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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
31 (1995)
Contract
$4,500,000 × 2yr
Expires
UFA 2028 · age 33
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Aug 2025
Drafted
2013 Rd 4 (#106) NYI
Vitals
6'5" · 225 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 75 57th
FG 45 49th
DI 86 56th
SK 73 33rd
ST 85 92nd
EN 67 23rd
DU 58 18th
PH 60 20th
FO 25 98th
PA 39 7th
SC 48 60th
DF 83 48th
PS 25 67th
EX 70 59th
LD 72 58th
OV 66 26th

Contract

Cap hit $4,500,000 4.3% of cap
Year 4 of 5
2023-24
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 33
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 EDM 8 1 1 2 0.25 +9 2 1 0 0 5 20.0% 10
2020-21 EDM 82 6 23 29 0.35 +15 63 0 0 0 69 8.7% 89
2021-22 EDM 70 9 40 49 0.70 +25 49 2 5 0 96 9.4% 114
2022-23 CLB 76 9 22 31 0.41 +1 61 3 2 0 71 12.7% 179
2023-24 CLB 82 5 13 18 0.22 -17 85 2 1 0 72 6.9% 173
2024-25 CLB 80 2 15 17 0.21 -15 63 0 1 0 68 2.9% 175
2025-26 COL 82 3 23 26 0.32 -17 94 1 0 0 64 4.7% 192
CAREER 7 yrs 480 35 137 172 0.36 +1 417 9 9 0 -- 7.9% 932
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2020-21 EDM 11 0 3 3 0.27 -3 7 0 0 0 6 0.0% 13
2021-22 EDM 4 0 1 1 0.25 -2 2 0 0 0 7 0.0% 5
2022-23 CLB 4 0 0 0 0.00 -5 6 0 0 0 4 0.0% 6
CAREER 3 app. 19 0 4 4 0.21 -10 15 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 24
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 22 1 0 1 -3 10 0 0 0 21 15:18
On Pace - 82 4 0 4 -11 37 0 0 0 78 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2018-19 COL 26 3 2 5 0.19 4 2 0 0 0 11.5% 11:06
2019-20 COL 69 9 17 26 0.38 40 45 0 0 0 6.7% 18:57
2020-21 COL 54 2 13 15 0.28 15 55 0 0 0 2.0% 19:03
2021-22 NJD 75 6 22 28 0.37 -9 24 0 0 0 5.4% 20:43
2022-23 NJD 78 8 18 26 0.33 34 28 2 0 0 5.7% 19:57
2023-24 PIT 70 3 11 14 0.20 10 30 1 0 0 3.9% 18:23
2024-25 PIT 61 1 3 4 0.07 -15 29 0 0 0 2.6% 14:59
2025-26 PIT 22 1 0 1 0.05 -3 10 0 0 0 4.8% 15:18
Career NHL 455 33 86 119 0.26 76 223 3 0 0 5.1% -

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
2019-20 24 D EDM 80 45 90 72 82 70 85 61 25 56 54 83 25 47 47 67
2020-21 25 D EDM 81 55 81 81 83 76 81 59 25 59 54 89 25 56 56 71
2021-22 26 D EDM 79 56 72 81 84 77 91 59 25 58 48 93 75 60 61 72
2022-23 27 D CLB 77 45 89 81 84 81 90 60 25 63 49 89 75 64 66 72
2023-24 28 D CLB 76 45 88 81 84 80 94 59 25 57 50 90 75 66 68 72
2024-25 29 D CLB 75 45 87 81 84 75 91 64 25 52 48 88 75 68 70 72
2025-26 30 D COL 77 55 85 76 84 65 78 61 25 44 47 85 25 70 72 69
2026-27 31 D COL 75 45 86 73 85 67 58 60 25 39 48 83 25 70 72 66
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2019-20 24 D EDM 80 45 90 72 82 70 85 61 25 56 54 83 25 47 47 67
2020-21 25 D EDM +1 +10 −9 +9 +1 +6 −4 −2 · +3 · +6 · +9 +9 +4
2021-22 26 D EDM −2 +1 −9 · +1 +1 +10 · · −1 −6 +4 +50 +4 +5 +1
2022-23 27 D CLB −2 −11 +17 · · +4 −1 +1 · +5 +1 −4 · +4 +5 ·
2023-24 28 D CLB −1 · −1 · · −1 +4 −1 · −6 +1 +1 · +2 +2 ·
2024-25 29 D CLB −1 · −1 · · −5 −3 +5 · −5 −2 −2 · +2 +2 ·
2025-26 30 D COL +2 +10 −2 −5 · −10 −13 −3 · −8 −1 −3 −50 +2 +2 −3
2026-27 31 D COL −2 −10 +1 −3 +1 +2 −20 −1 · −5 +1 −2 · · · −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2019-20 EDM $1,000,000 2 yr 1.2% 24 RFA
2021-22 EDM $3,000,000 2 yr 3.7% 26 RFA
2023-24 CLB $4,500,000 5 yr 5.4% 28 RFA CURRENT
2022-23
Sep 11 2022
2022-23
to BLUE JACKETS
to OILERS
2025-26
Aug 19 2025
2025-26
to AVALANCHE
  • Ryan Graves 69
to BLUE JACKETS

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