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Josh Morrissey

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Winnipeg Jets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	195	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age	30 (Mar 28, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 1, Overall 13 (WPG)

Date	Team	Transaction
Sep 12, 2019	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 8 years @ $6.250M AAV starting in 2020-21
Sep 16, 2018	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 2 years @ $3.150M AAV starting in 2018-19
Oct 9, 2013	Winnipeg Jets	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.
2015-16	WPG	1	15:32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.00	0.00	0.09	-0.09	0.00	0.00
2016-17	WPG	82	1387:32	0.22	0.43	0.65	0.15	0.06	5.75	4.06	1.69	0.84	0.00
2017-18	WPG	81	1335:18	0.31	0.67	0.99	0.15	0.16	7.61	3.64	3.97	0.78	3.10
2018-19	WPG	59	988:46	0.06	0.91	0.97	0.20	-0.14	1.30	4.26	-2.96	0.94	2.83
2019-20	WPG	65	1213:40	0.20	0.44	0.64	0.16	0.04	4.44	3.56	0.89	0.78	2.34
2020-21	WPG	56	1029:47	0.12	0.29	0.41	0.19	-0.07	2.30	3.76	-1.46	0.00	4.96
2021-22	WPG	79	1477:57	0.20	0.53	0.73	0.27	-0.07	4.20	5.67	-1.47	1.11	5.56
2022-23	WPG	78	1458:40	0.49	1.11	1.60	0.29	0.20	9.45	5.57	3.88	0.00	4.86
2023-24	WPG	81	1602:53	0.30	1.27	1.57	0.28	0.02	5.48	5.07	0.41	0.46	4.13
2024-25	WPG	80	1557:19	0.35	0.81	1.16	0.23	0.12	6.34	4.23	2.10	0.46	2.78
2025-26	WPG	3	53:04	0.00	1.13	1.13	0.07	-0.07	0.00	2.94	-2.94	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	WPG	1	15:32	23.18	0.00	0.78	38.63	0.00	3.39	-	18.78	-1.98	0.49	-30.03
2016-17	WPG	82	1387:32	40.86	2.68	2.45	38.23	2.77	2.27	49.21	51.91	0.05	-0.16	2.23
2017-18	WPG	81	1335:18	44.44	2.70	2.52	41.02	2.52	2.21	51.72	53.28	0.10	-0.02	1.25
2018-19	WPG	59	988:46	45.69	2.91	2.61	41.75	2.67	2.54	52.17	50.69	0.18	-0.03	2.07
2019-20	WPG	65	1213:40	40.29	2.42	2.27	46.27	2.47	2.91	49.49	43.80	0.08	0.27	-1.46
2020-21	WPG	56	1029:47	37.58	2.16	2.15	45.21	2.10	2.87	50.68	42.84	-0.01	0.50	-4.81
2021-22	WPG	79	1477:57	43.84	2.31	2.84	40.19	2.44	2.47	48.72	53.43	0.29	-0.34	5.84
2022-23	WPG	78	1458:40	45.41	3.00	2.84	42.41	2.47	2.75	54.89	50.81	0.19	0.36	-1.71
2023-24	WPG	81	1602:53	47.88	3.11	2.87	41.96	1.76	2.60	63.85	52.46	0.56	0.31	2.23
2024-25	WPG	80	1557:19	45.12	2.50	2.67	41.65	1.73	2.25	59.09	54.23	0.35	0.02	3.23
2025-26	WPG	3	53:04	36.18	4.52	2.40	35.05	1.13	1.63	80.00	59.49	1.32	-1.54	34.11

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	79	21.7	0.2	8.9	8.9	94.1	66.8	59.6	31.1	9.3	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	78	21.5	0.1	8.8	8.8	98.2	66.7	57.7	30.2	12.1	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	81	21.9	0.2	9.0	9.0	95.5	67.5	59.5	31.8	8.8	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	80	23.1	0.2	8.9	9.0	95.0	68.8	65.2	27.5	7.2	0.4	0.2	0.4
2025-26	3	20.1	0.1	8.5	8.7	85.1	73.2	33.3	66.7	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4

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	WPG	0.00	1.61	0.00	2.04	1.65	55.24	0.58	-1.24	21.71
2024-25	WPG	2.53	1.73	59.30	2.58	2.24	53.48	0.18	0.01	1.69
2024-25	WPG	1.08	2.17	33.33	2.59	2.01	56.32	0.15	-0.26	4.47
2024-25	WPG	1.83	0.92	66.67	3.77	1.95	65.85	1.32	-0.29	13.64
2024-25	WPG	3.77	3.77	50.00	3.11	2.34	57.07	0.64	0.15	4.04
2024-25	WPG	3.14	0.00	100.00	2.39	2.81	45.94	-0.07	0.64	-7.17
2024-25	WPG	2.32	2.32	50.00	3.58	2.46	59.29	1.23	0.10	9.44
2024-25	WPG	7.88	0.00	100.00	3.14	2.79	52.88	0.49	0.62	-2.03
2023-24	WPG	3.16	1.76	64.29	2.74	2.62	51.10	0.30	0.30	-0.19
2023-24	WPG	4.57	2.81	61.90	3.15	2.82	52.74	0.66	0.40	2.00
2023-24	WPG	1.36	1.36	50.00	2.89	1.94	59.76	0.35	-0.42	7.94
2023-24	WPG	1.88	0.94	66.67	3.91	2.68	59.38	1.44	0.26	8.79
2023-24	WPG	1.36	0.00	100.00	2.82	2.15	56.75	0.31	-0.28	5.92
2022-23	WPG	2.87	2.54	53.12	2.56	2.54	50.20	-0.19	-0.01	-1.77
2022-23	WPG	3.22	2.44	56.82	3.11	3.17	49.54	0.44	0.72	-2.66
2022-23	WPG	3.72	0.93	80.00	3.03	2.52	54.59	0.22	0.03	1.60
2022-23	WPG	2.37	0.79	75.00	3.73	2.14	63.53	1.03	-0.40	12.01
2022-23	WPG	1.83	9.14	16.67	2.35	3.68	38.90	-0.37	1.22	-13.58
2021-22	WPG	2.27	2.27	50.00	2.88	2.37	54.79	0.27	-0.45	6.79
2021-22	WPG	2.25	2.78	44.68	2.74	2.62	51.20	0.13	-0.07	1.87
2021-22	WPG	1.52	3.81	28.57	2.76	2.83	49.37	0.08	0.14	-0.58
2021-22	WPG	3.62	1.21	75.00	3.03	1.84	62.20	0.36	-0.83	12.17
2021-22	WPG	7.81	0.00	100.00	4.68	2.62	64.09	2.02	-0.06	14.29
2020-21	WPG	1.75	1.37	56.00	2.10	2.72	43.54	-0.07	0.21	-2.77
2020-21	WPG	2.03	2.54	44.44	2.48	2.47	50.14	0.29	-0.07	3.76
2020-21	WPG	1.00	3.51	22.22	1.82	3.39	34.91	-0.40	0.85	-11.65
2020-21	WPG	3.64	0.73	83.33	1.73	2.50	40.95	-0.41	-0.07	-4.61
2020-21	WPG	6.92	6.92	50.00	1.35	5.09	20.98	-0.81	2.53	-24.75
2020-21	WPG	0.00	5.01	0.00	2.18	4.17	34.33	0.31	1.67	-8.56
2020-21	WPG	2.91	2.91	50.00	1.44	3.71	27.97	-0.85	1.58	-23.83
2019-20	WPG	2.88	2.79	50.79	2.03	2.90	41.24	-0.19	0.20	-3.96
2019-20	WPG	1.61	1.34	54.55	2.20	2.64	45.43	-0.04	-0.11	0.61
2019-20	WPG	2.61	4.34	37.50	2.84	2.63	51.86	0.63	-0.11	7.29
2019-20	WPG	1.80	0.00	100.00	2.38	3.10	43.50	-0.11	0.18	-2.58
2019-20	WPG	0.00	1.52	0.00	2.04	3.73	35.34	-0.15	0.93	-8.51
2019-20	WPG	6.63	6.63	50.00	4.70	2.11	69.03	2.60	-0.78	26.87
2019-20	WPG	0.00	0.00	-	2.39	5.26	31.26	0.09	2.64	-15.58
2018-19	WPG	2.87	2.67	51.81	2.59	2.47	51.17	0.14	-0.13	2.65
2018-19	WPG	4.19	6.28	40.00	2.81	2.68	51.18	0.27	0.15	1.08
2017-18	WPG	2.72	2.48	52.31	2.46	2.11	53.79	0.08	-0.23	3.38
2017-18	WPG	2.92	2.75	51.52	2.55	2.15	54.18	0.10	-0.03	1.36
2017-18	WPG	2.40	2.05	53.85	2.80	2.51	52.76	0.42	0.33	0.59
2016-17	WPG	2.45	2.64	48.05	2.45	2.08	54.07	0.04	-0.38	4.63
2016-17	WPG	3.04	3.04	50.00	2.57	2.39	51.86	0.13	-0.10	2.28
2016-17	WPG	2.75	2.75	50.00	2.31	3.09	42.72	0.25	0.59	-2.40
2016-17	WPG	2.60	2.60	50.00	2.85	2.18	56.61	0.47	-0.39	8.60
2016-17	WPG	6.41	4.80	57.14	1.91	2.59	42.44	-0.47	0.26	-8.13

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

Jets’ Bottom Six: Quietly Carrying the Load? at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Ville Heinola: "I Kind of Wish Someone Would Have Picked Me Up" at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers at Illegal Curve Hockey (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
TSN | Josh Morrissey on Jets’ motivation ‘You’re never satisfied until you’ve won a Stanley Cup’ at Illegal Curve Hockey (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets pre-season game 6 roster and projected lines vs Flames at Illegal Curve Hockey (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
NHL’s Top 10 Defensemen for 2025-26: Preseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets pre-season game 4 roster and projected lines vs Flames at Illegal Curve Hockey (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Four-team mock draft strategy: When to draft Tkachuk, Kucherov and others at ESPN (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
What Became of Winnipeg’s 2018 Top 10 Prospects Seven Years Later at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers at Illegal Curve Hockey (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
Informal Winnipeg Jets media availability: Josh Morrissey at Illegal Curve Hockey (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets 2025-26 Stat Leader Predictions at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
NHL’s Top 5 Defenses at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 14, 2025)
Jets still have the roster to give Blues serious problems at Bleedin' Blue (Tue Sep 9, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Jets’ Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios for 2025-26 Season at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 6, 2025)
NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – September 1, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
EA Sports Reveals Josh Morrissey's Ranking Among Defencemen at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
8 Jets Players Approaching Milestones in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Oilers’ Evan Bouchard Should Make Canada’s 2026 Olympic Roster at The Hockey Writers (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Jets’ Josh Morrissey earns 90 overall rating in NHL 26 at Jets Nation (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
WST | Eric Comrie on golfing the Manitoba Open, Winnipeg Jets season, & life as a goalie at Illegal Curve Hockey (Wed Aug 20, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25		$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26		$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27	NMC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	UFA
2023-24	28	NMC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2024-25	29	NMC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$6,400,000	$6,400,000	$6,400,000	UFA
2025-26	30	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2026-27	31	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$50,000,000	$50,000,000	$50,000,000

Signed: Sep 12, 2019

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.67

Clause: Starting July 1, 2025 player submits a 15 team no trade list.

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Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	RFA
2019-20	24	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$6,300,000	$6,300,000	$6,300,000

Signed: Sep 16, 2018

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.96

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	18	$925,000	$1,425,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2014-15	19	$894,167	$1,394,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2015-16	20	$863,333	$1,363,333	$500,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$863,333	$1,363,333	$500,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$863,333	$1,363,333	$500,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,500,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Oct 9, 2013

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2008-09	AMBHL	Cgy. Royals	33	6	18	24		56
2008-09	AEHL U15	Calgary Royals U15 AAA										10	1	3	4		16
2009-10	AMBHL	Cgy. Royals	32	21	28	49		108
2010-11	WHL	Prince Albert	5	0	0	0	-3	4
2010-11	AMHL	Cgy. Royals	30	17	22	39		11				6	1	3	4		10
2011-12	WHL	Prince Albert	68	10	28	38	-2	60
2012-13	WJ18-A	Canada	7	3	4	7	+10	4	11	2,727.0
2012-13	WHL	Prince Albert	70	15	32	47	+14	91				4		1	1	-3	9
2013-14	WJC-A	Canada	7	1	2	3	+3	4	10
2013-14	AHL	St. John's	8	0	1	1	+1	2	13	0.0		20	2	7	9	+1	20	32	625.0
2013-14	WHL	Prince Albert	59	28	45	73	+6	59				4	1	2	3	-1	6
2014-15	WHL	Prince Albert	27	7	14	21	-9	28
2014-15	WJC-A	Canada	7	1	3	4	+9		18
2014-15	WHL	Kelowna	20	6	11	17	+10	34				13	2	12	14	+10	24
2014-15	M-Cup	Kelowna										5	1	4	5	+3	10	14	710.0
2015-16	AHL	Manitoba	57	3	19	22	-9	47	107	280.0
2015-16	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	1	0	0	0			1	0.0	15:54
2016-17	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	6	14	20	+6	38	99	6.1	19:29
2016-17	WC	Canada	10	0	1	1	+5	6
2017-18	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	81	7	19	26	+15	47	102	6.9	20:27	16	1	1	2	+2	6	26	3.8	20:23
2018-19	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	59	6	25	31	+9	14	95	6.3	22:24	6		1	1	-1		8	0.0	19:08
2019-20	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	65	5	26	31	+1	24	120	4.2	22:46	4		1	1	-4	4	3	0.0	19:12
2020-21	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	56	4	17	21	-1	25	116	3.4	23:33	8	1	4	5	-4	6	12	8.3	26:18
2021-22	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	79	12	25	37	-3	66	173	6.9	23:40
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	78	16	60	76	+2	41	172	9.3	24:14	3		1	1	+1		5	0.0	16:36
2023-24	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	81	10	59	69	+34	44	196	5.1	24:11	5	3	1	4	-3	2	12	25.0	24:35
2024-25	4 Nations	Canada	3	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0	64:37
2024-25	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	80	14	48	62	+17	22	172	8.1	24:23	12		6	6		8	19	0.0	21:08
2025-26	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	3	0	1	1	+3	4	3	0.0	24:58
NHL Career			665	80	294	374	+83	325	1249	6.4	22:46	54	5	15	20	-9	26	85	5.9	21:22