Birthday: Apr. 1, 1991
Height: 6' 0 | 185 cm
Weight: 183 lbs | 83 kg
Drafted: 69 overall, 2009 round 3 (
DAL)
Contract: $15,000,000 over 3 years (Cap hit: $5,000,000)
Arrives in Pittsburgh fresh off a Stanley Cup championship with Las Vegas in (22/23)
Continues to play with pace. Can be a threat off the rush. Has the hockey sense to find quiet ice / open lanes in the offensive zone.
Used in all situations last season. Averaged 16:58 TOI. Credited with 69 hits and 32 shot blocks. Motion player who disrupts the play by getting in shooting lanes or jumping to loose pucks ahead of opponents. There are nights he looks like he should be a 35 goal scorer. There are also nights his detail ranges and his energy could go to another level.
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Elite Prospects| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
|---|
| 2022-23 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 78 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 11 | 16 |
| 2021-22 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 56 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 4 | 8 |
- Compete/Consistency: 85
- Defensive Zone Starts: 79
- Hockey IQ: 84
- Offensive Zone Starts: 88
- Penalty Kill: 76
- Power Play: 79
- Physicality: 60
- Puck Moving/Passing: 78
- Shot: 80
- Skating: 86
Weighting
- 20%: Compete/Consistency, Hockey IQ, Skating
- 12%: Puck Moving/Passing
- 8%: Shot
- 4%: Defensive Zone Starts, Offensive Zone Starts, Penalty Kill, Power Play, Physicality
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