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Dakota Mermis

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($812.5K CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	197	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age (DOB)	32 (Jan 5, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

News and Opinions

This depth defenceman could become an important piece for the Maple Leafs at Editor in Leaf (Mon May 18, 2026)
Maple Leafs looking for a spark with latest AHL call-up at Editor in Leaf (Thu Jan 29, 2026)
Maple Leafs assign defenceman Dakota Mermis to Marlies on LTIR conditioning loan at The Leafs Nation (Mon Jan 12, 2026)
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Celebrini, Hildeby, Mermis, OEL & Tanev at The Hockey Writers (Thu Dec 11, 2025)
Dakota Mermis’ injury creates a now or never situation for Matt Benning and Maple Leafs at The Leafs Nation (Thu Dec 11, 2025)
Maple Leafs Practice Notes: Thrun Recalled From Marlies After Mermis Placed On Injured Reserve, Rielly Misses Skate Due To Illness at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Dec 10, 2025)
Maple Leafs place Dakota Mermis on injured reserve retroactive to December 8, call up Henry Thrun at The Leafs Nation (Wed Dec 10, 2025)
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: A Tight Win, a Hot Goalie, and a Few What-Ifs at The Hockey Writers (Tue Dec 9, 2025)
Maple Leafs lineup notes: Jarnkrok and Mermis return, Jonas Johansson to start for Lightning at The Leafs Nation (Mon Dec 8, 2025)
Simon Benoit to rejoin Maple Leafs lineup vs. Panthers, Dakota Mermis out at The Leafs Nation (Tue Dec 2, 2025)
Why Florian Xhekaj went after Dakota Mermis now seems to be known at Habs Fanatics (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Maple Leafs activate Chris Tanev from IR, Dakota Mermis assigned to AHL’s Marlies at The Leafs Nation (Sat Nov 1, 2025)
Maple Leafs place Chris Tanev on IR retroactive to October 21, recall Dakota Mermis at The Leafs Nation (Thu Oct 23, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2008-09	USHS-IL	Alton High	12	16	9	25
2009-10	USHL	Lincoln Stars	2	0	1	1	+1
2010-11	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	36	4	4	8	-2	53				2
2011-12	USHL	Green Bay	60	5	22	27	+22	98	120	420.0		12		1	1	+4	20	23	0.0
2012-13	WCHA	U. of Denver	19	1	3	4		14
2012-13	OHL	London	27	2	9	11	+15	34				21	1	3	4	+11	21
2012-13	M-Cup	London										5				+1	10
2013-14	OHL	London	66	5	20	25	+40	76				9	1	3	4	+10	12
2013-14	M-Cup	London										3	1		1		2
2014-15	OHL	London	36	1	10	11	+22	36
2014-15	OHL	Oshawa	30	5	14	19	+26	50				21	1	14	15	+12	14
2014-15	M-Cup	Oshawa										4	1	2	3	+5	4
2015-16	AHL	Springfield	63	3	10	13	-12	58	68	440.0
2015-16	ECHL	Rapid City	5	1	2	3	+1	6
2016-17	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	67	2	10	12	-17	75
2017-18	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	9	0	0	0	-2		7	0.0	10:59
2017-18	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	59	2	17	19	+5	45				9	3	2	5	+2	11
2018-19	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	62	3	21	24	-2	49
2018-19	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	1	0	0	0	+1			0.0	11:20
2019-20	AHL	Binghamton Devils	53	3	16	19	+6	23
2019-20	NHL	New Jersey Devils	10	1	3	4	+7	4	17	5.9	19:13
2020-21	NHL	Minnesota Wild	3	0	0	0			2	0.0	16:24
2021-22	AHL	Iowa Wild	59	3	21	24	-9	86
2021-22	NHL	Minnesota Wild	2	0	0	0	+2		1	0.0	13:54
2022-23	NHL	Minnesota Wild	2	0	0	0	-1		1	0.0	14:28
2022-23	AHL	Iowa Wild	63	5	21	26	+9	73				2		1	1	-1	2
2023-24	NHL	Minnesota Wild	47	3	5	8	-2	33	42	7.1	14:05
2023-24	AHL	Iowa Wild	5	0	2	2		12
2024-25	AHL	Toronto Marlies	32	0	7	7	+8	22
2024-25	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	0	1	1			4	0.0	16:41
2024-25	NHL	Utah Hockey Club	1	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0.0	10:47
2025-26	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	11	1	0	1	-3	11	5	20.0	13:02
2025-26	AHL	Toronto Marlies	27	1	6	7	+2	36				13		6	6	+4	8
NHL Career			89	5	9	14	0	50	81	6.2	14:19

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2017-18	ARI	9	88:06	-1.70	-1.43	-1.02	-0.75	-	-1.06	-	-0.48
2018-19	ARI	1	11:20	-1.71	-1.66	-0.96	-	-	-	-	7.83
2019-20	NJD	10	165:44	1.22	0.42	1.16	1.81	-	-0.88	-	0.27
2020-21	MIN	3	46:49	-1.63	-1.40	-0.83	-1.98	-	-0.81	-	-4.77
2021-22	MIN	2	27:24	-1.80	-1.80	-1.00	-0.75	-	-1.07	0.35	0.39
2022-23	MIN	2	27:05	-	-	-	-2.23	-	-0.89	-1.55	-5.48
2023-24	MIN	47	593:24	-0.04	-0.71	1.12	0.97	-	0.36	-0.32	1.40
2024-25	TOR, UTA	4	59:21	-1.75	-1.65	-0.94	-1.35	-	-0.68	-0.64	-9.88
2025-26	TOR	11	133:40	-0.96	-1.61	3.76	5.43	-	-0.70	-0.76	-0.86

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2017-18	ARI	9	88:06	-2.98	-1.44	-2.22	1.08	1.12	-0.35	-
2018-19	ARI	1	11:20	-2.88	-1.74	-2.27	1.19	-3.81	-5.06	-
2019-20	NJD	10	165:44	0.32	-1.75	0.11	2.11	2.98	0.22	-
2020-21	MIN	3	46:49	-0.00	-1.53	-1.89	2.34	-0.37	-3.02	-
2021-22	MIN	2	27:24	-1.98	-1.54	-2.24	-0.04	1.26	1.81	-
2022-23	MIN	2	27:05	-1.91	-1.42	-0.36	-2.55	-2.61	1.07	-
2023-24	MIN	47	593:24	-1.66	-1.39	-1.08	0.41	-0.08	-0.71	-
2024-25	TOR, UTA	4	59:21	-0.93	-1.50	-1.96	1.07	1.68	0.38	-
2025-26	TOR	11	133:40	-2.41	-1.51	-1.21	2.03	1.06	-2.38	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2017-18	ARI	9	88:06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	-0.07	0.00	1.60	-1.60	0.00	0.00
2018-19	ARI	1	11:20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	NJD	10	165:44	0.36	1.09	1.45	0.11	0.25	5.88	1.80	4.08	0.00	0.00
2020-21	MIN	3	46:49	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	-0.13	0.00	4.91	-4.91	0.00	0.00
2021-22	MIN	2	27:24	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	-0.05	0.00	2.08	-2.08	0.00	0.00
2022-23	MIN	2	27:05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	-0.13	0.00	5.66	-5.66	0.00	0.00
2023-24	MIN	47	593:24	0.30	0.51	0.81	0.19	0.11	7.50	4.69	2.81	1.45	1.45
2024-25	UTA	1	10:10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	-0.06	0.00	1.02	-1.02	0.00	0.00
2024-25	TOR	3	49:11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.18	-0.18	0.00	3.68	-3.68	0.00	0.00
2024-25	TOR, UTA	4	59:21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	-0.16	0.00	3.15	-3.15	0.00	0.00
2025-26	TOR	11	133:40	0.45	0.00	0.45	0.07	0.37	20.00	3.30	16.70	0.00	10.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2017-18	ARI	9	88:06	39.50	1.36	2.06	44.27	2.72	2.14	33.33	48.99	0.21	-0.45	7.37
2018-19	ARI	1	11:20	26.47	5.29	2.86	21.18	0.00	1.08	100.00	72.52	0.97	-1.89	33.65
2019-20	NJD	10	165:44	44.89	3.98	3.30	46.70	1.81	2.55	68.75	56.39	1.11	-0.14	11.51
2020-21	MIN	3	46:49	34.60	2.56	2.38	29.48	3.84	1.83	40.00	56.56	0.10	-0.60	8.20
2021-22	MIN	2	27:24	43.80	4.38	2.37	50.36	2.19	2.71	66.67	46.69	-0.07	0.48	-5.56
2022-23	MIN	2	27:05	35.45	0.00	2.68	42.09	2.22	2.32	0.00	53.58	-0.15	-0.05	-0.78
2023-24	MIN	47	593:24	40.14	2.02	2.08	40.14	2.12	2.20	48.78	48.56	-0.34	-0.09	-2.80
2024-25	UTA	1	10:10	35.41	5.90	4.34	70.82	17.70	4.45	25.00	49.40	1.63	3.03	-16.37
2024-25	TOR	3	49:11	43.92	1.22	2.49	36.60	2.44	2.21	33.33	52.98	-0.09	-0.39	3.16
2024-25	TOR, UTA	4	59:21	42.46	2.02	2.81	42.46	5.05	2.60	28.57	51.98	0.19	0.27	-1.02
2025-26	TOR	11	133:40	39.05	1.35	2.29	40.40	2.69	2.44	33.33	48.42	0.09	-0.22	3.21

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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