Nicholas Robertson: Age, Stats, Net Worth, and Trade

Two teams, one contract standoff, and a last name that keeps him in trade chatter: Nicholas Robertson has spent the past two seasons as one of the NHL’s most intriguing young wingers. The California-born forward turned 24 in September 2025, set a career high with 16 goals and 32 points in 2025-26, and then watched the Toronto Maple Leafs trade him to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2026 offseason — below is what’s confirmed about his age, his family, his money, and the name mix-ups that send curious readers to the wrong man.

Age (2025-26 season): 24 · Height: 5’9″ (175 cm) · Weight: 180 lbs (82 kg) · NHL Draft: 2019, 53rd overall · Current Team: Pittsburgh Penguins · Career Points (2025-26): 32

Eleven rows of bio data, one pattern: Robertson’s production and his role never quite matched in Toronto.

How old is Nick Robertson?

Robertson turned 24 on September 11, 2025. That makes him an age-25 player for the 2026-27 season — old enough that Toronto’s decision to keep limiting his minutes got harder to defend every year, young enough that Pittsburgh can reasonably bet on a jump.

Searches for “Nick Robertson age” usually come from fans trying to work out whether he’s still a prospect or already a veteran. The honest label is neither: he’s a young winger with real NHL mileage and a career-high season to build on.

Who is Nick Robertson’s dad?

• Family: his father, Garth Robertson, is a former hockey player and coach; his mother is of Filipino descent and his father of Scottish descent; his brother Jason Robertson plays for the Dallas Stars (Finnish Wikipedia public biography)
• Heritage: Nicholas and Jason are half-Filipino and half-Scottish-American.

Where does Nic Robertson live?

• In-season home base: Pittsburgh, where the Penguins play.
• “Nic Robertson” the CNN correspondent is a different person — this question usually comes from people searching the journalist’s name instead.

How much is Nick Robertson worth?

• Public estimates put his net worth between $1 million and $3 million.
• The visible math: an entry-level contract, an $875,000 cap hit in 2024-25, and a one-year, $1.875 million deal in August 2025.

The pattern: Robertson’s age was never the real question. His contract, his role, and his patience were.

What nationality are the Robertson brothers?

Both Robertson brothers are American, born in California. Because Nicholas spent his entire pro career in Toronto until 2026, the question keeps coming up from fans who assume the Leafs’ development pipeline must have produced a Canadian.

What ethnicity is Nicholas Robertson?

• Filipino on his mother’s side, Scottish on his father’s side.
• That makes Nicholas and Jason half-Filipino and half-Scottish-American.

The U.S. passport plus the Filipino-Scottish background is why the “what nationality?” search keeps surfacing — and why the answer surprises people who only know him from Maple Leafs coverage.

The implication: if international hockey ever calls, Robertson’s flag is the United States — not Canada, regardless of which jersey he’s worn.

Is Nick Robertson still with the Leafs?

Short answer: no. Robertson was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2026 offseason, and he enters 2026-27 as a Penguin, not a Leaf.

The road to that answer had a recurring shape — production up, role flat:

• Production trend: 14 goals and 27 points in 56 games (2023-24), then 15 goals and 22 points in 69 games (2024-25) — with an $875,000 cap hit and about 10 minutes, 40 seconds of ice time per night (PuckPedia contract and stats database)
• Trade request: Robertson had reportedly asked Toronto for a move by 2025 (Yahoo Sports NHL trade reporting)
• Trade interest: Pittsburgh was among the teams linked to him during that speculation (ClutchPoints NHL news and rumors)
• Near-deal: a proposed swap with Columbus for forward Yegor Chinakhov was reportedly explored but never completed (Yardbarker NHL trade coverage)

The Hockey Writers’ mid-2025 assessment captured the standoff: productive offensively, but not a guaranteed full-time lineup player, with defensive play and off-puck impact the open questions (The Hockey Writers NHL analysis outlet).

Then the 2025-26 season changed the conversation. Robertson put up career highs of 16 goals and 32 points. By April 2026 he was saying what everyone suspected: “I want to be somewhere where I’m wanted.” The Leafs moved him that summer, and Pittsburgh landed a 24-year-old winger with a career-high season and something to prove.

The full contract saga, family context, and trade fallout are covered in this True North Brief feature (Nick Robertson: Contract, Family, and Penguins Trade).

Nicholas Robertson career timeline

Four dates, one arc: Robertson kept outproducing his role until the Leafs finally moved him.

The pattern: every career-high in Toronto came with a smaller role than the numbers justified — a mismatch that made the 2026 trade feel like a matter of when, not if.

Separating confirmed facts from open questions

The split is unusually clean: what’s confirmed is biographical and statistical; what’s unclear is contractual and personal.

What this means: the hard facts about Robertson are settled; the open questions are about fit, money, and deployment.

Key quotes and assessments

One direct quote and two reports, all pointing at the same conclusion: the talent was never the issue.

“I want to be somewhere where I’m wanted.”

Nick Robertson, on his future with Toronto, April 2026 — The Leafs Nation Toronto Maple Leafs blog

The Hockey Writers’ 2025 assessment: Robertson was productive offensively, yet not a guaranteed full-time lineup player — with defensive play and off-puck impact the open questions.

The Hockey Writers NHL analysis outlet

According to multiple secondary reports, Robertson had asked Toronto for a trade — a backdrop that hovered over the 2025 contract talks and followed him to Pittsburgh.

Yahoo Sports NHL trade reporting

The takeaway: Robertson’s own words and the reporting around them agree — the split with Toronto was never about talent. It was about role.

Why this matters

Robertson’s career so far is a case study in the gap between production and opportunity. Toronto accepted a 16-goal, 32-point season from him in 2025-26 and still traded him, because his defensive role never matched his offensive ceiling. Pittsburgh now holds the decision point: give the 24-year-old consistent top-six minutes alongside the Penguins’ best forwards, and the scoring should travel; keep him in a bottom-six role, and the same mismatch that ended his Toronto years will follow him to Pennsylvania.

Who is Nick Robertson’s wife?

Nick Robertson is not publicly known to be married. No wife or public partner has been confirmed in any official bio or interview. His relationship status remains a private matter not discussed in available media coverage.

Is Nick Robertson religious?

Robertson’s religious affiliation is not publicly documented. He has not discussed faith-based beliefs in interviews or on social channels. This remains one of the personal details that fans inquire about but that the player has not made public.

Who is Nic Robertson?

Nic Robertson is a British journalist and CNN senior international correspondent — entirely unrelated to the NHL player. The same surname and the occasional “Nic” spelling cause frequent search confusion. The CNN correspondent has covered global conflict zones for decades and has no connection to hockey.

Is Nick Robertson of CNN married?

The CNN journalist Nic Robertson is married to a woman named Sarah, who is a private figure. This is a separate personal detail from the NHL player’s life and should not be conflated with Nicholas Robertson of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

What happened to Nick Ritchie?

Nick Ritchie is a different NHL forward, currently with the Calgary Flames. He was briefly a teammate of Nicholas Robertson on the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2023-24 season before being traded. No major incident occurred — the name overlap simply creates confusion for fans searching either player.

Related reading

• Nick Robertson: Contract, Family, and Penguins Trade – True North Brief
• Bo Horvat: Career Stats, Wife, Salary, Trade, and Height – True North Brief

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