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Rickard
Alex Steeves Alexandre Carrier Brad Marchand Colton Sissons Connor Bedard Connor MacEachern Dominic Toninato Evan Rodrigues Ilya Solovyov Ivan Demidov Jack Hughes Jack Rathbone Joel Edmundson Josiah Slavin Lane Hutson Liam O'Brien Logan O'Connor Louie Belpedio Luke Glendening Mackenzie MacEachern Mikko Rantanen Morgan Frost Neal Pionk Nick Seeler Rickard Rakell Riley Stillman Robert Thomas Ryan McLeod Ryan Pulock Ryan Reaves Taylor Raddysh Casey DeSmith Jake Oettinger Matt Tomkins
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
33 (1993)
Contract
$7,000,000 × 1yr
Expires
UFA 2027 · age 34
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2011 Rd 2 (#39) CGY
Vitals
6'1" · 194 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 482 fwds
CK 77 64th
FG 44 43rd
DI 95 96th
SK 83 79th
ST 71 42nd
EN 79 84th
DU 80 35th
PH 90 92nd
FO 51 53rd
PA 79 78th
SC 88 91st
DF 73 62nd
PS 73 86th
EX 82 89th
LD 85 87th
OV 76 89th

Contract

Cap hit $7,000,000 6.7% of cap
Year 2 of 2
2025-26
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 34
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2015-16 BUF 22 0 4 4 0.18 -3 4 0 0 0 20 0.0% 8
2016-17 BUF 82 14 14 28 0.34 0 37 4 9 0 130 10.8% 120
2017-18 BUF 82 23 17 40 0.49 +7 26 4 10 0 188 12.2% 89
2018-19 BUF 82 24 23 47 0.57 +7 36 7 2 0 233 10.3% 116
2019-20 BUF 79 13 26 39 0.49 +16 36 4 3 0 238 5.5% 73
2020-21 WSH 82 15 14 29 0.35 -22 24 2 3 0 178 8.4% 85
2021-22 WSH 82 11 30 41 0.50 +13 26 4 3 0 153 7.2% 102
2022-23 WSH 82 23 27 50 0.61 +18 44 4 2 0 196 11.7% 100
2023-24 WSH 82 18 23 41 0.50 -2 40 2 3 0 181 9.9% 144
2024-25 SJS / CAR 83 19 18 37 0.45 +6 37 5 2 0 208 9.1% 131
2025-26 CHI 82 17 21 38 0.46 -5 37 2 1 0 181 9.4% 89
CAREER 11 yrs 840 177 217 394 0.47 +35 347 38 38 0 -- 9.3% 1057
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 BUF 16 2 3 5 0.31 -5 9 0 0 0 23 8.7% 10
2017-18 BUF 17 4 4 8 0.47 +4 2 0 2 0 44 9.1% 9
2018-19 BUF 6 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 37 0.0% 8
2019-20 BUF 21 3 4 7 0.33 +5 8 1 1 0 51 5.9% 24
2023-24 WSH 5 2 0 2 0.40 -4 2 0 1 0 11 18.2% 9
2024-25 CAR 7 1 3 4 0.57 +2 2 0 0 0 10 10.0% 15
2025-26 CHI 4 0 1 1 0.25 -1 2 0 0 0 6 0.0% 5
CAREER 7 app. 76 12 15 27 0.36 -1 25 1 4 0 -- 6.6% 80
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 PIT 60 24 24 48 -2 8 1 7 16 166 18:57
On Pace - 82 33 33 66 -3 11 1 10 22 227 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2012-13 ANH 4 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 8:57
2013-14 ANH 18 0 4 4 0.22 -3 2 0 0 0 0.0% 11:43
2014-15 ANH 71 9 22 31 0.44 6 10 1 2 9 8.6% 12:34
2015-16 ANH 72 20 23 43 0.60 -1 19 7 4 10 11.8% 16:04
2016-17 ANH 71 33 18 51 0.72 10 12 10 5 12 18.6% 17:23
2017-18 ANH 77 34 35 69 0.90 6 14 3 8 18 14.8% 19:25
2018-19 ANH 69 18 25 43 0.62 -13 27 2 6 13 9.3% 18:28
2019-20 ANH 65 15 27 42 0.65 -5 12 2 3 9 8.1% 18:10
2020-21 ANH 52 9 19 28 0.54 -14 12 1 0 4 6.3% 17:50
2021-22 ANH 51 16 12 28 0.55 -7 8 1 5 9 11.8% 18:21
2021-22 PIT 19 4 9 13 0.68 7 4 1 0 1 8.3% 17:01
2022-23 PIT 82 28 32 60 0.73 -5 16 2 11 21 11.5% 18:26
2023-24 PIT 70 15 22 37 0.53 4 22 2 4 6 9.1% 16:31
2024-25 PIT 81 35 35 70 0.86 -22 14 1 9 19 17.2% 19:18
2025-26 PIT 60 24 24 48 0.80 -2 8 1 7 16 14.5% 18:57
Career NHL 862 260 307 567 0.66 -41 180 34 64 147 11.9% -

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
2015-16 22 C BUF 56 37 82 76 70 48 65 68 70 69 60 56 78 56 50 62
2016-17 23 C BUF 82 55 91 81 73 66 90 75 66 76 79 59 50 61 62 70
2017-18 24 C BUF 76 44 94 87 73 76 89 76 46 70 91 57 75 64 66 71
2018-19 25 C BUF 80 44 93 87 73 81 91 81 52 82 90 60 67 66 68 74
2019-20 26 C BUF 77 54 88 87 74 79 90 80 37 78 77 67 63 66 68 72
2020-21 27 C WSH 77 44 93 87 73 78 84 79 56 81 74 65 75 68 70 72
2021-22 28 C WSH 78 44 92 87 71 77 88 76 35 78 70 56 63 69 71 70
2022-23 29 C WSH 79 44 94 86 71 78 87 79 43 75 80 62 85 71 71 72
2023-24 30 C WSH 82 44 93 86 71 79 93 88 41 79 85 59 85 74 75 74
2024-25 31 LW CAR 81 44 91 87 71 77 93 88 34 79 88 59 84 76 77 75
2025-26 32 LW CHI 79 44 94 79 71 81 99 79 39 80 89 62 74 80 83 75
2026-27 33 C-L-R CHI 77 44 95 83 71 79 80 90 51 79 88 73 73 82 85 76
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2015-16 22 C BUF 56 37 82 76 70 48 65 68 70 69 60 56 78 56 50 62
2016-17 23 C BUF +26 +18 +9 +5 +3 +18 +25 +7 −4 +7 +19 +3 −28 +5 +12 +8
2017-18 24 C BUF −6 −11 +3 +6 · +10 −1 +1 −20 −6 +12 −2 +25 +3 +4 +1
2018-19 25 C BUF +4 · −1 · · +5 +2 +5 +6 +12 −1 +3 −8 +2 +2 +3
2019-20 26 C BUF −3 +10 −5 · +1 −2 −1 −1 −15 −4 −13 +7 −4 · · −2
2020-21 27 C WSH · −10 +5 · −1 −1 −6 −1 +19 +3 −3 −2 +12 +2 +2 ·
2021-22 28 C WSH +1 · −1 · −2 −1 +4 −3 −21 −3 −4 −9 −12 +1 +1 −2
2022-23 29 C WSH +1 · +2 −1 · +1 −1 +3 +8 −3 +10 +6 +22 +2 · +2
2023-24 30 C WSH +3 · −1 · · +1 +6 +9 −2 +4 +5 −3 · +3 +4 +2
2024-25 31 LW CAR −1 · −2 +1 · −2 · · −7 · +3 · −1 +2 +2 +1
2025-26 32 LW CHI −2 · +3 −8 · +4 +6 −9 +5 +1 +1 +3 −10 +4 +6 ·
2026-27 33 C-L-R CHI −2 · +1 +4 · −2 −19 +11 +12 −1 −1 +11 −1 +2 +2 +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2015-16 BUF $894,166 3 yr 1.3% 22 ELC Rookie
2018-19 BUF $4,150,000 2 yr 5.2% 25 RFA
2020-21 WSH $5,000,000 5 yr 6.1% 27 RFA
2025-26 CHI $7,000,000 2 yr 7.3% 32 UFA CURRENT
2012-13
Aug 10 2012
2012-13
to RANGERS
to FLAMES
Apr 13 2013
2012-13
to SABRES
2020-21
Sep 2 2020
2020-21
to CAPITALS
  • Rickard Rakell 72
2024-25
Jun 30 2024
2024-25
to SHARKS
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Jun 30 2024
2024-25
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
  • Rickard Rakell 75
to CAPITALS
Nov 9 2024
2024-25
to BLACKHAWKS
Nov 10 2024
2024-25
to HURRICANES
  • Rickard Rakell 75
to BLACKHAWKS
2025-26
Aug 2 2025
2025-26
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Rickard Rakell 75
to HURRICANES

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