The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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Decent second-line center is a candidate to start

moving down the depth chart at his age.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

CARL SODERBERG INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 20 27

POINTS

47

POS: C AGE: 33

HT: 6-3 WT: 210

BORN: 10/12/85

ARIZONA

2019-20 CAP HIT: $4,750,000

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

’16-17 Colorado NHL 80 6 8 14 13:26 22 .18 -26 12/2 – – – –

’17-18 Colorado NHL 77 16 21 37 17:21 26 .48 0 31/5 6 0 2 2

’18-19 Colorado NHL 82 23 26 49 17:27 26 .60 -5 36/10 12 0 2 2

CAREER 7YRS 482 86 159 245 174 .51

It’s incredible how he revitalized himself in

Minnesota, but it can’t go on forever.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

ERIC STAAL INJ./ILL. 1 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 21 27

POINTS

48

POS: C AGE: 34

HT: 6-4 WT: 207

BORN: 10/29/84

MINNESOTA

2019-20 CAP HIT: $3,250,000

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

’16-17 Minnesota NHL 82 28 37 65 18:36 34 .79 17 47/16 5 0 1 1

’17-18 Minnesota NHL 82 42 34 76 17:49 42 .93 8 56/17 5 1 1 2

’18-19 Minnesota NHL 81 22 30 52 18:08 34 .64 -7 36/15 – – – –

CAREER 15YRS 1174 417 557 974 790 .83

The NHL style of game now allows small defensemen

to thrive, but he’s been doing it for a while.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JARED SPURGEON INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

77 10 28

POINTS

38

POS: D AGE: 29

HT: 5-9 WT: 167

BORN: 11/29/89

MINNESOTA

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,187,500

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

’16-17 Minnesota NHL 76 10 28 38 24:01 20 .50 33 32/5 5 0 1 1

’17-18 Minnesota NHL 61 9 28 37 24:33 8 .61 -6 24/13 5 0 1 1

’18-19 Minnesota NHL 82 14 29 43 24:09 20 .52 -1 31/11 – – – –

CAREER 9YRS 591 70 178 248 96 .42

He’s worth more than the sum of his points, so you

have to be careful not to overvalue.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JORDAN STAAL INJ./ILL. 32 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

70 20 26

POINTS

46

POS: C AGE: 31

HT: 6-4 WT: 220

BORN: 09/10/88

CAROLINA

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 Carolina NHL 75 16 29 45 18:39 38 .60 -1 36/8 – – – –

’17-18 Carolina NHL 79 19 27 46 19:15 26 .58 -4 32/12 – – – –

’18-19 Carolina NHL 50 11 17 28 18:17 26 .56 6 26/2 15 4 6 10

CAREER 13YRS 893 217 293 510 435 .57

With the kind of offensive help he has on Tampa Bay,

another 50-goal season isn’t a stretch.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

STEVEN STAMKOS INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 50 43

POINTS

93

POS: C AGE: 29

HT: 6-1 WT: 194

BORN: 02/07/90

TAMPA BAY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $8,500,000

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

’16-17 Tampa Bay NHL 17 9 11 20 17:52 14 1.18 3 13/7 – – – –

’17-18 Tampa Bay NHL 78 27 59 86 18:46 72 1.10 18 53/33 17 7 9 16

’18-19 Tampa Bay NHL 82 45 53 98 18:18 37 1.20 4 56/40 4 1 1 2

CAREER 11YRS 746 393 373 766 477 1.03

SODERBERG-STAMKOS