Players

C · Vancouver Canucks

Undrafted, 13 goals from 91 shots, and 11 minutes a night.

C · Edmonton Oilers

Undersized, entirely unbothered by it, and the most promising young forward the organization has produced in a decade.

D · New York Islanders

19 years old, 24 minutes a night, 23 goals, and 1,500 5-on-5 minutes.

LW · Nashville Predators

6-5, and the 3rd percentile in expected goals.

C · Winnipeg Jets

100-point centre at 33 who has spent his whole career being told what he is not.

C · New York Islanders

1,102 games, and a minus-28.

D · Vancouver Canucks

1,122 games, 18 seasons, and 89 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet.

C · Utah Mammoth

33 goals, 11 of them on the power play, and the 88th percentile.

G · Florida Panthers

6-5, a .8925, and the better of the 2 goaltenders Florida used.

D · Utah Mammoth

Undrafted, 823 games, and plus 31.

D · New York Rangers

1,400 minutes at the 10th percentile, and 2 goals.

C · Colorado Avalanche

A 15-year veteran with a Cup, still useful in a middle-6 role at 34.

C · Florida Panthers

5 goals in 29 games from the fourth line, and 3 in his last 10.

D · Florida Panthers

68 penalty minutes, no goals, and 60 shots from a median of 54 feet.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

453 games, 15 goals, and a median shot from 55 feet.

C · Dallas Stars

1,016 games, and 27 of them last season.

D · Detroit Red Wings

25 and a half minutes a night, 60 points, and a 32 goal shortfall behind him.

RW · Anaheim Ducks

60 points as a 19-year-old rookie, and a minus-12 that says less than it looks.

D · Utah Mammoth

24 minutes a night, 49 assists, and 2 Stanley Cups.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

855 games, and the best expected-goal share on the roster.

RW · Minnesota Wild

An undrafted KHL scorer who arrived at 25 and looked, in a bottom-6 role, like he could do more.

C · Calgary Flames

116 career goals, and the 13th percentile last season.

C · Minnesota Wild

A relentless small forward whose career has been decided by his knees rather than his game.

D · Edmonton Oilers

A fourth-round pick who spent 6 years in the minors and then, at 28, played 80 games and was plus-30.

LW · Buffalo Sabres

5-8, undrafted, 2 Stanley Cups, and 655 games.

LW · San Jose Sharks

Undrafted, 23 goals, and 34 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet.

G · New York Rangers

A career .9165, behind a club that finished 29th in generating offence.

D · New Jersey Devils

10 goals in 449 games, and 1,400 minutes of the hard stuff.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

33 points, and a shot chart that has not moved in 5 seasons.

G · Pittsburgh Penguins

A .8873, and a .852 finish, on a club that scored 293 goals.

D · Utah Mammoth

6-4, 28 games, and 1 point.

C · Toronto Maple Leafs

756 games, and 11 points.

G · Winnipeg Jets

A goaltender who played 50 games for a contender and was never quite trusted, arriving somewhere he will be.

D · Nashville Predators

1,470 minutes, and the 25th percentile in all of them.

LW · Montréal Canadiens

The 1st overall pick who took 3 years to look like one, and then scored 30 goals.

LW · Chicago Blackhawks

2nd percentile in expected goals, and half his shots from the right place.

D · Carolina Hurricanes

4 penalty minutes in 39 games, which is the most Slavin number ever recorded.

RW · Chicago Blackhawks

55 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, from a fourth-liner.

C · San Jose Sharks

59 points at 21, and a median shot from 29 feet.

RW · St. Louis Blues

21 goals and 51 points in his first full season.

G · Chicago Blackhawks

A .880 in 26 games, and the reason the starter played 55.

LW · Pittsburgh Penguins

6-8, 252 pounds, and the second-heaviest man in this book.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

The 100th percentile in expected goals, in 374 minutes.

G · New York Islanders

20 goals better than the chances he faced, on the league's worst penalty kill.

C · Washington Capitals

15 goals in his first full season, and plus 17.

D · Ottawa Senators

The 99th percentile in both columns, and the goals still went against him.

D · Minnesota Wild

5-9, 1,000 games, and still taking the hardest defensive assignment on most nights.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

1,400 games, 20 seasons, and he still shoots from 18 feet.

C · Nashville Predators

42 goals at 36, and a minus-17 that says nothing about him.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

5-8, 165 pounds, and the 100th percentile in shot attempts.

D · Edmonton Oilers

A small, mobile seventh defenseman who has been on the edge of a full-time job for 4 years.

G · Utah Mammoth

Undrafted, 12 career games, and a shutout in 6 of them.

D · Toronto Maple Leafs

Undrafted, 624 games, and 25 goals in all of them.

C · Dallas Stars

491 games of being the fourth-line centre a good team needs.

C · Boston Bruins

On for 32 goals and 12 against in 458 minutes, which is not a real thing.

C · Utah Mammoth

368 games, and the 18th percentile.

C · Seattle Kraken

49 points, minus 24, and the worst chance share in the National Hockey League.

G · Toronto Maple Leafs

6-6, a career .9135, and a .8927.

RW · Vegas Golden Knights

63 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and the 96th percentile.

C · Washington Capitals

598 games, 39 assists, and half his shots from inside 20 feet.