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Status
Pro 99%
Age / YOB
29 (1997)
Contract
$6,000,000 × 4y
Expires
UFA 2030
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2015 Rd 1 (#15) PHL
Vitals
6'3" · 207 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 493 fwds
CK 80 76th
FG 45 49th
DI 86 45th
SK 79 65th
ST 77 74th
EN 80 88th
DU 90 61st
PH 94 98th
FO 86 88th
PA 81 84th
SC 78 74th
DF 79 81st
PS 41 41st
EX 75 72nd
LD 77 70th
OV 76 89th

Contract

Cap hit $6,000,000 5.8% of cap
Year 2 of 5
2025-26
2026-27
2029-30
Expiry Status
UFA
2030 age 33
Clauses 1-way

Stats

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW GT S S% TOI PPG PPP SHG Hits P/20 FOT FO% HT PP TOI %PP SH TOI %SH EV TOI
2026-27 SEA 6 2 3 5 0 10 0 0 16 12.5 19:46 1 1 0 9 0.84 165 53 0 2:20 52.9 3:10 53.4 14:16
OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 PHL 76 17 26 43 0.57 -20 22 2 4 0 154 11.0% 52
2018-19 PHL 82 15 19 34 0.41 -3 32 1 3 0 171 8.8% 80
2019-20 PHL 60 5 7 12 0.20 +1 36 1 0 0 61 8.2% 72
2020-21 PHL 66 8 12 20 0.30 +6 19 2 0 1 87 9.2% 39
2021-22 PHL 79 26 26 52 0.66 0 48 3 4 1 233 11.2% 156
2022-23 SEA 74 24 37 61 0.82 +18 46 5 5 0 292 8.2% 161
2023-24 SEA 80 31 48 79 0.99 +21 47 8 6 0 323 9.6% 185
2024-25 SEA 82 30 30 60 0.73 -14 54 5 5 3 290 10.3% 185
2025-26 SEA 82 51 50 101 1.23 +10 50 9 17 0 384 13.3% 224
CAREER 9 yrs 681 207 255 462 0.68 +19 354 36 44 5 -- 10.4% 1154
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2020-21 PHL 16 1 4 5 0.31 +2 6 1 0 0 25 4.0% 11
2023-24 SEA 7 3 3 6 0.86 +1 4 0 0 0 29 10.3% 11
CAREER 2 app. 23 4 7 11 0.48 +3 10 1 0 0 -- 7.4% 22
2026-27 · Oct 5 – Oct 9
Date Opp Result G A P +/- PIM S PPG PPP OTG HIT BKS FOT FO% TOI PPTOI PKTOI
Oct 09 ANH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 50 18:08 3:39 2:48
Oct 09 LAK L 3-4 1 1 2 +1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 24 42 19:34 2:10 0:42
Oct 08 CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 28 75 19:09 2:40 2:38
Oct 07 EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 0 0 4 1 33 39 21:03 1:27 4:41
Oct 06 LAK W 4-3 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 2 31 61 20:51 3:25 4:00
Oct 05 EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 52 19:52 0:39 4:12
6 GP 2 3 5 0 10 16 1 1 0 9 3 165 53 19:46 14:00 19:01
Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2026-27 MIN 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 19:57
On Pace - 82 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 21 226 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2016-17 MIN 15 3 4 7 0.47 1 4 1 0 0 20.0% 10:37
2017-18 MIN 75 6 10 16 0.21 2 22 0 0 0 4.8% 12:47
2018-19 MIN 58 7 7 14 0.24 -7 20 2 0 0 6.3% 13:30
2019-20 MIN 62 8 21 29 0.47 7 22 4 1 1 7.8% 15:43
2020-21 MIN 56 19 11 30 0.54 16 20 2 0 2 16.0% 17:03
2021-22 MIN 77 26 23 49 0.64 16 28 3 12 17 11.7% 18:35
2022-23 MIN 78 23 38 61 0.78 4 44 1 12 23 9.3% 19:00
2023-24 MIN 77 30 34 64 0.83 18 60 5 12 21 11.2% 20:32
2024-25 MIN 46 14 15 29 0.63 9 22 1 5 10 10.0% 19:46
2025-26 MIN 70 19 32 51 0.73 16 32 3 7 16 9.8% 19:05
2026-27 MIN 4 0 1 1 0.25 1 0 0 0 1 0.0% 19:57
Career NHL 618 155 196 351 0.57 83 274 22 49 91 10.0% -

Trophy Case

Art Ross Art Ross
as Top Point Scorer
2025-26 SEA
Selke Selke
as Outstanding Defensive Forward
2025-26 SEA
Hart Hart
as Most Valuable Player
2025-26 SEA
Rocket Richard Rocket Richard
as Top Goal Scorer
2025-26 SEA

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
2017-18 20 C PHL 80 44 91 79 69 57 54 52 69 72 72 59 25 45 45 62
2018-19 21 C PHL 83 44 90 79 69 74 67 70 65 61 58 79 25 55 55 65
2019-20 22 C PHL 85 45 89 79 76 65 88 61 76 61 62 80 25 57 58 67
2020-21 23 C PHL 80 45 89 82 76 70 82 59 81 77 64 83 25 61 62 69
2021-22 24 C PHL 84 45 88 82 77 75 89 62 84 65 85 85 25 64 65 71
2022-23 25 C SEA 81 45 86 84 77 83 92 84 85 78 85 83 25 67 68 76
2023-24 26 C SEA 80 45 83 84 77 81 95 90 87 82 80 83 75 68 70 77
2024-25 27 C SEA 87 46 78 83 75 85 95 99 88 81 87 80 53 70 72 79
2025-26 28 C SEA 85 45 81 83 76 84 80 93 86 78 84 79 45 73 75 77
2026-27 29 C SEA 80 45 86 79 77 80 90 94 86 81 78 79 41 75 77 76
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2017-18 20 C PHL 80 44 91 79 69 57 54 52 69 72 72 59 25 45 45 62
2018-19 21 C PHL +3 · −1 · · +17 +13 +18 −4 −11 −14 +20 · +10 +10 +3
2019-20 22 C PHL +2 +1 −1 · +7 −9 +21 −9 +11 · +4 +1 · +2 +3 +2
2020-21 23 C PHL −5 · · +3 · +5 −6 −2 +5 +16 +2 +3 · +4 +4 +2
2021-22 24 C PHL +4 · −1 · +1 +5 +7 +3 +3 −12 +21 +2 · +3 +3 +2
2022-23 25 C SEA −3 · −2 +2 · +8 +3 +22 +1 +13 · −2 · +3 +3 +5
2023-24 26 C SEA −1 · −3 · · −2 +3 +6 +2 +4 −5 · +50 +1 +2 +1
2024-25 27 C SEA +7 +1 −5 −1 −2 +4 · +9 +1 −1 +7 −3 −22 +2 +2 +2
2025-26 28 C SEA −2 −1 +3 · +1 −1 −15 −6 −2 −3 −3 −1 −8 +3 +3 −2
2026-27 29 C SEA −5 · +5 −4 +1 −4 +10 +1 · +3 −6 · −4 +2 +2 −1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2017-18 PHL $1,106,667 3 yr 1.5% 20 ELC Rookie
2020-21 PHL $3,000,000 5 yr 3.7% 23 RFA
2025-26 SEA $6,000,000 5 yr 6.3% 28 RFA CURRENT
2022-23
Aug 23 2022
2022-23
to KRAKEN

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