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Nils Aman

Position	Center	Current Team	Vancouver Canucks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	179	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	26
Age	25 (Feb 7, 2000)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2020, Round 6, Overall 167 (COL)

News and Opinions

Canucks 2025-26 Player Previews: Linus Karlsson at The Hockey Writers (Tue Sep 2, 2025)
What the LA Kings Need From Ján Chovan Over the Next 3 Years at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
Vancouver Canucks 2025–26 Player Preview: Victor Mancini at Yahoo Sports (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Vancouver Canucks Forward Refuses to Fade Away and Makes His Case Heard Loud and Clear to GM Patrik Allvin at Canucks Daily (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Canucks Falling in Line at Forward at Nucks Misconduct (Sun Jul 6, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 18, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Recalled from AHL
Feb 9, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Assigned to AHL
Feb 5, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Recalled from AHL
Nov 10, 2024	Vancouver Canucks	Assigned to AHL
Nov 9, 2024	Vancouver Canucks	Recalled from AHL
Nov 3, 2024	Vancouver Canucks	Assigned to AHL
Nov 3, 2024	Vancouver Canucks	Cleared Waivers
Nov 2, 2024	Vancouver Canucks	Placed on Waivers
Nov 24, 2023	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 2 years @ $825K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jun 7, 2022	Vancouver Canucks	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	J18 Div.1	Avesta BK J18	2	0	0	0
2015-16	TV-Pucken	Dalarna	6	0	0	0		2
2015-16	J20 Div.1	Avesta BK J20	5	0	2	2		2				4	3		3
2015-16	J18 Div.1	Avesta BK J18	19	15	20	35		2				3	1		1		4
2015-16	U16 Div.1	Avesta BK U16	25	36	34	70		18				3	2	4	6		2
2016-17	J18 Region	Leksands IF J18	15	6	5	11		8
2016-17	J18 Nationell	Leksands IF J18	15	4	7	11	+11	2				5				-1
2017-18	J20 Nationell	Leksands IF J20	21	1	2	3	-3	4				2				-2	2
2017-18	J18 Region	Leksands IF J18	20	8	9	17		6
2017-18	J18 Nationell	Leksands IF J18	12	6	6	12	+7	4				3	1	1	2	-6
2018-19	HockeyAllsvenskan	Leksands IF	3	0	0	0		2				4
2018-19	Division 2	Avesta BK	1	0	0	0
2018-19	J20 Nationell	Leksands IF J20	45	14	27	41	+18	14				2	1		1
2019-20	SHL	Leksands IF	8	1	2	3
2019-20	J20 Nationell	Leksands IF J20	30	14	33	47	+26	12
2019-20	HockeyAllsvenskan	Karlskrona HK	6	1	0	1	+1
2020-21	SHL	Leksands IF	51	2	8	10	-7	10				4	1		1	-2
2021-22	Champions HL	Leksands IF	9	1	1	2
2021-22	SHL	Leksands IF	51	6	8	14	+4	8				3					2
2021-22	WC	Sweden	7	0	2	2	+3
2021-22	EHT	Sweden	5	0	1	1	-2
2022-23	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	68	4	12	16	-12	18	50	8.0	12:42
2022-23	AHL	Abbotsford Canucks	17	4	5	9	+1	2
2023-24	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	43	3	4	7	-3	8	28	10.7	10:20	5						1	0.0	9:27
2023-24	AHL	Abbotsford Canucks	15	8	7	15	+5	8
2024-25	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	19	1	5	6	-2	2	8	12.5	10:29
2024-25	AHL	Abbotsford Canucks	36	7	23	30	+6	14
NHL Career			130	8	21	29	-17	28	86	9.3	11:36	5						1	0.0	9:27

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.
2022-23	VAN	68	760:51	0.24	0.79	1.03	0.45	-0.22	6.67	12.81	-6.14	3.03	15.15
2023-24	VAN	43	364:27	0.49	0.66	1.15	0.52	-0.03	13.04	13.84	-0.79	6.06	9.09
2024-25	VAN	19	190:52	0.31	1.57	1.89	0.41	-0.09	12.50	16.16	-3.66	0.00	15.38

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
2022-23	VAN	68	760:51	30.28	1.50	1.98	42.27	2.52	2.64	37.25	42.89	-0.50	0.01	-5.61
2023-24	VAN	43	364:27	31.94	1.65	1.97	37.54	2.14	1.92	43.48	50.62	-0.58	-0.23	-3.65
2024-25	VAN	19	190:52	36.15	2.20	2.07	44.32	2.83	2.59	43.75	44.46	-0.19	0.28	-5.06

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	68	22.1	1.0	10.2	10.4	77.0	37.5	2.6	28.2	69.2	42.7	17.9	39.4
2023-24	43	21.3	0.5	9.9	10.2	85.4	42.7	12.0	32.0	56.0	40.4	18.2	41.4
2024-25	19	21.1	0.6	10.1	10.1	66.4	52.7	0.0	16.7	83.3	38.0	18.9	43.1

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	Karlsson, L	Lekkerimäki, J	VAN	29:39	2.02	2.02	50.00	3.66	2.19	62.59	1.35	-0.55	16.83
2024-25	Blueger, T	Sherwood, K	VAN	27:38	2.17	4.34	33.33	1.78	2.19	44.84	-0.32	-0.06	-3.49
2024-25	Blueger, T	Hoglander, N	VAN	26:18	0.00	0.00	-	2.41	2.80	46.30	-0.03	0.47	-4.88
2023-24	Lafferty, S	Hoglander, N	VAN	105:41	1.70	1.70	50.00	2.14	1.98	51.94	-0.44	-0.24	-1.76
2023-24	Di Giuseppe, P	Lafferty, S	VAN	30:25	1.97	5.92	25.00	1.15	2.57	30.95	-1.45	0.34	-22.85
2022-23	Joshua, D	Garland, C	VAN	119:16	2.01	1.51	57.14	2.40	2.38	50.15	0.02	-0.41	4.17
2022-23	Joshua, D	Studnicka, J	VAN	117:46	1.02	2.04	33.33	1.82	2.65	40.65	-0.50	-0.03	-5.62
2022-23	Lazar, C	Joshua, D	VAN	114:06	2.10	2.10	50.00	2.62	2.41	52.15	0.33	-0.50	8.11
2022-23	Di Giuseppe, P	Lazar, C	VAN	37:21	0.00	3.21	0.00	3.30	2.39	57.96	0.78	0.14	5.11
2022-23	Beauvillier, A	Garland, C	VAN	32:39	3.68	3.68	50.00	1.70	3.75	31.17	-0.56	1.49	-18.84
2022-23	Joshua, D	Boeser, B	VAN	30:20	0.00	7.91	0.00	1.77	3.80	31.70	-0.58	1.11	-14.83
2022-23	Joshua, D	Podkolzin, V	VAN	23:12	2.59	5.17	33.33	1.23	1.37	47.37	-1.30	-1.14	-2.89

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
2024-25	24	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	25	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000

Signed: Nov 24, 2023

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.94

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	22	$883,750	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
2023-24	23	$883,750	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$82,500	$185,000	$1,582,500	$1,767,500	$140,000

Signed: June 7, 2022

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15