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Sheldon Dries

Position	Center	Current Team	Detroit Red Wings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($775.0K CapHit)
Height	5'10"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	182	Extended	2 years ($875.0K CapHit)
Age (DOB)	32 (Apr 23, 1994)	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Drafted	Undrafted	Expiry Status	UFA 2028

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 26, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Mar 11, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Emergency Recall
Feb 24, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Feb 23, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Emergency Recall
Feb 19, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Feb 19, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Emergency Recall
Feb 17, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Feb 17, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Emergency Recall
Feb 1, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $875K AAV starting in 2026-27
Jan 30, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Jan 29, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Recalled from AHL
Jan 14, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Jan 9, 2026	Detroit Red Wings	Recalled from AHL
Oct 2, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Cleared Waivers
Oct 1, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Placed on Waivers
Mar 4, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Feb 24, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Recalled from AHL
Oct 7, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Assigned to AHL
Oct 7, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Cleared Waivers
Oct 6, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jun 27, 2022	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 2 years @ $762K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 28, 2021	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 9, 2020	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $771K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 25, 2019	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $735K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 2, 2018	Colorado Avalanche	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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	COL	40	-1.55	-1.38	-0.68	-0.75	1.26	-1.02	-	-0.98
2019-20	COL	5	-	-	-	-1.73	-2.06	-1.80	-	-1.11
2020-21	COL	3	-2.14	-1.46	-1.41	-7.37	15.16	-1.74	-	1.88
2021-22	VAN	11	-1.02	-0.91	-0.64	-1.24	0.81	-2.04	-0.92	-2.87
2022-23	VAN	63	-1.43	-1.41	-0.40	-0.29	0.27	0.13	0.38	0.80
2025-26	DET	5	-	-	-	-2.26	-2.54	-1.69	-	4.49

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	COL	40	-2.14	-1.97	-0.81	-1.17	-0.75	0.82	50.4
2019-20	COL	5	-3.22	-2.06	-1.93	-5.15	-2.90	4.65	-
2020-21	COL	3	-3.02	-2.13	-1.75	-1.25	-0.79	1.27	-
2021-22	VAN	11	-2.06	-0.85	-2.01	0.40	0.31	-0.21	-
2022-23	VAN	63	-1.53	-0.64	-1.32	-1.28	-0.58	1.25	49.9
2025-26	DET	5	-3.39	-1.79	-0.65	-6.95	-4.80	3.55	-

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	COL	40	308:41	0.39	0.39	0.78	0.59	-0.20	5.26	7.96	-2.70	2.04	8.16
2019-20	COL	5	33:40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.23	-0.23	0.00	6.35	-6.35	0.00	0.00
2020-21	COL	3	22:34	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.83	-0.83	0.00	31.11	-31.11	0.00	50.00
2021-22	VAN	11	98:06	0.61	0.61	1.22	1.05	-0.44	6.25	10.78	-4.53	0.00	8.33
2022-23	VAN	63	595:43	0.60	0.40	1.01	0.73	-0.13	7.79	9.41	-1.62	4.04	8.08
2025-26	DET	5	31:05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.39	-0.39	0.00	10.00	-10.00	0.00	0.00

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	COL	40	308:41	40.04	1.56	1.77	42.18	3.11	2.18	33.33	44.84	-0.63	-0.03	-7.34
2019-20	COL	5	33:40	28.51	0.00	1.53	49.90	3.56	3.32	0.00	31.46	-1.22	1.48	-28.40
2020-21	COL	3	22:34	39.88	2.66	2.61	39.88	0.00	2.99	100.00	46.60	-0.06	0.89	-9.39
2021-22	VAN	11	98:06	42.20	2.45	2.94	40.37	3.67	2.41	40.00	54.95	0.10	-0.32	3.99
2022-23	VAN	63	595:43	35.55	2.22	2.11	44.01	2.82	2.68	44.00	44.10	-0.36	0.16	-5.42
2025-26	DET	5	31:05	21.23	0.00	1.00	52.12	0.00	3.09	-	24.36	-1.87	0.79	-31.13

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

Red Wings tap Sheldon Dries for secondary scoring assistance at Octopus Thrower (Mon Mar 16, 2026)
A closer look at the Red Wings' newest call ups at Octopus Thrower (Thu Mar 12, 2026)
Red Wings Call For Reinforcements at Detroit Hockey Now (Wed Mar 11, 2026)
Red Wings receive reinforcements from Grand Rapids at Octopus Thrower (Wed Mar 11, 2026)
1 of the Red Wings' call-ups deserves a longer chance to prove his worth to Detroit at Octopus Thrower (Mon Feb 23, 2026)
Dries Thrilled to Stay With Red Wings Organization (DHN+) at Detroit Hockey Now (Tue Feb 17, 2026)
Red Wings hedging their bets ahead of deadline with Dries extension at Octopus Thrower (Thu Feb 5, 2026)
Former Vancouver Canucks forward signs multi-year extension with the Detroit Red Wings at Canucks Daily (Mon Feb 2, 2026)
Red Wings Announce Sheldon Dries' Return To Grand Rapids at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Jan 14, 2026)
Red Wings Recall Forward Sheldon Dries From AHL Grand Rapids at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Jan 9, 2026)

Current Contract

Sheldon Dries signed a $1,550,000 2-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $775,000. 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 0.88% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	30	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$475,000	UFA
2025-26	31	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$475,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$950,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2024-25 and 2025-26 is $525,000.

Contract Extension

Sheldon Dries signed a $1,750,000 2-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on February 1, 2026 with an AAV of $875,000. This contract will start in 2026-27 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.84% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2026-27	32	$875,000	$875,000	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$375,000	UFA
2027-28	33	$875,000	$875,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$375,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$750,000

Signed: Feb 1, 2026

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.84

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $400,000 in each season.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Sheldon Dries signed a $1,525,000 2-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on June 27, 2022 with an AAV of $762,500. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	28	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$450,000	UFA
2023-24	29	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$450,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$900,000

Signed: June 27, 2022

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Patrik Alvin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Sheldon Dries signed a $750,000 1-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Jim Benning on July 28, 2021 with an AAV of $750,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	27		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$300,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$300,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Jim Benning

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Note: Minimum guaranteed salary of $350,000.

Sheldon Dries signed a $771,750 1-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Joe Sakic on October 9, 2020 with an AAV of $771,750. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.95% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	26		$771,750	$771,750	-	-	$771,750	$771,750	$395,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$771,750	$771,750	$395,000

Signed: Oct 9, 2020

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Joe Sakic

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.95

Sheldon Dries signed a $735,000 1-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Joe Sakic on July 25, 2019 with an AAV of $735,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.90% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	25		$735,000	$735,000	-	-	$735,000	$735,000	$395,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$735,000	$735,000	$395,000

Signed: July 25, 2019

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Joe Sakic

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.9

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2019-20 is $450,000.

Sheldon Dries signed a $925,000 1-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Joe Sakic on July 2, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	24		$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total					-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000

Signed: July 2, 2018

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Joe Sakic

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

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
2007-08	T1EMBHL	Honeybaked Bantam Minor AAA	30	25	20	45		45
2008-09	T1EBHL	Honeybaked Bantam Major AAA	31	20	18	38		28
2009-10	T1EHL U16	Honeybaked U16	36	28	12	40		50
2010-11	T1EHL U18	Belle Tire U18	36	23	15	38		92
2010-11	USHL	Green Bay Gamblers	3	0	0	0		4
2011-12	USHL	Green Bay Gamblers	59	19	19	38	+20	126				12	1	6	7	+4	8
2012-13	WJAC-19	USA U19										4	1	6	7		4
2012-13	USHL	Green Bay Gamblers	54	22	27	49	+14	105				4	1	1	2	-1	6
2013-14	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	39	3	4	7	-6	43
2014-15	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	37	14	15	29	+1	37
2015-16	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	36	11	7	18	-23	22
2016-17	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	36	16	14	30	+14	34
2017-18	AHL	Texas Stars	70	19	11	30	+13	53				22	10		10	+3	30
2018-19	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	40	3	3	6	-7	26	44	6.8	9:04
2018-19	AHL	Colorado Eagles	25	3	8	11	+1	19				4	1		1	-1
2019-20	AHL	Colorado Eagles	50	21	14	35	-5	69
2019-20	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	5	0	0	0	-2		2	0.0	6:52	1						2	0.0	6:33
2020-21	AHL	Colorado Eagles	18	5	5	10	-2	14
2020-21	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	3	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0.0	7:49
2021-22	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	11	2	1	3	-3		17	11.8	10:18
2021-22	AHL	Abbotsford Canucks	54	35	27	62	+14	20				2	1		1	-2
2022-23	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	63	11	6	17	-9	29	94	11.7	11:32
2022-23	AHL	Abbotsford Canucks	2	1	3	4	-1	2
2023-24	AHL	Abbotsford Canucks	55	29	23	52	+6	45				6	1	2	3	-4	4
2024-25	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	65	25	15	40	+1	35				3	1	1	2		2
2025-26	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	5	0	0	0			2	0.0	6:58
2025-26	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	57	23	22	45	+20	13				5		2	2		4
NHL Career			127	16	10	26	-20	59	160	10.0	10:12	1						2	0.0	6:33