It\u2019s kind of inspiring, really, that Nick Seeler has turned himself into an every night NHL defenseman. He was out of the league when the Flyers gave him a call in 2021. All these years later, and it\u2019s not a single shift that goes by with Seeler on the ice that he isn\u2019t bruised or battered in some way. He performs a thankless job: the third-pair defensive defenseman, out to receive pucks in places they haven\u2019t invented pads for until Travis Sanheim can catch his breath. Surely, the rest of the club feeds off this mentality, and it\u2019s a big reason that Seeler has stuck around for so long.<\/p>\n
Games PlayedGoalsAssistsPointsPIMShots on GoalShooting %Average TOI80461038944.2617:41<\/p>\n
Nearly 18 minutes a night is nothing to scoff at, especially with Seeler\u2019s style of play. He\u2019s not going to produce offense at any remarkable level, but that\u2019s never been his job. Seeler has reached 20 points just two times in his hockey life:<\/a> 2024-25 with the Philadelphia Flyers, and his senior year at Eden Prairie High in Minnesota. <\/p>\n 5v5 Points per 60Primary Points per 60Shots on goal per 60Shot Attempts per 60Expected Goals per 600.30.253.9910.640.18<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth mentioning that Seeler matched his career high in goals this season with four\u2013 a total he\u2019s reached once before as a Flyer back in 2022-23. His scoring on the whole was cut in half from last year\u2019s marks. That could be Rick Tocchet\u2019s system effects having an impact on the team as a whole, but it\u2019s not something really to be concerned about regarding Seeler. He could pick up just as many cheap secondary assists next year if the team scores a few more goals, but if he doesn\u2019t, it isn\u2019t hurting the team anyway.<\/p>\n Seeler\u2019s deployment this year saw him reach 180 minutes played with a rotating cast of five different partners. The only one we didn\u2019t see much of with Seeler was Cam York, who was more of a mainstay, splitting over 1,000 minutes with just two partners. The most common alignment was with Jamie Drysdale with over 320 minutes together at a pretty encouraging Expected Goals Share of 56.2 percent via MoneyPuck. This was the most successful long-term Nick Seeler operation of the bunch, though the pairing with Emil Andrae put up a 61.2 percent Share in about two fewer hours of ice time.<\/p>\n (5v5) Goals For %Expected Goals For %Corsi For %High-Danger Attempts For %PDO42.6850.7248.4354.690.970<\/p>\n His 5v5 numbers are quite decent actually. Any team would love a near 51 percent Expected Goals For from their third pair penalty killer. Seeler finished in the top-20 in the NHL<\/a> in blocked shots with 149, behind only Sanheim among Flyers. That includes a season-high six blocks in the meaningless final game against Montreal, where instead of taking a day to prepare for the playoff run, Seeler logged another season-high of 26:32 time on ice. He is the ultimate team guy, and they love him.<\/p>\n NICK SEELER LIGHTS THE LAMP!!!<\/p>\n ANOTHER FIRST PLAYOFF GOAL!!!<\/p>\n