The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

ULTIMATE FANTASY POOL GUIDE 2019-20 THE HOCKEY NEWS | 91 |

62 points in the first half, 25 in the second in eight

fewer games. Good, but not that good.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

MIKKO RANTANEN INJ./ILL. 8 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

79 30 50

POINTS

80

POS: RW AGE: 22
HT: 6-4 WT: 215
BORN: 10/29/96

COLORADO

2019-20 CAP HIT: RFA

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

’16-17 Colorado NHL 75 20 18 38 18:03 22 .51 -25 28/10 – – – –

San Antonio AHL 4 0 2 2 – 4 .50 0 1/1 – – – –

’17-18 Colorado NHL 81 29 55 84 18:58 34 1.04 0 49/35 6 0 4 4

’18-19 Colorado NHL 74 31 56 87 20:51 54 1.18 13 54/33 12 6 8 14

CAREER 4YRS 239 80 129 209 112 .87

Points have improved every season, and it’s tough to

go wrong when playing on Eichel’s wing.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

SAM REINHART INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 25 45

POINTS

70

POS: RW AGE: 23
HT: 6-1 WT: 192
BORN: 11/06/95

BUFFALO

2019-20 CAP HIT: $3,650,000

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

’16-17 Buffalo NHL 79 17 30 47 17:13 8 .59 -11 30/17 – – – –

’17-18 Buffalo NHL 82 25 25 50 17:06 26 .61 -24 29/21 – – – –

’18-19 Buffalo NHL 82 22 43 65 18:57 16 .79 -10 50/15 – – – –

CAREER 5YRS 331 87 118 205 60 .62

Incredible, going from 27 to 72 points in two years.

Some great scoring forwards help.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

MORGAN RIELLY INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

81 16 50

POINTS

66

POS: D AGE: 25

HT: 6-1 WT: 221

BORN: 03/09/94

TORONTO

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

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

’16-17 Toronto NHL 76 6 21 27 22:10 21 .36 -20 22/5 6 1 4 5

’17-18 Toronto NHL 76 6 46 52 21:36 14 .68 -4 27/25 7 0 5 5

’18-19 Toronto NHL 82 20 52 72 23:07 14 .88 24 51/21 7 1 4 5

CAREER 6YRS 470 51 192 243 103 .52

Not the guy you want if plus-minus is a thing in your

league: he was a league worst minus-41.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

RASMUS RISTOLAINEN INJ./ILL. 4 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

75 6 35

POINTS

41

POS: D AGE: 24

HT: 6-4 WT: 215

BORN: 10/27/94

BUFFALO

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 Buffalo NHL 79 6 39 45 26:28 58 .57 -9 19/25 – – – –

’17-18 Buffalo NHL 73 6 35 41 26:30 48 .56 -25 18/23 – – – –

’18-19 Buffalo NHL 78 5 38 43 24:38 38 .55 -41 26/17 – – – –

CAREER 6YRS 424 36 158 194 209 .46

Big guy doesn’t put up big numbers. Barring a

surprise, his value won’t be as a goal-scorer.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

NICK RITCHIE INJ./ILL. 13 PERSONAL 1

GP G A

77 16 23

POINTS

39

POS: LW AGE: 23
HT: 6-2 WT: 234
BORN: 12/05/95

ANAHEIM

2019-20 CAP HIT: $1,498,925

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

’16-17 Anaheim NHL 77 14 14 28 12:59 62 .36 4 26/2 15 4 0 4

’17-18 Anaheim NHL 76 10 17 27 13:11 72 .36 3 24/3 4 0 0 0

’18-19 Anaheim NHL 60 9 22 31 15:00 82 .52 6 22/9 – – – –

CAREER 4YRS 246 35 55 90 253 .37

RANTANEN-RITCHIE