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C-L-R · Boston Bruins Bruins · FIN
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
26 (2000)
Contract
$4,820,000 × 1yr
Expires
RFA 2027 · age 27
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Aug 2025
Drafted
2018 Rd 1 (#4) PHL
Vitals
6'3" · 212 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 482 fwds
CK 80 77th
FG 45 49th
DI 93 88th
SK 73 33rd
ST 79 83rd
EN 59 17th
DU 61 13th
PH 63 34th
FO 70 66th
PA 63 38th
SC 57 18th
DF 67 34th
PS 63 80th
EX 72 65th
LD 77 70th
OV 63 22nd

Contract

Cap hit $4,820,000 4.6% of cap
Year 4 of 4
2023-24
2026-27
Expiry Status
RFA
2027 age 27
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 WPG 77 9 14 23 0.30 -16 22 1 0 0 116 7.8% 43
2020-21 WPG 52 2 5 7 0.13 -7 12 0 0 0 40 5.0% 25
2021-22 WPG 51 7 12 19 0.37 +1 11 0 1 0 75 9.3% 37
2022-23 WPG 82 6 21 27 0.33 +4 12 2 0 0 135 4.4% 101
2023-24 WPG 82 15 11 26 0.32 0 20 4 0 0 92 16.3% 51
2024-25 WPG / SEA 65 8 9 17 0.26 -2 2 1 2 0 82 9.8% 15
2025-26 BOS 82 5 8 13 0.16 +1 10 0 0 0 48 10.4% 15
CAREER 7 yrs 491 52 80 132 0.27 -19 89 8 3 0 -- 8.8% 287
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 WPG 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
2025-26 BOS 4 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0% 2
CAREER 2 app. 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 2
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 CAR 42 2 7 9 3 8 0 0 0 42 11:21
On Pace - 82 4 14 18 6 16 0 0 0 82 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2018-19 MTL 79 11 23 34 0.43 1 26 2 1 5 8.2% 13:44
2019-20 MTL 36 6 2 8 0.22 -11 23 0 1 2 10.9% 13:00
2020-21 MTL 56 5 15 20 0.36 -1 12 1 0 4 5.7% 14:48
2021-22 CAR 66 12 17 29 0.44 3 37 3 0 4 14.8% 12:01
2022-23 CAR 82 18 25 43 0.52 10 50 2 3 11 14.0% 14:44
2023-24 CAR 79 12 15 27 0.34 -4 36 0 1 2 9.4% 12:59
2024-25 CAR 78 12 21 33 0.42 9 50 1 0 1 10.4% 14:04
2025-26 CAR 42 2 7 9 0.21 3 8 0 0 0 4.8% 11:21
Career NHL 518 78 125 203 0.39 10 242 9 6 29 10.1% -

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
2019-20 19 C WPG 71 43 89 83 70 66 85 75 77 74 66 53 25 54 54 66
2020-21 20 C WPG 79 58 81 83 71 63 81 70 73 56 70 53 25 57 57 63
2021-22 21 C WPG 80 45 92 83 75 68 83 75 79 72 59 59 25 61 62 66
2022-23 22 C WPG 76 54 83 83 75 62 87 68 70 71 71 61 25 64 66 67
2023-24 23 C WPG 78 44 82 83 73 68 91 73 83 75 73 61 75 66 69 69
2024-25 24 C SEA 69 43 86 83 73 63 98 69 83 65 68 62 75 69 72 67
2025-26 25 C BOS 71 57 81 80 76 67 95 67 85 72 68 60 63 71 75 68
2026-27 26 C-L-R BOS 80 45 93 73 79 59 61 63 70 63 57 67 63 72 77 63
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2019-20 19 C WPG 71 43 89 83 70 66 85 75 77 74 66 53 25 54 54 66
2020-21 20 C WPG +8 +15 −8 · +1 −3 −4 −5 −4 −18 +4 · · +3 +3 −3
2021-22 21 C WPG +1 −13 +11 · +4 +5 +2 +5 +6 +16 −11 +6 · +4 +5 +3
2022-23 22 C WPG −4 +9 −9 · · −6 +4 −7 −9 −1 +12 +2 · +3 +4 +1
2023-24 23 C WPG +2 −10 −1 · −2 +6 +4 +5 +13 +4 +2 · +50 +2 +3 +2
2024-25 24 C SEA −9 −1 +4 · · −5 +7 −4 · −10 −5 +1 · +3 +3 −2
2025-26 25 C BOS +2 +14 −5 −3 +3 +4 −3 −2 +2 +7 · −2 −12 +2 +3 +1
2026-27 26 C-L-R BOS +9 −12 +12 −7 +3 −8 −34 −4 −15 −9 −11 +7 · +1 +2 −5
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2019-20 WPG $3,425,000 3 yr 4.2% 19 ELC Rookie
2022-23 WPG $3,425,000 1 yr 4.2% 22 RFA
2023-24 WPG $4,820,000 4 yr 5.8% 23 RFA CURRENT
2019-20
Jun 28 2019
2019-20
to JETS
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi 66
2024-25
Feb 2 2025
2024-25
to KRAKEN
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi 67
to JETS
2025-26
Aug 2 2025
2025-26
to BRUINS
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi 68

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