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D · Philadelphia Flyers Flyers · FIN
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Status
Minors 100%
Age / YOB
25 (2001)
Contract
$1,000,000 × 1yr
Expires
RFA 2027 · age 26
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2024
Drafted
2019 Rd 1 (#16) NSH
Vitals
6'0" · 181 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 72 46th
FG 67 77th
DI 84 45th
SK 60 5th
ST 67 10th
EN 63 15th
DU 66 24th
PH 53 14th
FO 25 98th
PA 50 30th
SC 41 12th
DF 62 10th
PS 39 80th
EX 50 13th
LD 50 13th
OV 58 12th

Contract

Cap hit $0 Salary $1,000,000
Year 3 of 3
2024-25
2026-27
Expiry Status
RFA
2027 age 26
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2021-22 NSH 58 0 12 12 0.21 +17 31 0 0 0 16 0.0% 85
2022-23 NSH / STL 15 0 1 1 0.07 -3 10 0 0 0 7 0.0% 16
CAREER 2 yrs 73 0 13 13 0.18 +14 41 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 101
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2021-22 NSH 10 0 0 0 0.00 -2 6 0 0 0 4 0.0% 9
CAREER 1 app. 10 0 0 0 0.00 -2 6 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 9
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 VGK 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 14:06
On Pace - 82 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 115 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2019-20 WPG 8 1 4 5 0.63 3 4 0 0 1 10.0% 18:04
2020-21 WPG 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 2 0 0 0 0.0% 15:32
2021-22 WPG 12 0 5 5 0.42 -2 10 0 0 0 0.0% 14:54
2022-23 WPG 10 0 1 1 0.10 -5 2 0 0 0 0.0% 13:16
2024-25 WPG 18 0 1 1 0.06 6 4 0 0 0 0.0% 14:11
2025-26 WPG 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 0 0 0 0.0% 14:06
Career NHL 58 1 11 12 0.21 0 26 0 0 1 1.5% -

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
2021-22 20 D NSH 70 64 83 80 64 58 58 58 25 49 53 61 50 45 45 59
2022-23 21 D STL 71 42 77 80 64 66 64 62 25 69 47 69 25 46 46 63
2023-24 22 D STL 67 64 73 80 64 68 72 57 25 56 42 60 40 47 47 61
2024-25 23 D PHL 69 64 82 70 64 63 65 58 25 47 54 61 51 47 47 59
2025-26 24 D PHL 63 41 92 71 67 64 46 61 25 45 47 73 25 49 49 60
2026-27 25 D PHL 72 67 84 60 67 63 66 53 25 50 41 62 39 50 50 58
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2021-22 20 D NSH 70 64 83 80 64 58 58 58 25 49 53 61 50 45 45 59
2022-23 21 D STL +1 −22 −6 · · +8 +6 +4 · +20 −6 +8 −25 +1 +1 +4
2023-24 22 D STL −4 +22 −4 · · +2 +8 −5 · −13 −5 −9 +15 +1 +1 −2
2024-25 23 D PHL +2 · +9 −10 · −5 −7 +1 · −9 +12 +1 +11 · · −2
2025-26 24 D PHL −6 −23 +10 +1 +3 +1 −19 +3 · −2 −7 +12 −26 +2 +2 +1
2026-27 25 D PHL +9 +26 −8 −11 · −1 +20 −8 · +5 −6 −11 +14 +1 +1 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2021-22 NSH $1,075,833 3 yr 1.3% 20 ELC Rookie
2024-25 PHL $1,000,000 3 yr 1.1% 23 RFA CURRENT
2022-23
Dec 7 2022
2022-23
to BLUES
2024-25
Jul 11 2024
2024-25
to FLYERS
to BLUES

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