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Frederick Gaudreau

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Seattle Kraken
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	5 years ($2.1M CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	184	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age (DOB)	33 (May 1, 1993)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 15, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Activated from IR
Oct 17, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Placed on IR
Jun 26, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Acquired from Minnesota Wild
Jun 26, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Traded to Seattle Kraken
Apr 13, 2023	Minnesota Wild	Signed 5 years @ $2.100M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 28, 2021	Minnesota Wild	Signed 2 years @ $1.200M AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 10, 2020	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 1 year @ $700K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 17, 2017	Nashville Predators	Signed 3 years @ $666K AAV starting in 2017-18
Jan 5, 2016	Nashville Predators	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
2016-17	NSH	9	-1.79	-0.39	-1.43	-2.55	8.93	4.10	-	2.08
2017-18	NSH	20	-1.40	0.61	-1.60	-2.20	-2.23	0.29	-	-0.96
2018-19	NSH	55	-2.06	-1.62	-0.88	-0.95	2.68	-1.21	-	1.07
2020-21	PIT	19	1.87	3.22	-0.56	-0.24	1.80	1.72	-	1.36
2021-22	MIN	76	0.73	1.27	-0.28	0.50	0.71	-0.81	-0.49	0.46
2022-23	MIN	82	-0.64	-0.56	-0.44	0.24	-1.04	-0.32	-0.59	0.05
2023-24	MIN	67	-1.64	-1.29	-1.04	-0.74	-1.97	-0.92	-0.40	-1.05
2024-25	MIN	82	-0.22	-0.14	-0.29	0.67	-1.74	-1.59	-0.32	-1.57
2025-26	SEA	68	-0.60	0.55	-1.14	-0.36	-0.64	-0.39	-0.74	0.35

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2016-17	NSH	9	-1.91	-2.09	-1.83	-0.82	-0.84	0.53	-
2017-18	NSH	20	-1.66	-2.12	-1.88	-1.74	-1.34	1.10	49.6
2018-19	NSH	55	-1.71	-2.00	-1.96	1.92	-0.01	-2.75	48.3
2020-21	PIT	19	-1.16	-2.03	1.02	0.82	1.16	0.07	53.7
2021-22	MIN	76	-0.03	-0.29	0.31	-0.87	-0.27	1.27	50.0
2022-23	MIN	82	-0.06	-0.78	1.02	-0.95	-0.80	0.42	49.3
2023-24	MIN	67	-0.85	-0.74	0.46	-1.01	-0.90	0.35	49.9
2024-25	MIN	82	-0.22	-0.67	1.19	-1.33	-1.05	0.66	48.2
2025-26	SEA	68	0.40	-1.55	1.47	-1.58	-1.32	0.59	43.5

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.
2016-17	NSH	9	71:12	0.00	0.84	0.84	0.54	-0.54	0.00	9.13	-9.13	12.50	25.00
2017-18	NSH	20	172:18	0.00	1.04	1.04	0.34	-0.34	0.00	7.52	-7.52	4.55	0.00
2018-19	NSH	55	485:42	0.37	0.12	0.49	0.54	-0.17	7.32	10.69	-3.37	1.64	11.48
2020-21	PIT	19	197:58	0.61	2.12	2.73	0.66	-0.06	10.00	10.93	-0.93	7.41	11.11
2021-22	MIN	76	897:11	0.74	1.47	2.21	0.62	0.11	11.58	9.83	1.75	2.42	8.06
2022-23	MIN	82	970:06	0.56	0.80	1.36	0.54	0.02	8.74	8.40	0.34	3.15	3.94
2023-24	MIN	67	698:28	0.26	0.34	0.60	0.45	-0.19	3.70	6.43	-2.73	1.94	1.94
2024-25	MIN	82	1005:44	0.60	0.78	1.37	0.47	0.12	11.49	9.09	2.41	0.00	2.46
2025-26	SEA	68	904:58	0.33	0.93	1.26	0.42	-0.09	8.33	10.48	-2.15	2.02	6.06

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
2016-17	NSH	9	71:12	44.66	3.37	2.04	41.29	2.53	1.98	57.14	50.79	-0.46	-0.00	-5.05
2017-18	NSH	20	172:18	37.26	2.44	1.59	44.57	2.44	2.69	50.00	37.14	-0.55	0.39	-11.10
2018-19	NSH	55	485:42	46.20	1.61	2.44	32.61	1.36	1.78	54.17	57.86	-0.12	-0.73	7.28
2020-21	PIT	19	197:58	43.64	3.64	2.91	40.01	1.52	2.15	70.59	57.49	0.59	-0.25	8.36
2021-22	MIN	76	897:11	41.46	3.21	2.53	43.20	2.41	2.22	57.14	53.33	0.02	0.08	-0.67
2022-23	MIN	82	970:06	38.53	2.23	2.32	42.43	2.10	2.57	51.43	47.43	-0.17	0.12	-3.00
2023-24	MIN	67	698:28	35.99	1.12	1.86	41.32	2.92	2.30	27.66	44.69	-0.56	0.14	-8.06
2024-25	MIN	82	1005:44	35.08	1.97	1.78	43.61	2.74	2.25	41.77	44.14	-0.44	-0.02	-5.31
2025-26	SEA	68	904:58	32.89	1.99	1.96	46.01	2.25	2.79	46.88	41.26	-0.47	0.16	-6.74

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

Kraken’s Kaapo Kakko Placed on Injured Reserve, Frederick Gaudreau Activated Off IR at The Hockey Writers (Sat Nov 15, 2025)
Kraken Gameday Preview: Road Trip Moves on to the Maple Leafs at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
Kraken Place Frederick Gaudreau on IR, Recall John Hayden From Coachella Valley at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 17, 2025)

Current Contract

Frederick Gaudreau signed a $10,500,000 5-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Bill Guerin on April 13, 2023 with an AAV of $2,100,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.51% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	30	M-NTC	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,950,000	$2,950,000	$2,950,000	UFA
2024-25	31	M-NTC	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,240,000	$2,240,000	$2,240,000	UFA
2025-26	32	M-NTC	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$1,770,000	$1,770,000	$1,770,000	UFA
2026-27	33	M-NTC	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$1,770,000	$1,770,000	$1,770,000	UFA
2027-28	34	M-NTC	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$1,770,000	$1,770,000	$1,770,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$10,500,000

Signed: Apr 13, 2023

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Bill Guerin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.51

Clause: Player can submit a 15 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Frederick Gaudreau signed a $2,400,000 2-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Bill Guerin on July 28, 2021 with an AAV of $1,200,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.47% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	28	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
2022-23	29	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Bill Guerin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.47

Frederick Gaudreau signed a $700,000 1-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Jim Rutherford on October 10, 2020 with an AAV of $700,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.86% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	27		$700,000	$700,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$350,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$350,000

Signed: Oct 10, 2020

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.86

Frederick Gaudreau signed a $2,000,000 3-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on July 17, 2017 with an AAV of $666,667. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.89% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	24	$666,667	$666,667	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$70,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	25	$666,667	$666,667	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$70,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	26	$666,667	$666,667	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$210,000

Signed: July 17, 2017

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.89

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $100,000 in 2017-18 and $120,000 in 2018-19.

Frederick Gaudreau signed a $1,190,000 2-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on January 5, 2016 with an AAV of $595,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.83% 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	22	$595,000	$595,000	-	$20,000	$575,000	$595,000	$60,000	ELC
2016-17	23	$595,000	$595,000	-	$20,000	$575,000	$595,000	$60,000	ELC
Total				-	$40,000	$1,150,000	$1,190,000	$120,000

Signed: Jan 5, 2016

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

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
2009-10	QMAAA	Magog Cantonniers	41	14	11	25		6				4		3	3
2010-11	QMAAA	Magog Cantonniers	42	14	25	39		2				13	7	5	12		2
2011-12	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes	64	5	15	20	+1	2				8	1		1	+3
2012-13	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes	68	13	30	43	-33	22
2013-14	QMJHL	Shawinigan	27	13	18	31	-13		83
2013-14	QMJHL	Drummondville	36	19	21	40	+14	2	106			11	10	4	14	-2		45
2014-15	AHL	Milwaukee	43	4	7	11	+1	12	62
2014-15	ECHL	Cincinnati	14	5	2	7	-1	4	28
2015-16	AHL	Milwaukee	75	15	27	42	-5	31	141	1,060.0		3		1	1			6	0.0
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	9	0	1	1	+1		8	0.0	8:40	8	3		3	+2		7	42.9	11:29
2016-17	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	66	25	23	48	-1	14				3	3	1	4	-1
2017-18	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	54	22	21	43	+9	2
2017-18	NHL	Nashville Predators	20	0	3	3		2	14	0.0	9:10
2018-19	NHL	Nashville Predators	55	3	1	4	+1	2	43	7.0	9:01
2019-20	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	42	11	17	28		6
2020-21	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	6	1	3	4	+3	2
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	19	2	8	10	+10	2	20	10.0	13:04	6	1	2	3	+3	2	14	7.1	13:27
2021-22	NHL	Minnesota Wild	76	14	30	44	+12	8	132	10.6	16:19	6	1		1	-1		11	9.1	15:41
2022-23	NHL	Minnesota Wild	82	19	19	38	+10	10	138	13.8	16:03	6	3		3		4	17	17.6	17:42
2023-24	NHL	Minnesota Wild	67	5	10	15	-23	12	105	4.8	13:57
2024-25	NHL	Minnesota Wild	82	18	19	37	-2	8	110	16.4	15:40	6				+2		2	0.0	14:27
2025-26	NHL	Seattle Kraken	68	7	17	24	-1	11	70	10.0	16:09
NHL Career			478	68	108	176	+8	55	640	10.6	14:23	32	8	2	10	+6	6	51	15.7	14:22