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Loading…A 72.2 overall puts Rakell 89th among 384 rated wingers, comfortably in the league's top quarter at the position.
His best component is offensive creation at 75, with penalty killing (23) trailing the rest of his game.
His rating fell from 91.9 in 2024-25 to 78.7 in 2025-26, one of the bigger drops in his 13-season card history.
At $5M through 2027-28 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $8.06M, so the Pittsburgh Penguins save roughly $3.06M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 7th-largest on the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL roster and uses 4.8% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $6.33M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 75 |
| Defense | 29 |
| Play driving | 66 |
| Finishing | 56 |
| Power play | 47 |
| Penalty kill | 23 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 60 | 78.7 | 0.6 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 81 | 91.9 | 1.3 |
| 2023-24 | PIT | 70 | 75.3 | 0.5 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 82 | 82.8 | 0.9 |
| 2021-22 | PIT | 70 | 71.9 | 0.5 |
| 2020-21 | ANA | 52 | 77.9 | 0.3 |
| 2019-20 | ANA | 65 | 76.4 | 0.4 |
| 2018-19 | ANA | 69 | 75.7 | 0.4 |
| 2017-18 | ANA | 77 | 90.6 | 1.4 |
| 2016-17 | ANA | 71 | 96.4 | 1.8 |
Other PIT wingers by rating: Evgeni Malkin (77.6), Bryan Rust (64.5), Justin Brazeau (58.5), Andrei Kuzmenko (57.5). See the full Pittsburgh Penguins 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.