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Isaiah George

New York Islanders D Age 22 ELC

2025-26· Data as of July 27, 2026

$918K AAV
2 Years Left
ELC Expiry

Status derived from CBA rules; edge cases (Group 6 UFA, 10.2(c), 35+ contracts) may be misclassified. Years remaining are not yet tracked.

45 Value Score
45th percentile among defensemen
Verdict Low sample

Not enough games yet to value this contract

Career ledger 2024-25 onward · 1 season in window

+0.01 cap-years of surplus ≈ +$597K

Judged as-of — each season priced with only the model and data available then — Isaiah George has delivered 0.01 cap-years more value than he's been paid across our data window. One cap-year = a full season's salary-cap ceiling.

Career still active — this total will keep moving.

Low-confidence total — thin or short seasons drive a large share of the swing, so read it with caution.

Why this verdict

Why this verdict

Where this contract sits vs. the market

Each dot is a real free-agent signing (2015-2026): 613 comparable defense deals. The line is the going rate at each talent level, the market convention we price against. Real signings scatter around it; comparable players don’t all sign for the identical number.

Pay, % of cap
← lower talent higher talent →
Cap hit $838K Market rate $1.9M +$1.0M vs. the open market

The page’s headline verdict, +$2K/yr, refines this by adjusting the market rate for age, contract term, and restricted-free-agent status. The plot compares to the raw market curve; the verdict adjusts it.

This player is on an entry-level contract. Part of the gap below the curve is CBA cost control (teams pay restricted players below open-market value by rule), not evidence of a market inefficiency.

Structurally similar active deals

This contract sits in the Young / bridge region of the contract map. These are the active contracts whose shape is nearest to it, closest in spend, term, age, and role (not how they aged):

Comparable by the shape of the deal, not by team or playing style. Archetypes are broad regions on a continuum; a deal near a boundary is genuinely in-between.

Career Trajectory
VALUE SCORE050100PAY DELTA+$44K−$44K2024-252025-26
Reading this verdict
Outlook

Outlook

Aging Curve

Approaching his peak

Production index for defensemen. The dot marks Isaiah at age 22.

Empirical production-by-age index (delta-method WAR fit, 2010-11+). Illustrative of typical aging; the dollar model prices age with a separate, softer decline.

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No as-of track record for this deal yet — a leakage-free record needs at least two seasons graded as-of (coverage runs through 2024-25). The current-season verdict is above.

Full stats

Full stats

Career xG IMPACT/60

Limited career 5v5 sample — a teammate-adjusted (RAPM) impact needs more ice time than this player has logged, so we don't show a point estimate yet. It appears once career 5v5 ice time clears the reliability floor.

Production

Counted outcomes — totals and rates that carry shooting and goaltending luck.

SeasonGPGAPTOI
2025-26401113.4
2024-253314515.6
On-ice & expected

On-ice shot shares and modeled expected goals — these stabilize faster than goal totals, but xG is an estimate, not a count.

SeasonCF%xGxGF
2025-2633.30.11.2
2024-2545.80.719.5
CF%
Corsi-for percentage — share of shot attempts while on the ice
xG
Individual expected goals from the player's own shot attempts
xGF
On-ice expected goals — team's xG while this player is on the ice