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Joel Edmundson

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Los Angeles Kings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'5"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	221	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	32 (June 28, 1993)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2011, Round 2, Overall 46 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 20, 2024	Los Angeles Kings	Activated from IR
Oct 15, 2024	Los Angeles Kings	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2024	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 4 years @ $3.850M AAV starting in 2024-25
Sep 16, 2020	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 4 years @ $3.500M AAV starting in 2020-21
Aug 6, 2019	St. Louis Blues	Signed 1 year @ $3.100M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 24, 2018	St. Louis Blues	Signed 1 year @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2018-19
Apr 8, 2016	St. Louis Blues	Signed 2 years @ $1.050M AAV starting in 2016-17
Mar 6, 2013	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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.
2015-16	STL	67	895:42	0.07	0.54	0.60	0.25	-0.19	1.12	4.24	-3.12	1.52	3.79
2016-17	STL	69	1048:47	0.17	0.63	0.80	0.18	-0.00	4.00	4.10	-0.10	3.64	4.55
2017-18	STL	69	1191:54	0.30	0.45	0.76	0.23	0.07	5.61	4.36	1.25	0.61	3.03
2018-19	STL	64	1040:23	0.12	0.46	0.58	0.20	-0.09	2.27	4.01	-1.74	0.00	0.83
2019-20	CAR	68	1009:40	0.36	0.71	1.07	0.23	0.12	6.90	4.49	2.41	0.85	4.27
2020-21	MTL	55	929:06	0.13	0.52	0.65	0.19	-0.06	2.86	4.17	-1.31	0.92	1.83
2021-22	MTL	24	389:52	0.31	0.46	0.77	0.12	0.18	8.33	3.33	5.00	0.00	0.00
2022-23	MTL	61	940:14	0.13	0.38	0.51	0.13	-0.01	3.70	3.90	-0.20	1.32	1.32
2023-24	WSH	44	639:11	0.09	0.47	0.56	0.15	-0.05	2.56	3.96	-1.40	1.67	10.00
2023-24	TOR	9	130:27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	-0.09	0.00	3.91	-3.91	0.00	11.11
2023-24	TOR, WSH	53	769:38	0.08	0.39	0.47	0.14	-0.06	2.27	3.96	-1.69	1.45	10.14
2024-25	LAK	73	1299:31	0.23	0.55	0.78	0.14	0.09	5.88	3.66	2.22	0.00	3.33

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
2015-16	STL	67	895:42	43.61	1.67	2.42	38.18	2.01	2.40	45.45	50.16	-0.14	0.11	-2.54
2016-17	STL	69	1048:47	38.73	2.12	2.23	42.51	1.77	2.50	54.41	47.07	-0.10	0.32	-4.45
2017-18	STL	69	1191:54	45.81	2.21	2.53	40.72	2.37	2.42	48.35	51.05	0.11	0.30	-2.15
2018-19	STL	64	1040:23	41.64	2.48	2.36	39.50	2.19	2.35	53.09	50.10	-0.27	0.16	-4.38
2019-20	CAR	68	1009:40	42.25	2.50	2.41	41.48	2.50	2.58	50.00	48.31	-0.39	0.32	-7.08
2020-21	MTL	55	929:06	44.49	2.91	2.61	38.17	1.74	2.12	62.50	55.22	0.23	0.01	2.25
2021-22	MTL	24	389:52	38.32	3.08	2.39	47.25	3.23	3.28	48.78	42.12	-0.04	0.43	-3.88
2022-23	MTL	61	940:14	35.48	2.30	2.21	46.58	4.53	3.00	33.64	42.44	-0.07	0.14	-1.89
2023-24	WSH	44	639:11	38.77	2.25	2.31	44.40	2.72	2.59	45.28	47.12	0.05	0.09	-0.41
2023-24	TOR	9	130:27	47.37	3.68	2.87	48.75	1.84	2.66	66.67	51.87	0.22	0.31	-1.07
2023-24	TOR, WSH	53	769:38	40.23	2.49	2.40	45.14	2.57	2.60	49.23	48.01	0.08	0.13	-0.42
2024-25	LAK	73	1299:31	43.95	2.95	2.39	42.11	2.12	2.39	58.18	50.00	-0.14	0.48	-7.02

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	24	21.5	0.1	8.1	8.4	95.5	67.2	85.2	11.1	3.7	45.0	19.0	36.0
2022-23	61	21.9	0.1	7.8	8.2	101.3	71.8	84.0	12.0	4.0	45.8	18.3	35.9
2023-24	53	21.4	0.1	8.2	8.4	98.2	71.5	87.9	9.1	3.0	42.5	18.6	38.8
2024-25	73	21.8	0.0	7.8	8.0	97.4	75.4	94.6	4.1	1.4	39.9	19.1	41.0

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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Clarke, B	LAK	722:38	3.16	2.32	57.58	2.58	2.31	52.72	0.11	0.33	-2.81
2024-25	Spence, J	LAK	180:27	2.66	2.00	57.14	2.80	2.29	55.07	0.32	0.20	0.78
2024-25	Gavrikov, V	LAK	125:18	4.31	1.92	69.23	2.07	2.04	50.37	-0.42	-0.04	-4.13
2024-25	Doughty, D	LAK	121:50	1.97	1.97	50.00	2.21	3.36	39.73	-0.27	1.29	-14.85
2024-25	Burroughs, K	LAK	71:21	2.52	2.52	50.00	1.64	2.55	39.08	-0.85	0.49	-15.55
2024-25	Anderson, M	LAK	53:23	1.12	0.00	100.00	0.89	2.21	28.85	-1.59	0.13	-25.62
2023-24	Jensen, N	WSH	331:05	2.36	2.54	48.15	2.16	2.53	46.03	-0.14	-0.01	-1.43
2023-24	Bear, E	WSH	125:21	1.91	4.31	30.77	2.27	2.60	46.54	-0.13	0.07	-2.14
2023-24	Liljegren, T	TOR	93:24	3.85	1.28	75.00	2.68	3.01	47.07	0.06	0.58	-4.80
2023-24	Carlson, J	WSH	87:03	2.07	2.07	50.00	3.27	3.26	50.07	1.04	0.77	2.82
2023-24	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	73:00	3.29	2.47	57.14	1.84	1.81	50.40	-0.46	-0.80	3.57
2022-23	Guhle, K	MTL	270:40	2.00	3.33	37.50	1.84	2.82	39.51	-0.48	-0.04	-5.27
2022-23	Barron, J	MTL	189:18	3.17	4.44	41.67	2.10	3.09	40.52	-0.16	-0.10	-1.07
2022-23	Savard, D	MTL	145:23	1.65	4.95	25.00	2.49	3.32	42.89	0.13	0.55	-3.16
2022-23	Xhekaj, A	MTL	96:05	1.87	1.87	50.00	2.23	2.64	45.80	-0.08	-0.29	1.77
2022-23	Wideman, C	MTL	67:05	3.58	8.94	28.57	2.36	3.99	37.14	0.26	1.05	-4.53
2022-23	Harris, J	MTL	57:09	2.10	5.25	28.57	2.35	3.07	43.34	0.08	0.19	-0.69
2022-23	Matheson, M	MTL	51:31	1.16	6.99	14.29	3.05	2.18	58.31	0.87	-0.70	15.22
2022-23	Kovacevic, J	MTL	41:18	2.91	7.26	28.57	2.74	3.58	43.32	0.44	0.70	-1.06
2021-22	Petry, J	MTL	232:24	3.36	2.84	54.17	2.51	2.68	48.40	0.03	-0.16	1.82
2021-22	Barron, J	MTL	58:39	3.07	3.07	50.00	2.74	4.05	40.35	0.37	0.87	-2.33
2021-22	Romanov, A	MTL	57:45	3.12	3.12	50.00	1.49	3.74	28.50	-0.97	0.78	-16.95
2020-21	Petry, J	MTL	622:20	2.70	1.74	60.87	2.65	2.09	55.98	0.24	-0.04	2.83
2020-21	Weber, S	MTL	178:56	4.02	2.35	63.16	2.38	2.20	51.93	0.00	0.05	-0.62
2020-21	Chiarot, B	MTL	58:21	3.08	2.06	60.00	2.23	2.07	51.82	-0.28	0.01	-3.04
2020-21	Romanov, A	MTL	30:14	3.97	0.00	100.00	3.88	2.81	57.97	1.41	0.81	2.71
2020-21	Kulak, B	MTL	24:17	0.00	0.00	-	2.96	0.99	74.86	0.53	-0.99	19.85
2019-20	Pesce, B	CAR	439:16	2.60	2.87	47.50	2.46	2.61	48.51	-0.28	0.29	-5.70
2019-20	Fleury, H	CAR	208:03	1.73	2.60	40.00	2.26	2.33	49.27	-0.54	-0.07	-4.59
2019-20	Slavin, J	CAR	179:15	3.01	3.01	50.00	2.57	3.03	45.93	-0.17	0.70	-8.19
2019-20	van Riemsdyk, T	CAR	134:16	1.79	0.89	66.67	2.03	2.48	45.05	-0.64	0.17	-8.65
2019-20	Gardiner, J	CAR	21:31	0.00	0.00	-	2.10	1.71	55.14	-0.69	-0.63	0.76
2018-19	Pietrangelo, A	STL	393:00	2.75	1.53	64.29	2.70	2.48	52.16	0.24	0.25	-0.37
2018-19	Parayko, C	STL	359:15	2.34	3.17	42.42	2.06	2.16	48.85	-0.45	-0.16	-3.10
2018-19	Bortuzzo, R	STL	101:56	3.53	1.18	75.00	2.46	1.40	63.66	-0.14	-0.81	9.66
2018-19	Bouwmeester, J	STL	68:45	0.87	1.75	33.33	2.21	3.00	42.40	-0.32	0.79	-10.98
2018-19	Dunn, V	STL	55:03	3.27	1.09	75.00	2.66	2.74	49.27	0.15	0.54	-4.12
2018-19	Schmaltz, J	STL	44:15	0.00	5.42	0.00	1.28	2.64	32.54	-1.16	-0.12	-14.32
2017-18	Pietrangelo, A	STL	559:39	2.47	1.82	57.50	2.33	2.52	47.95	-0.13	0.36	-5.26
2017-18	Parayko, C	STL	463:04	2.20	3.11	41.46	2.93	2.31	55.91	0.55	0.10	4.04
2017-18	Bortuzzo, R	STL	90:07	0.67	2.66	20.00	2.11	1.91	52.50	-0.36	-0.28	-0.49
2017-18	Dunn, V	STL	39:30	3.04	3.04	50.00	1.95	3.07	38.85	-0.52	0.93	-14.75
2016-17	Parayko, C	STL	641:46	1.96	1.78	52.50	2.25	2.42	48.20	-0.08	0.14	-2.32
2016-17	Pietrangelo, A	STL	202:53	2.07	1.77	53.85	2.20	2.80	44.05	-0.13	0.57	-7.02
2016-17	Bortuzzo, R	STL	82:56	2.17	0.72	75.00	2.20	2.25	49.49	-0.21	0.03	-2.61
2016-17	Shattenkirk, K	STL	48:20	3.72	1.24	75.00	2.73	2.16	55.87	0.47	-0.17	6.59
2016-17	Bouwmeester, J	STL	27:49	2.16	4.31	33.33	0.85	3.34	20.28	-1.49	1.13	-31.19
2016-17	Gunnarsson, C	STL	23:00	0.00	0.00	-	2.25	2.33	49.18	-0.07	0.01	-0.89
2015-16	Bortuzzo, R	STL	250:57	1.43	1.20	54.55	2.37	1.91	55.35	-0.23	-0.55	4.00
2015-16	Pietrangelo, A	STL	197:07	1.83	1.83	50.00	2.36	2.86	45.20	-0.13	0.62	-7.38
2015-16	Shattenkirk, K	STL	187:52	1.60	2.87	35.71	2.10	2.35	47.25	-0.35	0.03	-4.14
2015-16	Parayko, C	STL	186:38	1.93	2.25	46.15	2.90	2.20	56.89	0.37	-0.15	5.01
2015-16	Gunnarsson, C	STL	28:02	0.00	4.28	0.00	2.99	2.92	50.58	0.41	0.60	-2.00
2015-16	Bouwmeester, J	STL	22:53	2.62	2.62	50.00	2.49	4.30	36.72	-0.02	2.04	-16.00

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.

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Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	31	M-NTC	$3,850,000	$3,850,000	-	$3,725,000	$775,000	$4,500,000	$775,000	UFA
2025-26	32	M-NTC	$3,850,000	$3,850,000	-	$1,500,000	$3,000,000	$4,500,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2026-27	33	M-NTC	$3,850,000	$3,850,000	-	$1,500,000	$2,000,000	$3,500,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2027-28	34	M-NTC	$3,850,000	$3,850,000	-	-	$2,900,000	$2,900,000	$2,900,000	UFA
Total					-	$6,725,000	$8,675,000	$15,400,000	$8,675,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.38

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	27	M-NTC	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	UFA
2021-22	28	M-NTC	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2022-23	29	M-NTC	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,562,500	$4,562,500	$4,562,500	UFA
2023-24	30	M-NTC	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$1,187,500	$3,187,500	$3,187,500	UFA
Total					-	$5,000,000	$9,000,000	$14,000,000	$11,250,000

Signed: Sep 16, 2020

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.29

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list.

Retained Salary: Montreal Canadiens retained 50.0% of total salary on July 1, 2023

Retained Salary: Washington Capitals retained 25.0% of total salary on March 7, 2024

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	26		$3,100,000	$3,100,000	-	-	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000

Signed: Aug 6, 2019

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.8

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	25		$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000

Signed: July 24, 2018

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.77

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	23	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA
2017-18	24	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000

Signed: Apr 8, 2016

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.44

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	20	$742,500	$925,000	$282,500	$92,500	$550,000	$642,500	$70,000	ELC
2014-15	21	$742,500	$925,000	$207,500	$92,500	$625,000	$717,500	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	22	$742,500	$925,000	$57,500	$92,500	$775,000	$867,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$547,500	$277,500	$1,950,000	$2,227,500	$210,000

Signed: Mar 6, 2013

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

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
2006-07	WBAAA	Brandon Wheat Kings Bantam AAA	28	0	5	5		52
2007-08	MMHL	Brandon Wheat Kings Midget AAA	1	0	0	0
2008-09	MMHL	Brandon	41	5	18	23		58				6	2	4	6		4
2009-10	MMHL	Brandon	44	10	25	35		54				7		5	5		10
2010-11	WHL	Moose Jaw	71	2	18	20	+3	95				6				-3	2
2011-12	WHL	Moose Jaw	56	4	19	23	+13	91				14	3	2	5	+2	12
2012-13	WHL	Moose Jaw	29	2	6	8	-11	70
2012-13	WHL	Kamloops	34	7	10	17	+9	71				15	3	5	8	+2	29
2013-14	AHL	Chicago	64	4	4	8	+14	108	116	340.0		5				-3	16	4	0.0
2014-15	AHL	Chicago	30	4	8	12	-2	49	57	700.0		5	2		2		2	13	1,540.0
2015-16	NHL	St. Louis Blues	67	1	8	9		63	90	1.1	14:56	16	1		1	-4	8	15	6.7	10:56
2015-16	AHL	Chicago	6	0	0	0		15	9	0.0
2016-17	NHL	St. Louis Blues	69	3	12	15	+11	60	81	3.7	17:46	11	3	3	6	+12	14	9	33.3	21:06
2017-18	NHL	St. Louis Blues	69	7	10	17	-1	57	124	5.6	20:44
2017-18	WC	Canada	9	1	3	4	+11	12
2018-19	NHL	St. Louis Blues	64	2	9	11	+8	68	102	2.0	19:23	22	1	6	7	-2	10	22	4.6	16:32
2019-20	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	68	7	13	20	+7	72	97	7.2	18:27	4	1		1	+4	2	16	6.3	23:41
2020-21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	55	3	10	13	+28	25	77	3.9	20:03	22		6	6	-3	10	23	0.0	23:23
2021-22	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	24	3	3	6	-1	35	32	9.4	19:35
2022-23	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	61	2	11	13	-29	58	69	2.9	19:34
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	44	1	5	6	-5	19	41	2.4	16:26
2023-24	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	9	0	0	0	+3	4	5	0.0	17:48	7		1	1	-1	6	7	0.0	18:40
2024-25	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	73	6	14	20	+25	22	91	6.6	20:35	6		1	1	+2	2	2	0.0	23:14
NHL Career			603	35	95	130	+46	483	809	4.3	18:45	88	6	17	23	+8	52	94	6.4	18:45