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Cody Franson

#11 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Aug 8, 1987 in Sicamous, British Columbia, CAN · 6'5", 224 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 79th overall in 2005 by NSH (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Erik Johnson COL · 29 P in 77 GP Marc Staal NYR · 29 P in 77 GP Andrej Sekera BUF · 29 P in 76 GP Stephane Robidas DAL · 30 P in 81 GP Jamie McBain CAR · 30 P in 76 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.

01020302009-10: 21 points2109-102010-11: 29 points2910-112011-12: 21 points2111-122012-13: 29 points2912-132013-14: 33 points3313-142014-15: 36 points3614-152015-16: 17 points1715-162016-17: 19 points1916-172017-18: 7 points717-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 NSH 61 6 15 21 15 16 90 55 0.34
2010-11 NSH 80 8 21 29 10 30 156 81 0.36 $800K
2011-12 TOR 57 5 16 21 -1 22 65 102 0.37 $800K
2012-13 TOR 45 4 25 29 4 8 70 124 0.64 $1.2M
2013-14 TOR 79 5 28 33 -20 30 115 282 0.42 $2M
2014-15 TOR 55 6 26 32 -7 26 92 153 0.58 $3.3M
2014-15 NSH 23 1 3 4 0 2 35 24 0.17
2015-16 BUF 59 4 13 17 -5 26 92 61 0.29 $3.325M
2016-17 BUF 68 3 16 19 -5 34 93 87 0.28 $3.325M
2017-18 CHI 23 1 6 7 -1 8 51 18 0.30 $1M
9 seasons Career 550 43 169 212 -10 202 859 987 0.39

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 NSH 4 0 1 1 1 2 5 4 0.25
2010-11 NSH 12 1 5 6 0 0 22 8 0.50
2012-13 TOR 7 3 3 6 0 0 15 33 0.86
2014-15 NSH 5 0 2 2 1 0 6 14 0.40
4 seasons Playoffs 28 4 11 15 2 2 48 59 0.54

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 8 21 29 10 30 156 81 0.36 5.1 15:11

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2012, then RFA
$28KCap dollars per point29 points in 80 games
$183KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.4 goals above replacement
$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2011-12, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $800K
2011-12 $800K

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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $3.3M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $2M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.2M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $800K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.4Goals above replacement229th of 672 skaters, 54th of 233 defencemen
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+2.4 94th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 62nd percentilePower play-0.9 13th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 63rd percentilePenalties-1.8 18th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

51.1Corsi for %938 attempts for, 896 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Expected goals for %37.4 expected for, 36.4 against
+1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.8Goals for %40 for, 28 against
102.3PDO7.7% shooting + 94.7% saves
222Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shane O'Brien · Cody Franson75727:4351.151.021-16
Alexander Sulzer · Cody Franson27135:5753.749.15-2
Francis Bouillon · Cody Franson2945:3656.460.05-2
Kevin Klein · Cody Franson3635:3335.135.21-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.1Expected goalsfrom 219 unblocked attempts
+1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt31st
Finishing +1.9 goals above expected88thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 8Expected 6.1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2011 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:37
Apr 8, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18:33
Apr 5, 2011 vs ATL W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 16:19
Apr 2, 2011 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:48
Mar 31, 2011 @ COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:40
Mar 29, 2011 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:50
Mar 26, 2011 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:06
Mar 24, 2011 vs ANA W 5-4 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 13:00
Mar 22, 2011 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:38
Mar 20, 2011 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 14:30
Mar 19, 2011 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 15:08
Mar 17, 2011 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:05
Mar 15, 2011 vs LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 20:00
Mar 12, 2011 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:52
Mar 10, 2011 vs MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:59
Mar 8, 2011 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:27
Mar 6, 2011 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:00
Mar 3, 2011 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:45
Mar 1, 2011 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:29
Feb 27, 2011 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 13:07
Feb 26, 2011 @ DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 13:08
Feb 24, 2011 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:37
Feb 22, 2011 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:15
Feb 19, 2011 vs PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:23
Feb 17, 2011 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:24
Feb 15, 2011 vs SJS L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:12
Feb 12, 2011 vs COL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:38
Feb 9, 2011 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:30
Feb 7, 2011 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:32
Feb 5, 2011 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:18
Feb 3, 2011 @ PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:45
Feb 1, 2011 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:11
Jan 26, 2011 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:00
Jan 24, 2011 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:40
Jan 23, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 13:17
Jan 20, 2011 @ COL W 5-1 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 18:13
Jan 18, 2011 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 15:37
Jan 16, 2011 @ CHI L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 14:31
Jan 15, 2011 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:00
Jan 13, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:18
Jan 11, 2011 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 15:43
Jan 8, 2011 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 11:07
Jan 6, 2011 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:30
Jan 5, 2011 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:38
Jan 2, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:24
Dec 31, 2010 @ MIN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 13:09
Dec 28, 2010 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 14:34
Dec 26, 2010 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:10
Dec 23, 2010 vs OTT L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:03
Dec 22, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:55
Dec 15, 2010 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:33
Dec 13, 2010 vs NYI W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 15:29
Dec 11, 2010 vs FLA W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 19:07
Dec 8, 2010 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:14
Dec 6, 2010 @ ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 12:56
Dec 4, 2010 vs CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 14:32
Dec 1, 2010 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:57
Nov 30, 2010 vs PHX W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:34
Nov 27, 2010 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:46
Nov 26, 2010 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 16:51
Nov 24, 2010 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:13
Nov 22, 2010 @ CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:18
Nov 20, 2010 @ CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:24
Nov 18, 2010 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:12
Nov 16, 2010 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:48
Nov 13, 2010 vs CHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 15:11
Nov 11, 2010 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:08
Nov 7, 2010 @ ANA L 4-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 11:45
Nov 6, 2010 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:29
Nov 3, 2010 @ PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:02
Oct 30, 2010 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:15
Oct 28, 2010 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:16
Oct 24, 2010 @ TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 13:29
Oct 23, 2010 @ DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:38
Oct 21, 2010 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 18:57
Oct 19, 2010 vs CGY L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:23
Oct 16, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 15:33
Oct 14, 2010 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:50
Oct 13, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:32
Oct 9, 2010 vs ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:03