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Loading…Nate Schmidt, a 35-year-old left-shot defenseman for the Utah Mammoth, grades as a clear top-quartile defenseman with a 84.5 overall (29th of 327).
The standout tool is defensive impact (86), backed by play driving (72); power-play production (50) is the part of his game that grades lowest.
His rating fell from 96.2 in 2024-25 to 84.9 in 2025-26, one of the bigger drops in his 13-season card history.
At $3.5M through 2027-28 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $9.72M, so the Utah Mammoth save roughly $6.22M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 13th-largest on the Utah Mammoth NHL roster and uses 3.4% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $3.95M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 56 |
| Defense | 86 |
| Play driving | 72 |
| Finishing | 65 |
| Power play | 50 |
| Penalty kill | 53 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 82 | 84.9 | -0.1 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 80 | 96.2 | 0.4 |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 63 | 79.5 | 0.1 |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 71 | 68.8 | -0.2 |
| 2021-22 | WPG | 77 | 65.5 | -0.2 |
| 2020-21 | VAN | 54 | 47.5 | -0.6 |
| 2019-20 | VGK | 59 | 67.1 | -0.2 |
| 2018-19 | VGK | 61 | 88 | 0.2 |
| 2017-18 | VGK | 76 | 74.3 | -0.1 |
| 2016-17 | WSH | 60 | 81.4 | 0.1 |
Other UTA defensemen by rating: Mikhail Sergachev (88.1), MacKenzie Weegar (86.4), John Marino (76.4), Nick DeSimone (58.4). See the full Utah Mammoth 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.