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Ben Eager

Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: January 22, 1984 in Ottawa, Ontario
Draft: Phoenix, 1st round (23rd overall), 2002 NHL Entry
Contract: 3 years/$3,300,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $1,100,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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					Scoring						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2005-06	22	PHI	NHL	25	3	5	8	3	0	18	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	21	14.3	185	7:24
2006-07	23	PHI	NHL	63	6	5	11	5	-13	233	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	48	12.5	519	8:14
2007-08	24	TOT	NHL	32	0	2	2	1	-9	89	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	0.0	186	5:48
2007-08	24	PHI	NHL	23	0	0	0	0	-8	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	126	5:29
2007-08	24	CHI	NHL	9	0	2	2	1	-1	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0	60	6:37
2008-09	25	CHI	NHL	75	11	4	15	7	1	161	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	80	13.8	639	8:31
2009-10	26	CHI	NHL	60	7	9	16	6	9	120	7	0	0	2	9	0	0	68	10.3	500	8:20
2010-11	27	TOT	NHL	68	7	10	17	7	4	120	7	0	0	1	10	0	0	84	8.3	723	10:38
2010-11	27	ATL	NHL	34	3	7	10	4	4	77	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	41	7.3	417	12:15
2010-11	27	SJS	NHL	34	4	3	7	3	0	43	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	43	9.3	307	9:02
2011-12	28	EDM	NHL	63	8	5	13	6	-1	107	8	0	0	3	5	0	0	69	11.6	538	8:32
2012-13	29	EDM	NHL	14	1	1	2	1	-4	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	135	9:40
Career			NHL	400	43	41	84	34	-13	873	43	0	0	6	41	0	0	400	10.8	3425	8:34

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
2005-06	22	PHI	NHL	25	0.12	0.20	0.32	0.12	0.72	0.84	3	5	8	3	10	0	10	0	0	0.6	0.2	0.7
2006-07	23	PHI	NHL	63	0.10	0.08	0.17	0.07	3.70	0.76	6	5	11	5	15	1	27	0	-13	0.2	0.1	0.3
2007-08	24	TOT	NHL	32	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.02	2.78	0.50	0	2	2	1	3	0	12	0	-9	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5
2007-08	24	PHI	NHL	23	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.70	0.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	-8	-0.4	-0.2	-0.6
2007-08	24	CHI	NHL	9	0.00	0.22	0.22	0.06	3.00	0.56	0	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0.1
2008-09	25	CHI	NHL	75	0.15	0.05	0.20	0.09	2.15	1.07	12	4	16	8	24	1	24	2	1	0.9	0.7	1.5
2009-10	26	CHI	NHL	60	0.12	0.15	0.27	0.10	2.00	1.13	8	9	17	7	23	0	14	0	9	1.0	0.9	1.9
2010-11	27	TOT	NHL	68	0.10	0.15	0.25	0.10	1.76	1.24	7	10	17	7	25	0	21	0	4	0.6	0.9	1.5
2010-11	27	ATL	NHL	34	0.09	0.21	0.29	0.11	2.26	1.21	3	7	10	4	17	0	13	0	4	0.3	0.6	0.9
2010-11	27	SJS	NHL	34	0.12	0.09	0.21	0.09	1.26	1.26	4	3	7	3	8	0	8	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.6
2011-12	28	EDM	NHL	63	0.13	0.08	0.21	0.09	1.70	1.10	9	5	14	6	16	0	18	1	-1	0.8	0.6	1.4
2012-13	29	EDM	NHL	14	0.07	0.07	0.14	0.06	1.79	1.00									-4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Career			NHL	400	0.11	0.10	0.21	0.08	2.18	1.00	45	40	85	35	116	2	126	3	-13	3.7	3.1	6.9

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2005-06	22	PHI	NHL		2	0	0	0	0	-4	26	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	14	7:06
2008-09	25	CHI	NHL		17	1	1	2	1	-1	61	1	0	0	1	15	6.7	145	8:32
2009-10	26	CHI	NHL	SC	18	1	2	3	1	2	20	1	0	0	1	13	7.7	109	6:02
2010-11	27	SJS	NHL		10	1	0	1	1	-2	41	1	0	0	0	11	9.1	49	4:53
Career			NHL	1	47	3	3	6	2	-5	148	3	0	0	2	42	7.1	317	6:44

Other Standard

					Scoring						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1999-00	16	Ottawa Jr. Senators	CJHL	50	8	11	19			119
2000-01	17	Oshawa Generals	OHL	61	4	6	10			120
2000-01	17	Canada	U-18	5	1	1	2			4
2001-02	18	Oshawa Generals	OHL	63	14	23	37		-16	255	7	7	0	2
2001-02	18	Canada	WJ18-A	8	1	3	4		-3	45	1	0	0	0
2002-03	19	Oshawa Generals	OHL	58	16	24	40		3	216	11	5	0
2003-04	20	Oshawa Generals	OHL	61	25	27	52		-3	204	19	6	0
2003-04	20	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-05	21	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	66	7	10	17		12	232	5	2	0	0
2005-06	22	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	49	6	12	18		-6	256	5	1	0	2
2006-07	23	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	3	0	0	0		1	21	0	0	0	0
Career		4 Seasons	AHL	123	13	22	35		7	509	10	3	0	2
Career		1 Season	CJHL	50	8	11	19			119
Career		4 Seasons	OHL	243	59	80	139		-16	795	37	18	0	2
Career		1 Season	U-18	5	1	1	2			4
Career		1 Season	WJ18-A	8	1	3	4		-3	45	1	0	0	0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2001-02	18	Oshawa Generals	OHL	5	0	1	1			13
2002-03	19	Oshawa Generals	OHL	8	0	4	4		-1	8	0	0	0
2003-04	20	Oshawa Generals	OHL	7	2	3	5			31	2	0	0
2003-04	20	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	3	0	1	1			8	0	0	0	0
2004-05	21	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	16	1	1	2		-3	71	0	1	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	19	1	2	3		-3	79	0	1	0	0
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	20	2	8	10		-1	52	2	0	0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 8 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ben Eager		1.9	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.5
Claude Lapointe	84.7	1.8	1.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.2
Jere Gillis	78.7	2.5	1.6	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.2	-0.2
Greg Terrion	77.3	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.8	-0.1
Jordin Tootoo	77.3	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3
Mark Reeds	75.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	-0.6
Eddie Shack	75.4	2.4	2.1	1.5	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.0
Georges Laraque	74.7	3.2	1.7	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.4	-0.4
Brian Spencer	74.2	2.3	2.1	1.6	1.1	0.7	-0.3	-0.4
Dave Tippett	73.5	2.2	2.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.3	-0.6
Lorne Henning	73.3	1.9	1.7	1.6	0.9	0.5	-0.2	-0.3

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ben Eager		1.9	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.5
Greg Terrion	73.7	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.1	-0.1
Hnat Domenichelli	73.3	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.0
Jere Gillis	72.3	2.5	1.6	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2
Jordin Tootoo	71.7	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	-0.3
Lorne Henning	69.2	1.9	1.7	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5
Jay McClement	68.1	2.5	2.1	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.8	-0.4
Jim Slater	67.6	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	0.6	-0.3
Brian Spencer	67.6	2.3	2.1	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.7	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4
Bob Carse	66.5	1.5	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.2
Alf Pike	65.6	2.0	1.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2010 Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)	Penalties in Minutes 2006-07 NHL 233 (1)

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2010 Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)

Penalties in Minutes

2006-07 NHL 233 (1)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 9, 2004: Traded to Philadelphia by Phoenix with Sean Burke and Branko Radivojevic for Mike Comrie, February 9, 2004.

December 18, 2007: Traded to Chicago by Philadelphia for Jim Vandermeer, December 18, 2007.

June 24, 2010: Traded to Atlanta by Chicago with Brent Sopel, Dustin Byfuglien and Akim Aliu for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin and New Jersey's 1st (previously acquired, Chicago selected Kevin Hayes) and 2nd (previously acquired, Chicago selected Justin Holl) round choices in 2010 Entry Draft, June 24, 2010.

January 18, 2011: Traded to San Jose by Atlanta for San Jose's 5th round choice (Austen Brassard) in 2011 Entry Draft, January 18, 2011.

July 1, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, July 1, 2011.

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