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James Wisniewski

#21 · Defence · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Feb 21, 1984 in Canton, Michigan, USA · 5'11", 203 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 156th overall in 2002 by CHI (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Craig Rivet BUF · 24 P in 64 GP Kim Johnsson MIN · 24 P in 81 GP Mike Commodore CBJ · 24 P in 81 GP Jordan Leopold CGY · 24 P in 83 GP Ryan Whitney ANA · 23 P in 48 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402005-06: 7 points705-062006-07: 10 points1006-072007-08: 26 points2607-082008-09: 24 points2408-092009-10: 30 points3009-102010-11: 51 points5110-112011-12: 27 points2711-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 51 points5113-142014-15: 34 points3414-152015-16: 0 points015-16

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 CHI 19 2 5 7 0 36 25 21 0.37
2006-07 CHI 50 2 8 10 3 39 55 82 0.20
2007-08 CHI 68 7 19 26 12 103 82 113 0.38 $650K
2008-09 CHI 31 2 11 13 6 14 70 51 0.42 $900K
2008-09 ANA 17 1 10 11 3 16 19 39 0.65
2009-10 ANA 69 3 27 30 -5 56 146 129 0.43 $2.75M
2010-11 NYI 32 3 18 21 -18 18 71 52 0.66 $3.25M
2010-11 MTL 43 7 23 30 4 20 87 56 0.70
2011-12 CBJ 48 6 21 27 -13 37 99 50 0.56 $5.5M
2012-13 CBJ 30 5 9 14 -1 15 62 53 0.47 $5.5M
2013-14 CBJ 75 7 44 51 0 61 166 101 0.68 $5.5M
2014-15 CBJ 56 8 21 29 -10 34 127 99 0.52 $5.5M
2014-15 ANA 13 0 5 5 -3 10 20 16 0.38
2015-16 CAR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 $5.5M
11 seasons Career 552 53 221 274 -22 459 1029 863 0.50

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 ANA 12 1 2 3 0 10 16 36 0.25
2010-11 MTL 6 0 2 2 -3 7 7 9 0.33
2013-14 CBJ 6 0 2 2 -7 10 12 14 0.33
3 seasons Playoffs 24 1 6 7 -10 27 35 59 0.29

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 3 21 24 9 30 89 90 0.50 3.4 19:51

Contract

$900KCap hitends in 2009, then RFA
$38KCap dollars per point24 points in 48 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2008-09, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2008-09 $900K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2016-17 $5.5M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $5.5M
2011-12 to 2016-17 $5.5M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $3.25M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $2.75M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $900K
2007-08 to 2007-08 $650K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2008-09 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2009 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 -1 0 1 6 21:22
Apr 10, 2009 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 23:10
Apr 5, 2009 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19:44
Apr 4, 2009 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 22:04
Apr 2, 2009 @ VAN W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 24:46
Mar 31, 2009 @ EDM W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 5 22:02
Mar 29, 2009 vs COL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 21:46
Mar 27, 2009 vs EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 22:26
Mar 25, 2009 @ COL W 7-2 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 22:42
Mar 24, 2009 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 24:27
Mar 22, 2009 vs PHX W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:57
Mar 19, 2009 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 26:10
Mar 18, 2009 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 18:19
Mar 15, 2009 vs SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15:07
Mar 11, 2009 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:05
Mar 8, 2009 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 21:54
Mar 6, 2009 vs DAL L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 19:13
Mar 3, 2009 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:35
Mar 1, 2009 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:45
Feb 27, 2009 vs PIT L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 18:51
Feb 24, 2009 @ NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:30
Feb 22, 2009 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:15
Feb 21, 2009 @ DAL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:42
Feb 19, 2009 @ FLA W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 2 15:40
Feb 17, 2009 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:11
Feb 14, 2009 vs DAL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:02
Feb 7, 2009 @ VAN L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:38
Feb 5, 2009 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 16:36
Feb 3, 2009 @ EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 19:03
Jan 31, 2009 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:21
Jan 29, 2009 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:48
Jan 28, 2009 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:27
Jan 21, 2009 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 23:37
Jan 19, 2009 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:06
Jan 17, 2009 @ STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:51
Jan 16, 2009 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 28:23
Jan 14, 2009 vs BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 25:45
Jan 11, 2009 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:44
Jan 10, 2009 @ NSH L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 21:10
Jan 8, 2009 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:31
Jan 6, 2009 @ PHX W 6-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 23:14
Jan 4, 2009 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:58
Jan 1, 2009 vs DET L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 23:36
Dec 30, 2008 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 22:10
Dec 28, 2008 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 21:14
Dec 26, 2008 vs PHI W 5-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 19:59
Dec 19, 2008 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:37
Dec 16, 2008 @ EDM W 9-2 0 3 3 1 2 3 1 17:30