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C/L/R · Buffalo Sabres Sabres · USA
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
29 (1997)
Contract
$7,000,000 × 3y
Expires
UFA 2029
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Jul 2024
Drafted
2016 Rd 2 (#32) VAN
Vitals
6'6" · 220 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 494 fwds
CK 75 54th
FG 55 65th
DI 87 48th
SK 84 83rd
ST 85 95th
EN 80 89th
DU 99 100th
PH 93 97th
FO 77 74th
PA 83 89th
SC 92 96th
DF 68 44th
PS 67 83rd
EX 72 66th
LD 72 61st
OV 78 96th

Contract

Cap hit $7,000,000 6.7% of cap
Year 3 of 5
2024-25
2026-27
2028-29
Expiry Status
UFA
2029 age 32
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 MIN 17 1 1 2 0.12 -14 2 0 0 0 20 5.0% 1
2020-21 MIN / BOS 16 1 0 1 0.06 -3 4 1 0 0 17 5.9% 9
2021-22 BUF 53 2 4 6 0.11 -1 0 0 0 0 37 5.4% 19
2022-23 BUF 68 22 25 47 0.69 +17 27 1 4 0 217 10.1% 59
2023-24 BUF 82 31 30 61 0.74 +16 24 10 3 0 292 10.6% 85
2024-25 BUF 82 21 27 48 0.59 +9 35 3 2 0 212 9.9% 114
2025-26 BUF 82 29 29 58 0.71 -5 54 6 10 0 229 12.7% 111
CAREER 7 yrs 400 107 116 223 0.56 +19 146 21 19 0 -- 10.4% 398
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2021-22 BUF 7 1 1 2 0.29 +1 0 0 0 0 3 33.3% 1
2022-23 BUF 5 2 3 5 1.00 0 4 0 1 0 15 13.3% 8
2023-24 BUF 22 7 5 12 0.55 +1 4 2 1 0 55 12.7% 16
2024-25 BUF 12 1 5 6 0.50 +1 4 0 0 0 29 3.4% 10
CAREER 4 app. 46 11 14 25 0.54 +3 12 2 2 0 -- 10.8% 35
2026-27 Regular Season
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Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2026-27 BUF 11 5 4 9 +1 4 0 1 2 45 19:43
On Pace - 82 37 30 67 +7 30 0 7 15 335 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2017-18 STL 41 3 6 9 0.22 -12 12 0 0 1 5.5% 11:55
2018-19 BUF 65 7 5 12 0.18 -22 20 0 1 1 6.5% 12:08
2019-20 BUF 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 - 6:59
2020-21 BUF 38 8 6 14 0.37 -6 17 0 2 3 8.3% 13:52
2021-22 BUF 78 38 30 68 0.87 -17 37 4 10 16 15.0% 17:53
2022-23 BUF 78 47 47 94 1.21 +4 39 7 20 34 15.9% 18:35
2023-24 BUF 71 29 27 56 0.79 -1 43 3 9 16 11.8% 18:07
2024-25 BUF 76 44 28 72 0.95 -2 35 6 7 16 18.2% 18:45
2025-26 BUF 81 40 41 81 1.00 -6 35 5 6 24 14.7% 19:15
2026-27 BUF 11 5 4 9 0.82 +1 4 0 1 2 11.1% 19:43
Career NHL 540 221 194 415 0.77 -61 242 25 56 113 13.7% -

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
2018-19 21 C VAN 75 44 90 72 78 62 61 67 28 62 58 60 25 47 47 61
2019-20 22 LW MIN 75 44 90 78 79 62 87 65 45 58 60 63 63 51 51 63
2020-21 23 LW BUF 81 79 85 78 79 63 63 65 50 59 65 70 62 52 52 64
2021-22 24 LW BUF 69 44 86 78 84 66 57 67 32 63 72 63 53 56 56 64
2022-23 25 C BUF 71 54 86 83 85 78 84 81 78 79 92 72 80 61 61 75
2023-24 26 C BUF 69 54 85 83 84 79 95 89 76 86 96 67 75 65 65 77
2024-25 27 C BUF 75 55 87 85 84 78 92 86 78 80 93 66 74 67 67 76
2025-26 28 C BUF 73 54 86 83 85 79 93 82 75 78 95 62 57 70 70 75
2026-27 29 C/L/R BUF 75 55 87 84 85 80 99 93 77 83 92 68 67 72 72 78
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2018-19 21 C VAN 75 44 90 72 78 62 61 67 28 62 58 60 25 47 47 61
2019-20 22 LW MIN · · · +6 +1 · +26 −2 +17 −4 +2 +3 +38 +4 +4 +2
2020-21 23 LW BUF +6 +35 −5 · · +1 −24 · +5 +1 +5 +7 −1 +1 +1 +1
2021-22 24 LW BUF −12 −35 +1 · +5 +3 −6 +2 −18 +4 +7 −7 −9 +4 +4 ·
2022-23 25 C BUF +2 +10 · +5 +1 +12 +27 +14 +46 +16 +20 +9 +27 +5 +5 +11
2023-24 26 C BUF −2 · −1 · −1 +1 +11 +8 −2 +7 +4 −5 −5 +4 +4 +2
2024-25 27 C BUF +6 +1 +2 +2 · −1 −3 −3 +2 −6 −3 −1 −1 +2 +2 −1
2025-26 28 C BUF −2 −1 −1 −2 +1 +1 +1 −4 −3 −2 +2 −4 −17 +3 +3 −1
2026-27 29 C/L/R BUF +2 +1 +1 +1 · +1 +6 +11 +2 +5 −3 +6 +10 +2 +2 +3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2018-19 VAN $1,137,500 3 yr 1.4% 21 ELC Rookie
2021-22 BUF $1,400,000 3 yr 1.7% 24 RFA
2024-25 BUF $7,000,000 5 yr 8.0% 27 RFA CURRENT
2019-20
Feb 9 2020
2019-20
to WILD
to CANUCKS
2020-21
Dec 3 2020
2020-21
to BRUINS
  • Tage Thompson 64
to WILD
Jan 7 2021
2020-21
to SABRES
to BRUINS
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