Players

D · Washington Capitals

Five hundred and six defensive-zone draws, and a career high in points at thirty-two.

C · Colorado Avalanche

Twelve goals in 55 games and minus-13, in the last year anyone will describe him as a first-line centre.

G · Tampa Bay Lightning

Six-foot-five, thirty-five NHL games across four seasons and three clubs, and an .8871 in them.

LW · Minnesota Wild

Seven game-winning goals out of nineteen, eight penalty minutes in eighty games, and a sixth organisation.

D · Buffalo Sabres

First overall in 2006, a Stanley Cup at thirty-four, and no goals in sixty-three games.

D · Colorado Avalanche

Forty per cent of the expected goals at five-on-five, the 5th percentile, across 1,396 minutes.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Sixteen goals at 20, off a top speed in the 17th percentile.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

The 1st percentile in expected-goal share and the 3rd in zone starts — the hardest minutes on a hopeless club.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

Five-foot-eight, three Stanley Cup finals behind him, and 56 games on a club going nowhere.

C · Dallas Stars

Twenty-four goals at 19, all 82 games, and 0.3 bursts over twenty miles an hour a night.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Twenty-one minutes a night, three per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and thirteen points.

D · Colorado Avalanche

The 6th percentile in top speed, and a defenceman whose ice conceded eighteen goals more than it scored.

G · Toronto Maple Leafs

Twenty-seven wins on an .8856, which is the third-worst save percentage in this book.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

The 91st percentile in sprints over twenty miles an hour and the 17th in distance — everything in short bursts.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

One hundred and ten shots from beyond forty feet, two goals, and a minus-38.

LW · Winnipeg Jets

Ten minutes a night, and the fourth percentile of ground covered.

RW · Ottawa Senators

One hundred and two attacking-zone starts against 197, and three goals in fifty-six games.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

Twenty-four, a thousand five-on-five minutes, and the highest top speed of any defenceman Pittsburgh dresses.

C · Vancouver Canucks

A twelve-foot median — the shortest of any skater in this book.

D · Nashville Predators

One hundred and sixty-two shots from beyond forty feet and eleven goals, at the eleventh-slowest measured top speed in the league.

C · Buffalo Sabres

Tenth overall in 2016, 413 games, and a fourth-line job on his third club.

C · Calgary Flames

Fifty-six points and a minus-19, on a club whose ice he was better than.

G · San Jose Sharks

An .8825 in front of the worst goaltending record in the league, and three seasons above .900 before it.

RW · New York Rangers

Twenty-five per cent from inside twenty feet, eight penalty minutes in eighty-two games, and the second pick of 2019.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

Eight of his thirteen goals came on the power play, and the 93rd percentile for registered shot speed.

C · Toronto Maple Leafs

The first percentile of zone starts, an eighteen-foot median, and three goals from fifty slot shots.

LW · Edmonton Oilers

Sixteen goals in 41 games, in a season that ended in November and started again in March.

RW · Detroit Red Wings

1,237 points, three Cups, and the fourth-worst expected-goal share of any skater in the league last season.

RW · St. Louis Blues

The 91st percentile of sprints, thirty shots inside twenty feet, and nine goals from them.

LW · Minnesota Wild

Forty goals in sixty-seven games from the fifth-most favourable deployment in the league.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

A hundred and one points, more five-on-five ice than anyone in this book, and the best long-range conversion of any defenceman in the league.

C · Vegas Golden Knights

Eleven career shorthanded goals, ten penalty minutes in eighty-two games, and a 43-goal season nobody has explained.

C · Ottawa Senators

Eighty-six attacking-zone starts against 268 — the 1st percentile of this book.

LW · Chicago Blackhawks

A 96.6 mph shot at the 86th percentile, on a fourth line, for five goals.

RW · Arizona Coyotes

Eighty-six points at 5-10 and 175 pounds, on a club playing its home games in a college rink.

C · Ottawa Senators

Undrafted, sixty-five attacking-zone starts against 140, and seven goals for on his ice in 462 minutes.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

Fourteen goals at twenty-three, forty-one at twenty-six, and he converts from beyond forty feet at twice the rate a forward should.

C · Arizona Coyotes

The 94th percentile in sprints over twenty miles an hour and the 9th in shot velocity.

LW · Minnesota Wild

Six foot four, and the sixth percentile for registered shot speed.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

Twenty-seven goals at thirty-three on an 18.9 per cent shooting year, and Anaheim bought four seasons of it.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Eight goals and one assist in 70 games.

D · Toronto Maple Leafs

The second percentile of chance share, and 7.25 per cent from beyond forty feet.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

Twenty-four games, four shutouts, and the only Carolina goaltender under thirty.

RW · Vegas Golden Knights

The second percentile of zone starts, sixty-eight penalty minutes, and eleven minutes a night.

RW · Philadelphia Flyers

Thirty-one goals in sixty games at five-foot-ten, above the league rate from close range and from the mid-slot.

C · Los Angeles Kings

Four penalty minutes in eighty-two games — the fewest of any skater in the league who played seventy games at nineteen minutes a night.

G · Ottawa Senators

A .9138 behind two clubs, and the best save percentage any Ottawa goaltender posted last season by a hundred points.

C · Detroit Red Wings

Six-foot-four and 232 pounds, sixty-six penalty minutes, and the 2nd percentile in distance covered.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

A career high at 23, and the offer sheet finally looks like a transaction rather than a stunt.

D · Montreal Canadiens

Winnipeg gave him four games and put him on waivers; Montreal gave him seventy-seven and the best chance share on the blue line.

C · Buffalo Sabres

Twenty-six points on the hardest fourth-line assignment, from the other half of the Eichel trade.

LW · New York Rangers

Ninety-eight tip-ins, the most in the league, and thirty-two of thirty-six goals from inside twenty feet.

D · St. Louis Blues

Five-foot-nine, undrafted, and the highest attacking-zone start share of any defenceman in this book.

LW · Ottawa Senators

A seventh-round pick with a thirty-goal rookie season, converting from mid-range at above the league rate.

RW · Tampa Bay Lightning

Eighty-three assists, 396 tracked attempts, and a hundred and thirteen points at 173 pounds.

G · Washington Capitals

A career .9161 across ten thousand shots, and a .9080 in his first year in Washington.

D · Edmonton Oilers

Eighty-four shots on goal from beyond forty feet, one goal, and 39 slap shots.

D · Florida Panthers

Florida's first-round pick in 2009, back after seven other organisations and the sixth-worst chance share in the league.

C · San Jose Sharks

Forty-two penalty minutes in thirty-one games, and a hundred and ninety-seven pounds of it.

C · Winnipeg Jets

Twentieth overall in 2018, and three goals in sixty-six games.