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Max McCormick

#71 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Seattle Kraken

Born May 1, 1992 in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA · 5'11", 188 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 171st overall in 2011 by OTT (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Luke Johnson CHI · 1 P in 15 GP Rourke Chartier SJS · 1 P in 13 GP Matt Read MIN · 1 P in 12 GP Remi Elie BUF · 1 P in 16 GP Justin Bailey PHI · 1 P in 11 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.

0123452015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 5 points517-182018-19: 1 points118-192020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 0 points021-222023-24: 0 points023-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 OTT 20 2 2 4 -4 37 37 46 0.20 $643K
2016-17 OTT 7 0 0 0 -3 0 7 13 0.00 $650K
2017-18 OTT 30 3 2 5 -5 37 33 56 0.17 $650K
2018-19 OTT 14 1 0 1 -6 4 12 21 0.07 $650K
2020-21 CAR 12 2 1 3 3 9 5 16 0.25 $700K
2021-22 SEA 10 0 0 0 1 10 8 11 0.00 $750K
2023-24 SEA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $763K
7 seasons Career 94 8 5 13 -14 97 102 163 0.14

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 1 0 1 -6 4 12 21 0.07 8.3 7:30

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$650KCap dollars per point1 points in 14 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Jun 27, 2017, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.3M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $650K $650K $0 $650K
2018-19 $650K $650K $0 $650K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 30, 2024 Seattle Kraken Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
May 9, 2022 Seattle Kraken Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Sep 29, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Oct 28, 2020 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 25, 2019 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $700K $700K
Jun 27, 2017 Ottawa Senators Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
Jul 1, 2016 Ottawa Senators New contract 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $650K $650K
May 31, 2014 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.6M $643K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-0.1Power play+0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-2-10122015-162016-172017-182018-192020-212021-222023-24Goals 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

40.6Corsi for %84 attempts for, 123 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.8Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 5.0 against
-5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
12.5Goals for %1 for, 7 against
92.3PDO2.4% shooting + 89.9% saves
24Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tom Pyatt · Magnus Paajarvi · Max McCormick733:4334.838.40-1
Mikkel Boedker · Max McCormick · Colin White16:0972.751.11-1
Tom Pyatt · Max McCormick · Nick Paul34:5545.552.30-0
Mikkel Boedker · Max McCormick · Nick Paul33:5483.391.90-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 20 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.82 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt26th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Dec 11, 2018 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:18
Dec 9, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:44
Dec 8, 2018 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 04:53
Nov 23, 2018 @ DAL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:11
Nov 11, 2018 @ FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:45
Nov 10, 2018 @ TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:46
Nov 6, 2018 vs NJD W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:30
Nov 4, 2018 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 07:01
Nov 3, 2018 @ BUF L 2-9 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 13:45
Nov 1, 2018 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:03
Oct 30, 2018 @ ARI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:52
Oct 28, 2018 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:37
Oct 26, 2018 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:36
Oct 4, 2018 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 04:59