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Dennis
Alex Alexeyev Alex Laferriere Alexis Lafreniere Aliaksei Protas Ben King Bogdan Trineyev Brady Tkachuk Cale Fleury Cam Fowler Cam Morrison Cole Caufield Cooper Moore Dante Fabbro David Perron Dennis Gilbert Dylan Roobroeck Elias Lindholm Gavin Hayes Jake McCabe Kaiden Guhle Luke Kunin Luke Tuch Matty Beniers Morgan Geekie Nick Paul Olen Zellweger Parker Bell Riley Kidney Roman Josi Scott Reedy Taylor Makar William Nylander Kevin Lankinen Logan Thompson Pyotr Kochetkov
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D · Pittsburgh Penguins Penguins · USA
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Status
Minors 100%
Age / YOB
30 (1996)
Contract
$850,000 × 1y
Expires
UFA 2027
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
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Drafted
2015 Rd 4 (#104) EDM
Vitals
6'2" · 216 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 258 d-men
CK 78 74th
FG 79 90th
DI 75 18th
SK 61 4th
ST 79 72nd
EN 46 3rd
DU 45 3rd
PH 51 11th
FO 25 98th
PA 48 21st
SC 39 3rd
DF 63 10th
PS 37 72nd
EX 44 6th
LD 44 6th
OV 56 8th

Contract (Farm)

Salary $850,000
Year 3 of 3
2024-25
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 31
Clauses —

Stats

No OTHL stats on record
2026-27 Regular Season
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No regular-season games played yet.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2026-27 BUF 4 1 1 2 +1 4 0 0 0 1 9:45
On Pace - 82 21 21 41 +21 82 0 0 0 21 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2018-19 CHI 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 - 12:46
2019-20 CHI 21 1 2 3 0.14 -8 38 0 0 0 8.3% 15:42
2020-21 COL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 0 0 0 - 6:43
2022-23 CGY 23 1 3 4 0.17 0 27 1 0 0 7.7% 11:44
2023-24 CGY 34 1 6 7 0.21 -7 16 0 0 0 4.3% 12:17
2024-25 BUF 25 0 5 5 0.20 -3 50 0 0 0 0.0% 10:04
2024-25 OTT 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 13:02
2025-26 OTT 8 0 1 1 0.13 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 12:41
2026-27 BUF 4 1 1 2 0.50 +1 4 0 0 0 100.0% 9:45
Career NHL 123 4 19 23 0.19 -17 144 1 0 0 6.7% -

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
2019-20 23 D EDM 72 73 71 61 73 63 68 47 25 37 41 59 39 44 44 56
2020-21 24 D EDM 99 99 52 61 77 67 74 58 25 49 48 81 25 46 46 65
2021-22 25 D EDM 81 79 86 61 79 58 60 53 25 50 41 65 39 46 46 59
2022-23 26 D EDM 79 79 78 61 79 56 57 54 25 47 45 65 43 46 46 59
2023-24 27 D EDM 89 99 68 61 83 58 68 56 25 50 48 66 25 48 48 61
2024-25 28 D EDM 82 85 86 70 81 59 61 62 25 53 48 72 25 54 54 64
2025-26 29 D EDM 87 99 54 69 83 54 52 57 25 55 47 74 25 57 57 63
2026-27 30 D PIT 78 79 75 61 79 46 45 51 25 48 39 63 37 44 44 56
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2019-20 23 D EDM 72 73 71 61 73 63 68 47 25 37 41 59 39 44 44 56
2020-21 24 D EDM +27 +26 −19 · +4 +4 +6 +11 · +12 +7 +22 −14 +2 +2 +9
2021-22 25 D EDM −18 −20 +34 · +2 −9 −14 −5 · +1 −7 −16 +14 · · −6
2022-23 26 D EDM −2 · −8 · · −2 −3 +1 · −3 +4 · +4 · · ·
2023-24 27 D EDM +10 +20 −10 · +4 +2 +11 +2 · +3 +3 +1 −18 +2 +2 +2
2024-25 28 D EDM −7 −14 +18 +9 −2 +1 −7 +6 · +3 · +6 · +6 +6 +3
2025-26 29 D EDM +5 +14 −32 −1 +2 −5 −9 −5 · +2 −1 +2 · +3 +3 −1
2026-27 30 D PIT −9 −20 +21 −8 −4 −8 −7 −6 · −7 −8 −11 +12 −13 −13 −7
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2019-20 EDM $925,000 3 yr 1.1% 23 ELC Rookie
2022-23 EDM $770,000 2 yr 0.9% 26 RFA
2024-25 EDM $800,000 3 yr 0.9% 28 RFA CURRENT
2026-27
Jun 17 2026
2026-27
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