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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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D · Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks · USA
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
31 (1995)
Contract
$6,700,000 × 4yr
Expires
UFA 2030 · age 35
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Jul 2024
Drafted
Undrafted
Vitals
6'0" · 190 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 87 96th
FG 57 69th
DI 79 28th
SK 72 27th
ST 70 21st
EN 86 87th
DU 68 27th
PH 74 82nd
FO 25 98th
PA 53 43rd
SC 48 60th
DF 89 77th
PS 25 67th
EX 74 69th
LD 76 67th
OV 72 67th

Contract

Cap hit $6,700,000 6.4% of cap
Year 3 of 6
2024-25
2026-27
2029-30
Expiry Status
UFA
2030 age 35
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2018-19 PHL 70 10 21 31 0.44 -32 79 1 8 0 102 9.8% 174
2019-20 LAK 78 6 29 35 0.45 +1 87 1 2 0 102 5.9% 199
2020-21 LAK 48 3 17 20 0.42 +13 28 1 3 0 41 7.3% 91
2021-22 LAK 82 6 49 55 0.67 +17 75 1 2 0 84 7.1% 189
2022-23 PHL 75 7 41 48 0.64 -1 56 1 4 0 74 9.5% 145
2023-24 PHL / WSH 85 10 29 39 0.46 -37 86 1 4 0 115 8.7% 208
2024-25 CHI 82 9 37 46 0.56 -10 100 2 3 0 86 10.5% 228
2025-26 CHI 82 12 32 44 0.54 -6 101 2 4 0 106 11.3% 157
CAREER 8 yrs 602 63 255 318 0.53 -55 612 10 30 0 -- 8.9% 1391
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2021-22 LAK 5 0 1 1 0.20 -3 2 0 0 0 4 0.0% 12
2023-24 WSH 5 0 2 2 0.40 -2 25 0 0 0 4 0.0% 6
2024-25 CHI 23 4 13 17 0.74 +9 26 1 1 0 28 14.3% 62
2025-26 CHI 4 0 2 2 0.50 -2 2 0 0 0 6 0.0% 2
CAREER 4 app. 37 4 18 22 0.59 +2 55 1 1 0 -- 9.5% 82
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 WPG 51 3 9 12 1 37 1 1 2 97 22:43
On Pace - 82 5 14 19 2 59 2 2 3 156 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2017-18 NYR 28 1 13 14 0.50 -1 12 0 0 5 1.9% 22:23
2018-19 NYR 73 6 20 26 0.36 -16 35 1 2 13 4.5% 21:10
2019-20 WPG 71 6 39 45 0.63 10 32 1 3 25 3.4% 23:23
2020-21 WPG 54 3 29 32 0.59 6 20 0 1 10 3.0% 21:58
2021-22 WPG 77 3 31 34 0.44 5 46 1 1 12 2.1% 21:08
2022-23 WPG 82 10 23 33 0.40 -12 44 2 1 3 7.0% 21:56
2023-24 WPG 82 5 28 33 0.40 9 63 1 1 8 3.4% 20:50
2024-25 WPG 69 10 29 39 0.57 21 44 2 4 12 8.1% 22:04
2025-26 WPG 51 3 9 12 0.24 1 37 1 1 2 3.1% 22:43
Career NHL 587 47 221 268 0.46 23 333 9 14 90 4.2% -

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
2018-19 23 D PHL 83 44 87 78 66 86 76 65 25 73 48 91 25 46 46 70
2019-20 24 D LAK 84 69 85 80 71 83 92 68 25 62 49 90 25 53 53 72
2020-21 25 D LAK 88 45 86 83 70 88 89 84 25 76 49 70 25 59 59 71
2021-22 26 D LAK 90 45 88 83 68 84 92 77 25 73 48 73 75 62 63 71
2022-23 27 D PHL 89 45 82 85 68 83 91 74 25 69 48 78 75 65 66 72
2023-24 28 D WSH 86 58 84 85 69 85 96 72 25 62 53 82 75 67 68 73
2024-25 29 D CHI 92 56 78 83 69 81 99 78 25 66 48 84 75 70 71 74
2025-26 30 D CHI 82 44 81 79 70 85 86 70 25 69 56 86 25 72 74 73
2026-27 31 D CHI 87 57 79 72 70 86 68 74 25 53 48 89 25 74 76 72
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2018-19 23 D PHL 83 44 87 78 66 86 76 65 25 73 48 91 25 46 46 70
2019-20 24 D LAK +1 +25 −2 +2 +5 −3 +16 +3 · −11 +1 −1 · +7 +7 +2
2020-21 25 D LAK +4 −24 +1 +3 −1 +5 −3 +16 · +14 · −20 · +6 +6 −1
2021-22 26 D LAK +2 · +2 · −2 −4 +3 −7 · −3 −1 +3 +50 +3 +4 ·
2022-23 27 D PHL −1 · −6 +2 · −1 −1 −3 · −4 · +5 · +3 +3 +1
2023-24 28 D WSH −3 +13 +2 · +1 +2 +5 −2 · −7 +5 +4 · +2 +2 +1
2024-25 29 D CHI +6 −2 −6 −2 · −4 +3 +6 · +4 −5 +2 · +3 +3 +1
2025-26 30 D CHI −10 −12 +3 −4 +1 +4 −13 −8 · +3 +8 +2 −50 +2 +3 −1
2026-27 31 D CHI +5 +13 −2 −7 · +1 −18 +4 · −16 −8 +3 · +2 +2 −1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2018-19 PHL $1,775,000 3 yr 2.2% 23 ELC Rookie
2021-22 LAK $5,000,000 3 yr 6.1% 26 RFA
2024-25 CHI $6,700,000 6 yr 7.6% 29 UFA CURRENT
2019-20
Jun 18 2019
2019-20
to KINGS
  • Neal Pionk 72
to FLYERS
2022-23
Aug 23 2022
2022-23
to KRAKEN
  • Neal Pionk 72
to KINGS
Aug 29 2022
2022-23
to FLYERS
to KRAKEN
2023-24
Mar 16 2024
2023-24
to CAPITALS
  • Neal Pionk 73
to FLYERS
2024-25
Jul 5 2024
2024-25
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Neal Pionk 74
to CAPITALS

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