The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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Gets a lot of time on the power play, which figures to

be pretty good with Hughes added to the mix.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

WILL BUTCHER INJ./ILL. 3 SCRATCH 1

GP G A

79 6 38

POINTS

44

POS: D AGE: 24

HT: 5-10 WT: 190

BORN: 01/06/95

NEW JERSEY

2019-20 CAP HIT: RFA

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

’16-17 Denver NCHC 43 7 30 37 – 18 .86 27 – – – – –

’17-18 New Jersey NHL 81 5 39 44 16:04 8 .54 1 21/23 5 1 3 4

’18-19 New Jersey NHL 78 4 26 30 19:16 18 .38 -17 16/14 – – – –

CAREER 2YRS 159 9 65 74 26 .47

Once the top-scoring defensemen are gone, you still

have reliable secondary producers such as Brodie.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

T.J. BRODIE INJ./ILL. 1 REST 2

GP G A

78 8 25

POINTS

33

POS: D AGE: 29

HT: 6-1 WT: 185

BORN: 06/07/90

CALGARY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $4,650,400

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

’16-17 Calgary NHL 82 6 30 36 23:34 24 .44 -16 22/12 4 0 4 4

’17-18 Calgary NHL 73 4 28 32 23:41 18 .44 -16 21/11 – – – –

’18-19 Calgary NHL 79 9 25 34 21:28 24 .43 29 29/4 5 2 0 2

CAREER 9YRS 570 44 203 247 158 .43

He’s coming off a couple decent seasons, but he’s

had enough bad ones that he can’t be trusted.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

DUSTIN BROWN INJ./ILL. 10 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

78 18 21

POINTS

39

POS: RW AGE: 34

HT: 6-0 WT: 210

BORN: 11/04/84

LOS ANGELES

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,875,000

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

’16-17 Los Angeles NHL 80 14 22 36 16:00 22 .45 -4 29/6 – – – –

’17-18 Los Angeles NHL 81 28 33 61 19:50 58 .75 31 45/15 4 0 1 1

’18-19 Los Angeles NHL 72 22 29 51 20:24 24 .71 -17 37/12 – – – –

CAREER 15YRS 1117 282 336 618 678 .55

Will lose his top-line role sooner or later with rookie

Kakko emerging as an elite player.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

PAVEL BUCHNEVICH INJ./ILL. 14 SCRATCH 4

GP G A

75 18 25

POINTS

43

POS: RW AGE: 24

HT: 6-3 WT: 196

BORN: 04/17/95

NY RANGERS

2019-20 CAP HIT: RFA

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

’16-17 NY Rangers NHL 41 8 12 20 13:15 13 .49 6 17/3 5 0 1 1

Hartford AHL 4 3 2 5 – 0 1.25 2 3/2 – – – –

’17-18 NY Rangers NHL 74 14 29 43 15:01 20 .58 -3 26/17 – – – –

’18-19 NY Rangers NHL 64 21 17 38 15:10 13 .59 -10 26/12 – – – –

CAREER 3YRS 179 43 58 101 46 .56

Hasn’t missed a game in five seasons and averaged

20 goals a year over that span.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

BRENT BURNS INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 20 58

POINTS

78

POS: D AGE: 34

HT: 6-5 WT: 230

BORN: 03/09/85

SAN JOSE

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

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

’16-17 San Jose NHL 82 29 47 76 24:51 40 .93 19 50/25 6 0 3 3

’17-18 San Jose NHL 82 12 55 67 25:15 46 .82 -16 39/27 10 3 4 7

’18-19 San Jose NHL 82 16 67 83 25:06 34 1.01 13 50/28 20 5 11 16

CAREER 15YRS 1043 198 451 649 651 .62

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