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Michael Rasmussen

Position	Left Wing / Center	Current Team	Detroit Red Wings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years ($3.2M CapHit)
Height	6'6"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	222	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age (DOB)	27 (Apr 17, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 1, Overall 9 (DET)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 28, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Activated from IR
Nov 20, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Placed on IR
Feb 20, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 4 years @ $3.200M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 22, 2021	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 3 years @ $1.460M AAV starting in 2021-22
Aug 5, 2017	Detroit Red Wings	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
2018-19	DET	62	-0.97	-0.15	-1.24	-1.87	0.51	-1.39	-	0.01
2020-21	DET	40	-1.17	-0.84	-0.98	-1.35	-0.65	0.13	-	-1.13
2021-22	DET	80	-0.55	-1.38	0.97	0.35	-0.27	-1.00	-0.09	-0.77
2022-23	DET	56	0.27	0.14	-0.13	-0.38	0.27	0.64	0.38	-0.81
2023-24	DET	75	-0.12	-0.09	-0.22	0.42	-0.23	-1.85	0.10	0.81
2024-25	DET	77	-1.50	-1.30	-0.71	-1.18	0.04	1.14	0.55	-0.64
2025-26	DET	64	-1.05	-0.21	-1.15	-1.58	0.37	2.04	0.54	0.44

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	DET	62	-1.29	0.10	-1.97	-0.43	-1.26	-1.39	-
2020-21	DET	40	-0.55	0.27	-1.24	-1.42	-0.99	1.14	44.4
2021-22	DET	80	-0.37	-1.00	0.08	-0.35	-0.73	-0.69	50.1
2022-23	DET	56	-0.00	-1.49	0.88	0.10	-0.07	-0.27	51.0
2023-24	DET	75	0.43	-1.75	0.69	-0.49	-0.80	-0.55	48.3
2024-25	DET	77	-0.86	-0.89	-0.48	-0.95	-1.13	-0.20	46.4
2025-26	DET	64	-0.96	-1.65	0.35	-1.24	-1.36	0.01	45.8

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.
2018-19	DET	62	611:07	0.20	0.88	1.08	0.53	-0.34	3.77	10.27	-6.50	1.28	6.41
2020-21	DET	40	456:10	0.26	0.79	1.05	0.56	-0.30	5.00	10.62	-5.62	4.00	4.00
2021-22	DET	80	939:22	0.83	0.51	1.34	0.75	0.08	11.93	10.72	1.21	2.05	5.48
2022-23	DET	56	675:18	0.62	1.24	1.87	0.74	-0.12	10.00	11.93	-1.93	5.05	8.08
2023-24	DET	75	957:10	0.69	0.94	1.63	0.60	0.09	13.10	11.43	1.67	0.00	7.32
2024-25	DET	77	845:17	0.50	0.35	0.85	0.76	-0.27	8.43	12.97	-4.53	4.17	7.50
2025-26	DET	64	678:49	0.27	0.62	0.88	0.61	-0.34	5.56	12.74	-7.19	5.81	9.30

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	DET	62	611:07	33.87	1.77	1.99	42.22	2.55	2.49	40.91	44.40	-0.37	-0.46	-0.03
2020-21	DET	40	456:10	30.12	2.24	1.85	44.85	3.16	2.62	41.46	41.41	-0.30	0.25	-6.12
2021-22	DET	80	939:22	34.36	2.11	2.16	42.92	3.19	2.90	39.76	42.61	-0.27	0.03	-3.22
2022-23	DET	56	675:18	36.69	2.75	2.33	41.40	2.75	2.53	50.00	47.91	0.09	-0.12	2.07
2023-24	DET	75	957:10	34.35	2.57	2.02	44.32	2.26	2.58	53.25	43.87	-0.23	-0.08	-1.92
2024-25	DET	77	845:17	33.93	1.85	2.09	40.67	2.41	2.40	43.33	46.62	-0.24	-0.05	-2.17
2025-26	DET	64	678:49	35.00	1.33	2.24	41.19	2.21	2.69	37.50	45.46	-0.33	0.09	-4.27

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

A deeper look at the Red Wings' center depth at Octopus Thrower (Sun May 3, 2026)
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5 players who played their last game for the Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Fri Apr 17, 2026)
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The Red Wings need to have a serious conversation about former first round pick at Octopus Thrower (Wed Mar 11, 2026)
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Michael Rasmussen’s turnaround deserves more attention at Octopus Thrower (Thu Jan 8, 2026)
Mason Appleton's injury puts more pressure on Michael Rasmussen to deliver for Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Mon Dec 1, 2025)
Red Wings-Lightning Tweetcap: The easy blame’s on Gibson. The real truth is that the Wings’ defensive game sucks right now. at The Malik Report (Fri Nov 28, 2025)
3 Red Wings players playing their way off of the roster at Octopus Thrower (Thu Nov 27, 2025)
Red Wings’ Early Trade Chips & Targets in 2025-26 Season at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
Michael Rasmussen's eventual replacement is brewing in Grand Rapids at Octopus Thrower (Fri Oct 24, 2025)
Is it Time For Red Wings to End Rasmussen Experiment? at Detroit Hockey Now (Thu Oct 23, 2025)
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Michael Rasmussen might not be the star Detroit expected—but he’s the one they need at Octopus Thrower (Tue Sep 16, 2025)

Current Contract

Michael Rasmussen signed a $12,800,000 4-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on February 20, 2024 with an AAV of $3,200,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.64% 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	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	$500,000	$2,050,000	$2,550,000	$2,550,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$2,950,000	$2,950,000	$2,950,000	UFA
2026-27	27	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	UFA
2027-28	28	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	UFA
Total				-	$500,000	$12,300,000	$12,800,000	$12,800,000

Signed: Feb 20, 2024

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.64

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Michael Rasmussen signed a $4,380,000 3-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on July 22, 2021 with an AAV of $1,460,000. 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 1.79% 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	$1,460,000	$1,460,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,480,000	RFA
2022-23	23	$1,460,000	$1,460,000	-	-	$1,480,000	$1,480,000	$1,480,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	24	$1,460,000	$1,460,000	-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,380,000	$4,380,000	$4,860,000

Signed: July 22, 2021

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.79

Michael Rasmussen signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on August 5, 2017 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	$1,741,667	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	19	$894,167	$1,710,833	$750,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	20	$894,167	$1,710,833	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$894,167	$1,710,833	$850,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$2,450,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Aug 5, 2017

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

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
2013-14	OMAHA	Okanagan Hockey Academy Btm Prep	59	41	46	87		123
2014-15	CSSHL U18	Okanagan HA White U18 Prep	28	27	23	50		36
2014-15	BCHL	Penticton Vees	1	0	0	0
2014-15	WHL	Tri-City Americans	1	0	0	0		2
2014-15	CWG	Team British Columbia	6	1	1	2		4				6	1	1	2		4
2015-16	WHL	Tri-City Americans	63	18	25	43	+4	37
2015-16	WHC-17	Canada Black U17	5	2	1	3		16
2015-16	U17-Dev	Team White	3	0	1	1		8
2016-17	WHL	Tri-City Americans	50	32	23	55	-13	50
2016-17	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	Canada U18	4	1	3	4	+1	8
2017-18	WHL	Tri-City Americans	47	31	28	59	+17	40				14	16	17	33	+8	4
2018-19	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	62	8	10	18	-8	29	74	10.8	12:05
2018-19	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	3	2	0	2
2019-20	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	35	7	15	22	-7	20
2020-21	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	40	3	9	12	-5	26	62	4.8	14:48
2020-21	ICEHL	Graz99ers	18	5	11	16	-1	42
2020-21	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	7	2	4	6	-2	6
2021-22	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	80	15	12	27	-25	66	128	11.7	14:31
2022-23	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	56	10	19	29	+2	43	88	11.4	15:06
2023-24	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	75	13	20	33	+8	47	101	12.9	15:11
2024-25	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	77	11	10	21	-12	24	99	11.1	13:25
2025-26	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	64	6	8	14	-10	8	65	9.2	12:39
NHL Career			454	66	88	154	-50	243	617	10.7	13:56