Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves

29-Year-Old DefensemanD
Pittsburgh Penguins
2024 Fantasy Outlook
While plenty of blame has gone around for the Penguins' failed 2023-24 campaign, Graves has faced plenty of vitriol after failing to reach the 20-point threshold for the first time in three years. The blueliner's $4.5 million cap hit certainly played a factor into the situation, as fans and fantasy managers alike were expecting more. All of this led to Graves' name being circulated in trade talks, but general manager Kyle Dubas has been unable to find a dance partner to take on that contract. Instead, Pittsburgh will have to hope the Nova Scotia native can get back to being at least a 25-point producer during the upcoming campaign. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a six-year, $27 million contract with the Penguins in July of 2023.
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DPittsburgh Penguins
November 2, 2024
Graves has failed to record a point in the Penguins' first 13 games of the season.
ANALYSIS
Graves used to be good for 25 points a year, but he's struggled on offense since arriving in Pittsburgh. His defense hasn't been all that good in 2024-25 either, but that could be said about most of the Penguins' blueliners. Graves has accumulated 10 shots on net, 16 hits, 18 blocked shots, seven PIM and a minus-3 rating while seeing third-pairing minutes to begin this season, so he's not an option in most fantasy formats.
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2024–25 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    15:20
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:00
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    1:47
 
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After two years with the Devils, Graves joined the Penguins on a six-year deal this offseason. He notched eight goals and 26 points last season, his third NHL campaign with at least 25 points. He registered an impressive plus-34 rating while blocking 152 shots and laying out 83 hits. The 28-year-old will jump into a top-four role in Pittsburgh alongside either Erik Karlsson or Kris Letang. While Graves still probably won't see much, if any, power-play time, his offensive ceiling will get an immediate boost with his new defensive partner. He should be considered a lock for another 25-point campaign with the potential to breeze past his career high of 28 points.
Graves arrived in New Jersey a season ago following three years with the Avalanche. He posted career-best marks in both points (28) and average time on ice (20:43), although the eye test revealed he was noticeably less effective, which isn't a shock considering he left the best team in the league to join one which made the second-overall pick in the draft. Graves has a massive shot and moves the puck well enough to pick up some assists here and there, but he doesn't have a single power-play point in his first four NHL seasons, which torpedoes his chances of becoming a steady fantasy option.
The Avalanche assumed they were going to lose Graves to Seattle for nothing in the expansion draft, so they instead shipped him to the Devils in exchange for forward Mikhail Maltsev and a draft pick. Graves has been overhyped since leading the NHL in plus-minus rating (plus-40) two seasons ago, but he's still just 26 years old, skates like the wind, and has a cannon of a shot. In short, he might not be a top-pair guy, but he's a clear NHL regular and that makes him a solid pickup for New Jersey. Graves should flirt with 25 points in 2021-22 in addition to 100-plus shots, hits and blocks, making him a well-rounded fantasy option in the latter rounds of your draft.
Graves took a major step forward in his first full NHL season in 2019-20, tallying nine goals, 17 helpers, and 134 shots while leading the league with a highly impressive plus-40 rating. The 25-year-old blueliner also added significant totals in the hits (112) and blocked shots (150) categories. Graves will continue to skate with Cale Makar on Colorado's top pairing in 2020-21, and although he isn't expected to have a spot on either of the Avs' power-play units, he could still threaten the double-digit goal and 30-point marks while adding rock-solid figures in shots, plus-minus rating, hits and blocks over the course of a full season, making him a solid depth pickup in the late rounds of this year's fantasy drafts.
While his style of play may relate to a fan favorite Adam Graves, this 19-year-old blue liner is not of his bloodline. Although this 6-foot-4, 220-pound bruiser is far from a 50-goal scorer and further from making his NHL debut, that's not to say he hasn't held his own, recently posting 3 goals with 13 assists and a plus-7 rating with 90 penalty minutes in his third campaign with P.E.I. of the QMJHL. Yet another testament of Glen Sather's desire to keep the Rangers' defensemen pipeline stocked is their fourth-round pick from 2013 should make the jump to Greenville of the ECHL at some point.
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Deemed fit ahead of camp
DPittsburgh Penguins
September 17, 2024
Graves (concussion) was listed as healthy on the Penguins' training camp roster Tuesday.
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Fails to return to action
DPittsburgh Penguins
Concussion
April 18, 2024
Graves (concussion) wasn't medically cleared before the end of the 2023-24 season.
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Designated for injured reserve
DPittsburgh Penguins
Concussion
April 11, 2024
Graves (concussion) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.
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Remains unavailable
DPittsburgh Penguins
Concussion
April 11, 2024
Graves (concussion) will not be in the lineup to face Detroit on Thursday, Dan Kingerski of PittsburghHockeyNow.com reports.
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Suffers concussion Thursday
DPittsburgh Penguins
Concussion
March 29, 2024
Graves was diagnosed with a concussion Friday, according to Michelle Crechiolo of the Penguins' official site.
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Expected to test free agency
DNew Jersey Devils
June 28, 2023
Graves is expected to become an unrestricted free agent Saturday, per Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site.
ANALYSIS
Graves had eight goals, 26 points, 83 hits and 152 blocks in 78 contests with New Jersey last season. The 28-year-old defenseman is coming off a three-year, $9.5 million contract and might get a substantial raise this summer from a team looking to bolster its top four.
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