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Erik Johnson

Position	Right Defense	Current Team
Shoots	Right	Current Contract
Height	6'4"	Expires
Weight (lbs)	225	Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age	37 (Mar 21, 1988)	Expiry Status
Drafted	2006, Round 1, Overall 1 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 7, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Acquired from Philadelphia Flyers
Mar 7, 2025	Philadelphia Flyers	Traded to Colorado Avalanche
Jul 1, 2024	Philadelphia Flyers	Signed 1 year @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 1, 2023	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $3.250M AAV starting in 2023-24
Sep 22, 2015	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 7 years @ $6.000M AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 3, 2012	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 4 years @ $3.750M AAV starting in 2012-13
Aug 2, 2010	St. Louis Blues	Signed 2 years @ $2.600M AAV starting in 2010-11
May 14, 2007	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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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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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	COL	73	1220:19	0.30	0.54	0.84	0.32	-0.02	4.62	4.95	-0.33	2.34	3.51
2016-17	COL	46	746:47	0.08	0.32	0.40	0.24	-0.16	1.52	4.50	-2.98	1.12	3.37
2017-18	COL	62	1149:47	0.37	0.47	0.83	0.26	0.10	5.47	3.96	1.51	1.90	0.63
2018-19	COL	80	1368:51	0.18	0.57	0.75	0.24	-0.07	3.33	4.62	-1.28	1.24	2.48
2019-20	COL	59	944:27	0.13	0.83	0.95	0.23	-0.10	2.41	4.34	-1.93	0.86	3.45
2020-21	COL	4	36:36	0.00	1.64	1.64	0.09	-0.09	0.00	1.78	-1.78	0.00	0.00
2021-22	COL	77	1047:15	0.34	0.69	1.03	0.27	0.07	5.00	3.97	1.03	1.30	1.95
2022-23	COL	63	929:49	0.00	0.45	0.45	0.25	-0.25	0.00	4.24	-4.24	0.83	0.83
2023-24	BUF	50	525:04	0.34	0.00	0.34	0.15	0.19	9.09	3.95	5.14	2.13	6.38
2023-24	PHI	17	259:14	0.46	0.23	0.69	0.16	0.30	11.11	3.79	7.32	0.00	4.35
2023-24	BUF, PHI	67	784:18	0.38	0.08	0.46	0.15	0.23	9.80	3.89	5.91	1.43	5.71
2024-25	COL	14	198:54	0.00	0.30	0.30	0.13	-0.13	0.00	2.03	-2.03	0.00	0.00
2024-25	PHI	22	251:00	0.24	0.24	0.48	0.16	0.08	7.14	4.72	2.42	0.00	0.00
2024-25	COL, PHI	36	449:54	0.13	0.27	0.40	0.14	-0.01	2.86	3.11	-0.25	0.00	0.00

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	COL	73	1220:19	38.65	1.97	2.06	43.42	2.46	2.56	44.44	44.53	0.01	-0.09	0.99
2016-17	COL	46	746:47	42.34	2.01	2.34	41.94	2.89	2.48	40.98	48.56	0.33	0.30	0.61
2017-18	COL	62	1149:47	40.81	2.56	2.39	43.52	2.56	2.38	50.00	50.04	0.24	-0.11	3.80
2018-19	COL	80	1368:51	40.76	2.24	2.44	44.10	2.67	2.57	45.54	48.74	-0.12	0.24	-3.56
2019-20	COL	59	944:27	43.90	2.67	2.54	43.96	2.10	2.44	56.00	51.00	0.02	0.20	-1.88
2020-21	COL	4	36:36	50.82	3.28	3.75	36.07	0.00	1.63	100.00	69.62	1.60	-0.21	15.82
2021-22	COL	77	1047:15	43.37	3.09	2.62	42.34	2.29	2.58	57.45	50.42	-0.12	0.20	-3.05
2022-23	COL	63	929:49	40.52	2.26	2.44	44.46	2.00	2.66	53.03	47.81	-0.41	0.28	-6.59
2023-24	BUF	50	525:04	37.60	2.40	2.33	44.22	3.20	2.77	42.86	45.66	-0.22	0.40	-6.16
2023-24	PHI	17	259:14	42.59	1.62	2.64	36.11	3.70	2.15	30.43	55.10	0.04	0.00	0.36
2023-24	BUF, PHI	67	784:18	39.25	2.14	2.43	41.54	3.37	2.57	38.89	48.65	-0.13	0.25	-3.82
2024-25	COL	14	198:54	54.90	2.11	3.26	34.39	1.21	1.89	63.64	63.33	0.61	-0.32	8.81
2024-25	PHI	22	251:00	33.94	1.91	1.91	43.27	2.39	2.37	44.44	44.62	-0.43	-0.01	-5.04
2024-25	COL, PHI	36	449:54	43.21	2.00	2.51	39.34	1.87	2.16	51.72	53.75	0.05	-0.16	2.22

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

Deen’s Daily: Erik Johnson Suited for Broadcast Work; Goalie Injuries; NYR Record at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Erik Johnson Lands ESPN Analyst Gig at Colorado Hockey Now (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Jack Johnson Released From PTO With Minnesota at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche former great calls it quits at Mile High Sticking (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Erik Johnson Announces Retirement at Mile High Hockey (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Avs' Johnson retires after 17-year NHL career at ESPN (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
How Erik Johnson Made an Impact on the Avalanche at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Blues’ former No. 1 pick closes the book on his NHL career at Bleedin' Blue (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche Stalwart Erik Johnson Announces Retirement at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Longtime Avalanche Defenseman Erik Johnson Retires at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Successful Avalanche Alumni Game; Erik Johnson Wants to Keep Playing at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
UFA Erik Johnson Still Wants to Play in the NHL at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Erik Johnson is a menace; Makar Tops NHL Network List at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
The worst draft pick the St. Louis Blues have ever made at Bleedin' Blue (Thu Jul 24, 2025)

Current Contract

Player does not currently have a contract.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Erik Johnson signed a $1,000,000 1-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and General Manager Daniel Briere on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $1,000,000. 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 1.14% of the salary cap.

35+ Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	36		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

GM: Daniel Briere

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.14

Erik Johnson signed a $3,250,000 1-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on July 1, 2023 with an AAV of $3,250,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.89% of the salary cap.

35+ Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	35		$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	$1,250,000	$2,000,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,250,000	$2,000,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.89

Erik Johnson signed a $42,000,000 7-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Joe Sakic on September 22, 2015 with an AAV of $6,000,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 8.22% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	28	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2017-18	29	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2018-19	30	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2019-20	31	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2020-21	32	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2021-22	33	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2022-23	34	NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$42,000,000	$42,000,000	$42,000,000

Signed: Sep 22, 2015

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Joe Sakic

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.22

Clause: Player submits a list of 19 teams he can be traded to.

Erik Johnson signed a $15,000,000 4-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Greg Sherman on July 3, 2012 with an AAV of $3,750,000. This contract will start in 2012-13 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.25% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	24		$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	RFA-arb
2013-14	25		$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	RFA-arb
2014-15	26		$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	UFA
2015-16	27	NTC	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	$15,000,000

Signed: July 3, 2012

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Greg Sherman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.25

Clause: NTC in 2015-16 added on Sep. 22, 2015 when player signed a contract extension.

Erik Johnson signed a $5,200,000 2-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on August 2, 2010 with an AAV of $2,600,000. This contract will start in 2010-11 and end after the 2011-12 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.38% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2010-11	22	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	RFA
2011-12	23	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000

Signed: Aug 2, 2010

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 4.38

Erik Johnson signed a $2,550,000 3-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Larry Pleau on May 14, 2007 with an AAV of $850,000. This contract will start in 2007-08 and end after the 2009-10 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.69% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2007-08	19	$850,000	$3,700,000	$2,850,000	-	$850,000	$850,000	$62,500	ELC
2008-09	20	$850,000	$3,700,000	$2,850,000	-	$850,000	$850,000	$62,500	ELC
2009-10	21	$850,000	$3,700,000	$2,850,000	-	$850,000	$850,000	$62,500	ELC
Total				$8,550,000	-	$2,550,000	$2,550,000	$187,500

Signed: May 14, 2007

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Larry Pleau

Exp. Status: RFA

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
2002-03	USHS-MN	Academy of Holy Angels	31	2	9	11		20
2003-04	High-MN	Holy Angels	31	13	21	34
2004-05	NAHL	USNTDP	31	6	6	12		12
2004-05	U-17	USNTDP	26	5	9	14		14
2004-05	WJ18-A	USA	6	0	0	0
2005-06	U-18	USNTDP	36	12	22	34		78
2005-06	NAHL	USNTDP	11	4	11	15		10
2005-06	WJ18-A	USA	6	4	6	10		27
2006-07	WCHA	U. Of Minnesota	41	4	20	24		50
2006-07	WC-A	USA	7	0	2	2		4
2006-07	WJC-A	USA	7	4	6	10		16
2007-08	NHL	St. Louis Blues	69	5	28	33	-9	28	105	4.8	18:11
2007-08	AHL	Peoria	1	0	0	0	+1	2
2009-10	NHL	St. Louis Blues	79	10	29	39	+1	79	186	5.4	21:27
2009-10	Olympics	USA	6	1	0	1		4
2010-11	NHL	St. Louis Blues	55	5	14	19	-8	37	108	4.6	22:08
2010-11	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	22	3	7	10	-5	19	53	5.7	24:33
2011-12	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	73	4	22	26	-7	26	155	2.6	20:50
2012-13	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	31	0	4	4	-3	18	64	0.0	20:45
2012-13	WC-A	USA	10	2	2	4	+5	20
2013-14	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	80	9	30	39	+5	61	157	5.7	23:00	7	1	1	2	-6	2	13	7.7	26:13
2014-15	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	47	12	11	23	+2	33	115	10.4	24:25
2015-16	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	73	11	16	27	-19	50	175	6.3	23:27
2016-17	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	46	2	15	17	-6	9	96	2.1	22:05
2016-17	WCup	USA	2	0	0	0	-2	2
2017-18	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	62	9	16	25	+3	58	168	5.4	25:26
2018-19	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	80	7	18	25	+8	38	144	4.9	21:49	12	2	1	3	-1	4	25	8.0	19:14
2019-20	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	59	3	13	16	+9	20	99	3.0	21:03	9		2	2	+3		25	0.0	18:20
2020-21	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	4	0	1	1	+2	2	5	0.0	13:26
2021-22	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	77	8	17	25	+22	24	139	5.8	17:17	20	1	4	5	+10	4	30	3.3	17:01
2022-23	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	63	0	8	8	+8	12	98	0.0	17:15	7	1		1			8	12.5	14:07
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	50	3	0	3	-5	24	40	7.5	13:48
2023-24	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	17	2	1	3	-9	2	20	10.0	16:26
2024-25	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	22	1	2	3	-3	11	14	7.1	13:18
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	14	1	1	2	+4	4	23	4.3	16:36	2						4	0.0	14:49
NHL Career			1023	95	253	348	-10	555	1964	4.8	20:38	57	5	8	13	+6	10	105	4.8	18:23