Gilles Gratton
NHL Fortune:
$617,492
Description
Gilles Gratton’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $617,492 (US $3,626,269 in today's dollars), ranking #4441 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: July 28, 1952Country of birth: Canada
Position: G
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1972
- Round #5
- Overall Pick: 69
- By: Buffalo Sabres
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| Salary History - Gilles Gratton All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1972-73 | $45,405 | $349,929 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $45,000. | |||
| In June 1972, after drafting him in the 5th round of the NHL draft, the Buffalo Sabres offered him a two-year contract for $18,000 overall in salary ($8,000 in 1972-73 and $10,000 in 1973-74) plus a $5,000 signing bonus to go play in the Central Hockey League. He turned down the offer. In September 1972, signed a two-year contract with the Ottawa Nationals of the World Hockey Association for C $55,000 overall ($25,000 the first season and $30,000 the second) and a $20,000 signing bonus. This was hist first pro hockey season. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Gratoony the Loony / Inside Hockey | |||
| 1973-74 | $30,000 | $217,770 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $30,000. | |||
| (Earned $25,000 according to Inside Hockey.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Gratoony the Loony | |||
| 1974-75 | $205,422 | $1,342,679 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $201,000. | |||
| On May 22, 1974, signed a five-year contract with the Toronto Toros of the WHA, for a yearly salary of $101,000 and a $100,000 signing bonus. Earned his salary of $101,000 and bonus of $100,000. (According to The Canadian Press and Puckstruck, it was a five-year contract for $645,000 overall, including a $100,000 signing bonus. According to La Press, it was for $725,000 overall.) At the end of the season, claiming a breach of contract on his part, the team cancelled the contract and sold his rights to the St. Louis Blues. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Gratoony the Loony / The Hockey News | |||
| 1975-76 | $45,000 | $269,482 | |
| Prior to the season, signed a six-year contract with the St. Louis Blues for $90,000 per season (It was for $100,000 per season according to The Hockey News and another edition of La Presse.) After only six games, in December 1975, he left the team wanting to go back with the Toronto Toros. As the Blues refused to release him, he sat out the rest of the season earning about half his salary. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Gratoony the Loony / La Presse | |||
| 1976-77 | $125,000 | $707,916 | |
| On March 24, 1976, signed a three-year contract with the New York Rangers for $125,000 per season. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Gratoony the Loony / The Hockey News | |||
| 1977-78 | $33,333 | $177,252 | |
| Played one game for the the New Haven Nighthawks, in the AHL and the New York Rangers bought him out for less than the approximately $250,000 that was left on the contract, spread out until 1981 so he can have a regular income. Earned a $33,333 buyout, assuming that he got a $200,000 overall buyout. Never played again. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1978-79 | $33,333 | $164,698 | |
| Earned his $33,333 buyout from the New York Rangers, assuming that he got a $200,000 overall buyout. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1979-80 | $33,333 | $148,019 | |
| Earned his $33,333 buyout from the New York Rangers, assuming that he got a $200,000 overall buyout. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1980-81 | $33,333 | $130,363 | |
| Earned his $33,333 buyout from the New York Rangers, assuming that he got a $200,000 overall buyout. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1981-82 | $33,333 | $118,161 | |
| Earned his $33,333 buyout from the New York Rangers, assuming that he got a $200,000 overall buyout. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
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Career Total: US $617,492 (In today's dollars: US $3,626,269) NHL Rank: 4441 (In today's dollars: 2833) |
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