Anthony Duclair

Last Season

Twelve goals and 15 assists in 62 games — 27 points, even in plus-minus, at 13:12 a night with 12 penalty minutes.

The Finesse Game

The speed has always been the trade and the finishing comes and goes. A hundred and nine unblocked attempts, twelve goals, median 29 feet with 33 per cent from inside twenty.

A hundred and sixty-five goals in 669 career games across eight organisations, including a 31-goal season. He can score in bursts and has never been able to do it for two years running.

The Physical Game

Six foot even, 198, and he avoids the interior. Twelve penalty minutes in 62 games.

There is no forechecking game and no wall play; the whole thing is straight-line speed into space.

The Intangibles

Forty-one point six per cent of the expected goals — third percentile — and 43.7 per cent of the shot attempts, sixth. Across 727 minutes the chances ran 26.4 to 37.0 against.

Those are among the worst figures in this edition, on a club that was 48.4 per cent as a team. He was not merely carried; the ice tilted whenever he was on it.

He is 30 and on his ninth organisation, which is its own kind of scouting report. Five points in his last ten.