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Photo of NHL player Martin Necas

Colorado Avalanche Logo Martin Necas

Position Right Wing / Center Current Team Colorado Avalanche
Shoots Right Current Contract 2 years ($6.5M CapHit)
Height 6'3" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 195 Extended 8 years ($11.5M CapHit)
Age (DOB) 27 (Jan 15, 1999) Expiry Age (Jun 30) 35
Drafted 2017, Round 1, Overall 12 (CAR) Expiry Status UFA 2034
Date Team Transaction
Oct 30, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Signed 8 years @ $11.500M AAV starting in 2026-27
Jan 24, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Traded to Colorado Avalanche
Jan 24, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Acquired from Carolina Hurricanes
Jul 29, 2024 Carolina Hurricanes Signed 2 years @ $6.500M AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 9, 2022 Carolina Hurricanes Signed 2 years @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 14, 2017 Carolina Hurricanes Signed to an entry level contract.
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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 pink. 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
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2017-18 CAR 1 - - - - - - - 3.07
2018-19 CAR 7 2.40 1.16 1.82 8.12 -2.24 6.21 - 0.21
2019-20 CAR 64 1.04 0.21 1.00 1.92 -1.70 0.23 - 0.71
2020-21 CAR 53 -0.40 0.01 -0.72 -0.80 0.55 -1.30 - 1.91
2021-22 CAR 78 0.30 1.18 -0.69 -0.26 -1.21 -0.83 1.59 0.17
2022-23 CAR 82 -0.12 -0.03 -0.33 -0.38 -0.00 -0.40 1.41 -1.25
2023-24 CAR 77 0.28 0.39 -0.15 -0.64 -1.30 -1.65 2.62 -0.78
2024-25 CAR, COL 79 0.72 1.72 -0.64 -0.34 -0.42 0.10 2.47 -0.48
2025-26 COL 78 1.93 1.40 0.99 1.65 -0.01 -1.00 1.73 0.99

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2017-18 CAR 1 -2.09 -2.13 -2.02 3.53 5.09 4.72 -
2018-19 CAR 7 -2.20 -0.36 -1.98 -3.98 -3.80 1.56 -
2019-20 CAR 64 -0.08 -0.19 -1.89 -0.84 -1.04 0.12 -
2020-21 CAR 53 0.86 -0.05 -0.81 -0.04 0.07 0.19 46.2
2021-22 CAR 78 0.23 -0.12 -0.32 -0.80 0.03 1.54 44.7
2022-23 CAR 82 1.01 0.82 -1.30 -1.16 -0.05 1.73 45.1
2023-24 CAR 77 1.02 0.14 -1.87 -0.56 0.63 1.76 34.1
2024-25 CAR, COL 79 1.00 1.50 -2.06 0.11 0.49 0.41 37.8
2025-26 COL 78 2.35 1.44 -1.98 -0.82 0.27 1.61 -

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 pink. 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

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.
2017-18 CAR 1 6:45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - - - -
2018-19 CAR 7 54:00 1.11 1.11 2.22 0.20 0.91 33.33 5.99 27.35 16.67 0.00
2019-20 CAR 64 738:40 0.89 0.97 1.87 0.53 0.37 16.67 9.85 6.81 4.35 1.09
2020-21 CAR 53 723:03 0.41 1.00 1.41 0.62 -0.21 6.58 9.88 -3.30 0.93 7.48
2021-22 CAR 78 966:09 0.56 1.37 1.93 0.63 -0.07 7.96 8.96 -1.00 2.40 2.99
2022-23 CAR 82 1137:29 0.69 1.16 1.85 0.86 -0.17 7.78 9.73 -1.95 2.98 7.23
2023-24 CAR 77 1071:35 0.67 1.06 1.74 0.90 -0.23 6.90 9.26 -2.36 0.40 4.02
2024-25 COL 30 472:04 0.64 0.89 1.53 0.82 -0.19 8.33 10.77 -2.44 3.49 6.98
2024-25 CAR 49 637:25 0.66 1.69 2.35 0.68 -0.02 11.11 11.52 -0.41 1.85 5.56
2024-25 CAR, COL 79 1109:29 0.65 1.35 2.00 0.74 -0.09 9.76 11.15 -1.40 2.58 6.19
2025-26 COL 78 1251:58 1.15 1.73 2.88 0.77 0.38 18.32 12.19 6.13 1.08 8.06

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
2017-18 CAR 1 6:45 44.44 0.00 1.98 71.11 0.00 2.91 - 40.51 1.05 0.33 14.03
2018-19 CAR 7 54:00 38.89 2.22 1.83 38.89 2.22 2.95 50.00 38.23 -1.40 0.84 -22.18
2019-20 CAR 64 738:40 42.08 2.19 2.45 39.23 2.36 2.62 48.21 48.31 -0.49 0.16 -6.04
2020-21 CAR 53 723:03 44.06 2.24 2.69 38.92 1.00 2.57 69.23 51.10 -0.07 0.07 -1.42
2021-22 CAR 78 966:09 49.00 2.86 2.86 41.98 2.30 2.76 55.42 50.85 -0.28 0.31 -5.27
2022-23 CAR 82 1137:29 50.37 3.16 3.02 38.14 2.74 2.37 53.57 56.03 -0.04 0.31 -3.65
2023-24 CAR 77 1071:35 52.58 2.46 3.04 40.03 2.86 2.64 46.32 53.47 0.24 0.59 -4.25
2024-25 COL 30 472:04 53.76 2.92 3.65 34.83 2.16 2.09 57.50 63.59 1.34 -0.12 12.52
2024-25 CAR 49 637:25 46.31 2.92 2.70 37.46 2.82 2.70 50.82 50.02 -0.17 0.64 -8.27
2024-25 CAR, COL 79 1109:29 49.48 2.92 3.10 36.34 2.54 2.44 53.47 56.00 0.44 0.32 0.28
2025-26 COL 78 1251:58 49.99 4.17 3.59 42.60 1.87 2.69 69.05 57.18 0.68 0.44 0.70

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
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.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Martin Necas signed a $13,000,000 2-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Eric Tulsky on July 29, 2024 with an AAV of $6,500,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.39% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 25 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 - $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $6,000,000 - RFA-arb
2025-26 26 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 - $1,000,000 $6,000,000 $7,000,000 - RFA-arb
Total - $4,000,000 $9,000,000 $13,000,000 $0
Signed: July 29, 2024
Team: Carolina Hurricanes
GM: Eric Tulsky
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 7.39

Contract Extension

Martin Necas signed an $92,000,000 8-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on October 30, 2025 with an AAV of $11,500,000. This contract will start in 2026-27 and end after the 2033-34 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 11.06% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2026-27 27 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $8,000,000 $6,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000 UFA
2027-28 28 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $9,000,000 $5,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000 UFA
2028-29 29 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $9,000,000 $5,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000 UFA
2029-30 30 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $9,000,000 $4,900,000 $13,900,000 $13,900,000 UFA
2030-31 31 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $4,500,000 $5,900,000 $10,400,000 $10,400,000 UFA
2031-32 32 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $7,000,000 $1,650,000 $8,650,000 $8,650,000 UFA
2032-33 33 NMC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $7,000,000 $1,650,000 $8,650,000 $8,650,000 UFA
2033-34 34 NMC M-NTC $11,500,000 $11,500,000 - $6,900,000 $1,500,000 $8,400,000 $8,400,000 UFA
Total - $60,400,000 $31,600,000 $92,000,000 $92,000,000
Signed: Oct 30, 2025
Team: Colorado Avalanche
GM: Chris MacFarland
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 11.06
Clause: Full no-move clause. Player has a 15 team no trade list starting Jan 15, 2034.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Martin Necas signed a $6,000,000 2-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Don Waddell on August 9, 2022 with an AAV of $3,000,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.64% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 23 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 RFA
2023-24 24 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
Signed: Aug 9, 2022
Team: Carolina Hurricanes
GM: Don Waddell
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 3.64

Martin Necas signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Ron Francis on July 14, 2017 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.23% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2017-18 18 $925,000 $1,462,500 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2018-19 19 $894,167 $1,431,667 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2019-20 20 $863,333 $1,400,833 $537,500 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2020-21 21 $863,333 $1,400,833 $537,500 - $832,500 $832,500 $70,000 ELC
2021-22 22 $863,333 $1,400,833 $537,500 - $832,500 $832,500 $70,000 ELC
Total $1,612,500 $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: July 14, 2017
Team: Carolina Hurricanes
GM: Ron Francis
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
2011-12 QC Int PW Pirati Chomutov 2 4 1 5 2 2 4 1 5 2
2012-13 MMCR Kraj Vysocina U15 5 0 1 1 +1 5 1 1 +1
2013-14 Czech U16 HC Zdar nad Sazavou U16 36 29 29 58 +29 14
2013-14 ODM Kraj Vysocina U15 7 2 10 12 +9 1
2014-15 Czech U16 HC Zdar nad Sazavou U16 25 24 47 71 +50 10
2014-15 Czech U18 HC Kometa Brno U18 4 1 2 3 -1 4
2014-15 Czech U16 HC Kometa Brno U16 9 8 12 20 +17 4 4 4 5 9 +7 2
2015-16 WHC-17 Czechia U17 5 4 1 5 4
2015-16 Czechia U18 HC Kometa Brno U18 18 9 21 30 +11 14 10 4 11 15 +10 6
2016-17 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Czechia U18 5 2 4 6 +4 2
2016-17 WJC-18 Czechia U18 5 0 3 3 -1 4
2016-17 WJC-20 Czechia U20 5 1 2 3 +2 2
2016-17 Czechia U20 HC Kometa Brno U20 1 1 2 3 +2 4
2016-17 Czechia HC Kometa Brno 41 7 8 15 -2 6 10 4 4 +3 8
2016-17 Czechia2 SK Horacka Slavia Trebic 1
2017-18 WC Czechia 7 3 2 5 +2
2017-18 WJC-20 Czechia U20 7 3 8 11 -5
2017-18 EHT Czechia 2 0 0 0 -3
2017-18 Champions HL HC Kometa Brno 2 1 1 2
2017-18 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0.0 6:54
2017-18 Czechia HC Kometa Brno 24 9 8 17 6 14 4 5 9 +3 6
2018-19 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 7 1 1 2 2 6 16.7 10:01
2018-19 WJC-20 Czechia U20 5 1 3 4 -2 18
2018-19 AHL Charlotte Checkers 64 16 36 52 +20 36 18 5 8 13 +6 6
2019-20 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 64 16 20 36 -6 20 88 18.2 14:10 8 1 3 4 8 12.5 13:37
2020-21 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 53 14 27 41 +25 10 114 12.3 17:17 11 2 3 5 -1 26 7.7 20:07
2021-22 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 78 14 26 40 +5 32 159 8.8 16:11 14 5 5 22 0.0 15:05
2022-23 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 82 28 43 71 +5 32 240 11.7 18:25 15 4 3 7 -2 2 42 9.5 19:33
2023-24 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 77 24 29 53 -9 42 231 10.4 17:21 11 4 5 9 24 16.7 17:32
2024-25 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 49 16 39 55 +4 10 113 14.2 18:05
2024-25 WC Czechia 7 3 4 7 +1 4
2024-25 NHL Colorado Avalanche 30 11 17 28 +1 6 81 13.6 20:30 7 1 4 5 +2 15 6.7 20:47
2025-26 OG Czechia 5 3 5 8 +1 2 23 13.0 18:23
2025-26 NHL Colorado Avalanche 78 38 62 100 +47 30 206 18.4 21:30 12 1 11 12 +5 6 32 3.1 20:42
NHL Career 519 162 264 426 +72 184 1238 13.1 17:42 78 13 34 47 +4 8 169 7.7 18:13