The Detroit Red Wings signed Carter Bear to a 3-year, entry-level contract on Thursday, and PuckPedia has the details of said contract:
The #LGRW signed '25 #13 pick Carter Bear to 3 year ELC
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) July 17, 2025
NHL 877.5K
Signing Bonus 97.5K
"A" Perf Bonus 500K
Cap Hit 975K, AAV 1.475M
Because of Nov bday, by signing now contract can potentially slide twice & not start until 27-28. If he waited to sign in '26, contract could…
Bear can no longer play in NCAA hockey as he’s considered a professional athlete as soon as he inks a pro contract, but, as PuckPedia’s Tweet notes, the contract’s ability to “slide” affords Detroit a significant amount of leeway in terms of his development at the WHL and (in all likelihood) AHL levels of hockey…
So he received a $97,500 signing bonus and a nice $500,000 performance bonus, which boosts him up to an NHL-max $975,000 entry-level contract.