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Status: Pro 100%
Age / YOB: 34 (1992)
Contract: $1,000,000 × 2y NTC
Expires: UFA 2028
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Free Agent · Jun 2026
Drafted: 2010 Rd 6 (#151) MIN
Vitals: 6'0" · 202 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 488 fwds

CK 80 76th

FG 99 100th

DI 75 11th

SK 76 46th

ST 76 70th

EN 56 10th

DU 90 60th

PH 62 27th

FO 85 85th

PA 60 28th

SC 62 33rd

DF 75 68th

PS 25 34th

EX 68 54th

LD 69 51st

OV 65 31st

Contract

Cap hit $1,000,000 $1.00M remaining

Year 1 of 2

2026-27

2027-28

Expiry Status

UFA

2028 age 36

Clauses NTC

Stats

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2019-20	MIN	81	16	18	34	0.42	-4	56	2	2	0	132	12.1%	131
2020-21	MIN	78	11	16	27	0.35	-5	52	4	5	0	122	9.0%	96
2021-22	MIN	81	14	14	28	0.35	-16	40	1	3	0	113	12.4%	181
2022-23	OTT	67	1	4	5	0.07	-8	12	0	0	0	34	2.9%	42
2024-25	BUF	82	3	2	5	0.06	-4	34	1	0	0	46	6.5%	66
2025-26	BUF	81	4	5	9	0.11	-10	31	0	1	0	43	9.3%	38
CAREER	6 yrs	470	49	59	108	0.23	-47	225	8	11	0	--	10.0%	554

OTHL Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2022-23	OTT	9	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	0	0	4	0.0%	3
2024-25	BUF	12	1	0	1	0.08	+1	4	0	0	0	8	12.5%	8
CAREER	2 app.	21	1	0	1	0.05	+1	6	0	0	0	--	8.3%	11

2026-27 Regular Season

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Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S	TOI
2026-27	BUF	4	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	1	7:23
On Pace	-	82	0	0	0	-62	82	0	0	0	21	-

NHL Career Stats
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2014-15	TOR	16	1	1	2	0.13	+1	9	0	0	0	5.9%	6:29
2015-16	TOR	3	0	0	0	0.00	-2	4	0	0	0	0.0%	11:28
2018-19	ANH	6	0	1	1	0.17	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0%	10:13
2019-20	ANH	9	1	1	2	0.22	-3	0	0	0	0	6.3%	13:46
2020-21	ANH	13	2	4	6	0.46	+4	28	0	0	1	8.7%	12:55
2021-22	ANH	64	11	8	19	0.30	-12	85	0	0	0	13.8%	11:28
2022-23	ANH	52	3	4	7	0.13	-17	86	0	0	0	6.0%	10:34
2023-24	ANH	61	8	3	11	0.18	-11	90	0	1	1	10.4%	12:38
2023-24	EDM	16	2	3	5	0.31	0	12	0	0	0	13.3%	10:41
2024-25	NYR	80	6	14	20	0.25	+5	58	2	0	0	7.1%	11:56
2025-26	NYR	60	4	6	10	0.17	-2	53	0	0	0	7.1%	10:25
2025-26	BUF	13	5	1	6	0.46	+4	12	1	0	0	26.3%	10:45
2026-27	BUF	4	0	0	0	0.00	-3	4	0	0	0	0.0%	7:23
Career	NHL	397	43	46	89	0.22	-37	443	3	1	2	9.6%	-

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
2019-20	27	C	MIN	65	68	59	65	68	80	83	69	80	64	71	61	67	46	46	63
2020-21	28	C	MIN	70	68	76	65	68	76	79	67	80	61	70	63	67	46	46	62
2021-22	29	C	MIN	87	45	42	65	74	63	74	67	70	75	68	69	25	48	48	64
2022-23	30	C	OTT	84	99	64	70	78	59	79	60	72	61	70	72	25	57	57	64
2023-24	31	C	BUF	84	99	56	70	76	57	78	60	75	58	57	74	25	60	60	63
2024-25	32	C	BUF	87	99	64	70	75	62	84	69	88	58	64	83	25	64	64	66
2025-26	33	C	BUF	82	77	79	71	74	61	97	62	88	64	58	76	25	66	67	65
2026-27	34	C/R	BUF	80	99	75	76	76	56	90	62	85	60	62	75	25	68	69	65

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2019-20	27	C	MIN	65	68	59	65	68	80	83	69	80	64	71	61	67	46	46	63
2020-21	28	C	MIN	+5	·	+17	·	·	−4	−4	−2	·	−3	−1	+2	·	·	·	−1
2021-22	29	C	MIN	+17	−23	−34	·	+6	−13	−5	·	−10	+14	−2	+6	−42	+2	+2	+2
2022-23	30	C	OTT	−3	+54	+22	+5	+4	−4	+5	−7	+2	−14	+2	+3	·	+9	+9	·
2023-24	31	C	BUF	·	·	−8	·	−2	−2	−1	·	+3	−3	−13	+2	·	+3	+3	−1
2024-25	32	C	BUF	+3	·	+8	·	−1	+5	+6	+9	+13	·	+7	+9	·	+4	+4	+3
2025-26	33	C	BUF	−5	−22	+15	+1	−1	−1	+13	−7	·	+6	−6	−7	·	+2	+3	−1
2026-27	34	C/R	BUF	−2	+22	−4	+5	+2	−5	−7	·	−3	−4	+4	−1	·	+2	+2	·

Starting	Team	Salary	Length	Cap %	Age	Signed as
2019-20	MIN	$631,667	3 yr	0.8%	27	ELC	Rookie
2021-22	MIN	$750,000	1 yr	0.9%	29	ELC
2022-23	OTT	$750,000	1 yr	0.9%	30	UFA
2023-24	BUF	$775,000	3 yr	0.9%	31	UFA
2026-27	BUF	$1,000,000	2 yr	1.0%	34	UFA	CURRENT

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