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James Wisniewski

D · USA
+ 5 other teams
Status
Retired 8 yrs ago
Career
2007–2018 (11 yrs)
Age
42 (33 in 2018)
Vitals
5'11" · 203 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2007-08 CHI

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 CHI 21 1 3 4 0.19 +1 15 0 0 0 21 4.8% 21
2008-09 CHI 82 8 37 45 0.55 +13 218 2 7 0 83 9.6% 187
2009-10 SJS 76 6 26 32 0.42 +25 149 1 4 0 57 10.5% 124
2010-11 SJS 82 9 32 41 0.50 +31 203 2 6 0 103 8.7% 211
2011-12 SJS / CHI 75 6 21 27 0.36 +4 89 0 4 0 107 5.6% 134
2012-13 DET 67 8 38 46 0.69 +1 72 1 6 0 71 11.3% 122
2013-14 DET 82 8 22 30 0.37 +2 24 2 5 0 93 8.6% 40
2014-15 DET / BUF 81 6 48 54 0.67 -6 88 0 5 0 116 5.2% 128
2015-16 WPG 73 10 19 29 0.40 -31 88 0 6 0 59 16.9% 137
2016-17 WPG / SJS 81 15 33 48 0.59 -8 106 3 13 0 103 14.6% 194
2017-18 CAR 46 1 1 2 0.04 -8 19 0 0 0 14 7.1% 52
CAREER 11 yrs 766 78 280 358 0.47 +24 1071 11 56 0 -- 9.4% 1350
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 CHI 23 0 6 6 0.26 +5 18 0 0 0 23 0.0% 30
2008-09 CHI 10 1 3 4 0.40 -2 28 0 1 0 8 12.5% 31
2009-10 SJS 20 5 5 10 0.50 +4 33 0 3 0 23 21.7% 35
2010-11 SJS 21 2 11 13 0.62 +5 40 0 2 0 14 14.3% 37
2011-12 CHI 7 0 2 2 0.29 +2 6 0 0 0 7 0.0% 8
2012-13 DET 10 0 4 4 0.40 -1 15 0 0 0 8 0.0% 13
2013-14 DET 7 2 1 3 0.43 +2 4 1 1 0 10 20.0% 3
2014-15 BUF 5 1 2 3 0.60 0 4 0 0 0 4 25.0% 11
2016-17 SJS 4 1 2 3 0.75 -2 6 0 1 0 11 9.1% 8
CAREER 9 app. 107 12 36 48 0.45 +13 154 1 8 0 -- 11.1% 176
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2005-06 CHI 19 2 5 7 0.37 0 36 0 0 1 8.0% 15:52
2006-07 CHI 50 2 8 10 0.20 3 39 0 0 1 3.6% 19:00
2007-08 CHI 68 7 19 26 0.38 12 103 0 1 5 8.5% 17:00
2008-09 CHI 31 2 11 13 0.42 6 14 0 1 4 2.9% 19:15
2008-09 ANH 17 1 10 11 0.65 3 16 0 0 7 5.3% 20:57
2009-10 ANH 69 3 27 30 0.43 -5 56 0 2 9 2.1% 24:21
2010-11 NYI 32 3 18 21 0.66 -18 18 0 3 13 4.2% 23:15
2010-11 MTL 43 7 23 30 0.70 4 20 2 4 16 8.0% 22:43
2011-12 CLB 48 6 21 27 0.56 -13 37 2 2 12 6.1% 24:48
2012-13 CLB 30 5 9 14 0.47 -1 15 0 4 5 8.1% 22:50
2013-14 CLB 75 7 44 51 0.68 0 61 1 3 28 4.2% 22:37
2014-15 CLB 56 8 21 29 0.52 -10 34 2 7 14 6.3% 21:25
2014-15 ANH 13 0 5 5 0.38 -3 10 0 0 1 0.0% 20:13
2015-16 CAR 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 - 0:47
Career NHL 552 53 221 274 0.50 -22 459 7 27 116 5.2% -

History

Overall, season by season

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

OV Defensemen, 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
2007-08 23 D CHI - - 58 69 69 69 60 - - 65 52 72 - 43 49 72
2008-09 24 D CHI 84 72 58 70 78 - 76 67 25 76 67 68 - 69 68 -
2009-10 25 D SJS 88 48 77 72 78 - 82 78 40 78 69 77 - 71 70 72
2010-11 26 D SJS 88 63 78 72 78 - 85 78 40 81 68 78 - 75 74 74
2011-12 27 D CHI 79 45 79 77 76 86 95 80 40 86 70 72 67 68 68 74
2012-13 28 D DET 60 43 76 74 72 91 68 65 30 70 60 72 73 68 70 68
2013-14 29 D DET 62 47 80 74 72 83 66 62 30 63 61 75 63 70 70 67
2014-15 30 D BUF 61 43 75 79 68 83 78 67 30 71 57 74 60 72 70 69
2015-16 31 D WPG 65 41 73 76 68 77 77 65 30 66 57 71 59 74 70 67
2016-17 32 D SJS 82 45 81 78 72 78 89 86 25 63 56 78 71 73 75 73
2017-18 33 D CAR 71 72 70 72 72 41 37 60 25 57 53 69 50 73 75 60
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 23 D CHI - - 58 69 69 69 60 - - 65 52 72 - 43 49 72
2008-09 24 D CHI 84 72 · +1 +9 - +16 67 25 +11 +15 −4 - +26 +19 -
2009-10 25 D SJS +4 −24 +19 +2 · - +6 +11 +15 +2 +2 +9 - +2 +2 72
2010-11 26 D SJS · +15 +1 · · - +3 · · +3 −1 +1 - +4 +4 +2
2011-12 27 D CHI −9 −18 +1 +5 −2 86 +10 +2 · +5 +2 −6 67 −7 −6 ·
2012-13 28 D DET −19 −2 −3 −3 −4 +5 −27 −15 −10 −16 −10 · +6 · +2 −6
2013-14 29 D DET +2 +4 +4 · · −8 −2 −3 · −7 +1 +3 −10 +2 · −1
2014-15 30 D BUF −1 −4 −5 +5 −4 · +12 +5 · +8 −4 −1 −3 +2 · +2
2015-16 31 D WPG +4 −2 −2 −3 · −6 −1 −2 · −5 · −3 −1 +2 · −2
2016-17 32 D SJS +17 +4 +8 +2 +4 +1 +12 +21 −5 −3 −1 +7 +12 −1 +5 +6
2017-18 33 D CAR −11 +27 −11 −6 · −37 −52 −26 · −6 −3 −9 −21 · · −13
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2007-08 CHI $675,000 3 yr 1.3% 23 ELC Rookie
2010-11 SJS $2,750,000 1 yr 4.6% 26 RFA
2011-12 SJS $3,250,000 1 yr 5.1% 27 RFA
2012-13 DET $5,000,000 3 yr 7.1% 28 RFA
2015-16 WPG $4,400,000 5 yr 6.2% 31 UFA
2009-10
Aug 30 2009
2009-10
2011-12
Nov 25 2011
2011-12
to BLACKHAWKS
2012-13
Jun 23 2012
2012-13
to RED WINGS
  • James Wisniewski 68
to BLACKHAWKS
2014-15
Mar 16 2015
2014-15
to SABRES
2016-17
Mar 4 2017
2016-17
to SHARKS
  • James Wisniewski 73
2017-18
Jun 30 2017
2017-18
to HURRICANES
  • James Wisniewski 60
to SHARKS
  • $1

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