The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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Look for some growing pains, he’s still a teenager.

The big point increases come later.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

JESPERI KOTKANIEMI INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 3

GP G A

80 14 26

POINTS

40

POS: C AGE: 19

HT: 6-2 WT: 184

BORN: 07/06/00

MONTREAL

2019-20 CAP HIT: $925,000

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

’16-17 Assat Fin Jr. 17 9 6 15 – 18 .88 6 – 7 4 1 5

’17-18 Assat Fin 57 10 19 29 15:35 20 .51 -1 – 7 0 1 1

’18-19 Montreal NHL 79 11 23 34 13:44 26 .43 1 29/5 – – – –

CAREER 1YR 79 11 23 34 26 .43

Well, that was a disaster. We know he won’t be a

great scorer again, but he’ll be better than last year.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

ILYA KOVALCHUK INJ./ILL. 11 SCRATCH 7

GP G A

75 23 25

POINTS

48

POS: RW AGE: 36

HT: 6-3 WT: 222

BORN: 04/15/83

LOS ANGELES

2019-20 CAP HIT: $6,250,000

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

’16-17 St. Petersburg KHL 60 32 46 78 18:55 47 1.30 28 – 18 6 3 9

’17-18 St. Petersburg KHL 53 31 32 63 18:54 26 1.19 12 – 15 6 4 10

’18-19 Los Angeles NHL 64 16 18 34 16:14 10 .53 -26 25/9 – – – –

CAREER 12YRS 880 433 417 850 526 .97

A pending UFA in 2020. He’s likely to be traded,

which bumps up his value, but just for this year.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

CHRIS KREIDER INJ./ILL. 3 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

78 22 22

POINTS

44

POS: LW AGE: 28

HT: 6-3 WT: 220

BORN: 04/30/91

NY RANGERS

2019-20 CAP HIT: $4,625,000

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

’16-17 NY Rangers NHL 75 28 25 53 17:00 58 .71 6 40/13 12 3 1 4

’17-18 NY Rangers NHL 58 16 21 37 15:37 44 .64 -2 25/12 – – – –

’18-19 NY Rangers NHL 79 28 24 52 17:24 57 .66 4 40/12 – – – –

CAREER 7YRS 460 133 138 271 383 .59

Due for regression after career highs in points and

assists. Still, he’s a good bet for 60-plus points.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

DAVID KREJCI INJ./ILL. 0 REST 1

GP G A

76 18 48

POINTS

66

POS: C AGE: 33

HT: 6-0 WT: 188

BORN: 04/28/86

BOSTON

2019-20 CAP HIT: $7,250,000

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

’16-17 Boston NHL 82 23 31 54 18:15 26 .66 -12 40/14 3 0 0 0

’17-18 Boston NHL 64 17 27 44 16:53 18 .69 10 31/13 12 3 7 10

’18-19 Boston NHL 81 20 53 73 17:41 16 .90 7 57/16 24 4 12 16

CAREER 13YRS 850 194 449 643 300 .76

Only 13 defensemen reached 50 points last season.

Krug has done it three years in a row.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

TOREY KRUG INJ./ILL. 17 REST 1

GP G A

78 10 51

POINTS

61

POS: D AGE: 28

HT: 5-9 WT: 186

BORN: 04/12/91

BOSTON

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,250,000

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

’16-17 Boston NHL 81 8 43 51 21:36 37 .63 -10 26/25 – – – –

’17-18 Boston NHL 76 14 45 59 20:24 36 .78 0 34/24 11 3 9 12

’18-19 Boston NHL 64 6 47 53 21:18 33 .83 -2 23/30 24 2 16 18

CAREER 8YRS 462 58 230 288 187 .62

KOTKANIEMI-KRUG