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Filip Hronek

#17 · Defence · Vancouver Canucks

Born Nov 2, 1997 in Hradec Kralove, CZE (age 28) · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 53rd overall in 2016 by DET (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Fox NYR · 5 P in 5 GP Owen Power BUF · 5 P in 4 GP Roman Josi NSH · 5 P in 4 GP Mikhail Sergachev UTA · 6 P in 5 GP Brayden McNabb VGK · 4 P in 5 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.

0102030402018-19: 23 points2318-192019-20: 31 points3119-202020-21: 26 points2620-212021-22: 38 points3821-222022-23: 39 points3922-232023-24: 48 points4823-242024-25: 33 points3324-252025-26: 49 points4925-262026-27: 5 points526-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 DET 46 5 18 23 -10 30 73 66 0.50 $714K
2019-20 DET 65 9 22 31 -38 46 125 105 0.48 $714K
2020-21 DET 56 2 24 26 -18 16 114 67 0.46 $714K
2021-22 DET 78 5 33 38 -29 36 133 70 0.49 $4.4M
2022-23 DET 60 9 29 38 8 34 122 97 0.63 $4.4M
2022-23 VAN 4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 5 0.25
2023-24 VAN 81 5 43 48 33 38 148 104 0.59 $4.4M
2024-25 VAN 61 5 28 33 0 40 83 89 0.54 $7.25M
2025-26 VAN 82 8 41 49 -23 33 137 133 0.60 $7.25M
2026-27 VAN 5 0 5 5 1 0 6 7 1.00 $7.25M
9 seasons Career 538 48 244 292 -77 273 943 743 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 VAN 13 1 1 2 -3 6 13 25 0.15
1 season Playoffs 13 1 1 2 -3 6 13 25 0.15

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 5 5 1 0 6 7 1.00 0.0 25:28

Contract

$7.25MCap hitends in 2032, then UFA
$1.45MCap dollars per point5 points in 5 games
$1.083MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.7 goals above replacement, projected
$7.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$56KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Jun 18, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $58M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2031-32, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $7.25M $5.5M $4M $9.5M
2025-26 $7.25M $5M $4M $9M NMC
2026-27 $7.25M $6.75M $0 $6.75M NMC
2027-28 $7.25M $4.4M $4M $8.4M NMC
2028-29 $7.25M $3.7M $3M $6.7M M-NTC
2029-30 $7.25M $4.25M $2M $6.25M M-NTC
2030-31 $7.25M $3.7M $2M $5.7M M-NTC
2031-32 $7.25M $3.7M $2M $5.7M M-NTC

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 18, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2024-25 to 2031-32 8 $58M $7.25M
Sep 3, 2021 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $13.2M $4.4M
Jul 14, 2016 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.925M $714K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 5 games (+1.2 goals above replacement), plus the 73 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+6.7Goals above replacement139th of 648 skaters, 39th of 225 defencemen
+1.1Wins 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 225 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+1.7 83rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 36th percentilePower play+0.5 96th percentilePenalty kill-1.0 4th percentilePenalties-0.1 71st 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.

-4-2024682018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

39.9Corsi for %63 attempts for, 95 against
-3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 4.0 against
+11.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %8 for, 6 against
109.1PDO21.6% shooting + 87.5% saves
7Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Filip Hronek · Zeev Buium552:0733.741.35-3
Filip Hronek · Elias Pettersson415:0644.847.31-0
Jamie Oleksiak · Filip Hronek514:2537.531.11-2
Filip Hronek · Tom Willander21:2950.032.70-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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
Oct 8, 2026 @ CAR L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 23:52
Oct 4, 2026 vs VGK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 26:25
Oct 3, 2026 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 28:52
Oct 1, 2026 vs EDM L 7-9 0 2 2 -2 0 1 0 23:02
Sep 29, 2026 @ EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 25:08