The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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He doesn’t get the assists he did earlier in his career,

but he can still score 50 goals.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

ALEX OVECHKIN INJ./ILL. 0 SUSPENSION 1

GP G A

81 50 35

POINTS

85

POS: LW AGE: 34

HT: 6-3 WT: 235

BORN: 09/17/85

WASHINGTON

2019-20 CAP HIT: $9,538,462

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

’16-17 Washington NHL 82 33 36 69 18:21 50 .84 6 43/26 13 5 3 8

’17-18 Washington NHL 82 49 38 87 20:09 32 1.06 3 56/31 24 15 12 27

’18-19 Washington NHL 81 51 38 89 20:55 40 1.10 7 61/28 7 4 5 9

CAREER 14YRS 1084 658 553 1211 689 1.12

It’s been such a dramatic collapse that it’s difficult to

trust him. Maybe he gets back to 30 goals. Maybe.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

MAX PACIORETTY INJ./ILL. 16 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

72 25 22

POINTS

47

POS: LW AGE: 30

HT: 6-2 WT: 206

BORN: 11/20/88

VEGAS

2019-20 CAP HIT: $7,000,000

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

’16-17 Montreal NHL 81 35 32 67 19:10 38 .83 15 52/13 6 0 1 1

’17-18 Montreal NHL 64 17 20 37 19:01 30 .58 -16 21/15 – – – –

’18-19 Vegas NHL 66 22 18 40 17:00 36 .61 -13 32/8 7 5 6 11

CAREER 11YRS 692 248 240 488 375 .71

Can’t stay healthy and doesn’t score goals. Bad

combo. But he plays for Tampa, so take a chance.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

ONDREJ PALAT INJ./ILL. 18 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

71 14 33

POINTS

47

POS: LW AGE: 28

HT: 6-0 WT: 188

BORN: 03/28/91

TAMPA BAY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,300,000

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

’16-17 Tampa Bay NHL 75 17 35 52 19:07 39 .69 8 37/15 – – – –

’17-18 Tampa Bay NHL 56 11 24 35 17:00 6 .63 16 25/9 17 6 6 12

’18-19 Tampa Bay NHL 64 8 26 34 14:53 20 .53 4 26/8 4 1 0 1

CAREER 7YRS 427 93 194 287 129 .67

The most likely beneficiary of a healthy Hall and

No. 1 draft pick Hughes is Palmieri.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

KYLE PALMIERI INJ./ILL. 8 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

78 34 32

POINTS

66

POS: RW AGE: 28

HT: 5-11 WT: 185

BORN: 02/01/91

NEW JERSEY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $4,650,000

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

’16-17 New Jersey NHL 80 26 27 53 17:20 46 .66 2 33/19 – – – –

’17-18 New Jersey NHL 62 24 20 44 17:19 30 .71 -1 21/23 5 1 2 3

’18-19 New Jersey NHL 74 27 23 50 18:09 42 .68 -9 32/18 – – – –

CAREER 9YRS 496 150 143 293 247 .59

Elite player doesn’t miss many games, and year after

year he doesn’t disappoint.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

ARTEMI PANARIN INJ./ILL. 3 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 30 56

POINTS

86

POS: LW AGE: 27

HT: 5-11 WT: 168

BORN: 10/30/91

NY RANGERS

2019-20 CAP HIT: $11,642,857

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

’16-17 Chicago NHL 82 31 43 74 19:28 21 .90 18 57/17 4 0 1 1

’17-18 Columbus NHL 81 27 55 82 20:08 26 1.01 23 61/21 6 2 5 7

’18-19 Columbus NHL 79 28 59 87 19:51 23 1.10 14 69/18 10 5 6 11

CAREER 4YRS 322 116 204 320 102 .99

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