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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
34 (1992)
Contract
$1,000,000 × 2yr
Expires
UFA 2028 · age 36
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2012 Rd 4 (#105) NYI
Vitals
6'0" · 190 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 72 46th
FG 70 80th
DI 76 20th
SK 67 13th
ST 70 21st
EN 59 11th
DU 60 21st
PH 60 20th
FO 25 98th
PA 59 62nd
SC 41 12th
DF 69 17th
PS 39 80th
EX 72 65th
LD 75 66th
OV 62 17th

Contract

Cap hit $1,000,000 1% of cap
Year 2 of 3
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 36
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2018-19 NYR 48 2 9 11 0.23 +13 8 0 1 0 25 8.0% 29
2019-20 NYR 80 4 29 33 0.41 +1 36 0 1 0 71 5.6% 123
2020-21 NYR 82 3 34 37 0.45 -14 52 0 3 0 82 3.7% 192
2021-22 NYR 77 2 30 32 0.42 -10 20 0 1 0 28 7.1% 40
2022-23 DET 37 0 7 7 0.19 +4 6 0 0 0 17 0.0% 19
2023-24 DET 82 3 12 15 0.18 -9 30 1 1 0 39 7.7% 62
2025-26 OTT 12 0 2 2 0.17 -6 8 0 0 0 1 0.0% 9
CAREER 7 yrs 418 14 123 137 0.33 -21 160 1 7 0 -- 5.3% 474
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 NYR 11 0 8 8 0.73 +2 8 0 0 0 10 0.0% 24
2023-24 DET 5 1 1 2 0.40 0 2 0 1 0 2 50.0% 1
CAREER 2 app. 16 1 9 10 0.63 +2 10 0 1 0 -- 8.3% 25
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 2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 3 18:45
On Pace - 82 0 0 0 -82 82 0 0 0 123 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2015-16 CHI 41 0 14 14 0.34 11 4 0 0 1 0.0% 15:27
2017-18 CHI 35 5 11 16 0.46 1 6 0 0 4 7.0% 18:33
2018-19 CHI 79 17 43 60 0.76 -6 34 3 4 18 10.6% 22:35
2019-20 CHI 59 6 20 26 0.44 -8 25 0 2 8 6.1% 20:40
2019-20 CGY 7 0 3 3 0.43 -1 2 0 0 1 0.0% 18:01
2020-21 PHL 24 1 9 10 0.42 -2 0 0 0 4 4.0% 17:24
2020-21 MTL 5 0 2 2 0.40 1 0 0 0 1 0.0% 13:23
2021-22 CHI 59 3 15 18 0.31 -4 14 0 0 4 3.8% 16:13
2022-23 WSH 61 7 31 38 0.62 9 21 2 0 11 6.1% 20:22
2022-23 TOR 9 0 4 4 0.44 0 2 0 0 3 0.0% 15:45
2023-24 NYR 76 6 25 31 0.41 3 35 1 0 9 6.5% 17:24
2024-25 DET 60 2 16 18 0.30 -19 20 0 1 9 3.0% 16:19
2025-26 DET 2 0 0 0 0.00 -2 2 0 0 0 0.0% 18:45
Career NHL 517 47 193 240 0.46 -17 165 6 7 73 6.0% -

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
2015-16 23 D NYI 50 50 51 50 50 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 50
2016-17 24 D NYI 69 42 96 76 65 64 56 73 25 69 50 58 25 47 47 61
2017-18 25 D NYI 76 74 82 71 74 77 84 53 25 49 41 63 39 47 48 62
2018-19 26 D NYR 73 43 94 71 74 76 80 72 25 65 56 63 25 54 55 64
2019-20 27 D NYR 78 43 87 83 65 86 87 85 25 77 62 62 75 61 62 69
2020-21 28 D NYR 78 48 87 83 65 83 88 82 25 71 56 61 75 64 65 68
2021-22 29 D NYR 69 42 99 83 65 70 71 79 25 68 48 54 75 65 66 64
2022-23 30 D DET 71 42 91 81 65 69 70 76 25 59 48 64 75 67 69 65
2023-24 31 D DET 69 53 89 81 72 79 82 77 25 72 50 65 75 69 71 68
2024-25 32 D DET 71 53 86 81 72 72 90 70 25 65 49 66 75 71 73 68
2025-26 33 D OTT 65 42 89 78 69 69 77 71 25 61 48 64 25 72 75 65
2026-27 34 D OTT 72 70 76 67 70 59 60 60 25 59 41 69 39 72 75 62
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2015-16 23 D NYI 50 50 51 50 50 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 50
2016-17 24 D NYI +19 −8 +45 +26 +15 +13 +5 +22 −26 +18 −1 +7 −26 −4 −4 +11
2017-18 25 D NYI +7 +32 −14 −5 +9 +13 +28 −20 · −20 −9 +5 +14 · +1 +1
2018-19 26 D NYR −3 −31 +12 · · −1 −4 +19 · +16 +15 · −14 +7 +7 +2
2019-20 27 D NYR +5 · −7 +12 −9 +10 +7 +13 · +12 +6 −1 +50 +7 +7 +5
2020-21 28 D NYR · +5 · · · −3 +1 −3 · −6 −6 −1 · +3 +3 −1
2021-22 29 D NYR −9 −6 +12 · · −13 −17 −3 · −3 −8 −7 · +1 +1 −4
2022-23 30 D DET +2 · −8 −2 · −1 −1 −3 · −9 · +10 · +2 +3 +1
2023-24 31 D DET −2 +11 −2 · +7 +10 +12 +1 · +13 +2 +1 · +2 +2 +3
2024-25 32 D DET +2 · −3 · · −7 +8 −7 · −7 −1 +1 · +2 +2 ·
2025-26 33 D OTT −6 −11 +3 −3 −3 −3 −13 +1 · −4 −1 −2 −50 +1 +2 −3
2026-27 34 D OTT +7 +28 −13 −11 +1 −10 −17 −11 · −2 −7 +5 +14 · · −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2015-16 NYI $667,500 2 yr 0.9% 23 RFA Rookie
2017-18 NYI $800,000 2 yr 1.1% 25 RFA
2019-20 NYR $1,200,000 1 yr 1.5% 27 RFA
2020-21 NYR $2,000,000 2 yr 2.5% 28 RFA
2022-23 DET $800,000 3 yr 1.0% 30 UFA
2025-26 OTT $1,000,000 3 yr 1.0% 33 UFA CURRENT
2018-19
Nov 27 2018
2018-19

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