The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

ULTIMATE FANTASY POOL GUIDE 2019-20 THE HOCKEY NEWS | 67 |

Undrafted tiny speedster can play anywhere up and

down the lineup and get his points.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

YANNI GOURDE INJ./ILL. 0 SUSPENSION 2

GP G A

80 23 28

POINTS

51

POS: W AGE: 27

HT: 5-9 WT: 172

BORN: 12/15/91

TAMPA BAY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,166,666

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

’16-17 Tampa Bay NHL 20 6 2 8 15:22 8 .40 -1 7/0 – – – –

Syracuse AHL 56 22 26 48 – 54 .86 11 39/4 22 9 18 27

’17-18 Tampa Bay NHL 82 25 39 64 16:09 50 .78 34 49/13 17 2 5 7

’18-19 Tampa Bay NHL 80 22 26 48 15:50 66 .60 9 37/9 4 1 0 1

CAREER 4YRS 184 53 68 121 126 .66

Disappointing after being acquired from Minnesota,

but a fresh start should return him to normal.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

MIKAEL GRANLUND INJ./ILL. 0 PERSONAL 2

GP G A

80 23 41

POINTS

64

POS: W AGE: 27

HT: 5-10 WT: 185

BORN: 02/26/92

NASHVILLE

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,750,000

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

’16-17 Minnesota NHL 81 26 43 69 18:49 12 .85 23 45/20 5 0 2 2

’17-18 Minnesota NHL 77 21 46 67 18:47 18 .87 13 45/19 5 1 2 3

’18-19 Minnesota/Nashville NHL 79 16 38 54 18:21 24 .68 -8 32/20 6 1 1 2

CAREER 7YRS 477 94 228 322 122 .68

He’s expected to be healthy to start the year, but we

know what “expected” means: absolutely nothing.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

MIKE GREEN INJ./ILL. 39 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

65 7 25

POINTS

32

POS: D AGE: 33

HT: 6-1 WT: 207

BORN: 10/12/85

DETROIT

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,375,000

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

’16-17 Detroit NHL 72 14 22 36 23:33 40 .50 -20 26/10 – – – –

’17-18 Detroit NHL 66 8 25 33 22:05 38 .50 -14 20/13 – – – –

’18-19 Detroit NHL 43 5 21 26 21:41 28 .60 -1 23/3 – – – –

CAREER 14YRS 830 147 343 490 560 .59

Plenty of time with Crosby as well as on the power

play, but 40-goal scorers aren’t passengers.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JAKE GUENTZEL INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 38 32

POINTS

70

POS: RW AGE: 24

HT: 5-11 WT: 180

BORN: 10/06/94

PITTSBURGH

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 Pittsburgh NHL 40 16 17 33 15:53 10 .83 7 30/3 25 13 8 21

WB/Scranton AHL 33 21 21 42 – 12 1.27 21 30/12 – – – –

’17-18 Pittsburgh NHL 82 22 26 48 16:29 42 .59 -9 36/12 12 10 11 21

’18-19 Pittsburgh NHL 82 40 36 76 19:21 26 .93 13 64/11 4 1 0 1

CAREER 3YRS 204 78 79 157 78 .77

You never know with KHL players, but he was a huge

scorer in Russia – and a good sleeper for you.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

NIKITA GUSEV INJ./ILL. - SCRATCH -

GP G A

81 15 38

POINTS

53

POS: LW AGE: 27

HT: 5-9 WT: 163

BORN: 07/08/92

VEGAS

2019-20 CAP HIT: RFA

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

’16-17 St. Petersburg KHL 57 24 47 71 15:41 8 1.25 33 – 18 7 16 23

’17-18 St. Petersburg KHL 54 22 40 62 15:52 2 1.15 25 – 15 7 5 12

’18-19 St. Petersburg KHL 62 17 65 82 15:52 10 1.32 39 – 18 9 10 19

CAREER Rookie – – – – – –

GOURDE-GUSEV