The Stanley Cap | Joel Eriksson Ek Salary Cap Info, Contracts, Statistics, Analaytics and more

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Joel Eriksson Ek

Position	Center	Current Team	Minnesota Wild
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	207	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	32
Age	28 (Jan 29, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 1, Overall 20 (MIN)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 25, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Placed on IR
Dec 29, 2024	Minnesota Wild	Activated from IR
Dec 6, 2024	Minnesota Wild	Placed on IR
Jul 2, 2021	Minnesota Wild	Signed 8 years @ $5.250M AAV starting in 2021-22
Aug 21, 2019	Minnesota Wild	Signed 2 years @ $1.488M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 13, 2015	Minnesota Wild	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2016-17	MIN	15	3	4	7	+1	4	15	20.0	10:37	3						5	0.0	7:35
2017-18	MIN	75	6	10	16	+2	22	124	4.8	12:47	5		1	1			10	0.0	12:47
2018-19	MIN	58	7	7	14	-7	20	111	6.3	13:30
2019-20	MIN	62	8	21	29	+7	22	102	7.8	15:43	4	1		1	+1	2	8	12.5	14:24
2020-21	MIN	56	19	11	30	+16	20	119	16.0	17:03	7	2	1	3		2	21	9.5	17:50
2021-22	MIN	77	26	23	49	+16	28	223	11.7	18:35	6	3	2	5	+1	8	20	15.0	18:10
2022-23	MIN	78	23	38	61	+4	44	247	9.3	18:60	1							0.0	0:19
2023-24	MIN	77	30	34	64	+18	60	267	11.2	20:32
2024-25	MIN	42	9	15	24	+5	20	123	7.3	19:38

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	MIN	15	153:59	1.17	1.56	2.73	0.58	0.59	20.00	9.98	10.02	9.09	9.09
2017-18	MIN	75	823:35	0.36	0.58	0.95	0.64	-0.27	4.35	7.59	-3.24	2.84	4.96
2018-19	MIN	58	660:08	0.64	0.64	1.27	0.92	-0.28	6.60	9.51	-2.91	3.85	10.00
2019-20	MIN	62	776:00	0.54	1.47	2.01	0.59	-0.04	7.95	8.60	-0.65	3.74	7.48
2020-21	MIN	56	745:23	1.37	0.40	1.77	0.94	0.43	15.89	10.87	5.01	1.53	18.32
2021-22	MIN	77	927:24	0.71	0.91	1.62	0.89	-0.18	7.28	9.15	-1.87	3.12	4.69
2022-23	MIN	78	944:48	0.44	1.65	2.10	0.83	-0.38	4.83	8.98	-4.15	0.50	7.54
2023-24	MIN	77	989:05	0.85	1.09	1.94	0.84	0.01	8.86	8.77	0.09	1.89	8.02
2024-25	MIN	41	549:06	0.66	0.76	1.42	0.75	-0.10	7.69	8.82	-1.13	1.94	3.88

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	MIN	15	153:59	36.63	2.73	1.86	49.88	2.34	2.43	53.85	43.44	-0.59	0.48	-12.30
2017-18	MIN	75	823:35	38.76	1.68	2.10	39.63	1.75	2.04	48.94	50.71	-0.35	-0.21	-1.33
2018-19	MIN	58	660:08	44.26	2.27	2.53	40.54	2.64	2.04	46.30	55.34	0.08	-0.18	2.85
2019-20	MIN	62	776:00	39.82	3.09	2.19	41.29	2.32	1.98	57.14	52.51	-0.19	-0.20	0.38
2020-21	MIN	56	745:23	39.93	2.98	2.56	39.28	2.01	2.10	59.68	54.97	0.35	-0.20	5.94
2021-22	MIN	77	927:24	42.31	2.85	2.63	36.75	2.07	2.01	57.89	56.66	0.07	-0.35	4.63
2022-23	MIN	78	944:48	44.20	2.48	2.56	43.12	1.97	2.44	55.71	51.27	0.22	0.03	1.97
2023-24	MIN	77	989:05	45.13	3.40	2.69	40.34	2.55	2.19	57.14	55.09	0.55	-0.13	7.06
2024-25	MIN	41	549:06	44.80	2.29	2.49	40.54	1.53	2.08	60.00	54.50	0.44	-0.29	8.06

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	77	22.1	0.5	5.7	5.7	89.8	38.5	14.8	26.2	59.0	39.1	18.7	42.2
2022-23	78	22.6	0.5	9.1	9.8	87.6	22.5	14.2	25.8	60.0	39.9	18.6	41.5
2023-24	77	21.9	0.4	8.7	9.5	93.3	33.7	14.3	21.2	64.5	39.2	18.5	42.3
2024-25	41	22.8	0.4	9.0	9.6	86.6	56.3	15.6	36.7	47.8	40.2	18.6	41.2

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
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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	24		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	25		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	26		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	27	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2025-26	28	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2026-27	29	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2027-28	30	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2028-29	31	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$42,000,000	$42,000,000	$42,000,000

Signed: July 2, 2021

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.44

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list starting in 2024-25.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	22	$1,487,500	$1,487,500	-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	RFA
2020-21	23	$1,487,500	$1,487,500	-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,975,000	$2,975,000	$2,975,000

Signed: Aug 21, 2019

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.83

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	18	$925,000	$1,137,500	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2016-17	19	$894,167	$1,106,667	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	20	$894,167	$1,106,667	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$894,167	$1,106,667	$425,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$637,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 13, 2015

Team: Minnesota Wild

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