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Mitchell Stephens

Position	Center	Current Team	Seattle Kraken
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	203	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	28 (Feb 5, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 2, Overall 33 (TBL)

News and Opinions

Seattle Kraken offseason quietly improves the penalty kill at Sound of Hockey (Tue Jul 8, 2025)
2024-25 Seattle Kraken Player Grades – Forwards at WonderPens (Tue Jun 17, 2025)
Firebirds’ playoff run ends early: What went wrong and what’s next at Kraken Chronicle (Tue May 13, 2025)
Firebirds dispatch Calgary, but is their biggest test still ahead? at Kraken Chronicle (Mon Apr 28, 2025)
Triple-OT thriller sets the tone as Firebirds chase Calgary hat-trick at Kraken Chronicle (Thu Apr 24, 2025)
Playoff bound again: Firebirds seek to rewrite their finals heartache at Kraken Chronicle (Tue Apr 8, 2025)
Coachella Valley Firebirds recap: November 25-30 at Kraken Chronicle (Tue Dec 3, 2024)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 26, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Assigned to AHL
Feb 10, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Cleared Waivers
Feb 9, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Placed on Waivers
Jan 7, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Recalled from AHL
Dec 19, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Assigned to AHL
Dec 8, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Recalled from AHL
Dec 7, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Assigned to AHL
Nov 30, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Recalled from AHL
Oct 2, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Assigned to AHL
Oct 2, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Cleared Waivers
Oct 1, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 4, 2023	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 13, 2022	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 7, 2020	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 2 years @ $737K AAV starting in 2020-21
Apr 4, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning	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
2011-12	OHL Cup	Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA										2		1	1
2012-13	GTHL	Tor. Marlboros	58	44	40	84		12
2013-14	OHL	Saginaw	57	9	12	21	-3	8				5		2	2	+1	2
2014-15	OHL	Saginaw	62	22	26	48	-17	44				4				-2
2015-16	OHL	Saginaw	39	20	18	38	-3	14	135	1,480.0		4	2	1	3	-5		8	2,500.0
2015-16	AHL	Syracuse	5	1	0	1	-3		10	1,000.0
2015-16	WJC-20	Canada U20	5	1	1	2	-1	2
2016-17	AHL	Syracuse Crunch										3				-1
2016-17	OHL	London Knights	29	11	14	25	+9	12				14	7	3	10	-1	2
2016-17	OHL	Saginaw Spirit	22	11	17	28	+13	14
2016-17	WJC-20	Canada U20	5	2	3	5	+4
2017-18	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	70	19	22	41	+17	24				7	1	5	6	+5	4
2018-19	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	32	11	13	24	+13	6				4		1	1	-3	2
2019-20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	38	3	3	6	-9	10	43	7.0	10:47	7	1		1	-2	2	12	8.3	12:15
2019-20	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	24	5	5	10		15
2020-21	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	7	0	1	1	-5		3	0.0	9:28
2020-21	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	4	1	7	8	+2
2021-22	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	27	0	6	6	-8	8	17	0.0	11:11
2022-23	AHL	Laval Rocket	68	20	21	41	+3	49
2023-24	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	23	2	1	3	+2	4	16	12.5	9:03
2023-24	AHL	Laval Rocket	49	13	22	35	+8	16
2024-25	NHL	Seattle Kraken	28	1	2	3	-8	6	19	5.3	9:14
2024-25	AHL	Coachella Valley Firebirds	35	6	7	13	-2	23				2	3		3	+2
NHL Career			123	6	13	19	-28	28	98	6.1	10:07	7	1		1	-2	2	12	8.3	12:15

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Reb.
2019-20	TBL	38	346:21	0.52	0.52	1.04	0.75	-0.23	7.69	11.12	-3.43	3.23
2020-21	TBL	7	59:39	0.00	1.01	1.01	0.29	-0.29	0.00	14.52	-14.52	0.00
2021-22	DET	27	258:14	0.00	1.39	1.39	0.37	-0.37	0.00	11.30	-11.30	13.04
2023-24	MTL	23	180:14	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.32	0.35	13.33	6.32	7.01	5.00
2024-25	SEA	28	213:29	0.28	0.56	0.84	0.55	-0.27	5.56	10.89	-5.34	11.11

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
2019-20	TBL	38	346:21	43.66	2.25	2.62	37.25	3.29	2.05	40.62	56.03	0.06	-0.14	2.13
2020-21	TBL	7	59:39	26.15	1.01	1.51	52.31	6.04	3.56	14.29	29.75	-1.29	1.50	-27.85
2021-22	DET	27	258:14	29.74	1.63	1.77	49.95	3.25	3.18	33.33	35.73	-0.85	0.30	-11.95
2023-24	MTL	23	180:14	32.29	2.66	1.54	44.61	2.00	2.68	57.14	36.58	-0.98	-0.08	-11.18
2024-25	SEA	28	213:29	33.45	1.12	1.89	45.81	3.37	2.47	25.00	43.36	-0.29	-0.05	-3.00

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	27	23.6	1.1	3.4	3.6	85.1	40.6	0.0	57.1	42.9	45.0	18.8	36.2
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	23	22.5	0.9	9.2	9.5	75.8	46.8	12.5	50.0	37.5	47.3	18.0	34.6
2024-25	28	22.6	1.0	9.4	9.8	86.9	52.0	10.0	50.0	40.0	44.8	16.4	38.8

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
2024-25	Tanev, B	Kartye, T	SEA	66:19	0.90	4.52	16.67	1.58	3.11	33.72	-0.66	0.76	-15.16
2024-25	Kartye, T	Winterton, R	SEA	32:32	1.84	3.69	33.33	2.52	1.72	59.39	-0.03	-0.54	6.39
2024-25	Hayden, J	Tanev, B	SEA	29:05	2.06	2.06	50.00	2.10	2.67	44.03	0.09	-0.26	3.30
2023-24	Pezzetta, M	Ylonen, J	MTL	57:18	4.19	0.00	100.00	1.56	2.43	39.00	-0.90	-0.34	-7.91
2023-24	Armia, J	Pezzetta, M	MTL	46:52	2.56	3.84	40.00	1.95	3.47	35.91	-0.50	0.69	-10.95
2021-22	Gagner, S	Smith, G	DET	28:36	0.00	4.20	0.00	2.24	1.79	55.53	-0.41	-1.16	8.23
2021-22	Gagner, S	Rowney, C	DET	26:22	0.00	2.28	0.00	1.69	2.31	42.22	-1.02	-0.56	-6.37
2021-22	Rowney, C	Smith, G	DET	25:12	0.00	2.38	0.00	1.01	2.41	29.56	-0.85	-0.86	-6.69
2021-22	Gagner, S	Erne, A	DET	22:53	5.24	0.00	100.00	2.59	3.05	45.88	0.60	-0.05	6.81
2021-22	Gagner, S	Namestnikov, V	DET	22:09	5.42	5.42	50.00	1.47	2.92	33.49	-1.20	-0.15	-13.01
2019-20	Gourde, Y	Verhaeghe, C	TBL	158:28	2.27	2.65	46.15	2.94	1.67	63.73	0.38	-0.56	10.38
2019-20	Maroon, P	Paquette, C	TBL	63:39	0.94	0.94	50.00	2.44	2.18	52.82	-0.19	0.13	-3.41
2019-20	Maroon, P	Paquette, C	TBL	36:34	1.64	4.92	25.00	2.76	2.32	54.40	0.27	-0.01	2.65
2019-20	Verhaeghe, C	Joseph, M	TBL	31:06	0.00	1.93	0.00	2.95	1.86	61.42	0.14	-0.44	6.40

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 (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	27	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$375,000	UFA
2025-26	28	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$375,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$750,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Seattle Kraken

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2024-25 and 2025-26 is $450,000.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	26		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$300,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$300,000

Signed: July 4, 2023

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.93

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $385,000.

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	25		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$300,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$300,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.91

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $375,000.

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	23	$737,500	$737,500	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000	RFA
2021-22	24	$737,500	$737,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,475,000	$1,475,000	$1,475,000

Signed: Oct 7, 2020

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 0.9

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	19	$839,167	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	20	$833,333	$919,166	$257,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$833,333	$919,166	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	22	$833,333	$919,166	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$257,500	$277,500	$2,315,000	$2,592,500	$210,000

Signed: Apr 4, 2016

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

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