Nick DeSimone #57

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Utah Hockey Club

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Player Information

The 30-year-old has 6 points (1 goals, 5 assists) in 20 games for the Utah Hockey Club this season. Undrafted, he has 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists) in 58 regular-season games for the Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils and Utah Hockey Club.

Country:	USA
Age:	30.9 yrs (21.11.1994)
Height / Weight:	188 cm / 88 kg
Shoots:	R
Drafted:	Undrafted
Awards:	-

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65

Overall Rating

Offense:Off: 136th of 263 Defensemen

Defense:Def: 221st of 263 Defensemen

Season by Season Ratings:

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Actual AAV:	$0.800M
Player Contract Value:	$1.600M
Remaining:	1 year(s)
Contract Ends:	2026 UFA
Age at the end:	31.6 yrs (21.11.1994)

Nick DeSimone

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
01.04.2025	Flames	1	0	0	0	0	13:35	1	0.0%	0
08.04.2025	Kraken	1	0	0	0	0	16:00	1	0.0%	0
10.04.2025	Predators	1	0	1	1	2	16:07	1	0.0%	0
12.04.2025	Stars	1	0	0	0	1	18:19	0		0
14.04.2025	Predators	1	0	0	0	0	13:31	2	0.0%	0
Total		5	0	1	1	3		5	0.0%	0

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2022-23	Flames	4	0	0	0	-4	11:15	4	0.0%	2
2023-24	Flames	23	1	4	5	-4	12:03	19	5.3%	2
2023-24	Devils	11	1	1	2	7	16:28	9	11.1%	2
2024-25	Utah Hockey Club	20	1	5	6	4	15:34	24	4.2%	0
Total		58	3	10	13	3		56	5.4%	6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
No games played

Similar PlayersPowered by CORE

Player Match	Name	Team	Pos	Age	Height / Weight	Season P/G	Career P/G	Offense Rating	Defense Rating	Actual AAV
	Nick DeSimone		D	30.9 yrs	188 cm / 88 kg	0.30	0.22	62	67	$0.800M
88%	Urho Vaakanainen		D	26.8 yrs	188 cm / 91 kg	0.31	0.21	59	69	$1.550M
87%	Dennis Cholowski		D	27.6 yrs	188 cm / 95 kg	0.26	0.26	60	64	$0.775M
85%	Shakir Mukhamadullin		D	23.7 yrs	193 cm / 90 kg	0.30	0.30	63	69	$1.000M
85%	Jack Thompson		D	23.5 yrs	185 cm / 85 kg	0.32	0.29	67	69	$0.800M

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