The 20-year-old San Jose Sharks center sits in rare air, with a 95.4 overall that places 7th among 195 rated centers league-wide. That makes him the highest-rated player on the San Jose Sharks roster.

Play driving is where he wins, at 97, while finishing at 47 is the clear area to improve.

He surged from 89.7 in 2024-25 to 97.8 in 2025-26, one of the bigger jumps in his 2-season card history.

At $975K through 2026-27 before restricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $18M, so the San Jose Sharks save roughly $17M a season against his production.

An extension worth $18.8M a year for 5 seasons (2027-28 to 2031-32) kicks in after that, which the model grades Underpaid.

His cap hit is the 19th-largest on the San Jose Sharks NHL roster and uses 0.9% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $8.87M in cap space.

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Other SJS centers by rating: Alexander Wennberg (56.8), Logan Couture (54.8), Michael Misa (48.7), Patrick Giles (11.6). See the full San Jose Sharks 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.