Hockey Scouting Report
21

Mathieu Joseph

Edmonton Oilers Right Wing

Speed, penalty-killing minutes, and a scoring touch that has been trending the wrong way for three years.

SeasonGPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWSS%TOI
2025-26512911-79011365.611:59
Career4716199160+6205271057010.712:58

Last Season

Two goals and eleven points in 51 games across St. Louis and Edmonton, under thirteen minutes a night. He has been a 30-point player before; he has not been one recently.

The Finesse Game

Quick, and the quickness is the whole file. He is a genuine burner in transition, dangerous shorthanded, and capable of turning a neutral-zone turnover into a chance by himself. He has a decent release when he uses it.

Away from the rush, the offense is thin. He does not win pucks below the goal line, he is not a factor on the cycle, and he has never generated much for linemates. When the speed does not produce, the shift produces nothing.

The Physical Game

Six-one and 189, and he plays a light game. He uses his stick and his angles well on the penalty kill, which is where most of his defensive value sits, but he is not going to out-muscle anybody for a puck.

The Intangibles

Coaches keep giving him a job because he can skate and kill penalties, and both of those travel. The production has been going down for long enough now that a bounce-back is a hope rather than an expectation.

A useful thirteenth forward on a deep team, which on this roster is exactly what he is being asked to be.