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Erik
Aaron Ekblad Adrian Kempe Aleksander Barkov Alex Tuch Blake Lizotte Brandon Hagel Colin Miller Daylan Kuefler Dmitry Kuzmin Erik Cernak Ethan Bear Filip Bystedt Gustav Nyquist Jagger Firkus Jeff Petry Jonas Siegenthaler Josh Jacobs Kyle Burroughs MacKenzie Entwistle Noah Warren Reid Schaefer Ryan Donato Ryan Hartman Ryan Lomberg Sam Lafferty Zachary L'Heureux Andrei Vasilevskiy Cal Petersen Jakub Dobes
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
29 (1997)
Contract
$5,200,000 × 2y
Expires
UFA 2028
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
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Drafted
2015 Rd 2 (#57) TOR
Vitals
6'4" · 230 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 258 d-men
CK 83 90th
FG 67 77th
DI 67 7th
SK 79 73rd
ST 87 96th
EN 72 42nd
DU 81 42nd
PH 62 48th
FO 25 98th
PA 50 31st
SC 48 60th
DF 93 92nd
PS 25 69th
EX 72 65th
LD 77 69th
OV 73 76th

Contract

Cap hit $5,200,000 5% of cap
Year 4 of 5
2023-24
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 31
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 NSH 82 6 26 32 0.39 +4 136 3 5 0 89 6.7% 260
2020-21 NSH 63 12 20 32 0.51 +17 82 1 5 0 88 13.6% 152
2021-22 NSH 82 3 31 34 0.41 +28 77 0 0 0 82 3.7% 196
2022-23 NSH 82 6 37 43 0.52 +29 107 1 1 0 115 5.2% 249
2023-24 NSH 82 8 28 36 0.44 +7 148 3 4 0 123 6.5% 290
2024-25 NSH 82 6 26 32 0.39 +21 120 4 3 1 87 6.9% 218
2025-26 NSH 82 12 31 43 0.52 +2 88 1 6 0 80 15.0% 151
CAREER 7 yrs 555 53 199 252 0.45 +108 758 13 24 1 -- 8.0% 1516
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 NSH 11 0 2 2 0.18 0 15 0 0 0 5 0.0% 33
2020-21 NSH 18 3 5 8 0.44 +4 10 0 0 0 29 10.3% 49
2021-22 NSH 11 0 2 2 0.18 +6 27 0 0 0 13 0.0% 37
2022-23 NSH 9 1 3 4 0.44 +3 12 0 0 0 13 7.7% 32
2023-24 NSH 13 0 5 5 0.38 0 18 0 0 0 14 0.0% 48
2024-25 NSH 9 2 2 4 0.44 -4 20 1 1 0 5 40.0% 24
CAREER 6 app. 71 6 19 25 0.35 +9 102 1 1 0 -- 7.6% 223
2026-27 Regular Season
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Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2026-27 TBL 11 0 2 2 +7 2 0 0 0 15 19:00
On Pace - 82 0 15 15 +52 15 0 0 0 112 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2018-19 TBL 58 5 11 16 0.28 +25 58 1 1 1 4.7% 19:15
2019-20 TBL 67 5 7 12 0.18 +11 59 1 0 0 4.0% 18:57
2020-21 TBL 46 5 13 18 0.39 +8 38 0 0 0 5.9% 19:47
2021-22 TBL 55 1 12 13 0.24 +7 46 0 0 0 1.2% 19:09
2022-23 TBL 70 2 14 16 0.23 +8 53 0 0 0 2.3% 19:14
2023-24 TBL 69 2 11 13 0.19 +5 63 0 0 0 3.8% 19:11
2024-25 TBL 76 3 18 21 0.28 +29 50 0 0 0 4.7% 18:16
2025-26 TBL 61 3 8 11 0.18 +3 74 1 0 0 5.7% 17:37
2026-27 TBL 11 0 2 2 0.18 +7 2 0 0 0 0.0% 19:00
Career NHL 513 26 96 122 0.24 +103 443 3 1 1 3.9% -

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Playoff Champion
2019-20 NSH
Larry Robinson Larry Robinson
as Best Defensive Defenseman
2022-23 NSH

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 22 D NSH 99 69 72 73 77 78 86 60 25 55 50 85 25 58 58 70
2020-21 23 D NSH 91 56 75 80 76 76 84 59 25 49 49 89 25 62 63 71
2021-22 24 D NSH 86 46 77 80 85 79 84 62 25 62 51 83 25 64 66 71
2022-23 25 D NSH 95 70 76 82 86 78 76 63 25 56 47 92 25 65 68 73
2023-24 26 D NSH 95 58 78 82 85 78 80 59 25 54 48 90 25 67 71 73
2024-25 27 D NSH 94 78 75 82 86 77 87 63 25 52 48 92 25 69 73 74
2025-26 28 D NSH 86 61 81 80 86 75 93 61 25 58 48 88 25 70 74 73
2026-27 29 D NSH 83 67 67 79 87 72 81 62 25 50 48 93 25 72 77 73
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2019-20 22 D NSH 99 69 72 73 77 78 86 60 25 55 50 85 25 58 58 70
2020-21 23 D NSH −8 −13 +3 +7 −1 −2 −2 −1 · −6 −1 +4 · +4 +5 +1
2021-22 24 D NSH −5 −10 +2 · +9 +3 · +3 · +13 +2 −6 · +2 +3 ·
2022-23 25 D NSH +9 +24 −1 +2 +1 −1 −8 +1 · −6 −4 +9 · +1 +2 +2
2023-24 26 D NSH · −12 +2 · −1 · +4 −4 · −2 +1 −2 · +2 +3 ·
2024-25 27 D NSH −1 +20 −3 · +1 −1 +7 +4 · −2 · +2 · +2 +2 +1
2025-26 28 D NSH −8 −17 +6 −2 · −2 +6 −2 · +6 · −4 · +1 +1 −1
2026-27 29 D NSH −3 +6 −14 −1 +1 −3 −12 +1 · −8 · +5 · +2 +3 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2019-20 NSH $890,000 3 yr 1.1% 22 ELC Rookie
2022-23 NSH $2,950,000 1 yr 3.6% 25 RFA
2023-24 NSH $5,200,000 5 yr 6.2% 26 RFA CURRENT
2018-19
Dec 1 2018
2018-19
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