NHL Standard career statistics

					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV	Awards
2014-15	21	PHI	NHL	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	6	25	12:34	0	0		1	0	1	3
2015-16	22	PHI	NHL	64	17	29	46	8	24	9	8	0	5	15	14	0	152	11.2	341	1286	20:05	1	0	100.0	59	27	28	51	AR-1,AS-16,Byng-70,Calder-2,Norris-17
2016-17	23	PHI	NHL	76	7	32	39	-21	32	5	2	0	1	11	21	0	198	3.5	445	1489	19:36	0	0		94	43	18	70
2017-18	24	PHI	NHL	78	13	52	65	10	25	6	7	0	2	26	26	0	221	5.9	458	1674	21:27	0	0		116	53	23	52	AS-9,Byng-49,Norris-10
2018-19	25	PHI	NHL	78	9	28	37	-20	22	5	4	0	2	18	10	0	180	5.0	375	1533	19:40	0	0		102	46	20	53
2019-20	26	PHI	NHL	42	5	7	12	-4	20	4	1	0	1	3	4	0	73	6.8	148	768	18:18	0	0		37	14	9	27
2020-21	27	PHI	NHL	41	9	11	20	-2	6	4	5	0	0	7	4	0	85	10.6	189	818	19:56	0	0		47	18	10	24
2021-22	28	ARI	NHL	82	14	37	51	-23	26	12	2	0	2	20	17	0	151	9.3	314	1820	22:11	0	0		115	60	44	78
2022-23	29	TOT	NHL	75	13	28	41	-5	32	6	5	2	2	18	10	0	155	8.4	334	1561	20:49	0	0		89	46	32	55
2022-23	29	ARI	NHL	52	10	21	31	-6	28	5	3	2	1	14	7	0	115	8.7	228	1170	22:30	0	0		72	36	24	45
2022-23	29	CAR	NHL	23	3	7	10	1	4	1	2	0	1	4	3	0	40	7.5	106	391	17:00	0	0		17	10	8	10
7 yrs		PHI	NHL	381	60	159	219	-31	129	33	27	0	11	80	79	0	911	6.6	1962	7593	19:56	1	0	100.0	456	201	109	280
2 yrs		ARI	NHL	134	24	58	82	-29	54	17	5	2	3	34	24	0	266	9.0	542	2990	22:19	0	0		187	96	68	123
1 yr		CAR	NHL	23	3	7	10	1	4	1	2	0	1	4	3	0	40	7.5	106	391	17:00	0	0		17	10	8	10
Career		9 yrs	NHL	538	87	224	311	-59	187	51	34	2	15	118	106	0	1217	7.1	2610	10974	20:24	1	0	100.0	660	307	185	413

However, things started to go a bit south from there, with his production and usage slipping quite a bit in the next few years. He was playing less than 20 minutes per game and his production was down around 40 points per 82.

By 2021, the Flyers had seen enough and paid both a second-round pick and seventh round-pick, just for the Arizona Coyotes to take Gostisbehere and his $4.5M cap hit.

But playing on a weak Coyotes team, Gostisbehere was able to rebuild his value, playing more than 22 minutes per game and reaching 51 points in his first season with the Coyotes in the 2021-22. Then this past season, he repeated his success with Arizona and ended up being acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes at the trade deadline for a third-round pick.

Primarily an offensive defenseman, Gostisbehere fit in well on the Hurricanes blue line, paired with Jalen Chatfield. He was tasked with a fairly sheltered, third-pairing role based on the team’s defensive depth, but he was perfectly fine defensively as well.

If he ends up heading to a team who can pair him with a quality, shutdown defender and not put him in a situation where he’s counted for too much, there’s reason to believe Gostisbehere can be an effective 4/5 defenseman over the next few years, potentially to round out a top-four group.

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What We Know

• With Jaccob Slavin and Brady Skjei on the left side of Carolina’s defense group, it’s unlikely the team re-signs him just to pay him as a third-pairing defender.
• It’s also being reported the Hurricanes are likely to re-acquire Tony DeAngelo, which would likely confirm Gostisbehere’s departure.

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Comparables

Below, we take a look at contract projections for different possible terms. For more information on the stats/tables used in the projection, visit the About the Site page.

Note: The comparables used are defensemen who signed their contract at a similar age. All ages listed are related to how old the player was by Dec. 31 in the first year of their contract.

4 YEARS

It wouldn’t be entirely shocking to see Gostisbehere find a four-year contract in free agency, but it’s probably the longest deal he could get.

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year P/82	Career P/82	TOI Season	Career TOI	Contract	On $83.5M Cap
Shayne Gostisbehere	30	2023	45 (75GP)	54 (538GP)	20:49	20:24
Kevin Shattenkirk	28	2017	57 (80GP)	50 (490GP)	19:56	21:06	$6.65M 4 years	$7.40M 4 years
T.J. Brodie	30	2021	24 (64GP)	34 (634GP)	20:27	22:35	$5.00M 4 years	$5.12M 4 years
Jake Gardiner	29	2019	40 (62GP)	36 (551GP)	21:13	21:21	$4.05M 4 years	$4.15M 4 years

Based on some of the comparables, Gostisbehere likely would be nowhere near Shattenkirk’s $7.4M adjusted cap bit, based on production that was quite a bit lower in his signing year. That said, he could certainly come in above Jake Gardiner’s contract, with higher production both in his signing year and over his career. I’d also ague that Gostisbehere’s reputation defensively may be better now than Gardiner’s was at the time of signing as well.

So with Gostisbehere worth more than Gardiner’s $4.15M adjusted cap hit, the question would be how much higher he could go.

T.J. Brodie acts as a very solid comparable, even if the production was quite different. They played similar minutes in their respective contract years, and are/were both 30 years old in the first year if their contract. Brodie did have a better reputation defensively, and also played a larger role throughout his career, while Gostisbehere is coming off a third-pairing role with the Hurricanes.

As a result, I’m not sure Gostisbehere would get quite up to a $5M cap hit, but he could get somewhat close, likely in the range of his current $4.5M cap hit. Again, a four-year deal probably isn’t the most likely term for Gostisbehere, given he’s been forced to rebuild his value recently, but it is possible.

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3 YEARS

A three-year deal could be the most realistic length for Gostisbehere’s next deal.

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year P/82	Career P/82	TOI Season	Career TOI	Contract	On $83.5M Cap
Shayne Gostisbehere	30	2023	45 (75GP)	54 (538GP)	20:49	20:24
Mike Green	30	2015	51 (72GP)	51 (575GP)	19:06	22:11	$6.00M 3 years	$7.02M 3 years
Tyson Barrie	30	2021	70 (56GP)	53 (610GP)	21:24	21:45	$4.50M 3 years	$4.61M 3 years
Kevin Shattenkirk	31	2020	40 (70GP)	46 (679GP)	18:54	20:35	$3.90M 3 years	$4.00M 3 years
Mike Reilly	28	2021	40 (55GP)	25 (259GP)	19:17	16:43	$3.00M 3 years	$3.07M 3 years

Determining a range for that possible length, Gostisbehere is pretty much certainly below Green’s $7M, but based on production and ice time, he should also be well above Mike Reilly $3M cap hit.

The best comps would be Barrie and Shattenkirk. Both found some success in rebuilding their value, following a tough year or two that damaged that value. Barrie’s adjusted cap hit was $4.6M, but he also had lower production and ice time in his signing year. So there’s nothing really pointing to the fact that Gostisbehere should be up around that range.

At the same time, he should be above Shattenkirk’s $4M adjusted cap hit, based on both production and ice time. Shattenkirk.

So we can be reasonably sure Gostisbehere should be somewhere between $4M and $4.5M on a three-year contract.

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2 YEARS

Two years is less likely than both a three and four-year deal for Gostisbehere, but it is probably the shortest possible deal we’d see for the defenseman.

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year P/82	Career P/82	TOI Season	Career TOI	Contract	On $83.5M Cap
Shayne Gostisbehere	30	2023	45 (75GP)	54 (538GP)	20:49	20:24
Justin Schultz	30	2020	21 (46GP)	36 (482GP)	19:53	20:55	$4.00M 2 years	$4.10M 2 years
Cody Franson	28	2015	38 (78GP)	35 (400GP)	19:38	17:32	$3.33M 2 years	$3.89M 2 years
Justin Schultz	32	2022	25 (74GP)	36 (602GP)	16:55	20:17	$3.00M 2 years	$3.00M 2 years
Colin Miller	30	2022	30 (38GP)	29 (387GP)	18:59	17:58	$1.85M 1 year	$1.87M 1 year

The comps used aren’t necessarily the best, given most defensemen at Gostisbehere’s age and production wouldn’t be taking a two-year deal.

Gostisbehere had higher production and usage than every defenseman listed here, both in his signing year and over his career. So by all standards, Gostisbehere should be quite a ways above the projections, higher than $4M per year.

While he was quite a bit younger, one comparable that I’d use is Tony DeAngelo’s deal last offseason.

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year P/82	Career P/82	TOI Season	Career TOI	Contract	On $83.5M Cap
Shayne Gostisbehere	30	2023	45 (75GP)	54 (538GP)	20:49	20:24
Tony DeAngelo	27	2022	65 (46GP)	48 (482GP)	19:49	18:46	$5.00M 2 years	$5.06M 2 years

While DeAngelo had higher signing year production, Gostisbehere had better production throughout his career and more ice time. DeAngelo was also fresh off a one-year contract following a buy out, so it was another case of a defenseman rebuilding value.

If Gostisbehere is going to take a two-year deal, it’s likely because it’ll come with a higher cap hit than a three or four-year deal would. So while a two-year contract for Gostisbehere is unlikely, we could see it reach $5M per year.

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Projection

Entering free agency, a three or four-year deal is most likely for Gostisbehere.

Term	Projected Cap hit	Maximum Cap Hit	Minimum Cap Hit
3 Years	$4.33M	$5.00M	$4.00M
4 Years	$4.50M	$5.00M	$4.00M

While a two-year deal is unlikely, it’s also possible.

Term	Projected Cap hit	Maximum Cap Hit	Minimum Cap Hit
2 Years	$5.00M	$5.00M	$4.00M