Paul Cotter

Paul Cotter

24-Year-Old CenterC
New Jersey Devils
2024 Fantasy Outlook
An initial glance at Cotter's numbers last year would indicate a player on the rise, as he set new career highs with 18 assists, 25 points and four power-play points. However, a deeper look at the versatile forward's end of the 2023-24 campaign paints a different picture. The 24-year-old Michigan native ended the regular season mired in a 17-game goal drought during which he generated a mere 15 shots on net. Additionally, Cotter found himself as the odd man out of the lineup in the playoffs, serving as a healthy scratch for all seven of the Golden Knights' postseason clashes with Dallas. An offseason trade saw him shipped off to New Jersey, where he is likely to fill a limited bottom-six role, providing hits and depth scoring but little else. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a three-year contract extension with the Golden Knights in August of 2022.
Tallies in Sunday's win
CNew Jersey Devils
October 27, 2024
Cotter scored a goal on two shots, added two PIM and logged two hits in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Ducks.
ANALYSIS
Cotter has a goal and an assist over his last two games after going three contests without a point. The 24-year-old forward saw 15:54 of ice time Sunday, his second-highest total of the season, though he remains in a third-line role. He's contributed six goals, two assists, 22 shots on net, 33 hits, eight PIM and a minus-2 rating through 12 appearances, offering physical play and steady depth offense.
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2024–25 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    13:17
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:04
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    0:05
 
Ice Time
Power Play
Short-Handed
2022–23
12:50
0:19
0:00
2023–24
12:44
0:33
0:00
2024–25
13:17
0:04
0:05
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Cotter broke through to earn a regular NHL role in 2022-23, racking up 13 goals, five assists, 168 hits, 76 shots on goal and a minus-5 rating in 55 contests. He bounced around the lineup when the Golden Knights battled injuries, but he ultimately settled in as a bottom-six option. The 23-year-old is a fourth-round pick from 2018, and his physicality will get him on the fantasy radar in leagues that reward hits. Cotter's goal-scoring is likely to drop off in 2023-24 after he shot an unsustainable 17.1 percent, but there could be enough growth in the rest of his game to push him over the 20-point mark if he can stay in the lineup regularly.
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Adds assist in overtime loss
CNew Jersey Devils
October 25, 2024
Cotter notched an assist in Friday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders.
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Stays hot in Thursday's win
CNew Jersey Devils
October 18, 2024
Cotter scored his fifth goal of the season in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Senators.
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Pots two goals in win
CNew Jersey Devils
October 12, 2024
Cotter tallied two goals on four shots and added two hits in Saturday's 5-3 victory over the Capitals.
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Nets game-winner Saturday
CNew Jersey Devils
October 5, 2024
Cotter scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Sabres.
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Two points in win
CNew Jersey Devils
October 4, 2024
Cotter scored an empty-net goal and picked up an assist in a 4-1 victory over Buffalo on Friday.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Might not be ready Saturday
CVegas Golden Knights
December 30, 2022
Cotter might not be ready to return from his upper-body injury Saturday versus Nashville, per Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
ANALYSIS
Cotter, who has missed six straight games, did skate Friday though and is close to returning. There's a chance he'll end up playing Monday against Colorado. The 23-year-old has four goals and six points in 22 contests this season.
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