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Loading…Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, a 33-year-old left winger for the Edmonton Oilers, grades as a clear top-quartile winger with a 77.3 overall (66th of 384).
The standout tool is power-play production (92), backed by offensive creation (78); penalty killing (15) is the part of his game that grades lowest.
He peaked at 92.5 in 2022-23 and has not returned to that level since, rating 73.6 last season.
The contract, $5.13M through 2028-29, grades Fair: the model's expected value of $6.15M is within $1.02M of what he is paid.
His cap hit is the 6th-largest on the Edmonton Oilers NHL roster and uses 4.9% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $2.87M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 78 |
| Defense | 54 |
| Play driving | 73 |
| Finishing | 63 |
| Power play | 92 |
| Penalty kill | 15 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | EDM | 72 | 73.6 | 0.5 |
| 2024-25 | EDM | 78 | 70.5 | 0.5 |
| 2023-24 | EDM | 80 | 83.1 | 0.7 |
| 2022-23 | EDM | 82 | 92.5 | 1.9 |
| 2021-22 | EDM | 63 | 61.4 | 0.2 |
| 2020-21 | EDM | 52 | 84.7 | 0.6 |
| 2019-20 | EDM | 65 | 89.3 | 0.9 |
| 2018-19 | EDM | 82 | 70.1 | 0.6 |
| 2017-18 | EDM | 62 | 72.3 | 0.8 |
| 2016-17 | EDM | 82 | 54.5 | 0.1 |
Other EDM wingers by rating: Zach Hyman (86.1), Vasily Podkolzin (79.1), Kasperi Kapanen (46.8), Matthew Savoie (46.1). See the full Edmonton Oilers 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.