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Eric Robinson

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Carolina Hurricanes
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years ($1.7M CapHit)
Height	6'2"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	220	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Age (DOB)	30 (June 14, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 8, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Activated from IR
Oct 28, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Placed on IR
Jun 20, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 4 years @ $1.700M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2024	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $950K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 28, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 2 years @ $1.600M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jan 27, 2020	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 2 years @ $975K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jun 25, 2019	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 1 year @ $874K AAV starting in 2019-20
Mar 26, 2018	Columbus Blue Jackets	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
2017-18	CBJ	1	-2.39	-1.68	-1.60	-1.98	-2.23	-2.00	-	3.91
2018-19	CBJ	13	-2.39	-1.62	-1.57	-3.49	-0.59	1.78	-	0.98
2019-20	CBJ	50	-0.75	-1.08	0.15	0.30	0.52	0.28	-	0.79
2020-21	CBJ	56	-0.36	-0.39	-0.39	-0.69	-0.97	2.07	-	0.92
2021-22	CBJ	67	0.51	1.26	-0.49	-0.58	0.70	1.13	1.80	0.65
2022-23	CBJ	72	0.44	-0.16	0.61	-0.03	-0.44	1.45	1.70	0.82
2023-24	BUF, CBJ	47	-0.62	0.12	-0.94	-1.84	0.01	1.44	0.46	0.29
2024-25	CAR	82	0.19	0.55	-0.40	-0.23	1.19	2.14	0.76	0.36
2025-26	CAR	67	-0.52	-1.31	0.98	0.42	0.89	3.32	1.18	1.40

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2017-18	CBJ	1	-0.50	-1.41	-2.02	5.31	3.90	-4.55	-
2018-19	CBJ	13	-0.82	-1.84	-1.98	-0.28	-1.46	-1.52	-
2019-20	CBJ	50	-1.11	-2.05	-1.93	0.83	-0.46	-2.09	-
2020-21	CBJ	56	-0.95	-2.08	-0.42	1.31	0.54	-1.74	-
2021-22	CBJ	67	-0.60	-1.93	1.59	0.21	-0.26	-0.88	-
2022-23	CBJ	72	-0.50	-1.89	1.64	-1.07	-0.74	0.80	-
2023-24	BUF, CBJ	47	-0.91	-1.86	-1.23	-1.07	-0.21	1.82	-
2024-25	CAR	82	-0.51	-1.97	-0.98	-0.02	-0.32	-0.28	-
2025-26	CAR	67	-1.22	-1.82	-0.33	-1.02	-0.80	0.64	-

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.
2017-18	CBJ	1	11:05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.73	-0.73	0.00	6.75	-6.75	0.00	0.00
2018-19	CBJ	13	148:09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.87	-0.87	0.00	12.00	-12.00	7.69	3.85
2019-20	CBJ	50	519:22	0.81	0.58	1.39	0.73	0.07	10.29	9.35	0.95	4.44	7.78
2020-21	CBJ	56	617:08	0.49	0.97	1.46	0.67	-0.19	7.35	10.19	-2.83	8.16	3.06
2021-22	CBJ	67	752:47	0.56	1.12	1.67	0.70	-0.14	8.64	10.80	-2.15	6.25	8.04
2022-23	CBJ	72	810:51	0.74	0.74	1.48	0.78	-0.04	11.24	11.90	-0.66	6.67	5.83
2023-24	CBJ	7	79:35	0.75	0.00	0.75	0.40	0.35	14.29	7.66	6.62	0.00	0.00
2023-24	BUF	40	419:57	0.29	1.00	1.29	0.92	-0.64	3.92	12.68	-8.76	7.79	9.09
2023-24	BUF, CBJ	47	499:32	0.36	0.84	1.20	0.84	-0.48	5.17	12.07	-6.90	6.90	8.05
2024-25	CAR	82	931:56	0.77	1.16	1.93	0.84	-0.06	11.65	12.63	-0.98	5.70	10.76
2025-26	CAR	67	680:08	0.97	0.44	1.41	0.90	0.07	14.29	13.24	1.04	7.81	10.94

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
2017-18	CBJ	1	11:05	59.55	5.41	2.93	32.48	0.00	4.32	100.00	40.44	1.16	1.77	-0.57
2018-19	CBJ	13	148:09	36.04	0.40	2.08	34.83	2.02	1.95	16.67	51.53	-0.53	-0.55	0.55
2019-20	CBJ	50	519:22	38.93	2.66	2.13	35.24	1.39	1.95	65.71	52.23	-0.17	-0.35	2.16
2020-21	CBJ	56	617:08	39.86	2.33	2.23	38.60	1.94	2.22	54.55	50.06	0.17	-0.25	4.63
2021-22	CBJ	67	752:47	39.37	1.99	2.41	44.08	2.79	2.92	41.67	45.19	0.00	-0.22	1.77
2022-23	CBJ	72	810:51	36.26	1.63	2.23	50.02	3.33	3.20	32.84	41.01	-0.33	0.17	-4.66
2023-24	CBJ	7	79:35	42.22	0.75	2.35	64.08	3.02	3.97	20.00	37.22	0.24	1.37	-7.65
2023-24	BUF	40	419:57	41.58	2.00	2.33	44.01	2.14	2.59	48.28	47.31	-0.30	0.20	-5.11
2023-24	BUF, CBJ	47	499:32	41.68	1.80	2.33	47.20	2.28	2.81	44.12	45.33	-0.22	0.39	-6.04
2024-25	CAR	82	931:56	47.51	3.28	2.84	34.77	2.38	2.35	57.95	54.76	-0.08	0.05	-1.17
2025-26	CAR	67	680:08	46.40	2.38	2.91	34.67	1.94	2.34	55.10	55.37	-0.28	-0.02	-2.07

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 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	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

A great addition last year, Eric Robinson's career year earned him a home in Raleigh at Cardiac Cane (Sun Sep 14, 2025)
Carolina Hurricanes 2025-26 Roster Projection 2.0 at The Hockey Writers (Sun Aug 31, 2025)
The Hurricanes extending Eric Robinson is a good move to preserve the forward depth at Cardiac Cane (Fri Jun 20, 2025)

Current Contract

Eric Robinson signed a $6,800,000 4-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Eric Tulsky on June 20, 2025 with an AAV of $1,700,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2028-29 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.78% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	30	M-NTC	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
2026-27	31	M-NTC	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
2028-29	33	M-NTC	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$6,800,000	$6,800,000	$6,800,000

Signed: June 20, 2025

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Eric Tulsky

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.78

Clause: Player has an 8 team no trade list for 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28. Player has an 8 team no trade list in 2028-29 if he plays 3/4 of teams games and averages 12 minutes ice time per game in 2027-28.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Eric Robinson signed a $950,000 1-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Eric Tulsky on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $950,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.08% 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	29		$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Eric Tulsky

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.08

Eric Robinson signed a $3,200,000 2-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on July 28, 2021 with an AAV of $1,600,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.94% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
2023-24	28	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	$3,200,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.94

Eric Robinson signed a $1,950,000 2-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on January 27, 2020 with an AAV of $975,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.20% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$975,000	$975,000	-	-	$975,000	$975,000	$975,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$975,000	$975,000	-	-	$975,000	$975,000	$975,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	$1,950,000

Signed: Jan 27, 2020

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.2

Eric Robinson signed a $874,125 1-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on June 25, 2019 with an AAV of $874,125. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.07% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	24		$874,125	$874,125	-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000	10.2(c)
Total					-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000

Signed: June 25, 2019

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.07

Eric Robinson signed a $1,850,000 2-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on March 26, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.23% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	22	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	23	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: Mar 26, 2018

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

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
2009-10	AYHL 14U	Philadelphia Flyers Elite 14UAAA	37	8	18	26		14
2010-11	AYHL 16UA	Virtua Hockey 16UA AAA	20	8	13	21		4
2011-12	T1EHL U16	Virtua Hockey 16U	40	6	10	16		8
2012-13	T1EHL U18	Virtua Hockey 18U	40	16	26	42
2013-14	USHL	Dubuque Fighting Saints	50	8	16	24	-1	24
2013-14	JCWC	Dubuque Fighting Saints										4					2
2014-15	NCAA	Princeton Univ.	27	2	2	4	-17	8
2015-16	NCAA	Princeton Univ.	31	7	4	11	-13	10
2016-17	NCAA	Princeton Univ.	34	13	8	21	-3	12
2017-18	NCAA	Princeton Univ.	36	17	14	31	+4	44
2017-18	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	1	0	0	0	+1		2	0.0	11:21
2018-19	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	45	12	12	24	+3	15
2018-19	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	13	0	0	0	-4		18	0.0	11:50
2019-20	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	14	3	2	5	+2	6
2019-20	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	50	7	5	12	+10	12	69	10.1	10:57	10	1		1			14	7.1	8:48
2020-21	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	56	8	10	18	+6	4	75	10.7	12:24
2020-21	WC	USA	10	0	3	3	+1	2
2021-22	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	67	10	17	27	-1	18	104	9.6	13:54
2022-23	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	72	12	12	24	-21	6	98	12.2	13:57
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	40	2	7	9		19	52	3.8	11:00
2023-24	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	9	1	3	4	+3
2023-24	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	7	1	0	1	-3		9	11.1	13:15
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	14	18	32	+14	10	110	12.7	12:16	15	1	2	3	-3	2	23	4.3	11:25
2025-26	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	67	12	6	18	+7	8	84	14.3	11:26	8		2	2	+1	4	13	0.0	9:57
NHL Career			455	66	75	141	+9	77	621	10.6	12:24	33	2	4	6	-2	6	50	4.0	10:16