Declan Carlile

Last Season

One goal and two assists in 42 games — three points, plus-five, at 14:47 a night with 40 penalty minutes. His five-on-five work was done in Tampa.

The Finesse Game

Fifty unblocked attempts from a median of 49 feet, eight per cent from inside twenty, one goal. Four points in 46 career games.

Two assists in 42 games. There is no offensive game and the role does not want one.

The Physical Game

Six foot three, 190, and light for the height, but he plays hard — 40 penalty minutes in 42 games is a high rate for a third-pair defenceman and the clearest thing on the page.

He blocks shots and competes in front of his own net.

The Intangibles

Fifty point four per cent of the expected goals, 57th percentile, and 49.2 per cent of the shot attempts, 48th, across 575 minutes on a good Tampa club.

Dead average, which for an undrafted defenceman in his first real season is a perfectly respectable outcome.

Five points in his last ten. He is 26, undrafted out of Merrimack, and a sixth or seventh defenceman. Pittsburgh needs several of those behind two men in their late thirties.