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Brady Skjei

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Nashville Predators
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	7 years ($7.0M CapHit)
Height	6'3"	Expires	2030-31
Weight (lbs)	210	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	37
Age (DOB)	32 (Mar 26, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2012, Round 1, Overall 28 (NYR)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2024	Nashville Predators	Signed 7 years @ $7.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 28, 2018	New York Rangers	Signed 6 years @ $5.250M AAV starting in 2018-19
Apr 1, 2015	New York Rangers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	NYR	7	-1.49	-1.46	-0.82	-2.79	-	-0.89	-	2.42
2016-17	NYR	80	2.28	2.94	0.08	0.54	-	0.94	-	-0.97
2017-18	NYR	82	-0.07	0.00	-0.37	-1.06	-	-0.51	-	-0.38
2018-19	NYR	78	0.00	-0.52	0.73	0.70	-	2.68	-	0.73
2019-20	CAR, NYR	67	0.97	-0.16	1.94	0.75	-	-0.32	-	-1.75
2020-21	CAR	52	-0.69	-0.84	-0.06	-0.15	-	0.49	-	-0.15
2021-22	CAR	82	2.74	2.57	1.37	0.38	-	0.27	0.57	0.73
2022-23	CAR	81	1.00	-0.04	2.47	1.03	-	-0.52	0.37	-0.81
2023-24	CAR	80	1.09	0.21	1.93	0.55	-	1.91	0.64	1.00
2024-25	NSH	82	0.00	-0.37	0.49	0.17	-	0.19	0.55	0.09
2025-26	NSH	82	-0.69	-0.49	-0.72	-0.86	-	-0.70	0.11	0.59

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	NYR	7	-0.56	-1.28	-0.11	-1.83	-0.14	2.76	-
2016-17	NYR	80	-0.87	-0.21	-1.90	1.06	0.18	-1.44	-
2017-18	NYR	82	0.57	-0.35	-0.47	0.66	0.68	-0.29	-
2018-19	NYR	78	0.75	-1.50	0.19	0.07	0.32	0.31	-
2019-20	CAR, NYR	67	0.89	-1.67	0.41	-0.21	0.69	1.16	-
2020-21	CAR	52	0.58	-1.57	0.91	-0.85	-1.18	0.05	-
2021-22	CAR	82	0.84	-1.41	0.36	-0.82	-0.09	1.22	-
2022-23	CAR	81	0.88	-0.59	0.46	-0.79	-0.49	0.75	-
2023-24	CAR	80	0.47	-0.56	0.30	-0.89	-0.60	0.71	-
2024-25	NSH	82	0.40	-0.02	0.69	-0.60	0.24	1.32	-
2025-26	NSH	82	0.66	-0.45	1.13	-0.69	-0.18	1.09	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	NYR	7	95:52	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	-0.17	0.00	6.84	-6.84	0.00	0.00
2016-17	NYR	80	1184:22	0.25	1.17	1.42	0.20	0.06	4.85	3.74	1.11	2.17	2.17
2017-18	NYR	82	1405:52	0.13	0.55	0.68	0.25	-0.12	2.50	4.89	-2.39	0.62	0.62
2018-19	NYR	78	1361:30	0.26	0.57	0.84	0.21	0.06	5.61	4.41	1.20	4.11	0.68
2019-20	CAR	7	116:41	0.00	0.51	0.51	0.29	-0.29	0.00	4.40	-4.40	0.00	6.25
2019-20	NYR	60	1034:10	0.41	0.75	1.16	0.25	0.15	6.36	3.98	2.38	0.69	2.08
2019-20	CAR, NYR	67	1150:51	0.36	0.73	1.09	0.26	0.11	5.69	4.03	1.66	0.62	2.50
2020-21	CAR	52	900:26	0.20	0.40	0.60	0.23	-0.03	3.12	3.63	-0.50	1.56	2.34
2021-22	CAR	82	1431:45	0.38	1.17	1.55	0.32	0.05	5.33	4.57	0.75	1.27	4.24
2022-23	CAR	81	1432:33	0.46	0.67	1.13	0.31	0.16	6.88	4.56	2.31	0.41	4.12
2023-24	CAR	80	1343:59	0.40	0.67	1.07	0.28	0.12	5.88	4.14	1.74	2.99	4.27
2024-25	NSH	82	1397:30	0.26	0.52	0.77	0.24	0.02	4.62	4.27	0.34	0.56	3.91
2025-26	NSH	82	1421:12	0.08	0.63	0.72	0.17	-0.09	2.25	4.56	-2.31	0.00	3.08

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	NYR	7	95:52	35.05	1.25	1.98	48.82	1.88	2.97	40.00	40.02	-0.29	0.50	-7.92
2016-17	NYR	80	1184:22	40.33	3.14	2.36	38.75	2.43	2.26	56.36	51.15	0.07	-0.18	2.72
2017-18	NYR	82	1405:52	41.95	1.75	2.54	46.69	2.82	2.66	38.32	48.86	0.24	-0.07	3.11
2018-19	NYR	78	1361:30	39.71	2.38	2.40	46.05	2.47	2.74	49.09	46.73	-0.04	0.03	-0.68
2019-20	CAR	7	116:41	44.74	2.57	2.63	42.17	4.63	2.79	35.71	48.50	-0.03	0.59	-6.20
2019-20	NYR	60	1034:10	43.75	2.49	2.62	48.39	3.25	2.89	43.43	47.52	0.07	0.17	-0.84
2019-20	CAR, NYR	67	1150:51	43.85	2.50	2.62	47.76	3.39	2.88	42.48	47.62	0.06	0.22	-1.34
2020-21	CAR	52	900:26	41.38	2.13	2.50	37.72	1.87	2.50	53.33	50.02	-0.37	0.07	-4.14
2021-22	CAR	82	1431:45	48.44	3.02	3.04	40.86	2.05	2.73	59.50	52.65	-0.07	0.32	-3.68
2022-23	CAR	81	1432:33	49.30	2.47	2.89	35.73	2.43	2.32	50.43	55.50	-0.23	0.27	-4.83
2023-24	CAR	80	1343:59	48.53	2.14	2.69	37.55	2.01	2.36	51.61	53.18	-0.32	0.23	-5.29
2024-25	NSH	82	1397:30	41.35	1.89	2.43	43.71	3.09	2.74	37.93	46.99	0.05	0.42	-3.63
2025-26	NSH	82	1421:12	39.60	2.49	2.51	44.88	2.66	2.81	48.36	47.21	-0.02	0.13	-1.33

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

O'Reilly could be on table for Nashville Predators in this trade with the Devils at Pred Lines (Wed Mar 4, 2026)
3 Takeaways From the Predators’ 3-2 Overtime Loss to the Stars at The Hockey Writers (Sun Mar 1, 2026)
Barry Trotz’s Biggest Moves as Predators’ GM at The Hockey Writers (Fri Feb 6, 2026)
Re-Drafting the 2012 NHL Entry Draft at The Hockey Writers (Wed Dec 10, 2025)
The New Nick Perbix and Brady Skjei Pairing Breakdown at Pred Lines (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-2026 Player Preview: Brady Skjei Bounces Back at Pred Lines (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
A Trade a Day: With their blueline depleting fast, the Canes took a big swing at the 2020 deadline at Cardiac Cane (Mon Aug 11, 2025)

Current Contract

Brady Skjei signed a $49,000,000 7-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager Barry Trotz on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $7,000,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2030-31 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.95% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	30	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2025-26	31	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$7,500,000	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	UFA
2026-27	32	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2027-28	33	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$5,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2028-29	34	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$5,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2029-30	35	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2030-31	36	NMC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	$49,000,000	$49,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: Barry Trotz

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.95

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Brady Skjei signed a $31,500,000 6-year contract with the New York Rangers and General Manager Jeff Gorton on July 28, 2018 with an AAV of $5,250,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.60% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	24		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,700,000	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	25		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	26		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	27	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	UFA
2022-23	28	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	UFA
2023-24	29	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	UFA
Total					-	$3,000,000	$28,500,000	$31,500,000	$31,500,000

Signed: July 28, 2018

Team: New York Rangers

GM: Jeff Gorton

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.6

Clause: Starting in 2021-22 player can submit a 10 team no trade list.

Brady Skjei signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the New York Rangers and General Manager Glen Sather on April 1, 2015 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.30% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	21	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	22	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	23	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Apr 1, 2015

Team: New York Rangers

GM: Glen Sather

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2008-09	USHS-MN	Lakeville North High	25	2	12	14		6
2009-10	High-MN	Lakeville North	30	11	18	29		20				5	4	2	6		6
2010-11	U-17	USNTDP	17	4	9	13		10
2010-11	USHL	USNTDP	36	1	5	6	-14	14				2				-3
2011-12	U-18	USNTDP	36	1	10	11		24
2011-12	USHL	USNTDP	24	3	9	12		12
2011-12	WJ18-A	USA	6	0	1	1	+10	4
2012-13	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	36	1	2	3		14
2013-14	Big Ten	U. of Minnesota	40	6	8	14		30
2013-14	WJC-A	USA	5	0	1	1	+5		4
2014-15	Big Ten	U. of Minnesota	33	1	9	10		32
2014-15	AHL	Hartford	8	0	0	0	+2		5	0.0		15	1	2	3	-3	16	15	670.0
2015-16	AHL	Hartford	68	4	24	28	-6	36	103	390.0
2015-16	WC-A	USA	10	1	0	1	+2	2	10	1,000.0
2015-16	WC	USA	10	1	0	1	-3	2
2015-16	NHL	New York Rangers	7	0	0	0	+1	4	6	0.0	17:44	5		2	2	+1	2	6	0.0	18:28
2016-17	WC	USA	3	0	1	1	+3
2016-17	NHL	New York Rangers	80	5	34	39	+11	42	127	3.9	17:28	12	4	1	5	+6	10	19	21.0	19:15
2017-18	NHL	New York Rangers	82	4	21	25	-27	39	153	2.6	21:02
2018-19	NHL	New York Rangers	78	8	17	25	-4	44	126	6.4	21:14
2018-19	WC	USA	8	2	0	2	+5	2
2019-20	NHL	New York Rangers	60	8	15	23	-6	41	124	6.5	20:41
2019-20	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	7	0	1	1	-4	4	15	0.0	20:50	8		2	2	+6	4	12	0.0	21:26
2020-21	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	52	3	7	10	+6	30	104	2.9	20:44	11				-2	8	19	0.0	24:12
2021-22	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	9	30	39	+22	48	184	4.9	21:09	14	1	2	3	-1	8	32	3.1	21:20
2022-23	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	81	18	20	38	+7	40	188	9.6	21:49	15	1	3	4	-2	12	28	3.6	23:46
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	80	13	34	47	+15	40	185	7.0	21:17	11	1	8	9	+5	6	24	4.2	21:21
2024-25	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	10	23	33	-24	42	156	6.4	21:53
2024-25	WC	USA	10	1	2	3	+6	4
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	0	0	0
2025-26	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	3	23	26	-7	40	111	2.7	22:37
NHL Career			773	81	225	306	-10	414	1479	5.5	20:59	76	7	18	25	+13	50	140	5.0	21:43