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Gustav Forsling

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Florida Panthers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2031-32
Weight (lbs)	199	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	29 (June 12, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 5, Overall 126 (VAN)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 7, 2024	Florida Panthers	Signed 8 years @ $5.750M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 15, 2021	Florida Panthers	Signed 3 years @ $2.667M AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 23, 2020	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $700K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 15, 2019	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $874K AAV starting in 2019-20
May 11, 2016	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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	CHI	38	509:45	0.24	0.24	0.47	0.16	0.08	4.65	3.15	1.50	0.00	0.00
2017-18	CHI	41	591:39	0.10	0.51	0.61	0.21	-0.11	1.54	3.22	-1.68	0.00	0.00
2018-19	CHI	43	629:37	0.19	0.57	0.76	0.20	-0.01	3.92	4.07	-0.15	3.23	4.84
2020-21	FLA	43	684:55	0.35	0.70	1.05	0.26	0.09	4.94	3.73	1.21	1.02	0.00
2021-22	FLA	71	1225:47	0.39	0.93	1.32	0.31	0.08	6.30	4.96	1.34	1.76	4.71
2022-23	FLA	82	1478:49	0.49	0.81	1.30	0.26	0.22	7.19	3.89	3.30	0.91	2.74
2023-24	FLA	79	1340:20	0.31	1.03	1.34	0.24	0.08	5.22	3.94	1.29	0.00	5.24
2024-25	FLA	80	1482:55	0.28	0.65	0.93	0.21	0.07	3.98	2.98	1.00	0.41	2.03
2025-26	FLA	5	90:05	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.11	-0.11	0.00	2.71	-2.71	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
2016-17	CHI	38	509:45	35.90	2.00	2.12	41.31	1.53	2.68	56.67	44.10	-0.25	0.39	-6.71
2017-18	CHI	41	591:39	39.96	2.43	2.39	47.36	3.14	2.89	43.64	45.33	-0.28	0.46	-7.06
2018-19	CHI	43	629:37	39.55	1.52	2.29	45.17	2.29	2.94	40.00	43.86	-0.10	0.22	-3.02
2020-21	FLA	43	684:55	45.64	2.98	2.73	38.11	1.58	2.11	65.38	56.37	0.11	-0.08	1.91
2021-22	FLA	71	1225:47	48.51	3.72	3.10	38.62	1.96	2.51	65.52	55.27	-0.09	0.11	-1.82
2022-23	FLA	82	1478:49	48.97	3.21	3.01	42.40	2.68	2.81	54.48	51.74	-0.03	0.24	-2.44
2023-24	FLA	79	1340:20	49.33	3.04	2.91	38.90	1.43	2.18	68.00	57.23	0.44	-0.09	5.04
2024-25	FLA	80	1482:55	50.09	2.63	2.74	40.34	1.90	2.33	58.04	54.03	0.23	0.32	-1.47
2025-26	FLA	5	90:05	42.63	3.33	2.85	24.64	1.33	1.42	71.43	66.82	0.86	-1.05	22.15

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%
2021-22	71	22.6	0.5	8.6	8.8	99.3	70.8	58.3	33.1	8.7	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	82	23.1	0.4	8.3	8.4	98.9	73.1	73.1	22.0	4.9	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	79	22.2	0.4	8.2	8.5	100.5	72.3	74.6	20.0	5.4	0.4	0.2	0.5
2024-25	80	22.2	0.3	8.1	8.3	105.0	72.9	82.9	15.2	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.5
2025-26	5	21.3	0.1	8.1	8.5	91.4	69.5	80.0	20.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.5

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	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2025-26	FLA	3.45	1.72	66.67	3.26	1.70	65.71	1.33	-0.51	19.18
2024-25	FLA	2.84	1.99	58.82	2.76	2.34	54.05	0.25	0.31	-1.17
2024-25	FLA	1.58	1.26	55.56	2.51	2.37	51.52	-0.07	0.23	-3.26
2024-25	FLA	1.96	2.29	46.15	2.71	2.90	48.25	0.04	0.94	-9.31
2024-25	FLA	2.23	1.49	60.00	2.71	2.29	54.16	0.13	0.18	-0.83
2024-25	FLA	4.94	2.47	66.67	3.05	1.48	67.33	0.47	-0.66	12.71
2024-25	FLA	2.82	0.00	100.00	2.66	1.99	57.24	0.07	-0.19	2.87
2023-24	FLA	2.43	1.26	65.85	2.86	2.10	57.63	0.22	-0.27	4.89
2023-24	FLA	3.85	2.09	64.86	2.91	2.18	57.20	0.25	-0.05	2.80
2023-24	FLA	3.36	1.92	63.64	3.27	2.15	60.25	0.66	-0.12	6.89
2023-24	FLA	3.97	0.00	100.00	2.51	1.90	56.90	-0.13	-0.32	2.63
2023-24	FLA	2.01	0.00	100.00	3.22	1.71	65.32	0.54	-0.51	10.69
2023-24	FLA	6.23	0.00	100.00	2.90	3.11	48.33	0.35	1.01	-6.62
2022-23	FLA	3.01	2.81	51.72	3.07	2.86	51.77	0.09	0.18	-0.83
2022-23	FLA	4.24	2.77	60.53	3.29	2.66	55.29	0.27	-0.02	2.29
2022-23	FLA	2.71	1.81	60.00	2.34	2.38	49.60	-0.78	-0.28	-4.45
2022-23	FLA	1.45	0.00	100.00	2.71	3.00	47.38	-0.33	0.39	-6.32
2022-23	FLA	1.68	3.37	33.33	2.45	2.83	46.44	-0.54	0.19	-6.69
2021-22	FLA	3.02	1.51	66.67	2.81	2.47	53.25	-0.46	0.02	-3.98
2021-22	FLA	4.58	2.40	65.62	3.25	2.40	57.45	0.09	-0.04	1.13
2021-22	FLA	4.76	2.65	64.29	4.11	2.80	59.48	0.99	0.46	2.41
2021-22	FLA	6.76	4.83	58.33	4.06	2.78	59.35	1.03	0.36	3.82
2020-21	FLA	3.75	1.46	72.00	2.89	1.98	59.32	0.36	-0.34	7.16
2020-21	FLA	1.82	2.42	42.86	2.50	2.39	51.18	-0.15	0.25	-4.17
2020-21	FLA	3.03	0.87	77.78	2.76	1.74	61.38	0.13	-0.41	6.36
2018-19	CHI	0.79	1.58	33.33	2.39	2.70	46.96	0.03	-0.12	1.37
2018-19	CHI	2.17	3.48	38.46	2.41	3.51	40.71	0.02	0.78	-5.89
2018-19	CHI	1.75	1.75	50.00	1.71	2.46	41.08	-0.68	-0.32	-5.20
2018-19	CHI	2.54	4.24	37.50	2.70	3.46	43.81	0.32	0.73	-2.80
2018-19	CHI	1.96	0.00	100.00	2.22	2.70	45.13	-0.57	-0.24	-3.59
2018-19	CHI	0.00	0.00	-	1.73	3.03	36.39	-0.56	0.13	-7.75
2017-18	CHI	2.37	3.56	40.00	2.44	2.97	45.18	-0.19	0.56	-7.13
2017-18	CHI	1.59	1.59	50.00	2.28	2.86	44.43	-0.34	0.31	-6.33
2017-18	CHI	3.36	2.24	60.00	1.96	2.61	42.84	-0.69	0.02	-7.64
2017-18	CHI	3.84	0.00	100.00	2.58	3.00	46.19	-0.09	0.32	-3.58
2016-17	CHI	1.82	2.19	45.45	1.86	2.26	45.22	-0.43	-0.16	-3.46
2016-17	CHI	2.52	1.51	62.50	2.24	2.89	43.68	0.02	0.59	-5.44
2016-17	CHI	3.42	0.00	100.00	2.54	2.45	50.96	0.17	0.01	1.62
2016-17	CHI	0.00	0.88	0.00	1.70	3.83	30.74	-1.12	1.56	-24.72
2016-17	CHI	1.77	2.66	40.00	2.45	2.42	50.30	0.26	-0.04	3.25

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.

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Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	28	NMC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$5,525,000	$1,000,000	$6,525,000	$6,525,000	UFA
2025-26	29	NMC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$5,525,000	$1,000,000	$6,525,000	$6,525,000	UFA
2026-27	30	NMC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$5,525,000	$1,000,000	$6,525,000	$6,525,000	UFA
2027-28	31	NMC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$5,525,000	$1,000,000	$6,525,000	$6,525,000	UFA
2028-29	32	NMC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$5,525,000	$1,000,000	$6,525,000	$6,525,000	UFA
2029-30	33	NMC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$4,545,000	$1,000,000	$5,545,000	$5,545,000	UFA
2030-31	34	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$2,915,000	$1,000,000	$3,915,000	$3,915,000	UFA
2031-32	35	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$2,915,000	$1,000,000	$3,915,000	$3,915,000	UFA
Total					-	$38,000,000	$8,000,000	$46,000,000	$46,000,000

Signed: Mar 7, 2024

Team: Florida Panthers

GM: Bill Zito

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.53

Clause: For the 2030-31 and 2031-32 seasons player can specify 16 teams he cannot be traded to.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25	$2,666,667	$2,666,667	-	$500,000	$1,500,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	26	$2,666,667	$2,666,667	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	27	$2,666,667	$2,666,667	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
Total				-	$500,000	$7,500,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000

Signed: July 15, 2021

Team: Florida Panthers

GM: Bill Zito

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.27

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24		$700,000	$700,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$250,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$250,000

Signed: Oct 23, 2020

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.86

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	23		$874,125	$874,125	-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000

Signed: July 15, 2019

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.07

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	20	$872,500	$925,000	$157,500	$92,500	$675,000	$767,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	21	$872,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	22	$872,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$157,500	$277,500	$2,340,000	$2,617,500	$210,000

Signed: May 11, 2016

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: Stan Bowman

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
2010-11	U16 SM	Linköping HC U16	3	0	0	0
2010-11	TV-Pucken	Östergötland	8	0	1	1						8		1	1
2011-12	Swe-U18	Linkoping U18	27	5	3	8		10				3		1	1
2012-13	Swe-U18	Linkoping U18	31	7	8	15		20				2
2012-13	Swe-Jr.	Linkoping Jr.	14	0	1	1		8				1
2013-14	WJ18-A	Sweden	7	4	1	5	+2	2	23
2013-14	Swe-U18	Linkoping U18	5	3	3	6		2				5	1		1
2013-14	Swe-Jr.	Linkoping Jr.	44	6	12	18		36				2	1	3	4		2
2014-15	Sweden	Linkoping	38	3	3	6		8
2014-15	WJC-A	Sweden	7	3	5	8			14
2015-16	WJC-20	Sweden U20	6	2	1	3	+2
2015-16	Champions HL	Linköping HC	5	2	3	5	+1	4
2015-16	EHT	Sweden	2	0	1	1	+3	2
2015-16	SHL	Linköping HC	48	6	15	21	+21	4				6	1	2	3	+2	4
2015-16	Sweden	Linkoping	48	6	15	21		4				6	1	2	3		4
2016-17	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	38	2	3	5	+3	4	48	4.2	14:49
2016-17	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	30	1	7	8	-13	12
2016-17	Champions HL	Linköping HC	4	0	3	3	+1	2
2017-18	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	41	3	10	13	-2	8	82	3.7	19:09
2017-18	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	18	2	3	5	-4	6				13	1	4	5	-3	6
2018-19	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	43	3	6	9	-9	30	57	5.3	17:05
2018-19	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	5	0	2	2	+1	2
2019-20	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	57	8	18	26	+20	30
2020-21	NHL	Florida Panthers	43	5	12	17	+17	8	94	5.3	19:57	6	1	1	2	+1		16	6.3	21:29
2021-22	NHL	Florida Panthers	71	10	27	37	+41	18	145	6.9	21:13	10		3	3	+7	4	21	0.0	21:58
2022-23	NHL	Florida Panthers	82	13	28	41	+19	40	209	6.2	23:26	21	2	6	8	+7	10	36	5.6	26:01
2023-24	NHL	Florida Panthers	79	10	29	39	+56	43	160	6.2	22:09	24	4	9	13	+9	12	51	7.8	23:25
2024-25	4 Nations	Sweden	3	0	0	0			3	0.0	66:36
2024-25	NHL	Florida Panthers	80	11	20	31	+33	16	195	5.6	22:57	23	1	4	5	+13	8	31	3.2	23:17
2025-26	NHL	Florida Panthers	5	0	3	3	+3		6	0.0	22:23
NHL Career			482	57	138	195	+161	167	996	5.7	20:53	84	8	23	31	+37	34	155	5.2	23:43