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C · Buffalo Sabres Sabres · CAN
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Status
Minors 100%
Age / YOB
36 (1990)
Contract
$775,000 × 1yr
Expires
UFA 2027 · age 37
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
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Drafted
Undrafted
Vitals
5'11" · 178 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 482 fwds
CK 74 50th
FG 64 73rd
DI 96 96th
SK 67 16th
ST 64 8th
EN 64 29th
DU 65 16th
PH 63 34th
FO 79 76th
PA 60 27th
SC 58 23rd
DF 68 44th
PS 55 62nd
EX 60 26th
LD 61 27th
OV 62 20th

Contract

Cap hit $0 Salary $775,000
Year 4 of 4
2023-24
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 37
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2023-24 BUF 9 0 0 0 0.00 -4 2 0 0 0 6 0.0% 3
CAREER 1 yrs 9 0 0 0 0.00 -4 2 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 3
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 NYR 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 7:12
On Pace - 82 0 0 0 -41 0 0 0 0 41 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2016-17 DAL 9 0 2 2 0.22 0 2 0 0 1 0.0% 10:28
2018-19 DAL 11 0 1 1 0.09 -4 0 0 0 0 0.0% 12:40
2019-20 DAL 29 3 3 6 0.21 -3 8 1 0 0 10.3% 10:57
2020-21 DAL 27 1 4 5 0.19 -4 6 0 0 1 3.7% 11:04
2021-22 VAN 22 2 2 4 0.18 -3 2 0 0 0 11.8% 9:35
2023-24 NJD 2 1 0 1 0.50 -2 0 0 0 0 33.3% 10:32
2024-25 NJD 52 2 5 7 0.13 -6 6 0 0 0 5.9% 10:13
2025-26 NYR 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 7:12
Career NHL 154 9 17 26 0.17 -23 24 1 0 2 6.9% -

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
2017-18 27 C VAN 76 68 94 70 68 69 72 60 75 60 56 64 53 44 44 61
2018-19 28 C NSH 75 68 90 70 68 74 78 62 78 61 58 64 55 44 44 62
2019-20 29 C NSH 75 43 99 70 66 63 86 69 73 59 55 64 25 47 47 62
2020-21 30 C NSH 73 43 90 70 66 57 70 68 52 60 59 69 25 51 52 62
2021-22 31 C TOR 67 42 92 70 65 58 57 68 58 62 56 58 25 55 56 60
2022-23 32 C TOR 65 41 96 70 65 55 60 56 57 59 59 62 25 57 57 59
2023-24 33 C BUF 72 65 89 70 65 64 64 65 80 65 58 67 55 57 57 63
2024-25 34 C BUF 72 65 88 70 65 71 73 64 80 61 60 67 57 58 58 63
2025-26 35 C BUF 75 43 95 72 65 56 76 59 69 60 56 65 25 60 61 61
2026-27 36 C BUF 74 64 96 67 64 64 65 63 79 60 58 68 55 60 61 62
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2017-18 27 C VAN 76 68 94 70 68 69 72 60 75 60 56 64 53 44 44 61
2018-19 28 C NSH −1 · −4 · · +5 +6 +2 +3 +1 +2 · +2 · · +1
2019-20 29 C NSH · −25 +9 · −2 −11 +8 +7 −5 −2 −3 · −30 +3 +3 ·
2020-21 30 C NSH −2 · −9 · · −6 −16 −1 −21 +1 +4 +5 · +4 +5 ·
2021-22 31 C TOR −6 −1 +2 · −1 +1 −13 · +6 +2 −3 −11 · +4 +4 −2
2022-23 32 C TOR −2 −1 +4 · · −3 +3 −12 −1 −3 +3 +4 · +2 +1 −1
2023-24 33 C BUF +7 +24 −7 · · +9 +4 +9 +23 +6 −1 +5 +30 · · +4
2024-25 34 C BUF · · −1 · · +7 +9 −1 · −4 +2 · +2 +1 +1 ·
2025-26 35 C BUF +3 −22 +7 +2 · −15 +3 −5 −11 −1 −4 −2 −32 +2 +3 −2
2026-27 36 C BUF −1 +21 +1 −5 −1 +8 −11 +4 +10 · +2 +3 +30 · · +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2017-18 VAN $650,000 2 yr 0.9% 27 RFA
2019-20 NSH $750,000 2 yr 0.9% 29 UFA
2021-22 TOR $750,000 2 yr 0.9% 31 UFA
2023-24 BUF $775,000 4 yr 0.9% 33 UFA CURRENT
2018-19
Feb 13 2019
2018-19
to PREDATORS
to CANUCKS

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