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Cole Sillinger

Position	Center	Current Team	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($2.2M CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	202	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	23
Age (DOB)	23 (May 16, 2003)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2021, Round 1, Overall 12 (CBJ)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 28, 2025	Columbus Blue Jackets	Activated from IR
Mar 4, 2025	Columbus Blue Jackets	Placed on IR
Aug 21, 2024	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 2 years @ $2.250M AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 18, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2021-22	CBJ	79	-0.11	-1.12	1.25	0.14	-0.39	-0.59	-0.01	-0.76
2022-23	CBJ	64	-1.97	-1.06	-1.45	-2.68	0.85	0.18	-0.65	-0.91
2023-24	CBJ	77	0.28	0.58	-0.31	-0.56	-0.11	-0.80	-0.74	0.44
2024-25	CBJ	66	-0.41	0.74	-1.11	-0.32	-0.20	-0.60	-0.55	-1.23
2025-26	CBJ	81	-0.83	-0.18	-1.07	-1.37	-0.81	-0.90	0.22	-0.58

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2021-22	CBJ	79	-0.31	-1.02	-1.33	-0.15	-0.29	-0.18	46.5
2022-23	CBJ	64	-0.50	-0.96	-0.82	-0.27	-0.60	-0.55	44.3
2023-24	CBJ	77	0.19	-1.04	1.17	0.13	0.18	0.09	46.3
2024-25	CBJ	66	0.29	-0.29	0.21	-1.49	-1.09	0.96	46.2
2025-26	CBJ	81	0.46	-1.54	-0.74	-0.01	0.09	0.16	41.4

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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.
2021-22	CBJ	79	936:32	0.90	0.64	1.54	0.86	0.04	11.02	10.59	0.44	2.86	5.14
2022-23	CBJ	64	720:29	0.08	0.50	0.58	0.77	-0.69	1.25	11.55	-10.30	4.13	9.92
2023-24	CBJ	77	962:56	0.62	1.12	1.74	0.78	-0.16	8.06	10.11	-2.05	2.20	7.69
2024-25	CBJ	66	866:07	0.42	1.04	1.45	0.50	-0.08	6.52	7.83	-1.30	1.52	6.82
2025-26	CBJ	81	1065:05	0.28	1.07	1.35	0.69	-0.41	4.35	10.70	-6.35	1.23	5.52

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
2021-22	CBJ	79	936:32	39.53	2.18	2.37	46.00	3.40	3.04	39.08	43.86	-0.05	0.03	-0.77
2022-23	CBJ	64	720:29	37.39	1.67	2.41	46.05	3.58	2.98	31.75	44.64	-0.12	-0.00	-1.22
2023-24	CBJ	77	962:56	42.50	2.49	2.38	46.30	2.74	3.07	47.62	43.73	-0.06	0.25	-2.68
2024-25	CBJ	66	866:07	36.58	2.42	1.95	44.34	3.19	2.67	43.21	42.16	-0.50	0.28	-8.32
2025-26	CBJ	81	1065:05	42.19	2.65	2.74	41.69	2.70	2.52	49.47	52.05	0.07	-0.03	0.90

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%
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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
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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.

News and Opinions

Bowness Locked In, Now the Blue Jackets Face UFA/RFA Decisions at 1st Ohio Battery (Sat Apr 18, 2026)
CBJ 5, SEA 2: Five Different Blue Jackets Score, Werenski Has Another Three-Assist Night As CBJ Defeat Kraken To Continue Win Streak at 1st Ohio Battery (Sat Mar 21, 2026)
Cole Sillinger has found his role with the Blue Jackets, and should be signed long-term at Union Blue (Wed Feb 11, 2026)
Three things we learned about the Blue Jackets in last night's win against the Devils at Union Blue (Wed Feb 4, 2026)
Three Things: 4-3-24 Have A Monstrous Night In Blue Jackets' Dominant Win Over Maple Leafs at 1st Ohio Battery (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
CBJ 6, TOR 3: Third Line Of Sillinger, Coyle, Olivier Combines For 11 Points In Maple Leaf Romp at 1st Ohio Battery (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
CBJ 6, TOR 3: Fourth Line Of Sillinger, Coyle, Olivier Combines For 11 Points In Maple Leaf Romp at 1st Ohio Battery (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
Cole Sillinger is a rare type of player, and he could be in for a breakout season at Union Blue (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Blue Jackets 2025-26 season preview: Cole Sillinger may have another offensive level to unlock at Union Blue (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Former First Round Pick & Son of ex-Canucks Centerman Named as Trade Target for Vancouver at Canucks Daily (Sun Jul 27, 2025)
Why Cole Sillinger could be a good second line option for the Blue Jackets at Union Blue (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today? at Jackets Cannon (Mon Jul 7, 2025)
New Jersey Devils can address center issue by trading Dawson Mercer at Pucks and Pitchforks (Mon Jun 30, 2025)
Columbus Blue Jackets season in review, Cole Sillinger has found a home and a firm role in Arch City at Union Blue (Thu May 8, 2025)

Current Contract

Cole Sillinger signed a $4,500,000 2-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Don Waddell on August 21, 2024 with an AAV of $2,250,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.56% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	21	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	RFA
2025-26	22	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000

Signed: Aug 21, 2024

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.56

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Cole Sillinger signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on August 18, 2021 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.13% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	18	$925,000	$1,633,333	$425,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
2022-23	19	$925,000	$1,633,333	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
2023-24	20	$925,000	$1,633,333	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
Total				$2,125,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$240,000

Signed: Aug 18, 2021

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

			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	Brick Invitational	Saskatchewan Jr. Pats	6	0	2	2
2012-13	Brick Invitational	Saskatchewan Jr. Pats	6	3	3	6		2
2014-15	WSI U12	Pro Hockey Hutson Selects U12	9	10	7	17		4
2015-16	WSI U13	Pro Hockey Selects U13	9	12	5	17		6
2015-16	SAAHL U15	Regina Pat Blues U15 AA	1	0	0	0
2016-17	SAAHL U15	Regina Aces U15 AA	30	43	34	77		34				2	3	2	5
2017-18	WSI U15	Western Canada Selects U15	8	5	11	16		6
2017-18	CSSHL U18	Okanagan HA White U18 Prep	3	1	1	2
2017-18	CSSHL U15	Okanagan HA U15 Prep	30	46	37	83		36				3	4	3	7		2
2018-19	CWG	Team Saskatchewan	6	4	6	10		8
2018-19	SMAAAHL	Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA	39	31	45	76		44				8	4	7	11		24
2018-19	WHL	Medicine Hat Tigers	4	0	2	2	+1					6	1		1	-3
2019-20	WHL	Medicine Hat Tigers	48	22	31	53	+19	22
2019-20	WHC-17	Canada White U17	6	5	0	5		2
2020-21	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	31	24	22	46	+5	39
2021-22	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	79	16	15	31	-22	37	148	10.8	13:42
2021-22	WC	Canada	10	3	0	3	+2	8
2022-23	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	64	3	8	11	-23	22	93	3.2	13:19
2022-23	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	11	2	4	6	-1	12
2023-24	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	77	13	19	32	-4	46	157	8.3	16:07
2024-25	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	66	11	22	33	-11	35	129	8.5	16:55
2025-26	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	81	8	25	33	+2	37	136	5.9	15:13
NHL Career			367	51	89	140	-58	177	663	7.7	15:03