Paul Cotter

Paul Cotter

25-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.
Serves two-game suspension
CNew Jersey Devils
April 17, 2025
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.
ANALYSIS
Cotter finished the regular season with 16 goals, 22 points, 62 PIM and 245 hits in 79 appearances. He'll likely serve in a bottom-six capacity during the playoffs.
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2024–25 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    13:05
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:27
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    0:03
 
Ice Time
Power Play
Short-Handed
2022–23
12:50
0:19
0:00
2023–24
12:44
0:33
0:00
2024–25
13:05
0:27
0:03
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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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Receives two-game suspension
CNew Jersey Devils
Suspension
April 14, 2025
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
CNew Jersey Devils
April 13, 2025
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
CNew Jersey Devils
March 30, 2025
Cotter scored a goal in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Wild.
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Pots goal Thursday
CNew Jersey Devils
March 21, 2025
Cotter scored a goal and added two hits in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Flames.
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Nets goal after scratch
CNew Jersey Devils
March 12, 2025
Cotter scored a goal on two shots and added two PIM in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Blue Jackets.
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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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