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Status
Minors 100%
Age / YOB
31 (1995)
Contract
$850,000 × 1yr
Expires
UFA 2027 · age 32
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Aug 2026
Drafted
2013 Rd 3 (#67) EDM
Vitals
6'3" · 223 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 482 fwds
CK 72 41st
FG 82 94th
DI 49 1st
SK 65 13th
ST 82 91st
EN 79 84th
DU 85 48th
PH 57 9th
FO 71 67th
PA 47 5th
SC 58 23rd
DF 67 34th
PS 55 62nd
EX 65 39th
LD 66 40th
OV 62 20th

Contract

Cap hit $0 Salary $850,000
Year 2 of 2
2025-26
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 32
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 OTT 21 2 0 2 0.10 +2 17 2 0 0 6 33.3% 3
2021-22 EDM 25 1 1 2 0.08 -4 6 0 0 0 9 11.1% 16
CAREER 2 yrs 46 3 1 4 0.09 -2 23 2 0 0 -- 20.0% 19
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 SEA 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 2 10:05
On Pace - 82 0 0 0 -27 55 0 0 0 55 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2016-17 CHI 12 1 3 4 0.33 3 4 0 0 0 4.5% 11:41
2017-18 CHI 47 4 9 13 0.28 -4 54 0 0 0 7.1% 10:49
2018-19 CHI 54 3 2 5 0.09 -12 27 0 0 0 7.1% 9:10
2019-20 NJD 43 3 1 4 0.09 -2 77 1 0 0 7.7% 9:43
2020-21 ARI 29 2 3 5 0.17 -4 37 2 0 0 9.5% 9:49
2021-22 BUF 55 2 2 4 0.07 -12 84 0 0 0 3.1% 10:51
2022-23 SEA 7 2 0 2 0.29 2 7 0 0 0 22.2% 7:55
2023-24 SEA 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 6:44
2024-25 SEA 20 1 1 2 0.10 0 31 0 0 0 5.0% 8:31
2025-26 SEA 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 0.0% 10:05
Career NHL 272 18 21 39 0.14 -31 323 3 0 0 6.5% -

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
2018-19 23 C EDM 90 96 69 73 84 57 60 57 46 65 59 73 25 50 50 63
2019-20 24 LW OTT 83 80 85 73 83 54 80 60 34 54 57 65 25 56 56 60
2020-21 25 LW EDM 85 99 53 73 85 54 66 57 32 52 58 73 25 59 59 61
2021-22 26 LW EDM 94 47 65 73 82 55 61 55 35 60 58 70 63 61 61 62
2022-23 27 LW EDM 84 99 59 78 85 58 68 57 31 54 56 70 63 64 64 63
2023-24 28 LW EDM 79 84 67 78 84 70 72 65 80 58 65 72 62 64 64 66
2024-25 29 C EDM 77 80 69 78 80 72 77 57 71 47 58 69 55 64 64 63
2025-26 30 C EDM 87 78 59 76 83 52 80 59 63 55 57 63 25 65 66 62
2026-27 31 C-R NYR 72 82 49 65 82 79 85 57 71 47 58 67 55 65 66 62
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2018-19 23 C EDM 90 96 69 73 84 57 60 57 46 65 59 73 25 50 50 63
2019-20 24 LW OTT −7 −16 +16 · −1 −3 +20 +3 −12 −11 −2 −8 · +6 +6 −3
2020-21 25 LW EDM +2 +19 −32 · +2 · −14 −3 −2 −2 +1 +8 · +3 +3 +1
2021-22 26 LW EDM +9 −52 +12 · −3 +1 −5 −2 +3 +8 · −3 +38 +2 +2 +1
2022-23 27 LW EDM −10 +52 −6 +5 +3 +3 +7 +2 −4 −6 −2 · · +3 +3 +1
2023-24 28 LW EDM −5 −15 +8 · −1 +12 +4 +8 +49 +4 +9 +2 −1 · · +3
2024-25 29 C EDM −2 −4 +2 · −4 +2 +5 −8 −9 −11 −7 −3 −7 · · −3
2025-26 30 C EDM +10 −2 −10 −2 +3 −20 +3 +2 −8 +8 −1 −6 −30 +1 +2 −1
2026-27 31 C-R NYR −15 +4 −10 −11 −1 +27 +5 −2 +8 −8 +1 +4 +30 · · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2018-19 EDM $925,000 3 yr 1.2% 23 ELC Rookie
2021-22 EDM $750,000 1 yr 0.9% 26 RFA
2022-23 EDM $750,000 3 yr 0.9% 27 RFA
2025-26 EDM $850,000 2 yr 0.9% 30 UFA CURRENT
2019-20
Mar 6 2020
2019-20
to SENATORS
2020-21
Sep 2 2020
2020-21
to OILERS

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