Birthday: Sep. 10, 1988
Height: 6' 3 | 193 cm
Weight: 220 lbs | 100 kg
Drafted: 2 overall, 2006 round 1 (
PIT)
Contract: $11,600,000 over 4 years (Cap hit: $2,900,000)
Long time Hurricane. Captain of the team. Leads by example. Leans 3F at this stage of his career. Has never been a burner, but he keeps up to the pace of the NHL game by positioning himself appropriately in all three zones.
Responsible. Takes the majority of the key face-offs. Took an incredible 1474 draws in (22/23) and won 55.70% of them.
Plays a heavy / physical game. Credited with 155 hits last season.
Provides better than secondary offense. Averaging 16:16 TOI - 13:16 ES - 0:13 PP - 2:46 PK
Big body. Hard to move off the puck along the wall and out front the net.
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Elite Prospects| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
|---|
| 2022-23 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 32 |
| 2021-22 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 78 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 18 |
- Compete/Consistency: 86
- Defensive Zone Starts: 88
- Hockey IQ: 90
- Offensive Zone Starts: 78
- Penalty Kill: 84
- Power Play: 60
- Physicality: 90
- Puck Moving/Passing: 79
- Shot: 79
- Skating: 66
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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