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Defence · #17

Brad Hunt

Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues Nashville Predators Vegas Golden Knights Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
38
Shoots
Left
Height
175 cm
Weight
80 kg
Born
Maple Ridge, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2013–14 to 2022–23

Games
288
Goals
26
Points
86
TOI per game
14:41
xGF% (5v5)
49.9%
Goals above expected
+5.3

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2013–14EDM3000−312:3610.0%00.028.2%
2014–15EDM11123−619:29205.0%11.143.6%
2015–16EDM7000−114:11120.0%00.336.0%
2016–17STL9145−213:36128.3%20.650.5%
2016–17NSH3011+117:1320.0%00.016.9%
2016–17All teams12156−114:30147.1%20.638.2%
2017–18VGK4531518−516:39803.8%123.849.8%
2018–19VGK13257+315:10287.1%41.760.5%
2018–19MIN29325−514:46476.4%42.550.0%
2018–19All teams425712−214:53756.7%84.253.2%
2019–20MIN5981119−715:081067.5%104.953.4%
2020–21MIN12101−812:20147.1%00.948.9%
2021–22VAN5031417−315:15674.5%22.751.4%
2022–23COL474610+411:13468.7%02.249.4%
Total7 teams288266086−3214:414356.0%3520.749.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250
10m12m14m16m18m20m50100150200250Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2013–14 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

73rd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3792nd pct
  • Assists /600.8577th pct
  • ixG /600.2990th pct
  • Shots /606.1794th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.9%61st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.0%71st pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.043rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3165th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:4117th pct
  • PP time share32.7%80th pct
  • PK time share2.4%5th pct
  • Quality of competition23.0%6th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Nils LundkvistDAL0.92
  2. Joe Corvo0.90
  3. Yohann AuvituNJD/EDM0.88
  4. Daniil Miromanov0.88
  5. Vince DunnSTL/SEA0.87
  6. Eric Gelinas0.85

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+5.3 goals above expected

051015202550100150200250Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.4 km/h40th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1650th pct
  • Hardest shot154.7 km/h78th pct
  • Distance skated121 km36th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.4%81st pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.4 km/h24th pct

▲ +1.0 km/h since 2021–22

32333435363721–2222–232021–22: 33.3 km/h, 7th percentile (50 games)2022–23: 34.4 km/h, 24th percentile (47 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.862nd pct

▲ +1.4 since 2021–22

012321–2222–232021–22: 0.4, 7th percentile (50 games)2022–23: 1.8, 62nd percentile (47 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km67th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2021–22

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–232021–22: 13.7 km, 53rd percentile (50 games)2022–23: 13.8 km, 67th percentile (47 games)

Hardest shot

154.7 km/h71st pct

▼ −4.0 km/h since 2021–22

14014515015516016521–2222–232021–22: 158.7 km/h, 85th percentile (50 games)2022–23: 154.7 km/h, 71st percentile (47 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.4%81st pct

▲ +1.2 points since 2021–22

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 43.2%, 73rd percentile (50 games)2022–23: 44.4%, 81st percentile (47 games)