The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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Should be one more year until the breakout season,

but he’s playing like it could happen sooner.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

ROBERT THOMAS INJ./ILL. 7 SCRATCH 5

GP G A

78 13 30

POINTS

43

POS: RW AGE: 20
HT: 6-0 WT: 188
BORN: 07/02/99

ST. LOUIS

2019-20 CAP HIT: $894,166

YEAR TEAM LEA GP G A P MIN. PIM PPG +/- ES/PP GP G A P PROJECTION

’16-17 London OHL 66 16 50 66 – 26 1.00 41 49/14 14 3 9 12

’17-18 London/Hamilton OHL 49 24 51 75 – 37 1.53 17 44/29 21 12 20 32

’18-19 St. Louis NHL 70 9 24 33 13:04 14 .47 -2 26/7 21 1 5 6

CAREER 1YRS 70 9 24 33 14 .47

First season in Toronto was so good that it’s going

to be difficult to match.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JOHN TAVARES INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 44 40

POINTS

84

POS: C AGE: 29

HT: 6-1 WT: 209

BORN: 09/20/90

TORONTO

2019-20 CAP HIT: $11,000,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP G A P MIN. PIM PPG +/- ES/PP GP G A P PROJECTION

’16-17 NY Islanders NHL 77 28 38 66 20:25 38 .86 4 46/18 – – – –

’17-18 NY Islanders NHL 82 37 47 84 19:56 26 1.02 -12 51/30 – – – –

’18-19 Toronto NHL 82 47 41 88 19:05 34 1.07 19 69/19 7 2 3 5

CAREER 10YRS 751 319 390 709 341 .94

You have to peak at some point and, considering the

team and how far he’s come, he’s peaked.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

TEUVO TERAVAINEN INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 22 45

POINTS

67

POS: RW AGE: 25

HT: 5-11 WT: 191

BORN: 09/11/94

CAROLINA

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,400,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP G A P MIN. PIM PPG +/- ES/PP GP G A P PROJECTION

’16-17 Carolina NHL 81 15 27 42 16:14 16 .52 -6 27/15 – – – –

’17-18 Carolina NHL 82 23 41 64 16:53 14 .78 8 44/20 – – – –

’18-19 Carolina NHL 82 21 55 76 17:55 12 .93 30 47/24 15 7 3 10

CAREER 6YRS 360 76 150 226 64 .63

He’s the first option for defensemen on the Vegas

power-play point.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

SHEA THEODORE INJ./ILL. 1 REST 2

GP G A

78 10 30

POINTS

40

POS: D AGE: 24

HT: 6-2 WT: 195

BORN: 08/03/95

VEGAS

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,200,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP G A P MIN. PIM PPG +/- ES/PP GP G A P PROJECTION

’16-17 Anaheim NHL 34 2 7 9 17:18 28 .26 -6 6/2 14 2 6 8

San Diego AHL 26 5 15 20 – 12 .77 11 8/12 – – – –

’17-18 Vegas NHL 61 6 23 29 20:21 14 .48 5 20/9 20 3 7 10

Chicago AHL 8 5 6 11 – 2 1.38 -4 5/6 – – – –

’18-19 Vegas NHL 79 12 25 37 20:06 20 .47 -4 27/9 7 1 7 8

CAREER 4YRS 193 23 60 83 64 .43

One of the best playmakers in NHL history. Even at

40, he can still pass the puck.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JOE THORNTON INJ./ILL. 9 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

75 15 32

POINTS

47

POS: C AGE: 40

HT: 6-4 WT: 220

BORN: 07/02/79

UFA

2019-20 CAP HIT: UFA

YEAR TEAM LEA GP G A P MIN. PIM PPG +/- ES/PP GP G A P PROJECTION

’16-17 San Jose NHL 79 7 43 50 18:03 51 .63 7 31/19 4 0 2 2

’17-18 San Jose NHL 47 13 23 36 18:21 38 .77 -9 18/18 – – – –

’18-19 San Jose NHL 73 16 35 51 15:33 20 .70 8 36/15 19 4 6 10

CAREER 21YRS 1566 413 1065 1478 1214 .94

TAVARES-THORNTON