The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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SKATER PROFILES

THE HOCKEY NEWS PROVIDES projections for 270 top-scoring NHL skaters

in 2019-20. The bios include forwards forecasted for 39 or more points and D-men

expected to notch 28 or more. Deep-league poolies: check out the projection charts on

team pages, which go as low as four points, and the player checklist starting on pg. 132.

ULTIMATE GUIDE

SKATERS

Maybe it’s not worth it to go all out during the

season and then get zonked in the playoffs.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

NIKITA KUCHEROV INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 40 75

POINTS

115

POS: RW AGE: 26

HT: 5-11 WT: 178

BORN: 06/17/93

TAMPA BAY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $9,500,000

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

’16-17 Tampa Bay NHL 74 40 45 85 19:26 38 1.15 13 53/32 – – – –

’17-18 Tampa Bay NHL 80 39 61 100 19:49 42 1.25 15 64/36 17 7 10 17

’18-19 Tampa Bay NHL 82 41 87 128 19:58 62 1.56 24 80/48 3 0 2 2

CAREER 6YRS 447 188 274 462 223 1.03

SALARY

Cap hit for 2019-20.

Actual pay may vary.

SKINNY

The inside word on a player’s

outlook for 2019-20 season.

DURABILITY

Games missed due to injury/

illness, healthy scratch,

personal leave or suspension.

TEAM LOGO

An NHL logo denotes the

player is an unrestricted free

agent as of mid-July.

VITAL STATS

Position, age, height and

weight as of Oct. 1, 2019.

PAST STATS

Three-season totals in games,

scoring, time on ice, PIM,

points per game and more.

CAREER STATS

NHL totals in games, goals,

assists, points, PIM and

points per game.

PLAYER TRAITS

These icons identify players’

specific characteristics.

See legend below.

2019-20

PROJECTION

Projected games, goals,

assists and points.

> RISING STAR

Identifies young players whose production is on a

marked upward trajectory.

> UFA IN 2020

These players are unrestricted free agents in 2020

and have incentive to perform better.

> ICE-TIME WORKHORSE

Skaters expected to log a lot of ice time (20 minutes

for forwards, 22 for D-men) in comparison to the norm.

> POWER-PLAY ACE

A projected regular on the team’s first power-play unit.

> BANG FOR THE BUCK

These players provide better scoring statistics than

reflected by their 2019-20 salary-cap hits.

> SIN-BIN GUY

Skaters who have had, or are projected to accumulate

60 or more penalty minutes per season.

> RED FLAG

Players at risk of injuries, suspension, healthy scratch,

demotion or return to major junior or Europe.

> TRENDING DOWN

Skaters whose production is expected to drop or

continue to drop in 2019-20.