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Eeli Tolvanen

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	Seattle Kraken
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($3.5M CapHit)
Height	5'10"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	182	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	27
Age (DOB)	27 (Apr 22, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 1, Overall 30 (NSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 5, 2024	Seattle Kraken	Signed 2 years @ $3.475M AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 30, 2021	Nashville Predators	Signed 3 years @ $1.450M AAV starting in 2021-22
Mar 29, 2018	Nashville Predators	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
2017-18	NSH	3	-	-	-	-3.85	-2.23	-2.00	-	7.51
2018-19	NSH	4	-1.02	-1.62	2.30	7.50	-2.24	-2.02	-	5.74
2020-21	NSH	40	-0.69	-0.18	-0.82	-0.29	-1.45	-0.18	-	0.49
2021-22	NSH	75	-1.01	-1.32	0.02	0.09	-0.63	-0.40	-0.46	-0.31
2022-23	NSH, SEA	61	-0.31	-1.03	0.78	2.12	-0.55	-0.71	-0.51	-0.15
2023-24	SEA	81	0.46	-0.12	0.50	0.49	-0.11	-0.01	-0.65	-1.18
2024-25	SEA	81	-0.18	-1.18	1.44	1.32	-0.24	1.34	-1.14	1.72
2025-26	SEA	78	-1.18	-0.67	-1.04	-0.87	-1.87	0.14	-0.82	-0.45

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2017-18	NSH	3	-0.61	0.93	-2.02	-7.85	-5.97	4.94	-
2018-19	NSH	4	-0.43	0.22	-1.98	2.73	0.98	-2.51	-
2020-21	NSH	40	-0.30	0.82	-2.19	-0.30	-1.07	-0.90	-
2021-22	NSH	75	-0.59	-0.10	-1.95	0.01	0.14	0.23	-
2022-23	NSH, SEA	61	-0.14	0.20	-1.75	0.54	0.56	-0.09	-
2023-24	SEA	81	0.19	0.34	-1.86	-0.18	0.26	0.82	-
2024-25	SEA	81	0.10	-1.20	-1.10	0.08	-0.12	-0.30	-
2025-26	SEA	78	0.00	0.01	-0.16	-1.27	-0.31	1.77	-

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.
2017-18	NSH	3	33:40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.70	-0.70	0.00	13.13	-13.13	0.00	0.00
2018-19	NSH	4	47:17	1.27	0.00	1.27	0.63	0.64	50.00	24.76	25.24	0.00	0.00
2020-21	NSH	40	470:26	0.38	0.64	1.02	0.44	-0.05	8.33	9.48	-1.15	3.33	1.67
2021-22	NSH	75	829:20	0.72	0.43	1.16	0.70	0.02	8.70	8.42	0.27	3.23	4.52
2022-23	SEA	48	586:45	1.23	0.61	1.84	0.69	0.54	16.67	9.39	7.28	2.86	5.71
2022-23	NSH	13	129:56	0.92	0.92	1.85	0.42	0.50	12.50	5.72	6.78	0.00	4.55
2022-23	NSH, SEA	61	716:41	1.17	0.67	1.84	0.64	0.53	15.91	8.72	7.19	2.36	5.51
2023-24	SEA	81	1029:52	0.70	0.93	1.63	0.58	0.12	11.32	9.41	1.91	3.85	7.69
2024-25	SEA	81	1015:46	1.00	0.53	1.54	0.68	0.32	15.04	10.21	4.83	4.47	6.70
2025-26	SEA	78	976:12	0.31	0.68	0.98	0.55	-0.24	5.43	9.72	-4.28	2.86	2.14

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
2017-18	NSH	3	33:40	24.95	0.00	1.27	53.47	0.00	2.56	-	33.13	-1.16	0.53	-21.31
2018-19	NSH	4	47:17	49.49	2.54	1.89	27.92	0.00	1.75	100.00	51.90	-0.56	-0.56	0.39
2020-21	NSH	40	470:26	38.14	1.40	2.00	38.77	1.66	2.24	45.83	47.20	-0.40	-0.17	-2.71
2021-22	NSH	75	829:20	42.18	2.17	2.35	41.31	2.46	2.37	46.88	49.76	-0.09	0.01	-0.98
2022-23	SEA	48	586:45	46.12	3.68	2.56	37.02	2.35	2.48	61.02	50.88	-0.04	0.13	-1.71
2022-23	NSH	13	129:56	38.33	2.31	2.13	44.33	2.31	2.49	50.00	46.09	-0.36	-0.20	-1.95
2022-23	NSH, SEA	61	716:41	44.71	3.43	2.49	38.34	2.34	2.48	59.42	50.07	-0.10	0.06	-1.55
2023-24	SEA	81	1029:52	41.95	2.04	2.34	43.58	2.62	2.32	43.75	50.17	-0.02	0.11	-1.40
2024-25	SEA	81	1015:46	39.93	2.42	2.17	42.47	2.13	2.45	53.25	46.96	-0.09	-0.09	-0.10
2025-26	SEA	78	976:12	35.46	1.84	1.97	48.49	2.77	2.92	40.00	40.26	-0.32	0.40	-7.32

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

Lightning Morning News: Could Eeli Tolvanen be on the Lightning’s free-agent radar? at Raw Charge (Thu May 14, 2026)
Blackhawks should target 3 UFA forwards this summer at Blackhawk Up (Thu Apr 23, 2026)
Maple Leafs should target upcoming UFA forward from the Kraken at Editor in Leaf (Thu Mar 26, 2026)
Kraken Notebook – With NHL Trade Deadline heating up, Kraken players play waiting game at Sound of Hockey (Fri Mar 6, 2026)
No Kraken – Eeli Tolvanen Contract Talks Yet at Seattle Hockey Insider (Fri Jan 30, 2026)
Kraken’s Eeli Tolvanen and Kaapo Kakko Join Team Finland’s Roster at The Hockey Writers (Fri Jan 2, 2026)
Kraken forwards Eeli Tolvanen and Kaapo Kakko named to Team Finland for Olympics at Sound of Hockey (Fri Jan 2, 2026)
Seattle Kraken’s 3 Stars of December at The Hockey Writers (Fri Jan 2, 2026)
Kraken Roundtable – Year-end check-in on the 2025-26 season at Sound of Hockey (Wed Dec 31, 2025)
Seeing Is Believing: Stretchy Montour, Leggy Tolvanen, Chatty Grubauer… at Davy Jones Locker Room (Mon Dec 29, 2025)
3 Takeaways From the Kraken’s 4-1 Win Over the Flyers at The Hockey Writers (Mon Dec 29, 2025)
Three Takeaways – Kraken take down Flyers, ride four-game streak back into playoff picture at Sound of Hockey (Mon Dec 29, 2025)
Tolvanen’s 3 Points Lead Kraken to 4-1 Win Over Flyers at The Hockey Writers (Mon Dec 29, 2025)
Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire: Eeli Tolvanen, Noah Hanifin among top players to add going into this weekend at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Dec 26, 2025)
Kraken Gameday Preview: Closing Out the Season Series in San Jose vs. Sharks at The Hockey Writers (Sat Dec 20, 2025)
How Do You Spell Relief? G-R-U-B-A-U-E-R; Kraken Goalie Leads 4-1 Win Over Sharks at Davy Jones Locker Room (Sun Nov 16, 2025)
Kraken Gameday Preview: Hosting the Sharks to End the Homestand at The Hockey Writers (Wed Nov 5, 2025)
Seattle Kraken Bios: Eeli Tolvanen at Davy Jones Locker Room (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Could the Seattle Kraken Sign Eeli Tolvanen Long-Term? at NHL Rumors (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Should the Sabres target Kraken 20-goal scorer in trade talks? at Sabres Noise (Fri Aug 15, 2025)
Kraken’s Tolvanen Should Bust Out at Seattle Hockey Insider (Mon Aug 11, 2025)

Current Contract

Eeli Tolvanen signed a $6,950,000 2-year contract with the Seattle Kraken and General Manager Ron Francis on July 5, 2024 with an AAV of $3,475,000. 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 3.95% 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	25	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	-	-	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	-	-	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$6,950,000	$6,950,000	$6,950,000

Signed: July 5, 2024

Team: Seattle Kraken

GM: Ron Francis

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.95

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Eeli Tolvanen signed a $4,350,000 3-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on August 30, 2021 with an AAV of $1,450,000. 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 1.78% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	22	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	RFA
2022-23	23	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	24	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,350,000	$4,350,000	$4,350,000

Signed: Aug 30, 2021

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.78

Eeli Tolvanen signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on March 29, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.23% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	18	$925,000	$3,145,833	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	19	$894,167	$3,115,000	$962,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	20	$894,167	$3,115,000	$2,850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$894,167	$3,115,000	$2,850,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$6,662,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Mar 29, 2018

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2012-13	Jr. C SM-sarja	Blues U16 Akatemia	1	2	0	2
2013-14	Jr. C SM-sarja	Blues U16 Akatemia	1	1	1	2
2013-14	Jr. C SM-sarja	Blues U16	28	43	33	76		6				10	5	5	10		6
2013-14	Jr. B SM-sarja	Blues U18	10	2	4	6						1
2014-15	Jr. A SM-liiga	Kiekko-Espoo U20	7	2	3	5	+1	2
2014-15	Jr. B SM-sarja	Blues U18	41	39	45	84		24				9	1	3	4		14
2014-15	Jr. C SM-sarja	Blues U16										4	5	4	9		4
2015-16	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	49	17	21	38	-14	12
2015-16	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	7	2	9	+6
2015-16	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	5	1	1	2
2015-16	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	9	1	10
2016-17	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	2	4	6	-1	2
2016-17	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	52	30	24	54	+18	26				13	5	5	10	+3	6
2017-18	OG	Finland	5	3	6	9	+1	4
2017-18	WJC-20	Finland U20	5	1	5	6	+6	4
2017-18	WC	Finland	4	2	2	4	+2	2
2017-18	EHT	Finland	3	2	1	3
2017-18	NHL	Nashville Predators	3	0	0	0			3	0.0	12:07
2017-18	KHL	Jokerit	49	19	17	36	+14	28				11	6	1	7	-1	8
2018-19	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	0	4	4	+3	2
2018-19	NHL	Nashville Predators	4	1	1	2	+2		2	50.0	13:16
2018-19	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	58	15	20	35	-8	24				5				-4	2
2019-20	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	63	21	15	36	+2	18
2020-21	KHL	Jokerit	25	5	8	13	+3	10
2020-21	NHL	Nashville Predators	40	11	11	22	-10	4	65	16.9	14:48	4						11	0.0	19:01
2021-22	NHL	Nashville Predators	75	11	12	23	-7	16	151	7.3	13:26	3	1		1	-2	2	4	25.0	11:04
2022-23	NHL	Nashville Predators	13	2	2	4	-2	4	19	10.5	12:49
2022-23	NHL	Seattle Kraken	48	16	11	27	+10	10	97	16.5	14:59	14	3	5	8	-4	6	28	10.7	16:20
2023-24	NHL	Seattle Kraken	81	16	25	41	-15	24	153	10.5	15:39
2024-25	NHL	Seattle Kraken	81	23	12	35	+3	23	137	16.8	14:19
2024-25	WC	Finland	8	7	2	9	+6	2
2024-25	EHT	Finland	2	0	1	1	-1
2025-26	NHL	Seattle Kraken	78	12	24	36	-18	30	141	8.5	16:03
2025-26	OG	Finland	5	1	2	3	+2		9	11.0	11:35
NHL Career			423	92	98	190	-37	111	768	12.0	14:47	21	4	5	9	-6	8	43	9.3	16:06