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Status: Pro 100%
Age / YOB: 31 (1995)
Contract: $1,750,000 × 1yr
Expires: UFA 2027 · age 32
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Trade · Dec 2024
Drafted: 2014 Rd 5 (#137) VAN
Vitals: 6'2" · 205 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 485 fwds

CK 77 64th

FG 44 43rd

DI 85 42nd

SK 74 38th

ST 76 71st

EN 52 6th

DU 52 7th

PH 63 34th

FO 52 53rd

PA 53 11th

SC 56 12th

DF 65 20th

PS 25 34th

EX 68 53rd

LD 70 54th

OV 60 14th

Contract

Cap hit $1,750,000 1.7% of cap

Year 4 of 4

2023-24

2026-27

Expiry Status

UFA

2027 age 32

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Stats

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2020-21	MIN	77	5	11	16	0.21	0	29	0	0	0	76	6.6%	148
2021-22	MIN	82	5	13	18	0.22	-29	38	0	0	0	104	4.8%	136
2022-23	MIN	46	5	4	9	0.20	+4	37	0	0	0	41	12.2%	70
2023-24	MIN	82	16	13	29	0.35	+12	67	2	0	1	133	12.0%	79
2024-25	MIN / CLB / NSH	80	6	8	14	0.18	-7	20	2	0	0	65	9.2%	68
2025-26	NSH	82	3	8	11	0.13	-15	32	0	0	0	55	5.5%	28
CAREER	6 yrs	449	40	57	97	0.22	-35	223	4	0	1	--	8.4%	529

OTHL Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2022-23	MIN	1	0	0	0	0.00	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0%	0
2023-24	MIN	24	4	3	7	0.29	+9	20	3	0	0	46	8.7%	18
2024-25	NSH	9	0	0	0	0.00	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0%	4
CAREER	3 app.	34	4	3	7	0.21	+4	22	3	0	0	--	8.2%	22

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	FLA	29	1	1	2	-2	14	0	0	0	9	8:36
On Pace	-	82	3	3	6	-6	40	0	0	0	25	-

NHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2019-20	PIT	50	6	7	13	0.26	5	23	1	0	0	10.7%	9:37
2020-21	PIT	34	0	6	6	0.18	-6	25	0	0	0	0.0%	9:47
2021-22	PIT	10	0	2	2	0.20	0	16	0	0	0	0.0%	8:43
2021-22	CHI	46	5	6	11	0.24	-16	21	1	0	0	7.0%	14:38
2022-23	CHI	51	10	11	21	0.41	-10	28	1	0	0	12.0%	15:07
2022-23	TOR	19	2	4	6	0.32	-1	9	0	0	0	10.5%	13:15
2023-24	VAN	79	13	11	24	0.30	4	32	3	0	0	16.7%	11:53
2024-25	BUF	60	4	3	7	0.12	-15	28	0	0	0	8.0%	9:53
2025-26	CHI	29	1	1	2	0.07	-2	14	0	0	0	11.1%	8:36
Career	NHL	378	41	51	92	0.24	-41	196	6	0	0	10.0%	-

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup

as League Champion

2023-24 MIN

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
2020-21	25	C	MIN	84	57	86	67	71	54	80	61	65	62	62	76	25	48	48	62
2021-22	26	C	MIN	91	46	79	67	72	55	70	60	62	64	55	72	25	55	56	61
2022-23	27	C	MIN	89	79	83	76	74	66	71	60	57	62	59	84	25	59	59	66
2023-24	28	C	MIN	83	75	84	76	74	68	80	65	78	66	70	80	25	63	63	67
2024-25	29	C	NSH	89	46	87	80	76	61	92	65	57	62	70	66	25	65	66	66
2025-26	30	C	NSH	80	45	86	82	76	55	77	61	57	55	58	69	25	67	69	63
2026-27	31	C-R	NSH	77	44	85	74	76	52	52	63	52	53	56	65	25	68	70	60

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2020-21	25	C	MIN	84	57	86	67	71	54	80	61	65	62	62	76	25	48	48	62
2021-22	26	C	MIN	+7	−11	−7	·	+1	+1	−10	−1	−3	+2	−7	−4	·	+7	+8	−1
2022-23	27	C	MIN	−2	+33	+4	+9	+2	+11	+1	·	−5	−2	+4	+12	·	+4	+3	+5
2023-24	28	C	MIN	−6	−4	+1	·	·	+2	+9	+5	+21	+4	+11	−4	·	+4	+4	+1
2024-25	29	C	NSH	+6	−29	+3	+4	+2	−7	+12	·	−21	−4	·	−14	·	+2	+3	−1
2025-26	30	C	NSH	−9	−1	−1	+2	·	−6	−15	−4	·	−7	−12	+3	·	+2	+3	−3
2026-27	31	C-R	NSH	−3	−1	−1	−8	·	−3	−25	+2	−5	−2	−2	−4	·	+1	+1	−3