Daemon
Hunt
D · NSH · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 19
- WAR
- -0.1
- Value
- 35
- PTS
- 6
2025-26№ 257 / 325
Daemon Hunt (Nashville Predators) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Daemon Hunt
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 88 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : May 14, 2002 · Brandon, Canada
Drafted : 2020 · MIN · round 3, pick #65
Contract : $900,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · RFA (Arb)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Nashville Predators | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-27 | Minnesota Wild | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 32 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Minnesota Wild | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 63 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Daemon Hunt: our analysis
2025-26 season: 32 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 PTS, -3 +/-, 12:26 TOI. WAR -0.1 (257th of 325) · PAL 19, very poor.
In 2025-26, Daemon Hunt, 24, posts a PAL Rating of 19 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.1 ranks 257th among 325 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: discipline (75, well above average). On the other hand, possession (4, among the weakest in the league) and shooting (17, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: penalties (+0.2); his biggest cost: finishing (-0.9).
His WAR went from -0.0 in 2024-25 to -0.1.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 35 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Daemon Hunt's story
As a teenager Hunt moved between Saskatchewan and Manitoba for hockey, ultimately returning to Brandon to advance his junior career. He rose through the Brandon Wheat Kings system at the U15 and U18 levels, posting 60 points in 2016–17, and was taken 15th overall in the 2017 WHL bantam draft by the Moose Jaw Warriors. Early on he split time between the Wheat Kings and Moose Jaw before settling in with the Warriors.
Across his WHL tenure Hunt increased his responsibilities steadily: 36 assists and four goals in 2017–18, 20 points in 2018–19, and a role as alternate captain in 2019–20. He finished his major junior career with 163 games and 94 points (33 goals, 61 assists). Prior to turning pro he had brief stints on loan with the Virden Oil Capitals (MJHL) and short call-ups to the AHL’s Iowa Wild.
Minnesota selected him in round three, 65th overall, at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and signed him to a three‑year entry‑level contract on May 6, 2021. He spent the 2022–23 season primarily in Iowa, appearing in 59 games and recording 11 points, and led rookie AHL defencemen in game‑winning goals with two. An injury in a 2023–24 preseason game delayed his progress; he was reassigned to Iowa, then recalled and made his NHL debut on October 23, 2023 in a 3–2 loss to the Washington Capitals, appearing in two NHL games before being returned on October 30.
On November 30, 2024 Minnesota traded Hunt and four draft picks to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for David Jiříček. He finished that season with Columbus’s AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters, posting 2 goals and 12 assists for 14 points in 48 games. Columbus placed him on waivers on October 2, 2025, and he was reclaimed by the Minnesota Wild the following day.
Internationally Hunt represented Canada at the 2018 World U‑17 Hockey Challenge, played at the 2019 IIHF U18s (one assist, +5), and appeared at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, contributing to a silver medal. He attended the 2020 World Junior selection camp but missed the final roster after contracting COVID‑19, and although named to the 2022 World Junior team he suffered a pre‑tournament injury that kept him out of the event won by Canada. On the ice he is best described as a mobile, two‑way defenceman who supports the attack while handling defensive assignments and penalty‑kill duties.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:42
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:05
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:48
- Pts/GP
- 0.06
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 15
- Blocks
- 19
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 43.1 %
- Off. zone starts
- 26.2 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Prospect value
Scout Report Center →Rank
30
among all 32 teams' prospects
Rating
96/ 100
percentile among prospects at his position
Potential
75/ 80
First line or top pair
Ceiling: 5.7 WAR from age 21 to 26
NHL probability
66 %
of playing 200 NHL games from age 21 to 26
Expected WAR, age 21-26
2.0
the most likely outcome
NHLe
—
NHL points over 82 games, from 2025-26 (—, 0 games)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
9between 1 and 16 (80% range)
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 8
- Games
- 76
So far: 1 pts in 18 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.13 pts per game (last season: 0.19).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
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 35 %
65
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 51
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 75
- Confidence 40 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 56
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 37
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 75
- Confidence 40 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 78
- Confidence 22 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 82
- Confidence 40 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 78
- Confidence 35 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 71
- Confidence 35 %
- DF
- Defense
- 71
- Confidence 31 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 48
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating51
- Top speed (35 %)33.5 · 46
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.058 · 77
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.2 · 74
- Speed consistency (15 %)31.8 · 47
ST — Strength75
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)6.203 · 84
- Body mass (50 %)-0.461 · 65
EN — Endurance56
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.9 · 55
- Total ice time (20 %)392 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)45.9 · 68
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.9 · 62
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.889 · 67
DU — Durability37
- Share of games played (100 %)0.534 · 37
CK — Checking75
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.334 · 76
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.139 · 77
- Season volume (10 %)3.091 · 62
FG — Fighting78
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.902 · 78
DI — Discipline82
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.02 · 82
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.547 · 79
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.43 · 77
PA — Passing78
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.358 · 75
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.519 · 82
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.019 · 72
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.116 · 75
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.284 · 79
SC — Scoring71
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.145 · 63
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.195 · 74
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.065 · 68
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.13 · 78
- xG per shot (10 %)0.035 · 78
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)8.944 · 69
DF — Defense71
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.004 · 72
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.087 · 68
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.705 · 70
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.026 · 70
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.821 · 79
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)60.2 · 63
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)5.461 · 86
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience48
- Career regular-season games (65 %)54
- Career playoff games (25 %)34
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall65
- DF · Defense (30 %)71
- PA · Passing (22 %)78
- SK · Skating (12 %)51
- SC · Scoring (12 %)71
- EN · Endurance (9 %)56
- ST · Strength (6 %)75
- DI · Discipline (5 %)82
- CK · Checking (4 %)75
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
-0.1
wins above replacement
257 of 325
PAL Rating
19/ 100
Performance · Very poor
198 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
35/ 100
Poor return
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 20
- Defense
- 30
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- Offense
- 36
- Creation
- 42
- Shooting
- 17
- Possession
- 4
- Defense
- 40
- Discipline
- 75
- Power play
- 39
- Penalty kill
- 50
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
67/ 100
Average
better than 67% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
82/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
42/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 74 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 58
- Shot selection
- 60
- Penalties drawn
- 72
- Puck management
- 97
Defense
- Takeaways
- 8
- Discipline
- 75
- Safe zone exits
- 39
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.1
wins above replacement
-0.3 to 0.0 — 90% interval
257 of 325 defensemen
-0.6 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.4
- EV defense
- -0.3
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.0
- Shooting
- -0.9
- Penalties
- +0.2
- Average → replacement
- +0.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MIN | 32 | -0.1 | -0.3 to 0.0 | 257/325 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 to -0.0 | 205/314 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 12 | -0.0 | -0.1 to 0.1 | 200/316 |
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
- 133.0 km/h20th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.0 km/h48th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 752nd percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 38.1 %11th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 58.8 km47th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.69 km36th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 38.2 %4th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.2 %54th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 43.8 %10th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1659th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 394th percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %60th percentile |
| Mid range | 579th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 651st percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th 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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BOSDaemon Hunt: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Daemon Hunt have in 2026-27?
Daemon Hunt has 0 goals and 1 point (1 assist) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Daemon Hunt?
Daemon Hunt is 24 years old: he was born on May 15, 2002.
How tall is Daemon Hunt, and how much does he weigh?
Daemon Hunt is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
Where is Daemon Hunt from?
Canada: Daemon Hunt was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
What team does Daemon Hunt play for?
Daemon Hunt plays for the Nashville Predators in the NHL, at D, wearing number 52.
Is Daemon Hunt injured?
No: Daemon Hunt is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Daemon Hunt?
Daemon Hunt produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 257th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 19 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Daemon Hunt make?
Daemon Hunt earns $775K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 35 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Daemon Hunt's contract end?
Daemon Hunt's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Daemon Hunt overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 35 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Daemon Hunt a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 257th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Daemon Hunt played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Daemon Hunt has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are Daemon Hunt's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Daemon Hunt has 63 games, 0 goals, 8 assists and 8 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 6 points in 32 games.
Where was Daemon Hunt drafted?
Daemon Hunt was drafted 65th overall (round 3) by Minnesota Wild in 2020.
Is Daemon Hunt better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.10 points per game at home (1 in 10 games) and 0.00 on the road (0 in 8 games).
How does Daemon Hunt perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Daemon Hunt has 5 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.20 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.13).
Which player is most similar to Daemon Hunt?
Troy Stecher: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Troy Stecher's page →Is Daemon Hunt a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 9 points in 2026-27, or 0.12 points per game.
Is Daemon Hunt related to anyone famous?
Yes: Matt Calvert (cousin, former NHL player).
What is Daemon Hunt's nationality?
Daemon Hunt is Canadian. Internationally: Canada — 2018 World U-17 Hockey Challenge; 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships; 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (silver); 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Canada won gold).
How many championships has Daemon Hunt won?
2: 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup — Silver with Team Canada; 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships — Gold with Team Canada.
Where did Daemon Hunt play before turning pro?
Saskatchewan Junior Pats (Brick Invitational, 2011–12); Brandon Wheat Kings U15 2015–16 and 2016–17; Brandon Wheat Kings U18 2017–18; selected 15th overall in the 2017 WHL bantam draft by the Moose Jaw Warriors; Moose Jaw Warriors (from 2017, served as captain in 2020–21 and 2021–22); brief loan to the Virden Oil Capitals (MJHL) before 2020–21.
How many points is Daemon Hunt projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 9 points in 76 games in 2026-27 (1 to 16 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Nashville Predators teammates
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