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Jacob Melanson

Position Right Wing Current Team Seattle Kraken
Shoots Right Current Contract 3 years
Height 6'0" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 207 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 23
Age 22 (Apr 22, 2003) Expiry Status RFA
Drafted 2021, Round 5, Overall 131 (SEA)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 7, 2025 Seattle Kraken Assigned to AHL
Mar 5, 2025 Seattle Kraken Recalled from AHL
Oct 1, 2024 Seattle Kraken Assigned to AHL
Jul 13, 2022 Seattle Kraken Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon
Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2016-17 NSU15MHL Truro Bearcats U15 33 19 6 25 48 2 1 1 4
2016-17 ACC-U14 Team Nova Scotia U14 (ACC) 5 4 2 6 2
2017-18 NSU15MHL Truro Bearcats U15 31 44 32 76 76 2 3 3 6 8
2017-18 ACC-U15 Team Nova Scotia U15 (ACC) 5 2 4 6 6
2018-19 MJAHL Amherst Ramblers 1 1 2 3 3 2
2018-19 NSU18MHL Weeks Major Midgets U18 32 20 21 41 63 3 1 1 2 6
2018-19 CWG Team Nova Scotia 6 4 3 7 19
2018-19 QGC-16 Team Nova Scotia 5 0 3 3 6
2019-20 QMJHL Québec Remparts 39 3 7 10 +3 19
2020-21 QMJHL Acadie-Bathurst Titan 18 8 11 19 +5 26 5 2 1 3 +2 16
2021-22 QMJHL Acadie-Bathurst Titan 54 35 21 56 +1 85 8 4 2 6 +1 10
2022-23 QMJHL Acadie-Bathurst Titan 27 25 19 44 +12 35
2022-23 QMJHL Sherbrooke Phoenix 32 25 30 55 +35 20 14 8 7 15 12
2022-23 AHL Coachella Valley Firebirds 1
2023-24 AHL Coachella Valley Firebirds 62 6 12 18 87 18 2 4 6 +2 18
2024-25 NHL Seattle Kraken 1 0 0 0 0.0 9:53
2024-25 AHL Coachella Valley Firebirds 42 8 5 13 -3 48 6 1 2 3 10
NHL Career 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 9:53

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.
2024-25 SEA 1 9:53 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
2024-25 SEA 1 9:53 42.50 6.07 2.46 48.57 6.07 3.40 50.00 41.98 0.50 0.05 5.06

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 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 1 21.4 1.3 9.4 9.4 - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.6 15.2 42.1

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.

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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.

Current Contract

Entry Level Contract

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 19 $843,333 $843,333 - $75,000 - $75,000 - ELC
2023-24 20 $826,111 $826,111 - $77,500 $775,000 $852,500 $70,000 ELC
2024-25 21 $826,111 $826,111 - $77,500 $775,000 $852,500 $70,000 ELC
2025-26 22 $826,111 $826,111 - - $775,000 $775,000 $70,000 ELC
Total - $230,000 $2,325,000 $2,555,000 $210,000
Signed: July 13, 2022
Team: Seattle Kraken
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15