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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 · CAN
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
33 (1993)
Contract
$3,800,000 × 2yr
Expires
UFA 2028 · age 35
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2011 Rd 2 (#52) TOR
Vitals
6'5" · 220 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 77 70th
FG 55 64th
DI 90 80th
SK 74 40th
ST 84 89th
EN 75 49th
DU 99 100th
PH 61 24th
FO 25 98th
PA 60 65th
SC 47 30th
DF 89 77th
PS 25 67th
EX 77 76th
LD 82 81st
OV 73 76th

Contract

Cap hit $3,800,000 3.7% of cap
Year 2 of 3
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 35
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 MIN 49 1 7 8 0.16 -15 85 0 0 0 15 6.7% 119
2017-18 MIN 72 5 17 22 0.31 +7 45 2 1 1 39 12.8% 93
2018-19 MIN / CGY 79 3 24 27 0.34 +27 90 1 0 0 57 5.3% 165
2019-20 SJS 82 7 18 25 0.30 0 80 2 0 0 72 9.7% 169
2020-21 SJS 80 9 25 34 0.43 -13 108 1 2 0 85 10.6% 180
2021-22 SJS / CLB 77 9 29 38 0.49 +15 82 1 0 0 75 12.0% 160
2022-23 CLB 82 13 31 44 0.54 -1 116 3 6 1 116 11.2% 279
2023-24 CLB 72 2 20 22 0.31 -22 104 0 1 0 75 2.7% 174
2024-25 CHI 75 5 9 14 0.19 +6 20 1 0 0 48 10.4% 41
2025-26 CHI 82 3 10 13 0.16 -4 32 0 0 1 33 9.1% 75
CAREER 10 yrs 750 57 190 247 0.33 0 762 11 10 3 -- 9.3% 1455
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 MIN 14 1 1 2 0.14 +3 17 0 0 0 10 10.0% 35
2019-20 SJS 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 10 0 0 0 3 0.0% 16
2021-22 CLB 7 0 1 1 0.14 -1 13 0 0 0 13 0.0% 22
2022-23 CLB 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
2024-25 CHI 21 0 5 5 0.24 +6 10 0 0 0 9 0.0% 17
2025-26 CHI 4 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 0 - 3
CAREER 6 app. 53 1 8 9 0.17 +5 52 0 0 0 -- 2.9% 94
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 LAK 82 2 21 23 14 25 0 0 3 104 18:29
On Pace - 82 2 21 23 14 25 0 0 3 104 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2015-16 STL 67 1 8 9 0.13 0 63 0 0 0 1.1% 14:56
2016-17 STL 69 3 12 15 0.22 11 60 1 0 0 3.7% 17:46
2017-18 STL 69 7 10 17 0.25 -1 57 0 0 0 5.6% 20:44
2018-19 STL 64 2 9 11 0.17 8 68 1 0 0 2.0% 19:23
2019-20 CAR 68 7 13 20 0.29 7 72 0 0 0 7.2% 18:27
2020-21 MTL 55 3 10 13 0.24 28 25 0 0 0 3.9% 20:03
2021-22 MTL 24 3 3 6 0.25 -1 35 0 0 0 9.4% 19:35
2022-23 MTL 61 2 11 13 0.21 -29 58 0 0 0 2.9% 19:34
2023-24 WSH 44 1 5 6 0.14 -5 19 0 0 0 2.4% 16:26
2023-24 TOR 9 0 0 0 0.00 3 4 0 0 0 0.0% 17:48
2024-25 LAK 73 6 14 20 0.27 25 22 1 0 1 6.6% 20:35
2025-26 LAK 82 2 21 23 0.28 14 25 0 0 3 1.9% 18:29
Career NHL 685 37 116 153 0.22 60 508 3 0 4 4.1% -

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
2016-17 23 D MIN 90 77 74 77 80 62 67 62 25 55 50 74 25 52 52 66
2017-18 24 D MIN 83 45 76 81 78 74 88 58 25 53 48 82 25 59 60 69
2018-19 25 D CGY 82 55 77 82 79 81 86 62 25 52 50 85 25 63 64 71
2019-20 26 D SJS 85 66 71 82 82 78 84 60 25 52 48 85 25 64 65 71
2020-21 27 D SJS 82 66 71 78 82 75 83 58 25 54 50 89 25 66 68 71
2021-22 28 D CLB 83 46 86 78 84 80 92 61 25 53 48 85 25 67 70 72
2022-23 29 D CLB 90 71 61 78 85 79 65 59 25 50 54 89 25 68 72 71
2023-24 30 D CLB 83 67 74 78 85 79 61 58 25 53 48 96 25 70 74 72
2024-25 31 D CHI 80 56 87 78 84 70 74 63 25 48 47 82 25 71 75 69
2025-26 32 D CHI 79 45 90 76 84 81 90 59 25 54 49 83 25 74 79 71
2026-27 33 D CHI 77 55 90 74 84 75 99 61 25 60 47 89 25 77 82 73
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2016-17 23 D MIN 90 77 74 77 80 62 67 62 25 55 50 74 25 52 52 66
2017-18 24 D MIN −7 −32 +2 +4 −2 +12 +21 −4 · −2 −2 +8 · +7 +8 +3
2018-19 25 D CGY −1 +10 +1 +1 +1 +7 −2 +4 · −1 +2 +3 · +4 +4 +2
2019-20 26 D SJS +3 +11 −6 · +3 −3 −2 −2 · · −2 · · +1 +1 ·
2020-21 27 D SJS −3 · · −4 · −3 −1 −2 · +2 +2 +4 · +2 +3 ·
2021-22 28 D CLB +1 −20 +15 · +2 +5 +9 +3 · −1 −2 −4 · +1 +2 +1
2022-23 29 D CLB +7 +25 −25 · +1 −1 −27 −2 · −3 +6 +4 · +1 +2 −1
2023-24 30 D CLB −7 −4 +13 · · · −4 −1 · +3 −6 +7 · +2 +2 +1
2024-25 31 D CHI −3 −11 +13 · −1 −9 +13 +5 · −5 −1 −14 · +1 +1 −3
2025-26 32 D CHI −1 −11 +3 −2 · +11 +16 −4 · +6 +2 +1 · +3 +4 +2
2026-27 33 D CHI −2 +10 · −2 · −6 +9 +2 · +6 −2 +6 · +3 +3 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2016-17 MIN $1,050,000 2 yr 1.4% 23 RFA Rookie
2018-19 MIN $3,500,000 1 yr 4.4% 25 RFA
2019-20 SJS $3,500,000 2 yr 4.3% 26 RFA
2021-22 SJS $3,600,000 4 yr 4.4% 28 RFA
2025-26 CHI $3,800,000 3 yr 4.0% 32 UFA CURRENT
2015-16
Jan 10 2016
2015-16
2016-17
Jun 18 2016
2016-17
2018-19
Mar 3 2019
2018-19
to FLAMES
2019-20
Jun 16 2019
2019-20
to SHARKS
2021-22
Mar 5 2022
2021-22
to BLUE JACKETS
  • Joel Edmundson 72
2024-25
Jul 12 2024
2024-25
to AVALANCHE
  • Joel Edmundson 69
to BLUE JACKETS
Jul 18 2024
2024-25
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Joel Edmundson 69
to AVALANCHE

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