The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

ULTIMATE FANTASY POOL GUIDE 2019-20 THE HOCKEY NEWS | 85 |

If last year’s mess didn’t happen, he’s a 60-point

scorer, so disregard last season.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

WILLIAM NYLANDER INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 1

GP G A

80 20 40

POINTS

60

POS: RW AGE: 23

HT: 6-0 WT: 191

BORN: 05/01/96

TORONTO

2019-20 CAP HIT: $6,962,366

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

’16-17 Toronto NHL 81 22 39 61 16:00 32 .75 -3 35/26 6 1 3 4

’17-18 Toronto NHL 82 20 41 61 16:41 10 .74 20 49/12 7 1 3 4

’18-19 Toronto NHL 54 7 20 27 15:31 16 .50 -4 21/6 7 1 2 3

CAREER 4YRS 239 55 107 162 62 .68

He’s missed just two games in the past five years

and is a solid 20-goal secondary scorer.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

BROCK NELSON INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 23 24

POINTS

47

POS: C AGE: 27

HT: 6-3 WT: 212

BORN: 10/15/91

NY ISLANDERS

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 NY Islanders NHL 81 20 25 45 15:38 36 .56 -6 38/6 – – – –

’17-18 NY Islanders NHL 82 19 16 35 14:44 43 .43 -4 27/8 – – – –

’18-19 NY Islanders NHL 82 25 28 53 17:58 28 .65 20 44/8 8 4 0 4

CAREER 6YRS 480 124 117 241 173 .50

Was revitalized after trade from Minnesota to

Carolina, where he gets more power-play time.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

NINO NIEDERREITER INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

82 25 35

POINTS

60

POS: LW AGE: 27

HT: 6-2 WT: 218

BORN: 09/08/92

CAROLINA

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 Minnesota NHL 82 25 32 57 15:04 53 .70 17 43/14 5 0 1 1

’17-18 Minnesota NHL 63 18 14 32 15:00 36 .51 14 24/8 5 0 0 0

’18-19 Minnesota/Carolina NHL 82 23 30 53 16:14 30 .65 -4 38/15 15 1 3 4

CAREER 8YRS 534 126 135 261 247 .49

Gets his points on the power play with the big boys,

but he has little help at even strength.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

81 25 36

POINTS

61

POS: C AGE: 26

HT: 6-0 WT: 184

BORN: 04/12/93

EDMONTON

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 Edmonton NHL 82 18 25 43 17:41 29 .52 -10 32/11 13 0 4 4

’17-18 Edmonton NHL 62 24 24 48 18:05 20 .77 10 36/9 – – – –

’18-19 Edmonton NHL 82 28 41 69 20:06 26 .84 -13 40/26 – – – –

CAREER 8YRS 539 147 235 382 168 .71

All-around D-man will get his points, but others

(Evan Bouchard?) are more likely on the power play.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

DARNELL NURSE INJ./ILL. 0 SCRATCH 0

GP G A

80 9 25

POINTS

34

POS: D AGE: 24

HT: 6-4 WT: 221

BORN: 02/04/95

EDMONTON

2019-20 CAP HIT: $3,200,000

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

’16-17 Edmonton NHL 44 5 6 11 17:01 33 .25 0 11/0 13 0 2 2

’17-18 Edmonton NHL 82 6 20 26 22:15 67 .32 15 26/0 – – – –

’18-19 Edmonton NHL 82 10 31 41 23:48 87 .50 -5 31/9 – – – –

CAREER 5YRS 279 24 64 88 247 .32

NELSON-NYLANDER