Career profile Last roster: 2015-16 BUF
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Paul Gaustad

C · USA
Status
Retired 10 yrs ago
Career
2005–2016 (11 yrs)
Age
44 (33 in 2016)
Vitals
6'5" · 223 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2005-06 BUF 10 0 0 0 0.00 -2 20 0 0 0 8 0.0% 7
2006-07 BUF 47 3 6 9 0.19 -3 10 3 1 0 41 7.3% 43
2007-08 BUF 70 5 13 18 0.26 -7 69 1 1 1 55 9.1% 75
2008-09 BUF 82 5 18 23 0.28 +1 104 0 1 0 83 6.0% 152
2009-10 BUF 82 16 33 49 0.60 +25 217 1 1 0 123 13.0% 196
2010-11 BUF 81 11 15 26 0.32 +4 131 2 0 0 108 10.2% 117
2011-12 BUF 44 5 10 15 0.34 -8 36 3 0 0 80 6.3% 96
2012-13 BUF 82 14 23 37 0.45 +5 45 2 0 0 122 11.5% 83
2013-14 BUF 52 7 12 19 0.37 +17 31 2 1 0 75 9.3% 29
2014-15 BUF 78 9 9 18 0.23 -7 34 0 0 1 109 8.3% 104
2015-16 BUF 69 3 12 15 0.22 -1 41 0 0 0 79 3.8% 68
CAREER 11 yrs 697 78 151 229 0.33 +24 738 14 5 2 -- 8.8% 970
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 BUF 7 0 1 1 0.14 -4 4 0 0 0 7 0.0% 8
2008-09 BUF 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 18 0 0 0 2 0.0% 10
2009-10 BUF 14 2 6 8 0.57 -3 14 0 0 1 26 7.7% 25
2010-11 BUF 10 2 1 3 0.30 -2 18 0 0 0 21 9.5% 15
2011-12 BUF 6 0 0 0 0.00 -2 7 0 0 0 6 0.0% 12
2012-13 BUF 7 1 4 5 0.71 -1 10 0 0 0 8 12.5% 3
2014-15 BUF 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 5 0 0 0 7 0.0% 7
2015-16 BUF 6 0 0 0 0.00 -3 0 0 0 0 6 0.0% 10
CAREER 8 app. 61 5 12 17 0.28 -17 76 0 0 1 -- 6.0% 90
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2002-03 BUF 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 - 5:48
2005-06 BUF 78 9 15 24 0.31 4 65 0 0 1 8.0% 12:08
2006-07 BUF 54 9 13 22 0.41 11 74 0 3 8 12.0% 13:19
2007-08 BUF 82 10 26 36 0.44 -4 85 2 5 8 7.4% 17:10
2008-09 BUF 62 12 17 29 0.47 4 108 1 3 8 9.8% 16:06
2009-10 BUF 65 12 10 22 0.34 -7 82 1 3 5 10.8% 15:45
2010-11 BUF 81 12 19 31 0.38 7 101 3 1 2 10.3% 15:08
2011-12 BUF 56 7 10 17 0.30 -1 70 3 0 0 11.3% 15:05
2011-12 NSH 14 0 4 4 0.29 0 6 0 0 0 0.0% 13:31
2012-13 NSH 23 2 3 5 0.22 -1 20 0 0 0 5.7% 15:13
2013-14 NSH 75 10 11 21 0.28 -6 61 0 0 0 13.5% 13:48
2014-15 NSH 73 4 10 14 0.19 7 60 1 0 0 7.4% 12:26
2015-16 NSH 63 2 4 6 0.10 -4 46 0 0 0 4.3% 11:15
Career NHL 727 89 142 231 0.32 10 778 11 15 32 9.3% -

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
2005-06 23 C BUF - - 70 63 68 75 77 - - 62 59 70 - 40 44 69
2006-07 24 C BUF - - 68 63 73 75 84 - - 64 59 70 - 42 46 70
2007-08 25 C BUF - - 61 63 76 72 70 - - 69 62 76 - 49 52 72
2008-09 26 C BUF 93 60 68 68 87 - 82 70 93 73 65 71 - 66 64 -
2009-10 27 C BUF 92 63 53 73 87 - 79 71 85 71 69 70 - 68 66 69
2010-11 28 C BUF 86 69 69 73 87 - 79 68 94 66 70 74 - 70 68 69
2011-12 29 C BUF 82 62 65 68 85 90 95 69 96 69 68 78 68 65 65 71
2012-13 30 C BUF 75 61 66 66 85 64 77 67 91 63 57 74 58 72 71 65
2013-14 31 C BUF 74 52 65 63 87 60 53 62 93 59 55 75 56 74 73 63
2014-15 32 C BUF 74 55 70 67 87 54 71 64 92 60 62 72 57 76 74 65
2015-16 33 C BUF 75 64 72 64 87 49 75 62 90 59 56 74 55 78 75 63
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2005-06 23 C BUF - - 70 63 68 75 77 - - 62 59 70 - 40 44 69
2006-07 24 C BUF - - −2 · +5 · +7 - - +2 · · - +2 +2 +1
2007-08 25 C BUF - - −7 · +3 −3 −14 - - +5 +3 +6 - +7 +6 +2
2008-09 26 C BUF 93 60 +7 +5 +11 - +12 70 93 +4 +3 −5 - +17 +12 -
2009-10 27 C BUF −1 +3 −15 +5 · - −3 +1 −8 −2 +4 −1 - +2 +2 69
2010-11 28 C BUF −6 +6 +16 · · - · −3 +9 −5 +1 +4 - +2 +2 ·
2011-12 29 C BUF −4 −7 −4 −5 −2 90 +16 +1 +2 +3 −2 +4 68 −5 −3 +2
2012-13 30 C BUF −7 −1 +1 −2 · −26 −18 −2 −5 −6 −11 −4 −10 +7 +6 −6
2013-14 31 C BUF −1 −9 −1 −3 +2 −4 −24 −5 +2 −4 −2 +1 −2 +2 +2 −2
2014-15 32 C BUF · +3 +5 +4 · −6 +18 +2 −1 +1 +7 −3 +1 +2 +1 +2
2015-16 33 C BUF +1 +9 +2 −3 · −5 +4 −2 −2 −1 −6 +2 −2 +2 +1 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2005-06 BUF $450,000 3 yr 0.9% 23 ELC Rookie
2007-08 BUF $800,000 3 yr 1.6% 25 RFA
2010-11 BUF $1,500,000 4 yr 2.5% 28 RFA
2014-15 BUF $3,500,000 3 yr 5.1% 32 UFA
No trades on record