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2025 Fantasy Outlook
In his three seasons as a full-time NHL player, Cotter has two double-digit goal-scoring campaigns. In both of those seasons, his shooting percentage was over 17 percent, a high mark to try to maintain year-over-year. Those two seasons, including last year’s numbers of 16 goals and six assists, bookend a season in which the 25-year-old scored just seven times, shooting 7.0 percent, though he had a career-high 25 points that year. Whether or not the goal-scoring is present or not, one thing remains constant and that's Cotter's ability to bring the boom. The physical forward threw a career-high 245 hits last season, the second-straight 200-hit season of his career. At the very least, it’s fair to expect another big physical season from Cotter, but to expect him to score enough goals to warrant fantasy consideration might not be as wise of a gamble. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a three-year contract extension with the Golden Knights in August of 2022.
Pots first goal of season
Cotter scored a goal in Wednesday's 4-1 win over Minnesota.
ANALYSIS
Cotter opened the scoring for the Devils with a wrister at the 16:21 mark of the first period. Not only was this Cotter's first goal of the campaign, but it was the first time he cracked the scoresheet in 2025-26. As a bottom-six forward who doesn't see time on special teams, his role on offense is limited, so fantasy managers should keep him on waivers until his role changes for the better.
Cotter opened the scoring for the Devils with a wrister at the 16:21 mark of the first period. Not only was this Cotter's first goal of the campaign, but it was the first time he cracked the scoresheet in 2025-26. As a bottom-six forward who doesn't see time on special teams, his role on offense is limited, so fantasy managers should keep him on waivers until his role changes for the better.
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2025–26 Time On Ice Stats
- Average Time On Ice: 12:01
- Average Power Play TOI: 0:01
- Average Short-Handed TOI: 0:01
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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.
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Contributes assist in loss
Cotter logged an assist, two shots on goal and nine hits in Tuesday's 5-4 double-overtime loss to the Hurricanes in Game 5.
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Serves two-game suspension
Cotter completed his two-game suspension Wednesday and is eligible to play in Game 1 of New Jersey's first-round series against Carolina on Sunday.
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Receives two-game suspension
The NHL Department of Player Safety issued a two-game suspension to Cotter on Monday for an illegal check to the head against Adam Pelech (upper body) of the Islanders on Sunday.
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Facing possible suspension
Cotter will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday for an illegal check to the head of the Islanders' Adam Pelech (upper body) on Sunday.
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Tallies in Saturday's win
Cotter scored a goal in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Wild.
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Might not be ready Saturday
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.
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.