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Status: Pro 100%
Age / YOB: 31 (1995)
Contract: $6,250,000 × 5yr
Expires: UFA 2031 · age 36
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted: 2013 Rd 1 (#15) MIN
Vitals: 6'7" · 255 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men

CK 89 97th

FG 94 96th

DI 50 0th

SK 93 98th

ST 96 100th

EN 81 70th

DU 98 85th

PH 63 60th

FO 25 98th

PA 59 62nd

SC 47 30th

DF 92 86th

PS 25 67th

EX 80 84th

LD 83 82nd

OV 78 98th

Contract

Cap hit $6,250,000 6% of cap

Year 2 of 6

2025-26

2026-27

2030-31

Expiry Status

UFA

2031 age 36

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Stats

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2016-17	MTL	50	1	11	12	0.24	-16	60	0	0	0	27	3.7%	107
2017-18	MTL	82	4	15	19	0.23	+2	151	1	0	0	54	7.4%	248
2018-19	MTL	82	2	23	25	0.30	-10	153	0	0	0	59	3.4%	245
2019-20	MTL	82	3	15	18	0.22	+8	175	1	1	0	58	5.2%	227
2020-21	DAL	63	4	19	23	0.37	+17	99	0	0	1	45	8.9%	176
2021-22	DAL	80	7	26	33	0.41	+3	114	0	2	0	117	6.0%	244
2022-23	DAL / COL	46	4	12	16	0.35	+11	52	2	2	0	44	9.1%	104
2023-24	ARI	32	1	5	6	0.19	-10	20	0	0	0	19	5.3%	67
2024-25	FLA	74	9	18	27	0.36	-4	129	0	4	0	63	14.3%	214
2025-26	FLA	82	9	14	23	0.28	-12	237	2	4	0	78	11.5%	299
CAREER	10 yrs	673	44	158	202	0.30	-11	1190	6	13	1	--	7.8%	1931

OTHL Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2017-18	MTL	13	0	3	3	0.23	+12	31	0	0	0	13	0.0%	60
2019-20	MTL	12	0	2	2	0.17	+1	15	0	0	0	6	0.0%	38
2020-21	DAL	7	0	4	4	0.57	+1	9	0	0	0	9	0.0%	19
2021-22	DAL	6	0	2	2	0.33	-4	25	0	0	0	4	0.0%	24
2024-25	FLA	5	1	3	4	0.80	-3	4	0	0	0	5	20.0%	22
CAREER	5 app.	43	1	14	15	0.35	+7	84	0	0	0	--	2.7%	163

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	BOS	81	2	20	22	18	152	1	0	0	107	20:53
On Pace	-	82	2	20	22	18	154	1	0	0	108	-

NHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2013-14	BUF	7	1	0	1	0.14	-4	4	0	0	0	25.0%	17:10
2014-15	BUF	60	3	12	15	0.25	-10	51	1	2	5	5.8%	17:42
2015-16	COL	22	0	2	2	0.09	-5	12	0	0	0	0.0%	16:56
2016-17	COL	56	0	10	10	0.18	-20	73	0	0	2	0.0%	19:02
2017-18	COL	77	7	13	20	0.26	4	103	1	0	1	7.4%	19:28
2018-19	COL	70	7	7	14	0.20	19	75	0	0	0	7.0%	17:12
2019-20	COL	64	4	9	13	0.20	6	65	0	0	0	6.2%	17:46
2020-21	CHI	55	1	7	8	0.15	1	36	0	0	0	1.9%	19:12
2021-22	CGY	74	4	18	22	0.30	11	77	0	0	0	3.8%	16:55
2022-23	CGY	82	14	7	21	0.26	10	80	2	0	1	10.8%	18:41
2023-24	CGY	21	1	5	6	0.29	-6	23	0	0	0	3.4%	18:24
2023-24	VAN	54	5	9	14	0.26	6	102	1	0	0	8.2%	17:04
2024-25	BOS	81	4	18	22	0.27	25	145	0	0	0	3.8%	20:37
2025-26	BOS	81	2	20	22	0.27	18	152	1	0	0	1.9%	20:53
Career	NHL	804	53	137	190	0.24	55	998	6	2	9	5.4%	-

Trophy Case

Masterton

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2024-25 FLA

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
2015-16	20	D	BUF	78	48	72	64	86	56	54	47	30	52	48	66	49	52	46	60
2016-17	21	D	MTL	89	47	84	74	84	67	84	65	25	48	45	76	25	55	55	68
2017-18	22	D	MTL	92	47	65	78	84	77	82	63	25	54	47	85	25	59	59	70
2018-19	23	D	MTL	99	71	64	82	85	78	84	61	25	53	50	86	25	63	63	72
2019-20	24	D	MTL	98	79	71	82	88	72	91	60	25	50	50	74	25	63	64	70
2020-21	25	D	DAL	92	58	72	82	87	74	84	60	25	51	48	79	25	65	66	70
2021-22	26	D	DAL	99	49	81	82	89	77	90	60	25	50	47	88	25	67	69	73
2022-23	27	D	COL	89	57	71	80	90	71	90	61	25	58	48	72	25	69	69	69
2023-24	28	D	ARI	86	60	73	80	90	76	95	61	25	48	60	78	25	71	72	71
2024-25	29	D	FLA	89	96	56	80	92	72	96	63	25	54	49	80	25	73	74	72
2025-26	30	D	FLA	92	98	53	85	94	81	98	61	25	56	48	85	25	78	81	75
2026-27	31	D	FLA	89	94	50	93	96	81	98	63	25	59	47	92	25	80	83	78

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2015-16	20	D	BUF	78	48	72	64	86	56	54	47	30	52	48	66	49	52	46	60
2016-17	21	D	MTL	+11	−1	+12	+10	−2	+11	+30	+18	−5	−4	−3	+10	−24	+3	+9	+8
2017-18	22	D	MTL	+3	·	−19	+4	·	+10	−2	−2	·	+6	+2	+9	·	+4	+4	+2
2018-19	23	D	MTL	+7	+24	−1	+4	+1	+1	+2	−2	·	−1	+3	+1	·	+4	+4	+2
2019-20	24	D	MTL	−1	+8	+7	·	+3	−6	+7	−1	·	−3	·	−12	·	·	+1	−2
2020-21	25	D	DAL	−6	−21	+1	·	−1	+2	−7	·	·	+1	−2	+5	·	+2	+2	·
2021-22	26	D	DAL	+7	−9	+9	·	+2	+3	+6	·	·	−1	−1	+9	·	+2	+3	+3
2022-23	27	D	COL	−10	+8	−10	−2	+1	−6	·	+1	·	+8	+1	−16	·	+2	·	−4
2023-24	28	D	ARI	−3	+3	+2	·	·	+5	+5	·	·	−10	+12	+6	·	+2	+3	+2
2024-25	29	D	FLA	+3	+36	−17	·	+2	−4	+1	+2	·	+6	−11	+2	·	+2	+2	+1
2025-26	30	D	FLA	+3	+2	−3	+5	+2	+9	+2	−2	·	+2	−1	+5	·	+5	+7	+3
2026-27	31	D	FLA	−3	−4	−3	+8	+2	·	·	+2	·	+3	−1	+7	·	+2	+2	+3