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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
30 (1996)
Contract
$8,750,000 × 2y
Expires
UFA 2028
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Feb 2024
Drafted
2014 Rd 1 (#1) WSH
Vitals
6'4" · 220 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 259 d-men
CK 77 70th
FG 55 63rd
DI 78 26th
SK 75 52nd
ST 83 87th
EN 85 82nd
DU 89 56th
PH 78 87th
FO 25 98th
PA 64 73rd
SC 48 60th
DF 92 86th
PS 25 69th
EX 80 84th
LD 85 87th
OV 76 95th

Contract

Cap hit $8,750,000 8.4% of cap
Year 4 of 5
2023-24
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 32
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2015-16 WSH 66 7 22 29 0.44 -3 16 1 4 1 62 11.3% 31
2016-17 WSH / TOR 85 13 32 45 0.53 +12 39 0 7 0 97 13.4% 70
2017-18 TOR 78 7 25 32 0.41 +18 100 1 4 0 105 6.7% 144
2018-19 TOR / MTL 81 11 39 50 0.62 +11 68 2 3 0 147 7.5% 140
2019-20 MTL 74 7 37 44 0.59 -7 85 0 6 0 162 4.3% 132
2020-21 MTL 82 8 51 59 0.72 -7 34 0 3 0 92 8.7% 97
2021-22 MTL 82 14 65 79 0.96 +29 58 3 1 0 184 7.6% 129
2022-23 MTL 76 11 51 62 0.82 +15 24 3 3 0 143 7.7% 69
2023-24 MTL / NSH 81 11 46 57 0.70 -18 47 1 7 0 169 6.5% 111
2024-25 NSH 82 10 33 43 0.52 +21 34 2 3 0 113 8.8% 93
2025-26 NSH 82 9 52 61 0.74 +12 81 2 4 0 86 10.5% 149
CAREER 11 yrs 869 108 453 561 0.65 +83 586 15 45 1 -- 7.9% 1165
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2015-16 WSH 12 0 4 4 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0% 9
2016-17 TOR 6 0 2 2 0.33 +2 8 0 0 0 6 0.0% 2
2017-18 TOR 23 3 9 12 0.52 +9 18 0 1 0 31 9.7% 37
2019-20 MTL 12 1 3 4 0.33 -1 24 0 0 0 30 3.3% 28
2021-22 MTL 11 2 7 9 0.82 -4 2 1 1 0 26 7.7% 17
2022-23 MTL 14 2 8 10 0.71 -1 2 0 1 0 25 8.0% 15
2023-24 NSH 11 1 5 6 0.55 +1 12 0 0 0 21 4.8% 16
2024-25 NSH 9 2 5 7 0.78 -5 2 0 1 0 13 15.4% 14
CAREER 8 app. 98 11 43 54 0.55 +1 68 1 4 0 -- 6.9% 138
2026-27 Regular Season
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Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2026-27 FLA 9 0 3 3 -6 8 0 0 1 13 20:52
On Pace - 82 0 27 27 -55 73 0 0 9 118 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2014-15 FLA 81 12 27 39 0.48 +12 32 4 6 13 7.1% 21:49
2015-16 FLA 78 15 21 36 0.46 +18 41 4 3 9 8.2% 21:41
2016-17 FLA 68 10 11 21 0.31 -23 58 2 4 8 4.4% 21:28
2017-18 FLA 82 16 22 38 0.46 +9 71 4 5 11 8.5% 23:23
2018-19 FLA 82 13 24 37 0.45 +1 47 1 5 10 7.2% 23:39
2019-20 FLA 67 5 36 41 0.61 +12 26 1 0 6 3.4% 22:59
2020-21 FLA 35 11 11 22 0.63 +5 33 3 6 11 10.9% 25:05
2021-22 FLA 61 15 42 57 0.93 +38 26 2 3 20 8.3% 24:55
2022-23 FLA 71 14 24 38 0.54 -14 68 2 8 19 6.5% 23:24
2023-24 FLA 51 4 14 18 0.35 +27 50 1 1 4 4.1% 20:52
2024-25 FLA 56 3 30 33 0.59 +11 53 2 0 11 2.8% 23:31
2025-26 FLA 72 4 22 26 0.36 -5 55 3 1 5 4.1% 22:29
2026-27 FLA 9 0 3 3 0.33 -6 8 0 0 1 0.0% 20:52
Career NHL 813 122 287 409 0.50 +85 568 29 42 128 6.4% -

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Playoff Champion
2017-18 TOR
Norris Norris
as Top Defenseman
2021-22 MTL
Larry Robinson Larry Robinson
as Best Defensive Defenseman
2021-22 MTL

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 19 D WSH 62 39 81 71 83 80 75 61 30 60 62 74 57 50 39 66
2016-17 20 D TOR 76 55 84 88 82 79 97 83 25 65 64 64 25 60 60 71
2017-18 21 D TOR 76 45 73 88 81 85 90 84 25 55 61 75 25 65 66 72
2018-19 22 D MTL 71 66 76 88 82 88 92 77 25 62 61 88 25 66 67 75
2019-20 23 D MTL 79 55 83 88 83 89 99 73 25 64 60 83 25 66 67 75
2020-21 24 D MTL 65 43 88 88 82 86 92 72 25 76 49 82 25 68 69 74
2021-22 25 D MTL 73 43 83 88 81 92 81 95 25 75 66 83 25 70 71 77
2022-23 26 D MTL 75 44 87 90 81 92 74 89 25 78 65 88 25 71 71 77
2023-24 27 D NSH 76 45 73 90 81 89 83 89 25 66 61 87 25 73 74 77
2024-25 28 D NSH 79 45 73 86 81 85 80 80 25 63 55 88 25 74 76 75
2025-26 29 D NSH 81 56 74 77 83 88 73 80 25 73 48 84 25 78 82 74
2026-27 30 D NSH 77 55 78 75 83 85 89 78 25 64 48 92 25 80 85 76
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2015-16 19 D WSH 62 39 81 71 83 80 75 61 30 60 62 74 57 50 39 66
2016-17 20 D TOR +14 +16 +3 +17 −1 −1 +22 +22 −5 +5 +2 −10 −32 +10 +21 +5
2017-18 21 D TOR · −10 −11 · −1 +6 −7 +1 · −10 −3 +11 · +5 +6 +1
2018-19 22 D MTL −5 +21 +3 · +1 +3 +2 −7 · +7 · +13 · +1 +1 +3
2019-20 23 D MTL +8 −11 +7 · +1 +1 +7 −4 · +2 −1 −5 · · · ·
2020-21 24 D MTL −14 −12 +5 · −1 −3 −7 −1 · +12 −11 −1 · +2 +2 −1
2021-22 25 D MTL +8 · −5 · −1 +6 −11 +23 · −1 +17 +1 · +2 +2 +3
2022-23 26 D MTL +2 +1 +4 +2 · · −7 −6 · +3 −1 +5 · +1 · ·
2023-24 27 D NSH +1 +1 −14 · · −3 +9 · · −12 −4 −1 · +2 +3 ·
2024-25 28 D NSH +3 · · −4 · −4 −3 −9 · −3 −6 +1 · +1 +2 −2
2025-26 29 D NSH +2 +11 +1 −9 +2 +3 −7 · · +10 −7 −4 · +4 +6 −1
2026-27 30 D NSH −4 −1 +4 −2 · −3 +16 −2 · −9 · +8 · +2 +3 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2015-16 WSH $3,775,000 3 yr 5.3% 19 ELC Rookie
2018-19 TOR $7,650,000 5 yr 9.6% 22 RFA
2023-24 MTL $8,750,000 5 yr 10.5% 27 RFA CURRENT
2016-17
Mar 5 2017
2016-17
to MAPLE LEAFS
2018-19
Jan 17 2019
2018-19
to CANADIENS
  • Aaron Ekblad 75
2023-24
Feb 12 2024
2023-24
to PREDATORS
to CANADIENS
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