Career profile Last roster: 2023-24 DAL
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Alexander Edler

D · SWE
+ 8 other teams
Status
Retired 2 yrs ago
Career
2008–2024 (16 yrs)
Age
40 (38 in 2024)
Vitals
6'3" · 212 lb
Drafted
2004 Rd 3 (#90) CLB

Career Regular Season

16 seasons (2008–2024)
Games 1193 62nd
Goals 151
Assists 432
Points 583
+/- -116
P/GP 0.49
SHT% 9.0
PiM 1212 48th

Trophy Case

Unsung Hero Unsung Hero
as Unsung Hero
2009-10 BOS

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 BOS 50 7 12 19 0.38 -17 28 0 4 0 51 13.7% 44
2009-10 BOS 82 23 45 68 0.83 0 146 3 11 2 152 15.1% 120
2010-11 BOS 82 8 44 52 0.63 -28 100 0 4 0 131 6.1% 129
2011-12 BOS 71 13 32 45 0.63 +11 59 2 11 0 175 7.4% 135
2012-13 CHI 82 13 37 50 0.61 +1 54 0 8 0 136 9.6% 159
2013-14 WSH / CAR 81 10 24 34 0.42 +10 80 3 4 0 94 10.6% 188
2014-15 CHI / MTL / CLB 76 14 18 32 0.42 -6 53 2 6 0 100 14.0% 147
2015-16 CLB 82 9 20 29 0.35 -20 75 2 6 1 97 9.3% 129
2016-17 CLB / EDM 70 8 27 35 0.50 -10 96 2 3 0 91 8.8% 160
2017-18 EDM 67 7 17 24 0.36 +11 82 3 0 0 71 9.9% 147
2018-19 PHL 82 11 36 47 0.57 -18 84 1 3 0 141 7.8% 245
2019-20 PHL 64 9 29 38 0.59 +6 86 1 2 0 135 6.7% 201
2020-21 PHL 74 7 30 37 0.50 +8 87 4 1 0 67 10.4% 197
2021-22 PHL 79 2 22 24 0.30 -39 102 0 1 0 105 1.9% 249
2022-23 PHL / DAL 77 6 23 29 0.38 -30 40 2 4 0 81 7.4% 131
2023-24 DAL 74 4 16 20 0.27 +5 40 0 1 0 44 9.1% 90
CAREER 16 yrs 1193 151 432 583 0.49 -116 1212 25 69 3 -- 9.0% 2471
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2011-12 BOS 10 0 8 8 0.80 0 7 0 0 0 19 0.0% 23
2012-13 CHI 12 1 8 9 0.75 +6 7 0 1 0 15 6.7% 23
2013-14 CAR 6 0 3 3 0.50 +2 2 0 0 0 5 0.0% 11
2014-15 CLB 5 1 1 2 0.40 -2 6 0 0 0 3 33.3% 13
2016-17 EDM 6 1 2 3 0.50 0 9 1 0 0 4 25.0% 10
2020-21 PHL 16 1 7 8 0.50 -3 37 0 0 0 10 10.0% 48
2022-23 DAL 6 1 0 1 0.17 -7 10 0 0 0 10 10.0% 6
CAREER 7 app. 61 5 29 34 0.56 -4 78 1 1 0 -- 7.6% 134
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2006-07 VAN 22 1 2 3 0.14 +3 6 0 0 0 10.0% 11:27
2007-08 VAN 75 8 12 20 0.27 +6 42 0 4 10 6.5% 21:20
2008-09 VAN 80 10 27 37 0.46 +11 54 1 5 21 6.9% 21:08
2009-10 VAN 76 5 37 42 0.55 0 40 0 2 19 3.1% 22:39
2010-11 VAN 51 8 25 33 0.65 +13 24 1 5 17 6.6% 24:17
2011-12 VAN 82 11 38 49 0.60 0 34 0 5 22 4.8% 23:52
2012-13 VAN 45 8 14 22 0.49 -5 37 0 5 10 7.1% 23:51
2013-14 VAN 63 7 15 22 0.35 -39 50 0 4 12 3.9% 23:17
2014-15 VAN 74 8 23 31 0.42 +13 54 2 5 14 4.6% 23:59
2015-16 VAN 52 6 14 20 0.38 -8 46 0 3 9 5.4% 24:27
2016-17 VAN 68 6 15 21 0.31 -20 36 0 2 4 4.3% 24:19
2017-18 VAN 70 6 28 34 0.49 -18 68 2 1 15 3.5% 24:17
2018-19 VAN 56 10 24 34 0.61 +3 54 2 4 17 7.8% 24:34
2019-20 VAN 59 5 28 33 0.56 +13 62 1 1 7 4.2% 22:37
2020-21 VAN 52 0 8 8 0.15 -8 58 0 0 0 0.0% 20:54
2021-22 LAK 41 3 16 19 0.46 +18 34 1 0 0 5.6% 18:28
2022-23 LAK 64 2 9 11 0.17 -1 34 1 0 0 3.6% 14:46
Career NHL 1030 104 335 439 0.43 -19 733 11 46 177 4.9% -

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
2008-09 22 D BOS 61 50 83 61 85 - 86 61 45 68 69 72 - 63 57 -
2009-10 23 D BOS 71 40 83 75 85 - 88 77 40 83 68 75 - 65 59 71
2010-11 24 D BOS 71 40 78 80 85 - 88 77 40 83 68 76 - 69 63 73
2011-12 25 D BOS 87 40 83 80 77 88 83 80 40 86 71 79 66 66 66 76
2012-13 26 D CHI 69 41 82 74 80 90 94 69 31 71 64 78 82 64 69 72
2013-14 27 D CAR 71 47 76 74 80 90 92 65 30 63 67 77 69 66 69 71
2014-15 28 D CLB 72 44 73 67 80 86 79 58 31 55 59 76 58 68 69 68
2015-16 29 D CLB 69 42 72 68 80 89 84 55 30 57 56 84 55 70 69 70
2016-17 30 D EDM 81 45 75 84 80 86 80 86 25 65 56 93 55 75 79 78
2017-18 31 D EDM 81 45 84 82 80 90 77 75 55 57 50 88 25 77 81 74
2018-19 32 D PHL 87 46 73 80 80 91 86 82 44 70 50 92 53 79 83 77
2019-20 33 D PHL 88 46 73 80 79 91 80 87 25 71 60 96 51 81 85 79
2020-21 34 D PHL 83 45 71 80 79 86 75 69 25 72 49 98 50 82 86 76
2021-22 35 D PHL 80 68 69 80 80 81 85 63 25 51 47 99 51 84 89 75
2022-23 36 D DAL 79 45 77 78 79 76 72 64 25 68 49 83 51 85 85 71
2023-24 37 D DAL 82 45 84 78 79 66 70 58 25 51 48 80 51 87 88 69
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2008-09 22 D BOS 61 50 83 61 85 - 86 61 45 68 69 72 - 63 57 -
2009-10 23 D BOS +10 −10 · +14 · - +2 +16 −5 +15 −1 +3 - +2 +2 71
2010-11 24 D BOS · · −5 +5 · - · · · · · +1 - +4 +4 +2
2011-12 25 D BOS +16 · +5 · −8 88 −5 +3 · +3 +3 +3 66 −3 +3 +3
2012-13 26 D CHI −18 +1 −1 −6 +3 +2 +11 −11 −9 −15 −7 −1 +16 −2 +3 −4
2013-14 27 D CAR +2 +6 −6 · · · −2 −4 −1 −8 +3 −1 −13 +2 · −1
2014-15 28 D CLB +1 −3 −3 −7 · −4 −13 −7 +1 −8 −8 −1 −11 +2 · −3
2015-16 29 D CLB −3 −2 −1 +1 · +3 +5 −3 −1 +2 −3 +8 −3 +2 · +2
2016-17 30 D EDM +12 +3 +3 +16 · −3 −4 +31 −5 +8 · +9 · +5 +10 +8
2017-18 31 D EDM · · +9 −2 · +4 −3 −11 +30 −8 −6 −5 −30 +2 +2 −4
2018-19 32 D PHL +6 +1 −11 −2 · +1 +9 +7 −11 +13 · +4 +28 +2 +2 +3
2019-20 33 D PHL +1 · · · −1 · −6 +5 −19 +1 +10 +4 −2 +2 +2 +2
2020-21 34 D PHL −5 −1 −2 · · −5 −5 −18 · +1 −11 +2 −1 +1 +1 −3
2021-22 35 D PHL −3 +23 −2 · +1 −5 +10 −6 · −21 −2 +1 +1 +2 +3 −1
2022-23 36 D DAL −1 −23 +8 −2 −1 −5 −13 +1 · +17 +2 −16 · +1 −4 −4
2023-24 37 D DAL +3 · +7 · · −10 −2 −6 · −17 −1 −3 · +2 +3 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2008-09 BOS $800,000 3 yr 1.4% 22 ELC Rookie
2011-12 BOS $3,400,000 3 yr 5.3% 25 RFA
2014-15 CHI $5,000,000 4 yr 7.2% 28 RFA
2018-19 PHL $7,000,000 5 yr 8.8% 32 UFA
2023-24 DAL $1,000,000 2 yr 1.2% 37 UFA
2005-06
Jul 10 2005
2005-06
to HURRICANES
  • Arsi Piispanen P
  • Alexander Edler P
to BLUE JACKETS
2008-09
Dec 27 2008
2008-09
2012-13
Feb 9 2013
2012-13
to BLACKHAWKS
2013-14
Jul 26 2013
2013-14
to CAPITALS
  • Alexander Edler 71
to BLACKHAWKS
Nov 21 2013
2013-14
to HURRICANES
2014-15
Aug 10 2014
2014-15
to BLACKHAWKS
Feb 11 2015
2014-15
to CANADIENS
to BLACKHAWKS
Mar 16 2015
2014-15
to BLUE JACKETS
2016-17
Mar 28 2017
2016-17
to OILERS
  • Alexander Edler 78
2018-19
Jun 22 2018
2018-19
to FLYERS
  • Alexander Edler 77
to OILERS
2022-23
May 3 2023
2022-23
to STARS
  • Alexander Edler 71

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