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Loading…A 74.7 overall puts Lehkonen 79th among 384 rated wingers, comfortably in the league's top quarter at the position.
Penalty killing is where he wins, at 93, while power-play production at 43 is the clear area to improve.
His rating fell from 86.6 in 2024-25 to 73.4 in 2025-26, one of the bigger drops in his 10-season card history.
At $4.5M through 2026-27 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $6.49M, so the Colorado Avalanche save roughly $1.99M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 10th-largest on the Colorado Avalanche NHL roster and uses 4.3% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $1.2M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 85 |
| Defense | 58 |
| Play driving | 55 |
| Finishing | 71 |
| Power play | 43 |
| Penalty kill | 93 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | COL | 70 | 73.4 | 0.6 |
| 2024-25 | COL | 69 | 86.6 | 0.8 |
| 2023-24 | COL | 45 | 85.3 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | COL | 64 | 80.6 | 0.8 |
| 2021-22 | COL | 74 | 67.4 | 0.6 |
| 2020-21 | MTL | 47 | 28.6 | -0.2 |
| 2019-20 | MTL | 70 | 42.2 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | MTL | 82 | 52.3 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | MTL | 66 | 58.2 | 0.1 |
| 2016-17 | MTL | 73 | 72.7 | 0.7 |
Other COL wingers by rating: Martin Necas (94.6), Gabriel Landeskog (83.1), Jaden Schwartz (70.5), T.J. Hughes (59.2). See the full Colorado Avalanche cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.