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Alex Alexeyev Alex Laferriere Alexis Lafreniere Aliaksei Protas Ben King Bogdan Trineyev Brady Tkachuk Cam Fowler Cam Morrison Cole Caufield Cooper Moore Dante Fabbro David Perron Dennis Gilbert Dylan Roobroeck Elias Lindholm Gavin Hayes Jake McCabe Kaiden Guhle Luke Kunin Luke Tuch Matty Beniers Morgan Geekie Nick Paul Olen Zellweger Parker Bell Riley Kidney Roman Josi Scott Reedy Taylor Makar William Nylander Kevin Lankinen Logan Thompson Pyotr Kochetkov
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
25 (2001)
Contract
$6,250,000 × 2yr
Expires
RFA 2028 · age 27
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2019 Rd 3 (#76) LAK
Vitals
6'6" · 250 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 485 fwds
CK 63 15th
FG 44 43rd
DI 91 77th
SK 88 91st
ST 92 99th
EN 78 80th
DU 93 67th
PH 65 42nd
FO 41 33rd
PA 78 73rd
SC 84 84th
DF 81 89th
PS 25 34th
EX 66 45th
LD 67 45th
OV 74 82nd

Contract

Cap hit $6,250,000 6% of cap
Year 2 of 3
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
RFA
2028 age 27
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2024-25 PIT 82 6 16 22 0.27 +2 10 0 0 0 106 5.7% 25
2025-26 PIT 82 13 28 41 0.50 +27 13 3 1 1 189 6.9% 31
CAREER 2 yrs 164 19 44 63 0.38 +29 23 3 1 1 -- 6.4% 56
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2024-25 PIT 4 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0% 1
2025-26 PIT 5 1 0 1 0.20 -10 0 0 1 0 12 8.3% 2
CAREER 2 app. 9 1 0 1 0.11 -12 0 0 1 0 -- 7.7% 3
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 WSH 76 25 27 52 20 20 5 0 1 159 18:14
On Pace - 82 27 29 56 22 22 5 0 1 172 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2021-22 WSH 33 3 6 9 0.27 4 0 0 0 1 8.8% 11:50
2022-23 WSH 58 4 11 15 0.26 -8 12 0 0 0 4.8% 11:31
2023-24 WSH 78 6 23 29 0.37 -3 8 1 0 0 5.3% 13:45
2024-25 WSH 76 30 36 66 0.87 40 18 6 0 1 21.1% 16:27
2025-26 WSH 76 25 27 52 0.68 20 20 5 0 1 15.7% 18:14
Career NHL 321 68 103 171 0.53 53 58 12 0 3 12.8% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2022-23 21 C WSH 86 82 95 68 82 59 60 56 70 56 51 68 48 44 44 59
2023-24 22 C WSH 69 43 92 72 75 59 88 65 38 65 58 69 25 55 55 64
2024-25 23 C PIT 63 43 96 76 85 65 89 66 41 74 58 79 25 61 61 66
2025-26 24 C PIT 61 43 91 82 91 73 93 59 33 82 87 71 25 64 65 71
2026-27 25 L PIT 63 44 91 88 92 78 93 65 41 78 84 81 25 66 67 74
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2022-23 21 C WSH 86 82 95 68 82 59 60 56 70 56 51 68 48 44 44 59
2023-24 22 C WSH −17 −39 −3 +4 −7 · +28 +9 −32 +9 +7 +1 −23 +11 +11 +5
2024-25 23 C PIT −6 · +4 +4 +10 +6 +1 +1 +3 +9 · +10 · +6 +6 +2
2025-26 24 C PIT −2 · −5 +6 +6 +8 +4 −7 −8 +8 +29 −8 · +3 +4 +5
2026-27 25 L PIT +2 +1 · +6 +1 +5 · +6 +8 −4 −3 +10 · +2 +2 +3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2022-23 WSH $888,333 3 yr 1.1% 21 ELC Rookie
2024-25 PIT $833,333 1 yr 0.9% 23 ELC
2025-26 PIT $6,250,000 3 yr 6.5% 24 RFA CURRENT
2020-21
Feb 13 2021
2020-21
to BLUE JACKETS
to KINGS
2021-22
Oct 16 2021
2021-22
to CAPITALS
to BLUE JACKETS
2024-25
Jul 14 2024
2024-25
to PENGUINS
to CAPITALS

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