The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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Doesn’t get first-unit power-play time in Buffalo, but

he is still offense-minded at even strength.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

BRANDON MONTOUR INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

78 8 23

POINTS

31

POS: D AGE: 25

HT: 6-0 WT: 193

BORN: 04/11/94

BUFFALO

2019-20 CAP HIT: $3,387,500

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

’16-17 Anaheim NHL 27 2 4 6 17:22 14 .22 11 5/1 17 0 7 7

San Diego AHL 36 13 19 32 – 34 .89 17 20/11 – – – –

’17-18 Anaheim NHL 80 9 23 32 20:28 42 .40 16 18/12 4 0 1 1

’18-19 Anaheim/Buffalo NHL 82 8 27 35 22:27 56 .43 -20 29/6 – – – –

CAREER 3YRS 189 19 54 73 112 .39

Was in the middle of his best offensive season when

he got injured. So now it’s this year.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JOSH MORRISSEY INJ./ILL. 23 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 10 32

POINTS

42

POS: D AGE: 24

HT: 6-0 WT: 195

BORN: 03/28/95

WINNIPEG

2019-20 CAP HIT: $3,150,000

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

’16-17 Winnipeg NHL 82 6 14 20 19:29 38 .24 6 19/1 – – – –

’17-18 Winnipeg NHL 81 7 19 26 20:27 47 .32 15 25/1 16 1 1 2

’18-19 Winnipeg NHL 59 6 25 31 22:24 14 .53 9 19/10 6 0 1 1

CAREER 4YRS 223 19 58 77 99 .35

Not quite the player we saw when he was with Drew

Doughty, meaning no more 40-point years.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JAKE MUZZIN INJ./ILL. 3 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 5 24

POINTS

29

POS: D AGE: 30

HT: 6-3 WT: 213

BORN: 02/21/89

TORONTO

2019-20 CAP HIT: $4,000,000

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

’16-17 Los Angeles NHL 82 9 19 28 22:17 46 .34 -21 18/10 – – – –

’17-18 Los Angeles NHL 74 8 34 42 21:39 40 .57 10 27/14 2 0 0 0

’18-19 Los Angeles/Toronto NHL 80 9 28 37 21:20 47 .46 21 31/5 7 0 2 2

CAREER 8YRS 526 56 173 229 312 .44

He has some offense in his game. Not power-play

offense, but 30-point-range offense.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

TYLER MYERS INJ./ILL. 2 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

78 6 24

POINTS

30

POS: D AGE: 29

HT: 6-8 WT: 229

BORN: 02/01/90

VANCOUVER

2019-20 CAP HIT: $6,000,000

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

’16-17 Winnipeg NHL 11 2 3 5 22:12 13 .45 5 4/0 – – – –

’17-18 Winnipeg NHL 82 6 30 36 21:26 48 .44 9 18/17 16 4 3 7

’18-19 Winnipeg NHL 80 9 22 31 20:21 63 .39 11 22/7 6 0 0 0

CAREER 10YRS 635 74 191 265 468 .42

MONTOUR-NEAL

It’s no sure thing, but he could end up spending time

with McDavid and that’s a game-changer.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JAMES NEAL INJ./ILL. 19 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

77 26 23

POINTS

49

POS: RW AGE: 32

HT: 6-3 WT: 212

BORN: 09/03/87

EDMONTON

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,750,000

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

’16-17 Nashville NHL 70 23 18 41 17:41 35 .59 -10 28/13 22 6 3 9

’17-18 Vegas NHL 71 25 19 44 17:11 24 .62 -11 35/9 20 6 5 11

’18-19 Calgary NHL 63 7 12 19 14:57 28 .30 -5 13/6 4 0 0 0

CAREER 11YRS 766 270 244 514 558 .67