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Matthew Robertson

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	New York Rangers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	211	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	26
Age	24 (Mar 9, 2001)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2019, Round 2, Overall 49 (NYR)

News and Opinions

What's Left for the Rangers: 6 Defensemen New York Could Target to Bolster Depth at Blue Shirt Banter (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
The New York Rangers Make Multiple Moves For Their Centennial Season – But Are They Really Any Better From Where They Left Off? Irma Zibanejad Is Not Kelly Trouba – And She May Have Gotten a Blueshirts Beat Reporter Fired Too, NHL Draft, Free Agency & Signing Thoughts; See Ya K’Andre/Hello Vladislav, Cuylle Bridged, NYR Alumni News; Frank Boucher Honored, Ron Duguay Recovers, The Panthers Crush The Summer; But Don’t Count Out The Islanders Either, 2025 HHOF Class; Mogilny In, Fischler Still Wrongfully Omitted & Everything Else Hockey Related From The Past Month at Blue Collar Blue Shirts (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
The 2024-25 New York Rangers Final Report Card: Grades & Reviews of Every Blueshirt; “Keep ‘Em or Lose ‘Em” Moving Forward, NYR/TBL 4/17 Season Finale Review; First Star Sam Rosen Retires On A High Note, Artemi Panarin Accused of Sexual Assault Again (But Why You Shouldn’t Buy These Allegations Despite His No Comment Defense), 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview & Predictions (A Ryan Will Win The Cup!), What’s Next & More at Blue Collar Blue Shirts (Fri Apr 18, 2025)
NYR/FLA 4/14 Review: Rempire State Building Stands Tallest in Sunrise; Depleted Florida Cats Out-Play NYC’s FAT CATS, JQ32’s Positive Influence, Blueshirts Pull Off First Multi-Goal Comeback Win of The Season; Lessen Draft Lottery Odds As a Result, Kenny Albert Gets The Nod, Lots of Cruel Ironies, Bozo The Bench Boss Scratches Berard; Continues Torrid Love Affair with Zero Zibanejad, Excellent M$GN Broadcast & More at Blue Collar Blue Shirts (Tue Apr 15, 2025)
Matt Rempe Wins The 73rd Annual Frank Boucher Trophy; Rangers Don’t Win Much Else, Calvin de Haan Fifth-and-Latest Blueshirt To Blow Up On Management; Bozo The Bench Boss Continues Big Apple Clown Act; Comments on Potential Firing Too, Updated “IBS Arena” Review; What’s Been Fixed & What’s Still Broken, Fire Everyone; No Accountability At All, Two Losses Still Remaining, Report Card & More at Blue Collar Blue Shirts (Mon Apr 14, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 20, 2025	New York Rangers	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 13, 2025	New York Rangers	Recalled from AHL
Mar 6, 2025	New York Rangers	Assigned to AHL
Feb 26, 2025	New York Rangers	Recalled from AHL
Feb 24, 2025	New York Rangers	Assigned to AHL
Feb 20, 2025	New York Rangers	Recalled from AHL
Oct 8, 2024	New York Rangers	Assigned to AHL
Oct 7, 2024	New York Rangers	Cleared Waivers
Oct 6, 2024	New York Rangers	Placed on Waivers
Jul 15, 2024	New York Rangers	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Oct 8, 2019	New York Rangers	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
2014-15	AMBHL	Sherwood Park Flyers Bantam AAA	31	2	10	12		14
2015-16	AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA	32	7	20	27		8				7	3	1	4		4
2015-16	AEHL U16	Sherwood Park Squires U16 AAA	3	0	1	1
2016-17	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	7	0	1	1	+2	2
2016-17	AEHL U18	Sherwood Park Kings U18 AAA	29	5	11	16		6				8		3	3		6
2016-17	WCCC-16	Team Alberta	4	0	1	1		10
2017-18	WJC-18	Canada U18	5	0	2	2	+5
2017-18	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	67	7	17	24	-18	44
2017-18	WHC-17	Canada Black U17	5	2	4	6		2
2017-18	U17-Dev	Team Blue	3	1	1	2		2
2018-19	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	52	7	26	33	+18	26				16	4	4	8	-3	10
2018-19	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	2	2	4		2
2019-20	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	60	13	34	47	+5	52
2020-21	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	22	4	18	22	+26	22
2021-22	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	65	1	10	11	-7	36
2022-23	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	57	5	18	23	-7	36
2023-24	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	68	4	17	21	-11	49				10		1	1	-7	23
2024-25	NHL	New York Rangers	2	0	0	0	+3		2	0.0	17:38
2024-25	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	60	1	24	25	-5	55
NHL Career			2	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0.0	17:38

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.
2024-25	NYR	2	32:56	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.21	-0.21	0.00	5.77	-5.77	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	NYR	2	32:56	30.97	5.47	1.55	36.44	1.82	2.61	75.00	37.30	-0.38	-0.24	-3.15

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	2	21.2	0.2	8.7	8.7	86.6	81.7	50.0	50.0	0.0	39.9	20.2	39.9

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	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Fox, A	NYR	30:37	5.88	1.96	75.00	1.67	2.80	37.31	-0.21	0.04	-3.13

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	24	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$150,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	25	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$925,000

Signed: June 20, 2025

Team: New York Rangers

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.81

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary of $200,000 in 2025-26.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	23		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$85,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$85,000

Signed: July 15, 2024

Team: New York Rangers

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.88

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	18	$825,833	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2020-21	19	$811,667	$910,833	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2021-22	20	$797,500	$896,667	$132,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
2022-23	21	$797,500	$896,667	$132,500	-	$750,000	$750,000	$70,000	ELC
2023-24	22	$797,500	$896,667	$32,500	-	$800,000	$800,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$297,500	$277,500	$2,300,000	$2,577,500	$210,000

Signed: Oct 8, 2019

Team: New York Rangers

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

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

*Age is as of September 15