The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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He’s only 31, but production dropped so dramatically

that you should avoid drafting him too early.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

WAYNE SIMMONDS INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

75 18 22

POINTS

40

POS: RW AGE: 31

HT: 6-2 WT: 185

BORN: 08/26/88

NEW JERSEY

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 Philadelphia NHL 82 31 23 54 18:58 122 .66 -18 27/25 – – – –

’17-18 Philadelphia NHL 75 24 22 46 18:05 57 .61 -16 28/17 6 0 2 2

’18-19 Phi/Nashville NHL 79 17 13 30 15:40 99 .38 -16 22/8 2 0 0 0

CAREER 11YRS 841 243 231 474 1057 .56

Had 28 goals in the first half, 12 in the second.

Similar to a career of wild goal fluctuations.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JEFF SKINNER INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 34 25

POINTS

59

POS: LW AGE: 27

HT: 5-11 WT: 187

BORN: 05/16/92

BUFFALO

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

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

’16-17 Carolina NHL 79 37 26 63 17:44 28 .80 -3 48/15 – – – –

’17-18 Carolina NHL 82 24 25 49 16:42 34 .60 -27 40/9 – – – –

’18-19 Buffalo NHL 82 40 23 63 18:31 36 .77 0 47/16 – – – –

CAREER 9YRS 661 244 198 442 304 .67

Forget the playoff explosion (11 points in first 10

games). He’s a 30-point guy who’s never hurt.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JACCOB SLAVIN INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 8 22

POINTS

30

POS: D AGE: 25

HT: 6-3 WT: 207

BORN: 05/01/94

CAROLINA

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 Carolina NHL 82 5 29 34 23:26 12 .41 23 26/4 – – – –

’17-18 Carolina NHL 82 8 22 30 22:35 10 .37 1 28/2 – – – –

’18-19 Carolina NHL 82 8 23 31 23:02 18 .38 0 22/7 15 0 11 11

CAREER 4YRS 309 23 92 115 48 .37

One of several Nashville forwards coming off a down

year and one of several due to go back up.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

CRAIG SMITH INJ./ILL. 6 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

77 22 22

POINTS

44

POS: RW AGE: 30

HT: 6-1 WT: 208

BORN: 09/05/89

NASHVILLE

2019-20 CAP HIT: $4,250,000

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

’16-17 Nashville NHL 78 12 17 29 13:49 30 .37 7 26/3 10 1 2 3

’17-18 Nashville NHL 79 25 26 51 15:23 24 .65 20 37/14 13 2 2 4

’18-19 Nashville NHL 76 21 17 38 15:08 20 .50 11 30/8 6 1 0 1

CAREER 8YRS 592 144 155 299 230 .51

A lot of fluctuations in his career but has established

a 50-point floor. Nothing to complain about.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

REILLY SMITH INJ./ILL. 7 REST 1

GP G A

78 21 31

POINTS

52

POS: RW AGE: 28

HT: 6-0 WT: 185

BORN: 04/01/91

VEGAS

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 Florida NHL 80 15 22 37 18:21 17 .46 -13 25/11 – – – –

’17-18 Vegas NHL 67 22 38 60 17:55 24 .90 31 44/14 20 5 17 22

’18-19 Vegas NHL 74 19 34 53 18:16 14 .72 13 35/14 7 1 5 6

CAREER 8YRS 506 117 183 300 130 .59

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