Bradly
Nadeau
L · CAR
- WAR
- 0.2
- PTS
- 3
2025-26№ 299 / 615
Bradly Nadeau (Carolina Hurricanes) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Bradly Nadeau
#29LPlays: Left wing · 2% of faceoffs
Carolina Hurricanes
HEIGHT : 180 cm · WEIGHT : 82 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : May 4, 2005 · St-Francois de Madaw, Canada
Drafted : 2023 · CAR · round 1, pick #30
Contract : $950,000 · 2023-24 → 2026-27 · Entry-Level Contract · RFA · Signing bonus $95,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Carolina Hurricanes | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
Bradly Nadeau: our analysis
2025-26 season: 12 GP, 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS, +1 +/-, 12:58 TOI. WAR 0.2 (299th of 615).
Bradly Nadeau is in his first season in the league. In 2025-26, He his WAR of 0.2 ranks 299th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+0.7).
His WAR went from -0.1 in 2024-25 to 0.2.
Bradly Nadeau's story
As a bantam player in New Brunswick, Nadeau already stood out for producing offense: he tallied 44 points in 27 games with the North West Bulls in 2018–19 and followed with a 78‑point season in 27 games the next year, topping the league charts and earning MVP honours and a place on the NBBAAAHL First All‑Star Team. He later moved west and became the offensive engine of the Penticton Vees in 2022–23, finishing the BCHL atop the goals, assists and points lists while helping the club secure a second straight Fred Page Cup.
That BCHL campaign was prolific: 113 points in 54 regular‑season games and another 35 points across 17 playoff contests. He led multiple categories including power‑play goals and game‑winners, and collected the Brett Hull Trophy (top scorer), the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy (regular‑season MVP) and the Jeff Tambellini Trophy (playoff MVP). Following that season, Carolina selected him 30th overall in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
Nadeau opted for college hockey in 2023–24, joining the Maine Black Bears. In his freshman year he paced the team with 19 goals and 27 assists for 46 points in 37 games and helped Maine reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in 12 years; the run ended with a first‑round loss to Cornell. Among freshmen nationwide he ranked sixth in points and fifth in goals and points per game, and his season earned him spots on the All‑Hockey East Second Team and the All‑Hockey East Rookie Team, plus a Hobey Baker nomination.
On 7 April 2024 he signed a three‑year entry‑level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and made his NHL debut in the franchise’s final game of the 2023–24 season, a 6–3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. He spent most of 2024–25 with Carolina’s AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, where 32 goals made him only the fifth player in AHL history to reach 30 goals before turning 20; he finished first in goals and second among rookies in points, earning a spot on the AHL All‑Rookie Team.
The statistical record sketches what he brings on the ice: a winger who produces at both ends of the scoring sheet — a prolific goal scorer, an effective playmaker and a proven threat on the power play and in clutch moments.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:07
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:21
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.67
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 4
- Blocks
- 1
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 47.8 %
- Off. zone starts
- 38.1 %
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Prospect value
Scout Report Center →Rank
52
among all 32 teams' prospects
Rating
95/ 100
percentile among prospects at his position
Potential
70/ 80
First line or top pair
Ceiling: 11.0 WAR from age 21 to 26
NHL probability
75 %
of playing 200 NHL games from age 21 to 26
Expected WAR, age 21-26
4.1
the most likely outcome
NHLe
41
NHL points over 82 games, from 2025-26 (AHL, 52 games)
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 16 %
70
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 56
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 69
- Confidence 20 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 65
- Confidence 0 %
- DU
- Durability
- 36
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 77
- Confidence 20 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 80
- Confidence 9 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 20 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 72
- Confidence 16 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 78
- Confidence 16 %
- DF
- Defense
- 76
- Confidence 14 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 30
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating56
- Top speed (35 %)34.6 · 51
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)4.816 · 72
- Distance /60 (20 %)16 · 71
- Speed consistency (15 %)32.8 · 47
ST — Strength69
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.354 · 79
- Body mass (50 %)-1.306 · 61
EN — Endurance65
- Ice time per game (45 %)14.5 · 72
- Total ice time (20 %)152 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)46.5 · 77
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.101 · 74
DU — Durability36
- Share of games played (100 %)0.468 · 36
CK — Checking77
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.612 · 79
- Season volume (10 %)3.091 · 60
FG — Fighting80
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.95 · 80
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.019 · 74
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.618 · 77
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.727 · 72
PA — Passing72
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.633 · 71
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.4 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.079 · 75
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.561 · 79
SC — Scoring78
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.006 · 78
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.917 · 78
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.214 · 77
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.511 · 79
- xG per shot (10 %)0.08 · 76
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14.7 · 77
DF — Defense76
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0 · 74
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.103 · 80
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.614 · 75
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.035 · 71
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.845 · 68
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.7 · 78
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.513 · 78
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience30
- Career regular-season games (65 %)39
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall70
- SC · Scoring (28 %)78
- PA · Passing (22 %)72
- DF · Defense (18 %)76
- SK · Skating (12 %)56
- EN · Endurance (8 %)65
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- ST · Strength (4 %)69
- CK · Checking (3 %)77
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.2
wins above replacement
-0.2 to 0.7 — 90% interval
299 of 615 forwards
+1.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.0
- EV defense
- -0.0
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +0.7
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.4
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CAR | 12 | 0.2 | -0.2 to 0.7 | 299/615 |
| 2024-25 | CAR | 2 | -0.1 | -0.2 to -0.0 | 450/596 |
| 2023-24 | CAR | 1 | -0.0 | -0.1 to -0.0 | 407/608 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 105.8 km/h4th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.2 km/h50th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 310th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 46.5 %91st percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 10.8 km12th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.87 km28th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 44.5 %96th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 16.9 %5th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 36.6 %84th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 311th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 221st percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %10th percentile |
| Mid range | 119th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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WPGBradly Nadeau: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Bradly Nadeau have in 2026-27?
Bradly Nadeau has 0 goals and 2 points (2 assists) in 3 games in 2026-27.
How old is Bradly Nadeau?
Bradly Nadeau is 21 years old: he was born on May 5, 2005.
How tall is Bradly Nadeau, and how much does he weigh?
Bradly Nadeau is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 181 lb (82 kg).
Where is Bradly Nadeau from?
Canada: Bradly Nadeau was born in St-Francois de Madaw, New Brunswick, Canada.
What team does Bradly Nadeau play for?
Bradly Nadeau plays for the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL, at L, wearing number 29.
Is Bradly Nadeau injured?
No: Bradly Nadeau is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Bradly Nadeau?
Bradly Nadeau produced 0.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 299th of 615 players at his position in the NHL.
How much does Bradly Nadeau make?
Bradly Nadeau carries a cap hit of $950K per season, on a contract worth $2.9M in total over 3 years.
When does Bradly Nadeau's contract end?
Bradly Nadeau's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Bradly Nadeau a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 299th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Bradly Nadeau played lately?
Over his last 3 games, Bradly Nadeau has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists).
What are Bradly Nadeau's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Bradly Nadeau has 18 games, 3 goals, 3 assists and 6 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 3 points in 12 games.
Where was Bradly Nadeau drafted?
Bradly Nadeau was drafted 30th overall (round 1) by Carolina Hurricanes in 2023.
How does Bradly Nadeau perform in the playoffs?
Bradly Nadeau has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Does Bradly Nadeau have siblings?
Yes: his older brother Josh Nadeau (ice hockey player at the University of Maine (Maine Black Bears)).
Is Bradly Nadeau related to anyone famous?
Yes: John Nadeau (father, played for the Haut‑Madawaska Panthères in the New Brunswick Regional Hockey League before retiring in 2022).
What is Bradly Nadeau's nationality?
Bradly Nadeau is Canadian. Internationally: Selected to represent Canada at the 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (selection announced 13 December 2024).
What awards has Bradly Nadeau won?
Brett Hull Trophy (BCHL top scorer) — 2022–23 season ; Vern Dye Memorial Trophy (BCHL regular season MVP) — 2022–23 season ; Jeff Tambellini Trophy (BCHL playoff MVP) — 2022–23 season ; Regular season MVP of the NBBAAAHL — 2019–20 season ; Named to the NBBAAAHL First All‑Star Team — 2019–20 season ; All‑Hockey East Second Team — 2023–24 season ; All‑Hockey East Rookie Team — 2023–24 season ; Nominated for the Hobey Baker Award — 2023–24 season; and more.
How many championships has Bradly Nadeau won?
1: Fred Page Cup (BCHL playoff champion) with the Penticton Vees — 2022–23 season.
Where did Bradly Nadeau play before turning pro?
North West Bulls Bantam (NBBAAAHL) — 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons; Penticton Vees (BCHL) — 2022–23 season; University of Maine (Maine Black Bears) — 2023–24 season.
See also: his Carolina Hurricanes teammates
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