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Adam Boqvist Alex Pietrangelo Anthony Beauvillier Arshdeep Bains Austin Poganski Brett Kulak Chase Stillman Chris Tanev Chris Terry Conor Timmins Danton Heinen Dylan Gambrell Filip Forsberg Gustav Forsling Ilya Mikheyev Jake Leschyshyn John Tavares Jujhar Khaira Juuso Valimaki Kasperi Kapanen Kevin Connauton Kris Letang Logan Brown Mark Scheifele Matej Blumel Matt Grzelcyk Nick Schmaltz Nicolas Deslauriers Noah Gregor Parker Kelly Patrik Laine Riley Duran Sam Bennett Sean Monahan Tyler Toffoli Valeri Nichushkin Vilmer Alriksson Vincent Desharnais Vladimir Tarasenko Vladislav Gavrikov Will Butcher William Carrier William Lagesson Yan Kuznetsov Frederik Andersen Henrik Tikkanen Olivier Rodrigue Stuart Skinner
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Status
Minors 100%
Age / YOB
28 (1998)
Contract
$2,000,000 × 1yr
Expires
UFA 2027 · age 29
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Sep 2026
Drafted
2017 Rd 1 (#13) ANH
Vitals
6'2" · 215 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 81 87th
FG 79 91st
DI 86 56th
SK 66 12th
ST 79 73rd
EN 45 2nd
DU 41 2nd
PH 63 60th
FO 25 98th
PA 55 53rd
SC 57 88th
DF 67 15th
PS 54 90th
EX 44 7th
LD 44 6th
OV 60 13th

Contract

Cap hit $0 Salary $2,000,000
Year 1 of 1
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 29
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 ANH / VGK 14 1 1 2 0.14 -2 0 0 0 1 8 12.5% 8
2020-21 VGK 18 0 3 3 0.17 -1 12 0 0 0 6 0.0% 24
2022-23 VGK 6 0 0 0 0.00 +3 4 0 0 0 2 0.0% 14
2023-24 WPG 73 9 16 25 0.34 +2 40 1 5 0 63 14.3% 71
2024-25 WPG 64 1 9 10 0.16 +8 28 0 1 0 28 3.6% 80
2025-26 WPG 71 3 12 15 0.21 -3 30 1 1 0 34 8.8% 56
CAREER 6 yrs 246 14 41 55 0.22 +7 114 2 7 1 -- 9.9% 253
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
2024-25 CAR 43 2 3 5 -5 14 0 0 0 40 16:33
On Pace - 82 4 6 10 -10 27 0 0 0 76 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2018-19 CGY 24 1 2 3 0.13 -2 12 1 0 0 3.6% 15:29
2020-21 CGY 49 2 9 11 0.22 -2 26 0 0 0 2.8% 15:26
2021-22 CGY 9 0 2 2 0.22 0 10 0 0 0 0.0% 15:42
2022-23 ARI 78 4 30 34 0.44 -10 59 1 1 12 4.3% 18:11
2023-24 ARI 68 2 15 17 0.25 12 12 0 0 4 2.9% 19:06
2024-25 Utah Hockey Club 43 2 3 5 0.12 -5 14 0 0 0 5.0% 16:33
Career NHL 271 11 61 72 0.27 -7 133 2 1 16 3.5% -

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 21 D VGK 73 43 85 78 75 68 62 55 25 48 48 73 25 46 46 63
2020-21 22 D VGK 73 43 85 78 75 68 62 55 25 48 48 73 25 46 46 63
2021-22 23 D VGK 67 43 85 75 78 67 56 61 25 52 48 70 25 48 48 63
2022-23 24 D VGK 73 44 70 75 78 69 72 58 25 56 47 77 25 50 50 65
2023-24 25 D WPG 69 53 78 75 78 75 78 76 25 68 48 77 25 59 59 68
2024-25 26 D WPG 75 44 93 75 78 77 90 69 25 56 48 75 25 63 63 68
2025-26 27 D WPG 65 42 89 75 75 70 62 60 25 46 48 74 25 65 66 64
2026-27 28 D SJS 81 79 86 66 79 45 41 63 25 55 57 67 54 44 44 60
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2019-20 21 D VGK 73 43 85 78 75 68 62 55 25 48 48 73 25 46 46 63
2020-21 22 D VGK · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
2021-22 23 D VGK −6 · · −3 +3 −1 −6 +6 · +4 · −3 · +2 +2 ·
2022-23 24 D VGK +6 +1 −15 · · +2 +16 −3 · +4 −1 +7 · +2 +2 +2
2023-24 25 D WPG −4 +9 +8 · · +6 +6 +18 · +12 +1 · · +9 +9 +3
2024-25 26 D WPG +6 −9 +15 · · +2 +12 −7 · −12 · −2 · +4 +4 ·
2025-26 27 D WPG −10 −2 −4 · −3 −7 −28 −9 · −10 · −1 · +2 +3 −4
2026-27 28 D SJS +16 +37 −3 −9 +4 −25 −21 +3 · +9 +9 −7 +29 −21 −22 −4
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2019-20 ANH $1,319,166 3 yr 1.6% 21 ELC Rookie
2022-23 VGK $900,000 2 yr 1.1% 24 RFA Rookie
2024-25 WPG $1,500,000 2 yr 1.7% 26 RFA
2026-27 SJS $2,000,000 1 yr 1.9% 28 RFA CURRENT
2019-20
Jan 20 2020
2019-20
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
2023-24
Oct 5 2023
2023-24
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS

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