports (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
These 5 Players will be an early season focus for the Nashville Predators at Pred Lines (Sat Sep 6, 2025)
A Trade a Day: The Hurricanes reel in a big fish to form one of the best 1st lines in team history at Cardiac Cane (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
Building the Nashville Predators Experimental Second Line for 2025-26 at Pred Lines (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Penguins Slapshots: Why Malkin Could Improve; Questions for Hoffman Group at Yahoo Sports (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Why Matias Maccelli needs to start season on Matthews's wing for the Leafs at Editor in Leaf (Sat Aug 23, 2025)
24 Nashville Predators in 24 days: Michael Bunting at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
As Good As It Gets – Part 2 at Die by the Blade (Fri Aug 15, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	27	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$1,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2024-25	28	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2025-26	29		$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$3,000,000	$10,500,000	$13,500,000	$13,500,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.39

Clause: Player has a 10 team no trade list in 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25	$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000	UFA-Grp6
2022-23	26	$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: Kyle Dubas

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.17

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	23	$737,500	$737,500	-	-	$725,000	$725,000	$100,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	24	$737,500	$737,500	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$150,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,475,000	$1,475,000	$250,000

Signed: July 5, 2019

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: John Chayka

Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6

Cap %: 0.9

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $140,000 in 2019-20 and $200,000 in 2020-21.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	22		$715,000	$715,000	-	-	$715,000	$715,000	$70,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$715,000	$715,000	$70,000

Signed: July 14, 2018

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: John Chayka

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.9

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	19	$692,500	$925,000	$257,500	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	20	$692,500	$925,000	$257,500	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	21	$692,500	$925,000	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$697,500	$277,500	$1,800,000	$2,077,500	$210,000

Signed: July 23, 2015

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: Don Maloney

Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	GTHL	Don Mills	28	27	12	39		44
2013-14	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	48	15	27	42	+10	34				9	5	1	6	+1	4
2014-15	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	57	37	37	74	+44	39				14	9	5	14	+4	10
2015-16	AHL	Springfield	63	11	14	25	-7	41	94	1,170.0
2015-16	ECHL	Rapid City	7	2	0	2	-5	4
2016-17	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	67	13	15	28	-1	52
2017-18	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	67	23	20	43	+21	45				9	3	1	4	+1	27
2018-19	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	52	19	22	41	+15	84
2018-19	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	5	1	0	1		2	5	20.0	9:33
2019-20	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	58	12	37	49	-12	49
2020-21	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	21	10	3	13	-1	12	38	26.3	16:42
2020-21	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	16	7	12	19	-2	14
2020-21	WC	Canada	10	0	0	0	-6	6
2021-22	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	79	23	40	63	+27	80	175	13.1	15:33	6	1	2	3	-1	4	6	16.7	15:07
2022-23	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	23	26	49	+21	103	174	13.2	15:48	7	1	1	2	-1	15	9	11.1	14:33
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	60	13	23	36	-15	55	113	11.5	15:07
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	6	13	19	-4	2	55	10.9	17:19
2023-24	WC	Canada	10	1	3	4	+8	4
2023-24	International	Team Canada	2	0	3	3	+3
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	58	14	15	29	-18	48	110	12.7	15:15
2024-25	NHL	Nashville Predators	18	5	4	9	-1	20	45	11.1	16:27
NHL Career			346	96	124	220	+9	324	718	13.4	15:37	13	2	3	5	-2	19	15	13.3	14:49