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Adam Fox Alex Belzile Ben Hutton Ben McCartney Brendan Gaunce Brenden Dillon Casey Cizikas Clayton Keller Cody Glass Connor Dewar Declan Chisholm Evan Bouchard Fabian Zetterlund Filip Hallander Guillaume Brisebois Ian Mitchell J.J. Peterka Jake Walman Jordan Staal Justin Kirkland Mason McTavish Mikael Granlund Pius Suter Ryan Lindgren Sam Morton Seth Griffith T.J. Tynan Tanner Pearson Tim Stutzle Tom Wilson Tyson Jost Anton Forsberg Igor Shesterkin Ken Appleby
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L-R · Minnesota Wild Wild · USA
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
28 (1998)
Contract
$9,000,000 × 5yr
Expires
UFA 2031 · age 33
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Jul 2026
Drafted
2016 Rd 1 (#7) MTL
Vitals
5'10" · 175 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 485 fwds
CK 57 2nd
FG 40 2nd
DI 86 46th
SK 82 76th
ST 63 6th
EN 80 88th
DU 99 100th
PH 90 92nd
FO 37 23rd
PA 91 97th
SC 83 83rd
DF 66 26th
PS 41 40th
EX 77 78th
LD 78 72nd
OV 75 85th

Contract

Cap hit $9,000,000 8.7% of cap
Year 1 of 5
2026-27
2030-31
Expiry Status
UFA
2031 age 33
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2018-19 MTL 79 16 25 41 0.52 -20 4 3 4 0 169 9.5% 27
2019-20 MTL 82 12 18 30 0.37 +8 2 2 0 0 201 6.0% 18
2020-21 MTL 82 11 35 46 0.56 +11 12 1 1 0 176 6.3% 31
2021-22 MTL 82 12 29 41 0.50 +28 6 2 3 0 179 6.7% 26
2022-23 MTL 82 32 41 73 0.89 +11 14 5 9 1 317 10.1% 52
2023-24 MTL 82 33 53 86 1.05 +30 20 10 8 1 337 9.8% 42
2024-25 MTL / MIN 81 18 27 45 0.56 -1 4 4 8 0 252 7.1% 61
2025-26 MIN 82 27 43 70 0.85 0 14 6 7 0 251 10.8% 52
CAREER 8 yrs 652 161 271 432 0.66 +67 76 33 40 2 -- 8.6% 309
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 MTL 12 2 1 3 0.25 -3 4 1 0 0 28 7.1% 13
2021-22 MTL 23 7 6 13 0.57 +2 0 2 1 0 47 14.9% 10
2022-23 MTL 14 7 6 13 0.93 +2 2 2 3 0 58 12.1% 4
2024-25 MIN 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 2 0 0 0 20 0.0% 4
2025-26 MIN 6 1 3 4 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.7% 1
CAREER 5 app. 61 17 17 34 0.56 -1 8 5 4 0 -- 10.2% 32
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 UTA 82 26 62 88 21 38 6 3 27 225 19:05
On Pace - 82 26 62 88 21 38 6 3 27 225 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2016-17 ARI 3 0 2 2 0.67 -3 0 0 0 1 - 12:40
2017-18 ARI 82 23 42 65 0.79 -7 24 3 6 20 10.8% 18:05
2018-19 ARI 82 14 33 47 0.57 -21 24 5 1 19 7.0% 18:14
2019-20 ARI 70 17 27 44 0.63 -6 28 2 2 15 9.2% 16:18
2020-21 ARI 56 14 21 35 0.63 -5 18 3 4 10 11.3% 16:40
2021-22 ARI 67 28 35 63 0.94 3 28 2 5 11 15.8% 20:08
2022-23 ARI 82 37 49 86 1.05 -2 49 4 6 20 16.6% 20:45
2023-24 ARI 78 33 43 76 0.97 -20 32 4 9 30 14.5% 19:15
2024-25 Utah Hockey Club 81 30 60 90 1.11 -12 28 5 10 37 13.8% 19:07
2025-26 UTA 82 26 62 88 1.07 21 38 6 3 27 11.6% 19:05
Career NHL 683 222 374 596 0.87 -52 269 34 46 190 12.4% -

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
2018-19 20 C MTL 57 40 90 89 60 78 83 82 44 85 79 56 63 59 59 71
2019-20 21 C MTL 59 40 90 89 62 79 99 90 38 80 70 54 25 63 63 70
2020-21 22 C MTL 61 40 87 89 62 73 93 81 36 79 75 55 25 65 65 69
2021-22 23 C MTL 63 41 89 89 62 74 93 83 42 79 76 56 25 67 68 70
2022-23 24 C MTL 61 40 87 89 62 84 87 85 40 83 89 80 25 69 69 76
2023-24 25 C MTL 59 50 82 89 62 85 92 88 37 86 90 72 38 71 71 76
2024-25 26 LW MIN 61 40 87 86 60 80 97 93 42 84 89 65 37 73 73 75
2025-26 27 LW MIN 57 40 89 87 63 80 98 86 35 90 86 60 41 74 75 75
2026-27 28 L-R MIN 57 40 86 82 63 80 99 90 37 91 83 66 41 77 78 75
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2018-19 20 C MTL 57 40 90 89 60 78 83 82 44 85 79 56 63 59 59 71
2019-20 21 C MTL +2 · · · +2 +1 +16 +8 −6 −5 −9 −2 −38 +4 +4 −1
2020-21 22 C MTL +2 · −3 · · −6 −6 −9 −2 −1 +5 +1 · +2 +2 −1
2021-22 23 C MTL +2 +1 +2 · · +1 · +2 +6 · +1 +1 · +2 +3 +1
2022-23 24 C MTL −2 −1 −2 · · +10 −6 +2 −2 +4 +13 +24 · +2 +1 +6
2023-24 25 C MTL −2 +10 −5 · · +1 +5 +3 −3 +3 +1 −8 +13 +2 +2 ·
2024-25 26 LW MIN +2 −10 +5 −3 −2 −5 +5 +5 +5 −2 −1 −7 −1 +2 +2 −1
2025-26 27 LW MIN −4 · +2 +1 +3 · +1 −7 −7 +6 −3 −5 +4 +1 +2 ·
2026-27 28 L-R MIN · · −3 −5 · · +1 +4 +2 +1 −3 +6 · +3 +3 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2018-19 MTL $1,673,333 3 yr 2.1% 20 ELC Rookie
2021-22 MTL $5,250,000 3 yr 6.4% 23 RFA
2024-25 MTL $8,500,000 2 yr 9.7% 26 RFA
2026-27 MIN $9,000,000 5 yr 8.7% 28 RFA CURRENT
2024-25
Feb 27 2025
2024-25
to WILD

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