The 2024-25 edition

D · Colorado Avalanche

One hundred and seventy pounds — the lightest defenceman in this edition — and the best chance share of any defenceman on a fifty-win club.

D · Carolina Hurricanes

Fifty-six points from the blue line and a minus-sixteen, and he is here to replace a defensive defenceman.

G · Columbus Blue Jackets

Undrafted, six feet tall, and a career .9122 in ten games.

LW · Buffalo Sabres

Six foot six and 231 pounds, plus-eleven, and 291 penalty minutes in 401 games.

D · Anaheim Ducks

Nine hundred and seventy-one penalty minutes in 748 games, and the only defenceman on this club who finished above water.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Eight hundred and thirty-nine penalty minutes in 789 games, and the fourteenth percentile of chances.

D · Detroit Red Wings

One hundred and seventy-seven assists in 455 games, and the best chance share on this roster — produced in New York.

D · Colorado Avalanche

Twelfth overall in 2009, 632 games later, and 6 per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

D · Calgary Flames

Undrafted, three goals in 193 games, and fifteen goals conceded above expectation in five hundred minutes.

C · Anaheim Ducks

No goals on thirty-seven shots, in a forty-five-game season.

D · Dallas Stars

Forty-seven points and a plus-28 at 22, in a first full season on the second-best defensive club in hockey.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Eighty-one per cent of his attempts from beyond forty feet, and eight goals in 131 games.

D · Dallas Stars

The highest chance share of any defenceman in this edition playing twenty-four minutes a night, on the club with the fourth-best suppression in hockey.

C · Dallas Stars

A career 16.52 per cent across 890 shots and eleven shorthanded goals in 392 games — the best two-way centre nobody discusses.

D · Detroit Red Wings

No goals in thirty-eight games, eleven in 323, and a career plus-66 that nobody expected.

LW · Calgary Flames

Four hundred and ninety-five career assists, and twelve goals on a hundred and forty-three shots.

LW · Calgary Flames

Undrafted, two hundred and thirty games across four clubs, and eight goals for on his ice against eighteen.

G · Detroit Red Wings

A .9192 in St Louis at 27, an .8921 in Detroit at 29, and nineteen games.

RW · Carolina Hurricanes

Five foot ten, thirty-three goals, and sixty per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Twenty-two goals in fifty-eight games at thirty-one, and a career minus-sixty-seven.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Sixth overall at eighteen, six foot four, and eleven goals conceded above expectation in six hundred minutes.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

One thousand one hundred and eighty-seven games, thirty-seven years old, and a plus-fifteen.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Fifth overall in 2021, a hundred and seventy pounds, and forty-two games.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Fifty-two point eight per cent of the chances in a first NHL season, and no goals.

C · Boston Bruins

Two Stanley Cups, seven hundred and thirty-eight games undrafted, and the fourth percentile of chances.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

Four hundred penalty minutes in 202 games, eight minutes a night, and the worst chance share on the roster.

C · Dallas Stars

Thirty-two goals and three shorthanded at twenty-one, with 49 per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Eighty-three per cent of his attempts from beyond forty feet, and sixteen goals in 347 games.

LW · Boston Bruins

Six foot three and 216 pounds of fourth-line forechecking, and nineteen goals for against thirty-four.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

Played 25:29 a night on the worst possession club in the league and finished with a career minus-115 behind him.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

Tenth overall in 2016, four hundred and fifty-six games, and the fourth percentile of chances.

C · Calgary Flames

Seventy-five points at thirty-three on 277 shots, and nineteen goals underwater on his ice.

G · Colorado Avalanche

Seven wins and twenty-four losses in San Jose, signed to back up a goaltender who posted an .8966.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

Thirty-two games at 21 and the best chance share of any defenceman who actually played here.

RW · Detroit Red Wings

One thousand two hundred and eighty-four points, and forty-seven more in fifty games at thirty-five on a rebuilt hip.

C · Boston Bruins

Six foot four, 234 pounds, seven minutes and forty-three seconds a night.

C · Colorado Avalanche

Undrafted, two shorthanded goals, and a chance share in the 26th percentile in Ottawa.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

Two Stanley Cups, five hundred and two points, and thirty-five years old on a club that will not win fifty games.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Undrafted, fifty-three per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and nine points in fifty-six games.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

A .9108 with four shutouts at twenty-four, behind the best chance suppression in hockey.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

Nineteen years old, 19:37 a night, and minus-39 — the price of a rebuild charged to a teenager.

G · Boston Bruins

An .8896 in fifty-five games, and he is what Boston received for a Vezina winner.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

Third overall in 2018, forty-eight goals for against thirty-two on his ice, and twelve of his own.

C · Buffalo Sabres

Sixty-seven penalty minutes, four goals, and fifty goals for on his ice against thirty-seven expected.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Four hundred and eighty games of fourth-line work, and the fifteenth percentile of chances.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

Fifty-four points beside Connor Bedard and minus-44 — the two halves of the same season.

LW · Calgary Flames

Undrafted, sixty-one goals in 153 NHL games, and a career conversion rate of 23.11 per cent.

D · Colorado Avalanche

Thirty-three games back after two years away, at 27, and still skating like the man who had 31 points.

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Thirty-nine point four per cent of the expected goals — the second percentile, and the worst mark on this roster.

D · Anaheim Ducks

Nineteen minutes a night in a first full season, and a minus-24 to show for it.

C · Buffalo Sabres

Thirteen goals on seventy-eight shots, and five career shorthanded goals from a fourth line.

D · Detroit Red Wings

No goals in a hundred career games, and the second-best chance share on this roster.

C · Detroit Red Wings

Thirty-three goals and fourteen on the power play in sixty-eight games, from a Michigan captain with a career minus-87.

RW · Anaheim Ducks

Six foot five, eleven goals, two of them shorthanded — and fourteen penalty minutes all year.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Fifty-seven per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and the highest chance share on a fifty-win club.

C · Boston Bruins

Undrafted, a hundred and twenty-nine NHL games across six seasons, and a thirteenth forward's job.

G · Buffalo Sabres

Two hundred and twelfth overall, an enormous college reputation, and an .8994 in twenty-three games.

D · Dallas Stars

Twelve penalty minutes in all eighty-two games, five goals, and a plus-17 on twenty and a half minutes a night.

C · Boston Bruins

Five hundred and fifty-seven points, two clubs in one season, and the first-line centre Boston has needed for two years.

D · Boston Bruins

Plus-eighteen at twenty-three minutes a night, and thirteen fewer goals conceded than the chances against him predicted.