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Sam Steel

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	189	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	27 (Feb 3, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 1, Overall 30 (ANA)

News and Opinions

Minnesota Wild: Tough Lineup Decisions for Team Looming at Gone Puck Wild (Fri Nov 11, 2022)
Wild vs. Kings: Minnesota begins West Coast road trip in L.A. at Gone Puck Wild (Tue Nov 8, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Is “The Tank” Already on Due to Eakins Return? at Pucks of a Feather (Thu Apr 14, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: The Very Curious Case of Max Comtois at Pucks of a Feather (Tue Mar 8, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Could Verbeek Make a Big Splash at the Deadline? at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Mar 6, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Mason McTavish Makes a Mark in NHL Debut at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Oct 16, 2021)
Expert Panel: Thoughts on the Anaheim Ducks Expansion List at Pucks of a Feather (Wed Jul 21, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: Buying Into A Championship at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Jul 10, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: The Case to Trade for Jack Eichel at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Jun 20, 2021)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 14, 2025	Dallas Stars	Signed 2 years @ $2.100M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jun 30, 2024	Dallas Stars	Signed 1 year @ $1.200M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 1, 2023	Dallas Stars	Signed 1 year @ $850K AAV starting in 2023-24
Aug 30, 2022	Minnesota Wild	Signed 1 year @ $825K AAV starting in 2022-23
Aug 6, 2021	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 1 year @ $874K AAV starting in 2021-22
Dec 20, 2016	Anaheim Ducks	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
2010-11	ERBHL	Strathcona Warriors Bantam AA	11	17	15	32
2011-12	AMBHL	Sherwood Park Flyers Bantam AAA	33	26	24	50		10
2011-12	AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA										3	2	6	8		2
2012-13	AMBHL	Sherwood Park Flyers Bantam AAA	31	52	52	104		16
2012-13	AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA										5	3	8	11
2013-14	AMHL	Sherwood Park	14	7	16	23		8				3	2	1	3
2013-14	AJHL	Sherwood Park	1	0	0	0
2013-14	WHL	Regina	5	0	0	0						2				-1
2014-15	WHL	Regina	61	17	37	54	+10	16	17	10,000.0
2015-16	WHL	Regina	72	23	47	70	-8	24				12	6	10	16	+5	4
2015-16	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	1	2	3	+1	2
2015-16	U18-Dev	Team White	3	1	0	1		2
2016-17	WHL	Regina Pats	66	50	81	131	+49	40				23	11	19	30	+8	8
2017-18	M-Cup	Regina Pats	5	2	11	13	-2	4
2017-18	WHL	Regina Pats	54	33	50	83	+27	18				7	1	10	11	+6	2
2017-18	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	4	5	9	+3
2018-19	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	22	6	5	11	+2	8	33	18.2	14:58
2018-19	AHL	San Diego Gulls	53	20	21	41	-3	24				16	6	7	13	+5	8
2019-20	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	65	6	16	22	-13	20	85	7.1	15:33
2020-21	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	42	6	6	12	-7	8	42	14.3	14:32
2021-22	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	68	6	14	20	-17	16	66	9.1	12:19
2022-23	NHL	Minnesota Wild	65	10	18	28	+11	18	85	11.8	14:58	5	1	1	2	+1	2	6	16.7	15:35
2023-24	NHL	Dallas Stars	77	9	15	24		29	86	10.5	13:15	19	1	4	5	+1	2	19	5.3	13:15
2024-25	NHL	Dallas Stars	79	6	19	25	-6	31	89	6.7	14:08	18	1	6	7	-1	18	13	7.7	13:54
NHL Career			418	49	93	142	-30	130	486	10.1	14:06	42	3	11	14	+1	22	38	7.9	13:48

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.
2018-19	ANA	22	270:27	1.11	0.67	1.77	0.51	0.60	19.23	8.91	10.32	2.94	2.94
2019-20	ANA	65	814:45	0.22	0.66	0.88	0.57	-0.34	4.92	12.59	-7.68	8.25	7.22
2020-21	ANA	42	516:26	0.70	0.70	1.39	0.43	0.27	16.22	9.93	6.29	4.44	11.11
2021-22	ANA	68	760:09	0.39	0.79	1.18	0.47	-0.08	8.20	9.86	-1.66	3.75	7.50
2022-23	MIN	65	818:22	0.59	0.95	1.54	0.69	-0.10	10.39	12.14	-1.75	3.64	10.00
2023-24	DAL	77	849:18	0.49	0.92	1.41	0.52	-0.03	9.46	9.95	-0.49	2.63	7.02
2024-25	DAL	79	920:49	0.33	1.04	1.37	0.48	-0.16	6.49	9.61	-3.11	3.57	7.14

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
2018-19	ANA	22	270:27	34.83	2.88	1.91	49.92	1.55	3.14	65.00	37.79	-0.31	0.33	-6.37
2019-20	ANA	65	814:45	40.36	1.69	2.34	43.38	2.28	2.63	42.59	47.06	-0.11	-0.18	0.53
2020-21	ANA	42	516:26	36.36	1.98	2.25	39.97	2.44	2.53	44.74	47.03	0.02	0.06	-0.35
2021-22	ANA	68	760:09	37.81	1.82	2.18	44.75	3.32	2.60	35.38	45.61	-0.31	-0.01	-3.25
2022-23	MIN	65	818:22	42.74	2.71	2.63	38.64	2.27	2.43	54.41	51.90	0.33	0.09	2.44
2023-24	DAL	77	849:18	41.54	2.05	2.23	36.52	2.40	2.04	46.03	52.23	-0.57	-0.22	-3.11
2024-25	DAL	79	920:49	37.34	1.56	2.16	37.01	2.35	2.10	40.00	50.77	-0.38	-0.46	0.93

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	68	22.4	0.4	5.4	5.7	83.5	50.2	19.6	37.5	42.9	41.5	18.3	40.2
2022-23	65	22.7	0.6	9.8	9.9	82.6	42.4	12.3	35.6	52.1	40.2	17.9	41.9
2023-24	77	22.3	0.7	10.0	10.2	87.0	46.4	22.6	24.5	52.8	37.7	19.8	42.5
2024-25	79	23.1	0.6	9.9	10.1	87.0	56.5	14.8	42.6	42.6	37.6	19.7	42.7

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	Blackwell, C	Bäck, O	DAL	196:01	2.14	3.06	41.18	2.12	2.16	49.48	-0.33	-0.28	-0.61
2024-25	Bäck, O	Stankoven, L	DAL	79:46	0.00	0.75	0.00	1.56	1.73	47.32	-0.97	-0.69	-3.80
2024-25	Benn, J	Dadonov, E	DAL	76:02	2.37	3.95	37.50	2.32	2.49	48.20	0.02	0.04	-0.18
2024-25	Bäck, O	Bourque, M	DAL	65:32	0.00	0.00	-	1.80	0.80	69.16	-0.67	-1.74	19.84
2024-25	Bourque, M	Stankoven, L	DAL	61:05	1.96	2.95	40.00	2.28	2.97	43.36	-0.38	0.54	-8.91
2024-25	Dadonov, E	Bäck, O	DAL	54:54	2.19	2.19	50.00	2.31	1.70	57.62	-0.10	-0.78	8.39
2024-25	Blackwell, C	Bäck, O	DAL	46:24	0.00	1.29	0.00	1.67	2.58	39.32	-0.90	-0.04	-10.29
2024-25	Blackwell, C	Bourque, M	DAL	43:29	1.38	5.52	20.00	2.20	1.92	53.37	-0.50	-0.61	1.79
2024-25	Hintz, R	Stankoven, L	DAL	34:51	0.00	0.00	-	3.02	2.01	60.03	0.50	-0.31	8.00
2023-24	Smith, C	Faksa, R	DAL	374:01	2.09	1.60	56.52	2.14	1.89	53.06	-0.59	-0.35	-1.84
2023-24	Pavelski, J	Benn, J	DAL	89:45	2.01	2.67	42.86	2.61	2.81	48.10	0.11	0.51	-3.91
2023-24	Duchene, M	Marchment, M	DAL	54:39	0.00	3.29	0.00	2.31	1.95	54.19	-0.39	-0.31	-0.27
2023-24	Faksa, R	Dellandrea, T	DAL	52:16	1.15	4.59	20.00	1.89	2.03	48.22	-0.92	-0.16	-8.02
2023-24	Smith, C	Dellandrea, T	DAL	48:37	1.23	2.47	33.33	4.02	1.47	73.25	1.69	-1.14	26.05
2023-24	Smith, C	Faksa, R	DAL	43:20	1.38	0.00	100.00	0.99	1.50	39.69	-1.41	-0.55	-14.24
2023-24	Smith, C	Dellandrea, T	DAL	41:07	1.46	1.46	50.00	2.72	1.96	58.06	-0.01	-0.58	6.31
2023-24	Dadonov, E	Smith, C	DAL	29:32	0.00	6.09	0.00	2.14	3.37	38.85	-0.25	1.16	-13.10
2023-24	Seguin, T	Marchment, M	DAL	25:57	2.31	4.62	33.33	2.75	2.41	53.31	0.11	0.20	-1.13
2023-24	Pavelski, J	Robertson, J	DAL	20:13	0.00	0.00	-	0.97	1.05	47.96	-1.78	-1.10	-8.09
2023-24	Dadonov, E	Faksa, R	DAL	20:07	0.00	2.98	0.00	2.03	0.72	73.78	-0.46	-1.24	17.81
2022-23	Zuccarello, M	Kaprizov, K	MIN	355:29	3.04	2.03	60.00	2.95	2.45	54.68	0.73	0.02	6.89
2022-23	Zuccarello, M	Hartman, R	MIN	50:22	1.19	1.19	50.00	2.02	2.63	43.46	-0.60	0.41	-10.70
2022-23	Gaudreau, F	Boldy, M	MIN	44:36	4.04	4.04	50.00	2.47	3.52	41.28	0.05	0.92	-7.05
2022-23	Shaw, M	Dewar, C	MIN	35:01	1.71	1.71	50.00	2.94	1.79	62.12	0.47	-0.26	7.53
2022-23	Kaprizov, K	Boldy, M	MIN	29:22	2.04	2.04	50.00	2.46	1.59	60.69	-0.04	-0.81	9.65
2022-23	Sundqvist, O	Gaudreau, F	MIN	27:34	2.18	4.35	33.33	3.30	2.54	56.48	1.01	0.10	8.12
2022-23	Nyquist, G	Foligno, M	MIN	27:27	2.19	0.00	100.00	0.95	3.87	19.72	-1.58	1.91	-36.72
2021-22	Silfverberg, J	Lundestrom, I	ANA	107:13	2.24	2.80	44.44	1.51	2.46	38.03	-1.10	0.02	-13.73
2021-22	Lettieri, V	Comtois, M	ANA	66:01	3.64	4.54	44.44	2.53	3.38	42.83	0.27	0.47	-0.87
2021-22	Getzlaf, R	Terry, T	ANA	57:36	2.08	1.04	66.67	2.57	1.50	63.12	0.30	-0.91	14.65
2021-22	Henrique, A	Terry, T	ANA	42:11	0.00	8.53	0.00	2.86	2.15	57.04	0.32	-0.56	8.64
2021-22	Deslauriers, N	Robinson, B	ANA	40:41	0.00	0.00	-	1.69	2.06	45.03	-0.62	-0.85	0.74
2021-22	Grant, D	Carrick, S	ANA	37:42	0.00	0.00	-	1.94	1.56	55.47	-0.48	-1.25	9.09
2021-22	Terry, T	Lettieri, V	ANA	30:22	1.98	3.95	33.33	2.70	2.26	54.47	0.38	-0.83	11.53
2021-22	Carrick, S	Simon, D	ANA	26:56	0.00	2.23	0.00	1.24	3.10	28.64	-1.32	0.57	-21.74
2021-22	Milano, S	Lettieri, V	ANA	22:40	0.00	7.94	0.00	4.03	1.92	67.76	1.75	-1.20	25.49
2020-21	Silfverberg, J	Heinen, D	ANA	94:49	1.90	2.53	42.86	2.68	1.91	58.41	0.38	-0.56	10.13
2020-21	Terry, T	Comtois, M	ANA	62:37	1.92	1.92	50.00	1.50	2.78	34.98	-0.53	0.26	-9.55
2020-21	Rakell, R	Comtois, M	ANA	50:01	2.40	1.20	66.67	2.03	2.55	44.37	-0.21	-0.00	-2.44
2020-21	Silfverberg, J	Zegras, T	ANA	25:36	4.69	2.34	66.67	1.66	1.58	51.33	-0.68	-0.78	1.52
2020-21	Carrick, S	Jones, M	ANA	23:43	0.00	2.53	0.00	1.16	2.36	32.97	-1.00	0.31	-18.39
2020-21	Grant, D	Deslauriers, N	ANA	22:38	0.00	2.65	0.00	1.22	3.29	27.13	-1.23	0.61	-20.71
2019-20	Kase, O	Jones, M	ANA	208:32	2.01	1.15	63.64	2.34	2.33	50.16	-0.14	-0.70	5.18
2019-20	Terry, T	Jones, M	ANA	69:23	2.59	0.00	100.00	2.53	2.78	47.61	0.09	-0.09	1.66
2019-20	Ritchie, N	Kase, O	ANA	64:54	3.70	2.77	57.14	2.21	2.44	47.54	-0.28	-0.04	-2.50
2019-20	Silfverberg, J	Jones, M	ANA	63:15	0.95	2.85	25.00	1.89	2.94	39.16	-0.52	0.10	-6.78
2019-20	Silfverberg, J	Rakell, R	ANA	63:09	1.90	2.85	40.00	2.12	3.02	41.22	-0.51	0.39	-8.75
2019-20	Jones, M	Sherwood, K	ANA	50:45	0.00	1.18	0.00	2.07	1.81	53.28	-0.17	-1.30	11.50
2019-20	Silfverberg, J	Shore, D	ANA	38:46	3.10	4.64	40.00	2.91	2.87	50.26	0.49	0.03	4.36
2019-20	Terry, T	Comtois, M	ANA	29:50	0.00	4.02	0.00	2.30	1.51	60.34	-0.49	-1.37	11.17
2019-20	Ritchie, N	Terry, T	ANA	23:15	0.00	2.58	0.00	2.56	1.21	67.91	0.17	-1.80	23.62
2018-19	Silfverberg, J	Rakell, R	ANA	61:42	6.81	0.97	87.50	2.95	2.77	51.58	0.60	0.34	2.38
2018-19	Sherwood, K	Lundestrom, I	ANA	22:01	0.00	0.00	-	2.13	1.90	52.83	0.30	-1.49	17.86

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
2025-26	27	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	UFA
2026-27	28	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000

Signed: Feb 14, 2025

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.2

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	26		$1,200,000	$1,200,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000

Signed: June 30, 2024

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.36

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25		$850,000	$850,000	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.02

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24		$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000

Signed: Aug 30, 2022

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.0

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23		$874,125	$874,125	-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000

Signed: Aug 6, 2021

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.07

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	18	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	19	$894,167	$894,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	20	$863,333	$918,333	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$863,333	$918,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$863,333	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Dec 20, 2016

Team: Anaheim Ducks

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