Career profile Last roster: 2024-25 ANH
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Blake Wheeler

LW · USA
+ 5 other teams
Status
Retired 1 yr ago
Career
2008–2025 (17 yrs)
Age
40 (38 in 2025)
Vitals
6'5" · 224 lb
Drafted
2004 Rd 1 (#6) NYR

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 PIT 59 6 5 11 0.19 +6 30 1 0 0 48 12.5% 45
2009-10 PIT / CGY 83 20 22 42 0.51 +14 23 1 4 0 195 10.3% 37
2010-11 CGY 78 19 26 45 0.58 -7 28 6 7 0 129 14.7% 78
2011-12 CGY / NYI 84 14 17 31 0.37 -7 48 4 3 0 130 10.8% 124
2012-13 NYI 82 21 42 63 0.77 -10 74 3 9 0 221 9.5% 129
2013-14 NYI 82 28 45 73 0.89 +17 22 1 8 0 259 10.8% 152
2014-15 NYI / EDM 79 37 53 90 1.14 +22 42 5 9 1 310 11.9% 161
2015-16 EDM 82 32 29 61 0.74 +8 38 5 9 0 255 12.5% 107
2016-17 EDM 82 25 40 65 0.79 +11 31 3 7 0 303 8.3% 75
2017-18 EDM 82 32 36 68 0.83 +17 66 8 4 0 330 9.7% 202
2018-19 EDM 82 29 35 64 0.78 +24 74 7 5 0 254 11.4% 167
2019-20 EDM 82 32 38 70 0.85 +10 59 6 7 0 265 12.1% 159
2020-21 EDM 82 21 42 63 0.77 +12 57 8 3 0 260 8.1% 128
2021-22 EDM 82 23 28 51 0.62 +14 28 1 3 0 243 9.5% 125
2022-23 EDM 82 15 29 44 0.54 -2 14 2 3 0 212 7.1% 65
2023-24 NJD 82 17 42 59 0.72 -1 40 2 2 0 208 8.2% 102
2024-25 ANH 75 4 4 8 0.11 -3 2 1 0 0 44 9.1% 7
CAREER 17 yrs 1360 375 533 908 0.67 +125 676 64 83 1 -- 10.2% 1863
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 PIT 17 0 1 1 0.06 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0% 9
2010-11 CGY 8 1 3 4 0.50 -2 10 0 1 0 20 5.0% 15
2013-14 NYI 6 1 3 4 0.67 -2 0 0 0 0 23 4.3% 10
2014-15 EDM 16 2 11 13 0.81 -2 10 0 0 0 50 4.0% 27
2015-16 EDM 14 3 6 9 0.64 +5 12 1 0 0 38 7.9% 28
2016-17 EDM 6 1 2 3 0.50 +2 10 0 0 0 14 7.1% 12
2018-19 EDM 6 0 2 2 0.33 +2 6 0 0 0 13 0.0% 21
2019-20 EDM 7 1 2 3 0.43 -3 0 0 1 0 26 3.8% 11
2020-21 EDM 11 2 5 7 0.64 0 2 0 1 0 32 6.3% 23
2021-22 EDM 4 0 0 0 0.00 -4 2 0 0 0 16 0.0% 3
2022-23 EDM 7 1 3 4 0.57 -2 0 0 0 0 15 6.7% 4
2023-24 NJD 5 1 1 2 0.40 +1 0 0 0 0 16 6.3% 9
2024-25 ANH 4 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0% 1
CAREER 13 app. 111 13 39 52 0.47 -8 52 1 3 0 -- 4.9% 173
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2008-09 BOS 81 21 24 45 0.56 36 46 3 3 5 14.0% 13:41
2009-10 BOS 82 18 20 38 0.46 -4 53 2 3 8 11.3% 15:47
2010-11 BOS 58 11 16 27 0.47 8 32 2 0 2 10.9% 15:12
2010-11 ATL 23 7 10 17 0.74 2 14 0 0 3 9.0% 18:53
2011-12 WPG 80 17 47 64 0.80 3 55 3 6 15 8.2% 19:05
2012-13 WPG 48 19 22 41 0.85 -3 28 2 2 7 14.7% 18:48
2013-14 WPG 82 28 41 69 0.84 4 63 4 8 19 12.4% 18:41
2014-15 WPG 79 26 35 61 0.77 26 73 6 2 12 10.7% 19:40
2015-16 WPG 82 26 52 78 0.95 8 49 5 3 17 10.2% 19:47
2016-17 WPG 82 26 48 74 0.90 6 47 4 5 21 10.0% 20:09
2017-18 WPG 81 23 68 91 1.12 13 52 2 6 40 9.3% 20:15
2018-19 WPG 82 20 71 91 1.11 0 60 3 2 33 8.7% 20:43
2019-20 WPG 71 22 43 65 0.92 1 37 2 4 22 12.2% 19:19
2020-21 WPG 50 15 31 46 0.92 -17 50 2 4 15 13.3% 18:20
2021-22 WPG 65 17 43 60 0.92 -15 36 2 3 20 10.2% 19:32
2022-23 WPG 72 16 39 55 0.76 -3 46 6 7 15 12.7% 17:03
2023-24 NYR 54 9 12 21 0.39 2 23 1 1 1 10.8% 12:43
Career NHL 1172 321 622 943 0.80 67 764 49 59 255 10.9% -

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
2008-09 22 LW PIT 90 50 84 65 88 - 78 68 50 68 69 67 - 50 50 -
2009-10 23 RW CGY 58 40 73 81 77 - 82 75 42 74 73 72 - 52 52 67
2010-11 24 LW CGY 67 40 74 81 77 - 82 71 42 70 72 69 - 54 54 67
2011-12 25 LW NYI 65 40 77 73 80 87 95 73 55 73 73 69 81 55 55 70
2012-13 26 LW NYI 62 41 70 75 84 85 92 80 36 83 68 68 84 64 67 72
2013-14 27 LW NYI 64 40 78 76 84 84 94 85 37 79 80 65 88 66 68 74
2014-15 28 LW EDM 64 42 75 77 84 83 95 86 38 82 82 66 80 68 70 75
2015-16 29 RW EDM 64 47 74 73 88 86 94 85 40 79 81 70 84 70 70 74
2016-17 30 RW EDM 76 55 82 87 86 75 98 88 35 91 83 75 70 75 77 79
2017-18 31 RW EDM 77 45 83 86 85 84 99 86 43 89 83 72 25 77 79 77
2018-19 32 RW EDM 77 45 81 86 85 85 99 83 59 99 79 71 65 79 81 78
2019-20 33 C EDM 75 58 79 86 86 85 99 89 39 99 75 67 65 82 85 78
2020-21 34 C EDM 79 55 84 86 86 81 94 86 81 90 82 63 70 84 87 77
2021-22 35 C EDM 78 45 72 86 85 78 89 80 36 87 81 56 65 85 88 74
2022-23 36 C EDM 75 45 84 83 85 83 83 84 31 88 76 66 66 87 90 75
2023-24 37 C NJD 73 44 82 83 85 79 84 82 43 86 74 66 65 89 92 74
2024-25 38 C ANH 67 54 87 80 84 63 80 69 60 67 70 61 65 91 95 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2008-09 22 LW PIT 90 50 84 65 88 - 78 68 50 68 69 67 - 50 50 -
2009-10 23 RW CGY −32 −10 −11 +16 −11 - +4 +7 −8 +6 +4 +5 - +2 +2 67
2010-11 24 LW CGY +9 · +1 · · - · −4 · −4 −1 −3 - +2 +2 ·
2011-12 25 LW NYI −2 · +3 −8 +3 87 +13 +2 +13 +3 +1 · 81 +1 +1 +3
2012-13 26 LW NYI −3 +1 −7 +2 +4 −2 −3 +7 −19 +10 −5 −1 +3 +9 +12 +2
2013-14 27 LW NYI +2 −1 +8 +1 · −1 +2 +5 +1 −4 +12 −3 +4 +2 +1 +2
2014-15 28 LW EDM · +2 −3 +1 · −1 +1 +1 +1 +3 +2 +1 −8 +2 +2 +1
2015-16 29 RW EDM · +5 −1 −4 +4 +3 −1 −1 +2 −3 −1 +4 +4 +2 · −1
2016-17 30 RW EDM +12 +8 +8 +14 −2 −11 +4 +3 −5 +12 +2 +5 −14 +5 +7 +5
2017-18 31 RW EDM +1 −10 +1 −1 −1 +9 +1 −2 +8 −2 · −3 −45 +2 +2 −2
2018-19 32 RW EDM · · −2 · · +1 · −3 +16 +10 −4 −1 +40 +2 +2 +1
2019-20 33 C EDM −2 +13 −2 · +1 · · +6 −20 · −4 −4 · +3 +4 ·
2020-21 34 C EDM +4 −3 +5 · · −4 −5 −3 +42 −9 +7 −4 +5 +2 +2 −1
2021-22 35 C EDM −1 −10 −12 · −1 −3 −5 −6 −45 −3 −1 −7 −5 +1 +1 −3
2022-23 36 C EDM −3 · +12 −3 · +5 −6 +4 −5 +1 −5 +10 +1 +2 +2 +1
2023-24 37 C NJD −2 −1 −2 · · −4 +1 −2 +12 −2 −2 · −1 +2 +2 −1
2024-25 38 C ANH −6 +10 +5 −3 −1 −16 −4 −13 +17 −19 −4 −5 · +2 +3 −6
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2008-09 PIT $800,000 3 yr 1.4% 22 ELC Rookie
2011-12 CGY $1,900,000 2 yr 3.0% 25 RFA
2013-14 NYI $4,750,000 3 yr 7.4% 27 RFA
2016-17 EDM $7,500,000 4 yr 10.3% 30 UFA
2020-21 EDM $8,500,000 4 yr 10.4% 34 UFA
2024-25 ANH $2,000,000 2 yr 2.3% 38 UFA
2004-05
Dec 14 2004
2004-05
2008-09
Oct 31 2008
2008-09
to PENGUINS
to ISLANDERS
2009-10
Feb 1 2010
2009-10
2011-12
Dec 7 2011
2011-12
to ISLANDERS
2014-15
Mar 8 2015
2014-15
to OILERS
2023-24
Aug 11 2023
2023-24
to DEVILS
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