First of all, sorry, but this is a wall of text and tables. The warning has been sent. There is obviously a great deal of conversation that revolves around players. Most of the time the conversation is positive and fans sometimes have a tendency to overrate their players, though each team has popular targets for criticism. The Islanders are coming off of a terrible season that saw them finish in fifth place but finish hot (though many wish they found a way to lose that one additional game to finish ahead of Calgary in the draft standings). How good or bad have each of these players been? Where does the team need to go and who should they look to for improvement? To break down each player required looking at lines, statistics and necessary adjustments.

The most important step was breaking down which players league wide fell on which lines. The first method used to decipher which players fell on which lines was by sheer minutes. Players in the top 75th percentile in even strength minutes were first liners, the top 50th were second liners, the top 25th were third liners while the remainders were fourth liners or inactive players. This failed primarily due to injuries - players like Pavel Datsyuk and Steven Stamkos were coming up as third liners which obviously isn't the truth. Another method would have to be used. The most accurate one (short of going through each team line by line) took all players that played in over 40 percent of all games. From there players in the top 75th percentile in even strength minutes were first liners, the top 50th were second liners, the top 25th were third liners while the remainders were fourth liners. Players that didn't play in 40 percent of the games didn't qualify.

The next step was to make necessary adjustments for team play. Teams like the Devils that play at a very boring slow pace would obviously have less goals scored due to less shot attempts while teams like the Senators would be enhanced. To adjust the pace, the team's total number of Corsi attempts both for and against per minute were added up and divided by the league average. Players that played on multiple teams were defaulted to 1. This was used as a multiplier for goals, assists, points, goals for, goals against, Corsi attempts and Fenwick attempts. This didn't particularly affect the Islanders too much - the multiplier was .969.

Assists and goals for were adjusted assuming the player's teammates shot at the league average shooting percentage at even strength and while on the power play. To do this, the lines' Corsi shooting percentage was divided into the league average. This also affected the points as well. The goals against were also adjusted to assume the team had an average goalie. The shooting percentage against was divided into the league average shooting percentage. Again, players that changed teams couldn't be adjusted. This was done for both even strength goals against and penalty kill goals against. The Islanders benefited the most in both categories particularly on the penalty kill where the league average shooting percentage against was about 37 percent lower than the Islanders goalies allowed.

Another minor adjustment that was done was to the penalty kill in assists and goals for. Generally speaking players that had the luxury of throwing the puck up to a breaking Grabner would obviously have an advantage over teams possessing slower penalty killers as the offensive zone generally isn't maintained during the penalty kill. To adjust this, the Corsi attempts per minute by teammates was divided into the league average Corsi attempts per minute and multiplied against the assists total and the goals scored by teammates. This also affected the points and the penalty kill plus minus.

The average first liner played about 1100 minutes of even strength time. Of the ones that qualified for the power play and the penalty kill, the average was about 200 minutes of power play time and 100 minutes of penalty kill time. Goals, assists, points, goals for, goals against, penalty +/-, and fighting majors were changed to reflect this. If a player didn't qualify he was marked as "NQ" and it didn't count against him. For faceoffs, players had to average two faceoffs a game. Power play and penalty kill qualification required at least 50 minutes.

The final step was to weight the players against others that played similar minutes. They were rated according to which percentile they fell within. The breakdown looks something like this:

Grade Chart Grade Percentile A+ 0.9375 A 0.875 A- 0.8125 B+ 0.75 B 0.6875 B- 0.625 C+ 0.5625 C 0.5 C- 0.4375 D+ 0.375 D+ 0.3125 D- 0.25 F 0

The overall rating took each category and weighted them evenly except for goals, assists and points which were weighted five times (except for the penalty kill category where everything was weighted evenly). The average was then divided by the number of categories the player qualified for. The percentile of that number was then taken for the overall ratings. This is more of a suggestion than an actual rating as obviously not everyone will agree with the categories being used. If John Tavares starts dropping the gloves more often or made a habit of blocking shots he'd also increase his heart attacks caused per 60. The overall number goes by number of goals including the power play so individuals that don't play there look worse than they might actually be. Here is the glossary for the tables below (most are pretty self-explanatory) -

5V5Min Minutes Played Five on Five 5V4Min Minutes Played Five on Four 4V5Min Minutes Played Four on Five Goals Even Strength Goals Asst Even Strength Assists Pts Even Strength Points GF Even Strength Goals For GA Even Strength Goals Against Mod+/- Modified Plus Minus iC/15 Individual Corsi Attempts per 15 Minutes (Shots+Missed Shots+Blocked Shots) iSH/15 Individual Shot Attempts per 15 Minutes On Net% Percentage of Corsi Attempts that were on Net CorSh% Individual Goals/Individual Corsi Attempts CF/15 Corsi For per 15 Minutes FF/15 Fenwick For per 15 Minutes FA/15 Fenwick Against per 15 Minutes CA/15 Corsi Against per 15 Minutes CF% Corsi For/(Corsi For+Corsi Against) FF% Fenwick For/(Fenwick For+Fenwick Against) CFRel% Team Relative Corsi FFRel% Team Relative Fenwick Pen+/- Penalties Drawn-Penalties Taken FO% Faceoff Percentage BlSh Blocked Shots Hits Hits Ost% Offensive Zone Starting Percentage Dst% Defensive Zone Starting Percentage O/DSt% Offensive Zone Starting Percentage/Defensive Zone Starting Percentage QoC% Quality of Competition PP Goals Power Play Goals PP Asst. Power Play Assists PP Pts. Power Play Points PPGF Power Play Goals For iC/PP Individual Corsi Attempts per Power Play iSH/PP Individual Shot Attempts per Power Play PP ON% Percentage of Corsi Attempts that were on Net PP Csh% Individual Goals/Individual Corsi Attempts CF/PP Corsi For per Power Play FF/PP Fenwick For per Power Play PK Goals Penalty Kill Goals PK Asst Penalty Kill Assists PK Pts. Penalty Kill Points iC/PK Individual Corsi Attempts per Penalty Kill PK GF Penalty Kill Goals For PK GA Penalty Kill Goals Against PK +/- Modified Penalty Kill +/- CA/PK Corsi Against per Penalty Kill FA/PK Fenwick Against per Penalty Kill Fights Fighting Majors Tot. Goals Total Goals Tot. Asst. Total Assists Tot. Pts. Total Points Tot. GF Total Goals For 5v5 Rate Overall Rating Five on Five 5v4 Rate Overall Rating Five on Four 4v5 Rate Overall Rating Four on Five Overall Overall Rating

Finally, here are the reviews line by line.

First Line

John Tavares Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 932.2 PP Goals 3.6 D- D+ C- C D+ 5V4Min 219.5 PP Asst. 13.5 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. 17.2 A A A+ A+ A Goals 18.3 B+ A A+ A+ A PPGF 23.7 B- B A- B+ B Asst 21.8 B B+ A- A A- iC/PP 0.747 B A- A A B+ Pts 40.1 A- A A+ A+ A iSH/PP 0.383 C+ B A- B B GF 53.6 B+ A- A+ A+ A PP ON% 51.2% F F D- D- D- GA 42.9 D+ D+ D D D+ PP Csh% 6.1% D D+ D+ D+ D+ Mod+/- 10.7 C+ B A- A B+ CF/PP 3.3804 C B+ B+ B+ B- iC/15 3.38 C- B B+ A- B FF/PP 2.4328 C- B- B- B- C+ iSH/15 1.9 C- B- B B+ B- PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 56.2% D D D D D PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 7.4% B+ A A- A A- PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 14.97 B- B A A+ B+ iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 10.59 D C B- A+ B- PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 11.4 F F F F F PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 15.13 F F F F F PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 49.7% D- D C- B C- CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 48.2% F F D C D FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 1.0% D C B- A C+ Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% -0.5% F D C- B+ C- Tot. Goals 21.94 C+ A- A A+ A- Pen+/- 2.4 C- C- C- B C Tot. Asst. 35.31 A A+ A+ A+ A+ FO% 49.1% D- C B- D+ C- Tot. Pts. 57.26 A A+ A+ A+ A+ BlSh 22.4 D- F F F F Tot. GF 77.25 B A- A+ A+ A- Hits 27.1 F F F F F 5v5 Rate 0 C B B+ A B Ost% 40.2% F F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 B+ B A+ A+ A- Dst% 24.8% F F F F F 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 61.8% F F F F F Overall 0 B A A A+ A QoC% 29.9% A A+ A+ A+ A+

Kyle Okposo Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 1098.6 PP Goals 3.9 D C- C- C D+ 5V4Min 257.9 PP Asst. 4.7 F D- D D+ F 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. 8.6 F F D D F Goals 18.4 B+ A A+ A+ A PPGF 20.9 D+ C B+ C+ C Asst 24.6 A A A+ A+ A iC/PP 0.659 C+ B A- A- B Pts 43.1 A A+ A+ A+ A+ iSH/PP 0.341 D+ B- B B- C+ GF 53.3 B+ A- A+ A+ A PP ON% 51.8% D- F D- D- D- GA 47.4 F F F F F PP Csh% 5.9% D D+ D D+ D Mod+/- 5.9 C- C B- B+ C+ CF/PP 3.3499 C B B+ B B- iC/15 3.4 C- B B+ A- B FF/PP 2.4039 C- C+ B- B- C iSH/15 1.76 D- C- C+ B C PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 51.8% F F F F F PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 7.4% B+ A A- A A- PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 14.85 C+ B- A- A+ B+ iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 10.65 D+ C B A+ B- PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 11.14 F F F F F PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 14.84 F F F F F PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 50.0% D- D+ C- B+ C- CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 48.9% D- D- D+ B- D+ FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 1.5% D+ C+ B- A+ B- Fights 0.759 A- B- B+ D B- FFRel% 0.2% D- D+ C+ A- C Tot. Goals 22.31 B- A A A+ A- Pen+/- 1 D D D C+ D+ Tot. Asst. 29.37 C+ B+ A- A+ B+ FO% 47.5% F D+ C- D D Tot. Pts. 51.69 B- A- A A+ A- BlSh 32 B C- C- C- C Tot. GF 74.21 C+ B+ A A+ A- Hits 42.1 D- F F F F 5v5 Rate 0 B- B B+ A B Ost% 38.9% F F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 F F D+ C- F Dst% 25.2% F F F F F 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 60.7% F F F F F Overall 0 C- A- A- A+ B+ QoC% 29.9% A A+ A+ A+ A+

In terms of sheer scoring ability both Tavares and Okposo were both outstanding particularly at even strength. The two should provide a great scoring touch for years to come. That said, when it came down to everything else even strength they were mediocre. While they faced some of the toughest competition in the year, they also had some of the easiest zone time in the league. They weren't exactly out there drawing penalties and their possession was bad for the first line. It's worth noting that Tavares had a 43.8 Corsi for percentage with Andrew MacDonald and a 53.1 without him, so there's a heavy chance that there will be at least a slight improvement in the possession numbers. Tavares wasn't a great goal scorer on the power play, but still produced a ton of points. Okposo was rather lackluster on the power play which also helped to contribute to a poor overall rating, but that's not entirely fair to him since he was playing at the point quite a bit.

Second Line

Josh Bailey Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 990.6 PP Goals 3.1 F D+ D- D+ D- 5V4Min 131 PP Asst. 11.8 A A A A+ A 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. 14.9 B- A- B+ A B+ Goals 6.5 F F F D+ F PPGF 18.3 D- C- C D+ D+ Asst 21.4 B- B+ B+ A B+ iC/PP 0.366 F F F F F Pts 27.9 F D- C- B+ D+ iSH/PP 0.214 F F F F F GF 40.7 F F D B D PP ON% 58.3% B- C C C- C+ GA 37.5 B+ B B- C B- PP Csh% 8.3% C C- C B- C Mod+/- 3.2 D C- C+ B C CF/PP 3.19 D+ C C+ C C iC/15 2.35 F F F D F FF/PP 2.3658 D C+ C C+ C- iSH/15 1.14 F F F F F PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 48.8% F F F F F PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 3.8% F F D- C- F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 13.61 F D C A- C- iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 9.76 F F D+ B D+ PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 9 A A A A A PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 12.36 A- A- A- A- A- PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 52.4% C+ B- B+ A B CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 52.0% C+ B- B- A- B- FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 3.9% B+ A- A A+ A- Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 3.6% B A- A A+ A- Tot. Goals 9.511 F F F B- D- Pen+/- 0 D D D C+ D+ Tot. Asst. 33.24 B+ A A+ A+ A FO% 49.6% D- C+ B C- C Tot. Pts. 42.75 D- C B A+ B- BlSh 27.8 C D+ D+ D D+ Tot. GF 59.02 F D C+ A C Hits 45.5 D+ F F F F 5v5 Rate 0 F D- C A- D+ Ost% 29.2% A- B+ B C B 5v4 Rate 0 D+ C+ B- B+ C+ Dst% 34.2% A- B+ B C+ B 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 46.1% A- B+ B C+ B Overall 0 D C C+ A C+ QoC% 29.0% F B- A+ A+ B

Frans Nielsen Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 952.9 PP Goals 4 D C- C- C+ D+ 5V4Min 253.1 PP Asst. 10 B+ A- B+ A B+ 4V5Min 167.1 PP Pts. 14 C+ B+ B A- B Goals 16.8 B- A- A A A- PPGF 24.5 B B A A- B+ Asst 21.7 B B+ A- A A- iC/PP 0.458 F D+ D C D- Pts 38.5 B+ A A A+ A iSH/PP 0.261 F D D- D+ D- GF 48 C B- A- A+ B PP ON% 56.9% C+ C- C- D+ C- GA 46.8 F D- F F F PP Csh% 8.6% C+ C- C B- C Mod+/- 1.2 D- D C B- C- CF/PP 3.2638 D+ C+ B- C+ C iC/15 2.96 D- D C B- C- FF/PP 2.3787 D+ C+ C+ B- C iSH/15 1.68 F D C- C+ D+ PK Goals 1.197 B- C+ B+ A+ B On Net% 56.7% D+ D+ D+ D D+ PK Asst 0.444 C+ D+ B- C+ C+ CorSh% 7.7% A- A A- A+ A PK Pts. 1.641 C+ D B- B+ C+ CF/15 13.23 F F D+ B+ D+ iC/PK 0.144 D- D- C- C+ D+ FF/15 9.51 F F D- C+ D- PK GF 1.641 C F C B- C- FA/15 9.55 B+ B+ B B B PK GA 10.22 D- D- F D+ D- CA/15 12.88 B+ B+ B B B+ PK +/- -8.58 F F D C- D- CF% 50.7% D D+ C B+ C CA/PK 3.029 C C+ B- B+ B- FF% 49.9% D- D D+ B C- FA/PK 2.298 C C C+ B C+ CFRel% 1.5% D+ C+ B- A+ B- Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 0.9% D C B- A C+ Tot. Goals 21.93 C+ A- A A+ A- Pen+/- 9.2 A- B+ B+ A A- Tot. Asst. 32.22 B+ A- A A+ A- FO% 49.3% D- C+ B- D+ C- Tot. Pts. 54.15 B+ A A+ A+ A BlSh 39.2 A- B B C+ B Tot. GF 74.16 C+ B+ A A+ A- Hits 38.1 D- F F F F 5v5 Rate 0 B- A A A+ A Ost% 28.8% A- A- B C B 5v4 Rate 0 C B- B+ A B- Dst% 33.5% A- B B- C B 4v5 Rate 0 F F D+ B- D+ O/DSt% 46.2% A- B+ B C B Overall 0 B A A A+ A- QoC% 29.2% D A- A+ A+ B+

Ryan Strome Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 448.7 PP Goals 8 A- A A- A- A 5V4Min 75.1 PP Asst. 3.5 F F F D- F 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. 11.5 D C C+ B- C- Goals 7.1 F F F C- F PPGF 29.3 A A- A+ A+ A Asst 18.9 D+ C- C+ B+ C+ iC/PP 0.453 F D D- C- D- Pts 26 F F D B- D iSH/PP 0.293 D- C D+ C+ D+ GF 40.2 F F D- B D PP ON% 64.7% A- B B C B GA 33.2 A A A B A- PP Csh% 17.6% A+ A A+ A A+ Mod+/- 7 C C+ B A- B- CF/PP 3.0373 D- C- C C- D+ iC/15 3.56 C+ B+ A- A B+ FF/PP 2.2114 F C- C- C- D iSH/15 2.27 B+ A A+ A A- PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 63.6% A A A+ B+ A PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 2.7% F F F F F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 14.42 C- C+ B+ A+ B iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 10.73 D+ C B+ A+ B- PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 10.14 C+ C D+ D+ C- PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 13.32 C+ B- C C+ C+ PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 52.0% C B- B A- B CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 51.4% C- C+ C+ B+ C+ FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 3.5% B B+ A A+ A- Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 2.4% C+ B- B+ A B Tot. Goals 15.12 F D+ C+ A C Pen+/- 0 D D D C+ D+ Tot. Asst. 22.38 F D- C A- C- FO% 44.1% F F F F F Tot. Pts. 37.50 F D C A C- BlSh 14.7 F F F F F Tot. GF 69.46 C- B- A- A+ B Hits 68.6 C C- D F D 5v5 Rate 0 F F C- B+ D+ Ost% 33.1% D+ D+ C- F D 5v4 Rate 0 D C C B+ C- Dst% 35.1% A A- B+ B- B+ 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 48.5% B B- B- C- C+ Overall 0 F C- B- A+ C+ QoC% 27.7% F F F B+ D-

Bailey's troubles are well documented. He has the second lowest shot tendency on the team after Casey Cizikas. When he does shoot, the puck doesn't go on net and when it goes on net the puck doesn't go in. He's still a fantastic assist man and he's actually a fantastic defender generating positive possession while being buried in the defensive zone, but the scoring issues are still bothersome. Bailey is a pedestrian third liner or a great fourth liner, but with a 3.3 million dollar cap hit that's tough to swallow. He was above average on the power play which might take some of the sting out.

Nielsen was a surprise scorer last year. He came out as the second best forward on the team after Tavares. He managed to put up all of his points while being a little above average in possession despite being started in the defensive zone. Is the shooting percentage sustainable? Not likely, but time will tell. He was above average with his power play time which is another added bonus, but was below average on the penalty kill. Unlike the others on the team thus far he's a penalty drawing machine. Nielsen was fantastic on the second line this year and actually fared well compared to first line players.

Strome didn't have the largest of sample sizes, but from what we saw it wasn't too terrible. He clearly doesn't need to get better defensively like the coaching staff thought. Despite starting in the defensive zone over 33 percent of the time the possession for and against were slightly above average while the goals against number was phenomenal and the relative possession numbers were great particularly for a rookie. The power play numbers were hit and miss, but they did score at a very high clip with him on the ice and he did score in his limited minutes. He probably should have seen more favorable ice time which would have likely boosted his confidence and his numbers. That being said, Strome didn't really show that he belongs on the second line yet.

Third Line

Michael Grabner Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 701.9 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min 130.1 PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 9.1 F D- D B- D PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 20.2 C B- B A- B iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 29.4 F D+ C A- C- iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 40.3 F F D B D PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 51.7 F F F F F PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- -11.4 F F F F F CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 3.34 D+ B- B+ A- B- FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 2.13 B- A- A A A- PK Goals 2.306 A B+ A+ A+ A On Net% 64.0% A A A+ A- A PK Asst 0 C+ D+ B- C+ C+ CorSh% 3.7% F F D- C- F PK Pts. 2.306 B- C B+ A- B CF/15 13.57 F D C A- C- iC/PK 0.507 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ FF/15 9.53 F F D- C+ D- PK GF 2.306 C+ D+ B B+ C+ FA/15 9.65 B B+ B- B- B PK GA 6.804 A- B+ A- A- A- CA/15 13.15 B- B C+ B- B- PK +/- -4.49 A- B- B+ A B+ CF% 50.8% D+ C- C B+ C CA/PK 2.551 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ FF% 49.7% D- D D+ B C- FA/PK 1.890 A+ A A+ A+ A CFRel% 2.2% C B- B+ A+ B Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 1.2% D+ C+ B- A B- Tot. Goals 11.42 F F D B D Pen+/- 6.3 B B- B A- B Tot. Asst. 20.23 F F D+ B D FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 31.65 F F D B+ D BlSh 17.2 F F F F F Tot. GF 42.55 F F F B D- Hits 92.5 B C+ C- F C- 5v5 Rate 0 F D+ B- A C Ost% 27.9% A A B+ C+ B+ 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 34.9% A- A- B+ B- B+ 4v5 Rate 0 A- B+ A- A+ A- O/DSt% 44.4% A A A- B- B+ Overall 0 F F C- A C- QoC% 28.8% F C A A+ C+

Brock Nelson Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 793.7 PP Goals 4.7 C C+ C+ B- C+ 5V4Min 127.4 PP Asst. 7.6 C- C+ B- B C+ 4V5Min 59.4 PP Pts. 12.3 D+ C+ B- B C Goals 13.4 D+ C+ B A- B- PPGF 17.3 F D+ C D D Asst 14.3 F F F C- F iC/PP 0.644 C B B+ B+ B- Pts 27.8 F D- C- B D+ iSH/PP 0.314 D C+ C B- C- GF 45.7 D- C B A C+ PP ON% 48.8% F F F D- F GA 44.5 D D D D- D PP Csh% 7.3% C- C- C- C- C- Mod+/- 1.2 D- D C B- C- CF/PP 3.2662 C- C+ B C+ C iC/15 3.55 C+ B+ A- A B+ FF/PP 2.4025 C- C+ B- B- C iSH/15 1.76 D- C- C+ B C PK Goals 0 D+ D C- B C- On Net% 49.5% F F F F F PK Asst 0 C+ D+ B- C+ C+ CorSh% 5.2% D C C B C PK Pts. 0 D F D D+ D CF/15 14.16 D+ C B A+ B- iC/PK 0.202 D+ C A- A- B- FF/15 10.11 F D C+ A- C PK GF 0 D F D- D- D- FA/15 8.78 A+ A+ A+ A A PK GA 7.452 B B- B+ B+ B CA/15 12.44 A- A- A- A- A- PK +/- -7.45 D+ D C C C- CF% 53.2% B B B+ A+ B+ CA/PK 3.165 D D+ C B C- FF% 53.5% B B+ A- A+ A- FA/PK 2.255 C+ C B B+ B- CFRel% 4.5% B+ A- A+ A+ A Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 5.4% A A A+ A+ A+ Tot. Goals 18.14 D B- B A+ B- Pen+/- 12.5 A A- A+ A+ A Tot. Asst. 21.89 F F C A- C- FO% 42.4% F F F F F Tot. Pts. 40.04 F C- B- A+ C+ BlSh 36 B+ C+ B- C B- Tot. GF 62.98 D- C- B A+ C+ Hits 92.9 B C+ C- F C- 5v5 Rate 0 F D B- A- C Ost% 32.3% C C- C F D+ 5v4 Rate 0 D C+ B B+ C Dst% 33.4% A- B B- C B- 4v5 Rate 0 D- D C+ C+ D+ O/DSt% 49.2% B- B- C+ D+ C+ Overall 0 F C B+ A+ B- QoC% 28.4% F F B- A+ C-

Cal Clutterbuck Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 790.2 PP Goals 0 F F F D- F 5V4Min 92.5 PP Asst. 0 F F F F F 4V5Min 128.2 PP Pts. 0 F F F F F Goals 8.1 F F D- C+ D- PPGF 4.3 F F F F F Asst 13.3 F F F C- F iC/PP 0.779 B+ A- A+ A+ A- Pts 21.4 F F F C- F iSH/PP 0.389 C+ B A- B B GF 37.4 F F F C+ F PP ON% 50.0% F F F D- F GA 37.6 B B B- C B- PP Csh% 0.0% F F F D- F Mod+/- -0.3 D- D D+ C+ D+ CF/PP 3.2444 D+ C+ B- C+ C iC/15 3.81 B A- A A A- FF/PP 2.2711 D- C C C+ D+ iSH/15 2.37 A- A A+ A A PK Goals 1.561 B+ B- A A+ A- On Net% 62.3% A A- A- B+ A- PK Asst 1.45 B B B+ A- B+ CorSh% 2.9% F F F D- F PK Pts. 3.011 B+ B A A+ A- CF/15 13.43 F D- C B+ C- iC/PK 0.421 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ FF/15 9.95 F D C A- C- PK GF 3.011 B C B+ A B FA/15 9.95 B- B- C C- C+ PK GA 7.895 B- C+ B B B- CA/15 14.08 F D D D D- PK +/- -4.88 A- C+ B+ A- B+ CF% 48.8% F D- D+ B- D+ CA/PK 3.355 F D D+ D+ D FF% 50.0% D- D+ C- B C- FA/PK 2.465 D- D+ D+ C+ D+ CFRel% -0.9% F F C- B+ D+ Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 0.9% D C B- A C+ Tot. Goals 9.656 F F F B- D- Pen+/- 9.7 A- A- A- A A- Tot. Asst. 14.75 F F F C- F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 24.41 F F F C F BlSh 12.5 F F F F F Tot. GF 44.71 F F D- B+ D- Hits 349.4 A+ A+ A+ A A+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F D- B D- Ost% 30.0% B+ B B- C- B- 5v4 Rate 0 F F F F F Dst% 35.9% A A B+ B A- 4v5 Rate 0 A- B+ A+ A+ A O/DSt% 45.5% A A- B C+ B+ Overall 0 F F F B- D- QoC% 28.5% F D- B A+ C

Even strength Grabner played similarly to Bailey with an increased shot tendency and a better ability to get the puck on net. The team simply couldn't score with him on the ice and they got scored on at a very high pace leading to a poor adjusted plus minus. Could this be a fluke? Possibly, but even with his speed the Islanders didn't exactly push the pace with him on the ice. The possession numbers were decent enough and the zone starts weren't exactly favorable, but the end result wasn't good. He's still a fantastic penalty killer and still had above average numbers for a third liner so he's still pretty useful.

Nelson was an absolute possession machine this season, but it didn't yield great scoring results. He's still a rookie and played well enough to get more looks. There are multiple train of thoughts as to how to use him; one is to let him develop on a lower line and gradually move him up while another is to move him up in the lineup, but either way he would likely be better served playing with more talented players. He was a pedestrian power play guy that should improve with time. His penalty killing wasn't great, but he's along the same par as Nielsen and the team is somewhat short on options there. The third line is probably the best spot for him, but the talent on the line needs to be improved.

That leads into Cal Clutterbuck who didn't perform well at even strength this year. The shooting percentage was very low, so there's a chance for improvement there and he does get the puck on net a lot, but the possession was mediocre. He hits a lot and draw a lot of penalties but there's something to be said for those being the biggest takeaways. He obviously shouldn't and won't be on the power play next year. While Clutterbuck is a fantastic penalty killer, he is best served on the fourth line. Along with Bailey that would be over six million dollars in salary for two forth line players which might not make sense for a salary floor team, but the fourth line could use improvement.

Fourth Line

Matt Martin Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 849.7 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min 54.3 PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 10 F D D+ B D+ PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 9.9 F F F D- F iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 19.9 F F F D+ F iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 36.4 F F F C F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 32.8 A A A B+ A- PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- 3.6 D+ C- C+ B C CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 2.98 D- D C B C- FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.9 C- B- B B+ B- PK Goals 0 D+ D C- B C- On Net% 63.8% A A A+ B+ A PK Asst 0 C+ D+ B- C+ C+ CorSh% 4.6% F D D+ B- D+ PK Pts. 0 D F D D+ D CF/15 11.64 F F F D+ F iC/PK 0.184 D+ C- B B C+ FF/15 8.73 F F F D+ F PK GF 0 D F D- D- D- FA/15 10.18 C C D+ D+ C- PK GA 12.81 F F F F F CA/15 14.29 F D- D- F D- PK +/- -12.8 F F F F F CF% 44.9% F F F D F CA/PK 3.685 F F F F F FF% 46.2% F F F D+ F FA/PK 2.653 F F F F F CFRel% -6.0% F F F D- F Fights 11.70 A+ A+ A+ B A FFRel% -4.0% F F F C- F Tot. Goals 10.03 F F F B D- Pen+/- -3.9 F F F C- F Tot. Asst. 9.879 F F F D- F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 19.91 F F F D+ F BlSh 45.3 A+ A- A- B A- Tot. GF 36.38 F F F C- F Hits 460.9 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F F C F Ost% 27.2% A A+ A- B- A- 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 32.9% B+ B- B- C B- 4v5 Rate 0 F F F F F O/DSt% 45.3% A A- B+ C+ B+ Overall 0 F F F C- F QoC% 27.3% F F F C- F

Casey Cizikas Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 837.4 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min 183.5 PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 6.4 F F F D+ F PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 21.2 B- B+ B+ A B+ iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 27.6 F D- C- B D+ iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 33.7 F F F D F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 32.2 A A+ A B+ A PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- 1.5 D- D+ C B- C- CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 2.15 F F F F F FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.18 F F F D- F PK Goals 0 D+ D C- B C- On Net% 54.8% D- D- D- F D- PK Asst 1.145 B- C+ B B B- CorSh% 4.0% F D- D- C D- PK Pts. 1.145 C- F C C+ C- CF/15 11.13 F F F D- F iC/PK 0.109 F F F D+ F FF/15 8.37 F F F D- F PK GF 2.29 C+ D B B+ C+ FA/15 9.91 B- B- C C C+ PK GA 7.582 B B- B+ B+ B CA/15 13.68 C- C- D+ C- C- PK +/- -5.29 B+ C+ B B+ B CF% 44.9% F F F D F CA/PK 3.400 F D- D+ D D FF% 45.8% F F F D F FA/PK 2.485 D- D+ D+ C- D+ CFRel% -6.1% F F F D- F Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% -4.6% F F F D+ F Tot. Goals 6.366 F F F D F Pen+/- 1.3 D+ D+ D+ C+ C- Tot. Asst. 22.38 F D- C A- C- FO% 48.4% F C- C D D+ Tot. Pts. 28.75 F F D- B D- BlSh 34.2 B+ C+ C C- C+ Tot. GF 35.97 F F F C- F Hits 164.2 A A- A- C- B+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F D- C F Ost% 26.4% A A+ A- B A- 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 33.1% B+ B- B- C B- 4v5 Rate 0 D+ D+ C+ B C- O/DSt% 44.4% A A A- B- B+ Overall 0 F F D- C+ F QoC% 27.3% F F F C- F

Colin McDonald Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 811.4 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 10.5 F D C- B C- PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 15.1 F F D C D- iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 25.6 F F D B- D iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 39 F F D- B D- PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 51.6 F F F F F PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- -12.6 F F F F F CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 2.78 F F C- C D FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.67 F D- C- C+ D+ PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 60.0% B B B+ C+ B PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 5.2% D C C B C PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 12.13 F F F C F iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 8.96 F F F C- F PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 10.05 C+ C+ C- C- C PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 13.58 C C C- C C PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 47.2% F F D- C- D- CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 47.1% F F D- D+ D- FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% -3.0% F F D- C+ F Fights 2.536 A+ A A C- B+ FFRel% -2.4% F F D- C+ D- Tot. Goals 10.51 F F D- B D- Pen+/- 16.3 A+ A A+ A+ A+ Tot. Asst. 15.06 F F F C F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 25.58 F F F C+ F BlSh 17.6 F F F F F Tot. GF 38.97 F F F C+ F Hits 292.8 A+ A+ A+ A- A+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F D B D- Ost% 28.4% A A- B C+ B+ 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 34.9% A- A- B+ B- B+ 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 44.9% A A- B+ C+ B+ Overall 0 F F F B- F QoC% 27.7% F F F B+ D-

Matt Martin hits a lot, fights a lot and blocks a lot of shots while bringing next to nothing to the table offensively and facing easy talent even compared to fourth average fourth liners. Simply put he's a terrible advanced stats guy. He's a terrible penalty killer and has no business being there either. He's a grit guy for old school hockey fans, but doesn't bring anything to the table otherwise and is probably better off being the occasional call up enforcer.

Casey Cizikas is a poor man's Bailey. He doesn't shoot enough, when he does shoot it doesn't go on net and when it goes on net it doesn't go in. He actually shoots at a lower rate than Bailey does. The possession numbers are the worst on the team out of qualified forwards, but he does get some difficult zone starts. He's below average on the penalty kill, but there's possibly room for improvement there. He's a below average fourth liner with below average penalty kill ability. It should be interesting to see how much he gets as a restricted free agent. It shouldn't be much more than 750 thousand at the most. Is there room for improvement? Probably, but not beyond an above average fourth liner.

Colin McDonald was the only individual that excelled on the fourth line. While the possession numbers were mediocre, he was able to put up points at a decent pace and the only real knock against him would be the amount of goals against. He didn't get special team time, but fourth liners generally shouldn't.

The Rest

Anders Lee Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 277.1 PP Goals 7.3 B+ A- B+ B+ A- 5V4Min 54.9 PP Asst. 0 F F F F F 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. 7.3 F F F F F Goals 23.1 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PPGF 14.6 F D- D- D F Asst 17.9 D- D+ C B C- iC/PP 0.692 B- B+ A- A B+ Pts 41 A- A+ A+ A+ A+ iSH/PP 0.51 A A A+ A+ A GF 54.4 A- A A+ A+ A PP ON% 73.7% A+ A A- A- A GA 33.6 A A- A B A- PP Csh% 10.5% B B- B B- B Mod+/- 20.8 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ CF/PP 3.0228 D- D+ C C- D+ iC/15 3.94 B+ A- A+ A A FF/PP 2.1487 F D D+ D D- iSH/15 2.62 A A+ A+ A+ A+ PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 66.7% A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 8.0% A- A A A+ A PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 14.22 D+ C B A+ B- iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 10.86 C- B- B+ A+ B PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 8.61 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 11.81 A A A+ A+ A+ PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 54.6% B+ A- A A+ A CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 55.8% A- A A+ A+ A FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 5.6% A- A A+ A+ A Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% 6.1% A A A+ A+ A+ Tot. Goals 30.37 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ Pen+/- -11.9 F F F F F Tot. Asst. 17.88 F F D- C+ D- FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 48.25 C- B+ A A+ B+ BlSh 7.9 F F F F F Tot. GF 68.94 C- C+ A- A+ B Hits 170.7 A A- A C B+ 5v5 Rate 0 A A+ A+ A+ A+ Ost% 33.6% D+ D D+ F D 5v4 Rate 0 F D- D D D- Dst% 30.4% C D+ C- D C- 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 52.5% C- D+ C- D- D+ Overall 0 B- A- A+ A+ A QoC% 29.0% F B- A+ A+ B

Eric Boulton Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 145 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 14.7 C B A- A B PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 21.7 B B+ A- A B+ iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 36.4 C+ A- A A+ A- iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 36.4 F F F C F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 25.6 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- 10.7 B- B A- A B+ CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 2.71 F F D+ C D FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.91 C- B- B B+ B- PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 70.4% A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 7.4% B+ A A- A A- PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 9.83 F F F F F iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 8.12 F F F F F PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 11.93 F F F F F PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 16.85 F F F F F PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 36.8% F F F F F CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 40.5% F F F F F FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% -13.0% F F F F F Fights 59.70 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ FFRel% -8.9% F F F F F Tot. Goals 14.70 F D+ C+ A- C Pen+/- -30.3 F F F F F Tot. Asst. 21.66 F F C A- D+ FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 36.36 F F C A D+ BlSh 45.5 A+ A- A- B A- Tot. GF 36.36 F F F C- F Hits 242.8 A+ A+ A+ B A 5v5 Rate 0 C- C B- B C+ Ost% 30.5% B B- C+ D+ C+ 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 29.8% C- D+ C- D- D+ 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 50.6% C+ C C D C- Overall 0 F F C- B+ D+ QoC% 25.8% F F F F F

Mike Halmo Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 184.1 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 5.8 F F F D F PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 0 F F F F F iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 5.8 F F F F F iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 5.8 F F F F F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 10.1 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- -4.3 F D- F D D- CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 3.24 D+ C+ B B+ C+ FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.9 C- B- B B+ B- PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 58.5% C+ C C+ C C+ PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 2.4% F F F F F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 12.48 F F F C+ D- iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 9.56 F F D- B- D- PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 8.77 A+ A+ A+ A A PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 10.9 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 53.4% B B B+ A+ B+ CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 52.2% C+ B- B- A- B FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 3.0% B- B A- A+ B+ Fights 11.59 A+ A+ A+ B A FFRel% 0.5% D- C- C+ A C+ Tot. Goals 5.791 F F F D F Pen+/- 12 A A- A A+ A Tot. Asst. 0 F F F F F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 5.791 F F F F F BlSh 23.9 D+ D- F F D- Tot. GF 5.791 F F F F F Hits 310.7 A+ A+ A+ A A+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F F D F Ost% 36.8% F F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 23.9% F F F F F 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 60.6% F F F F F Overall 0 F F F F F QoC% 26.8% F F F D- F

Johan Sundstrom Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 90.5 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 0 F F F F F PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 17.6 D- D C B C- iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 17.6 F F F D- F iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 35.2 F F F C- F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 20.5 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- 14.7 B+ A- A A+ A- CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 2.41 F F F D F FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 2.09 C+ B+ A A B+ PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 86.7% A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 0.0% F F F F F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 13.98 D C- B- A C+ iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 11.25 B- B A A+ A- PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 10.12 C+ C D+ D+ C- PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 13.17 B- B C+ B- B- PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 51.5% C- C C+ A- B- CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 52.6% B- B B A B FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 0.0% F D C A- C- Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% -0.1% D- D C A- C Tot. Goals 0 F F F F F Pen+/- -12.2 F F F F F Tot. Asst. 17.59 F F D- C+ D- FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 17.59 F F F D- F BlSh 24.3 D+ D- F F D- Tot. GF 35.19 F F F D+ F Hits 48.6 C- D F F D- 5v5 Rate 0 F F F D+ F Ost% 39.3% F F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 23.8% F F F F F 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 62.3% F F F F F Overall 0 F F F D F QoC% 26.8% F F F D- F

John Persson Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 120 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 8.9 F D- D B- D PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 0 F F F F F iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 8.9 F F F F F iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 39.1 F F D- B D- PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 46.5 D- D- F F D- PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- -7.4 F F F D- F CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 3.27 D+ C+ B A- B- FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.94 C- B B+ B+ B PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 59.3% B- C+ B- C+ B- PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 3.7% F F F C- F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 13.21 F F D+ B+ D+ iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 10.06 F D C A- C- PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 10.06 C+ C+ C- C- C PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 14.42 F F F F F PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 47.8% F F D- C D- CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 50.0% D- D+ C- B C- FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% -4.6% F F F D+ F Fights 0 B+ B- B+ D- C+ FFRel% -1.6% F F D B D Tot. Goals 8.885 F F F C+ F Pen+/- 9.2 A- B+ B+ A A- Tot. Asst. 0 F F F F F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 8.885 F F F F F BlSh 55 A+ A+ A A A Tot. GF 39.11 F F F C+ F Hits 165 A A- A- C- B+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F F D+ F Ost% 36.0% D- F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 30.6% C C- C- D C- 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 54.1% D+ D- D F D- Overall 0 F F F D- F QoC% 28.0% F F D A D

Brett Gallant Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 27.5 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 0 F F F F F PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 0 F F F F F iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 0 F F F F F iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 0 F F F F F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 0 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- 0 D- D D+ C+ D+ CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 3.17 D C+ B- B+ C+ FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 1.59 F D- D+ C D PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 50.0% F F F F F PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 0.0% F F F F F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 14.28 D+ C B A+ B- iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 12.69 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 12.16 F F F F F PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 13.22 B- B C+ B- B- PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 51.9% C C+ B- A- B- CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 51.1% D+ C C B+ C FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% -1.4% F F D+ B+ D Fights 120 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ FFRel% 0.0% D- D+ C A- C Tot. Goals 0 F F F F F Pen+/- -80 F F F F F Tot. Asst. 0 F F F F F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 0 F F F F F BlSh 0 F F F F F Tot. GF 0 F F F F F Hits 360 A+ A+ A+ A A+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F F F F Ost% 61.3% F F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 19.4% F F F F F 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 76.0% F F F F F Overall 0 F F F F F QoC% 25.5% F F F F F

Justin Johnson Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League Statistic Numbers Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 League 5V5Min 12.9 PP Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 5V4Min NQ PP Asst. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ 4V5Min NQ PP Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Goals 0 F F F F F PPGF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Asst 0 F F F F F iC/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Pts 0 F F F F F iSH/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GF 0 F F F F F PP ON% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ GA 72.1 F F F F F PP Csh% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Mod+/- -72.1 F F F F F CF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iC/15 0 F F F F F FF/PP NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ iSH/15 0 F F F F F PK Goals NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ On Net% 0.0% F F F F F PK Asst NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CorSh% 0.0% F F F F F PK Pts. NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF/15 12.4 F F F C F iC/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF/15 7.89 F F F F F PK GF NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FA/15 11.27 F F F F F PK GA NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CA/15 11.27 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ PK +/- NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CF% 52.4% C+ B- B+ A B CA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ FF% 41.2% F F F F F FA/PK NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ CFRel% 5.4% A- A A+ A+ A Fights 84.61 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ FFRel% -3.4% F F F C- F Tot. Goals 0 F F F F F Pen+/- -85.3 F F F F F Tot. Asst. 0 F F F F F FO% NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Tot. Pts. 0 F F F F F BlSh 0 F F F F F Tot. GF 0 F F F F F Hits 511.6 A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ 5v5 Rate 0 F F F F F Ost% 56.3% F F F F F 5v4 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ Dst% 18.8% F F F F F 4v5 Rate 0 NQ NQ NQ NQ NQ O/DSt% 75.0% F F F F F Overall 0 F F F F F QoC% 24.8% F F F F F

Anders Lee is really the only one left worth looking into. The limited sample size obviously makes it hard to judge but he was an incredible goal scorer and a possession machine. This didn't carry over to the power play, but minutes there were even more limited. If he was able to keep up the number then he'd fit right in on the first line, but that's rather ambitious. The second line on the left wing seems to be a better spot for him at the moment.

Top Free Agents - League Comparisons and Scenarios

Even Strength Power Play Penalty Kill Ratings Player Goals Asst Pts Mod+/- iSH/15 CFRel% O/DSt% QoC% Pts iSH/PP PK+/- FenA ESR PPR PKR TOTR Mike Cammalleri A+ C- A+ B+ B+ A+ B A- A- A NQ NQ A A- NQ A+ Jussi Jokinen B D+ C+ B+ B A+ F C+ A+ C+ NQ NQ B A+ NQ A Paul Stastny A B A B- C- A B+ A B F NQ NQ A+ C NQ A Marian Gaborik A B+ A A+ A- C D A C- C- NQ NQ A+ D NQ A Jarome Iginla A D B+ A+ B C- F A B A- NQ NQ B+ B+ NQ A Daniel Alfredsson B+ A A B+ C- C- F B C- B NQ NQ A- C- NQ B+ Mikhail Grabovski C- B+ B- B+ F A- C- C+ B+ F NQ NQ B- B+ NQ B+ Thomas Vanek A B A C+ A- D+ F A C B+ NQ NQ C+ C+ NQ B Mike Santorelli C A- B A- D- C+ A- C+ F F A+ C+ B+ F A+ B Benoit Pouliot D B+ C+ B- B A- F D+ D+ D- NQ NQ B- C- NQ B Olli Jokinen B+ B- B+ C+ C D+ B C+ D+ D- NQ NQ B D- NQ B Ray Whitney D A B- C+ D C F D+ B+ B+ NQ NQ C B NQ B- Dustin Penner C+ F F A C B+ C+ B+ B+ C NQ NQ D+ A- NQ B- Jesse Winchester A- A- A B- A+ C- B+ D+ NQ NQ F C A+ NQ F B- Radim Vrbata D D+ D- F A C+ D+ B+ A- A+ NQ NQ D+ A NQ B- Matt Moulson C+ D- D+ C C+ B C+ B+ B+ C+ NQ NQ D+ A- NQ B- Ales Hemsky C+ C+ C+ F B- B+ B- B B F NQ NQ C+ D NQ B- Derek Roy F B+ C- C- D+ D F F A C- NQ NQ D A- NQ B- Ryan Callahan C- D+ D+ B- B+ D+ F B C- B F C- C- C F C+ Paul Bissonnette C A A- A B C+ F F NQ NQ NQ NQ A- NQ NQ C+ Marcel Goc C- D- D D- D- C A C+ A- C F D- C- C- F C+ David Legwand F B+ D+ F D- C C+ A- C D- NQ NQ D C+ NQ C+ Teemu Selanne D- C D B F C+ D- D- B- A NQ NQ D B- NQ C Brenden Morrow B- D- C- B- F F F F A F NQ NQ D- B NQ C Mason Raymond D+ D+ D+ F C B A- D+ C- C+ A- C+ D- D+ C+ C Devin Setoguchi D- A- C C D D C C F F NQ NQ C F NQ C Brian Gionta D+ C- D+ C- B- D A A D+ F B- B D F C- C- Lee Stempniak D D- D- F B B B- A- F D A+ A D- F A+ C- Derek MacKenzie C+ B- B- D- D D C+ F NQ NQ B F C+ NQ B- D+ Milan Michalek C- F D- F C D+ F B D- D+ D+ A- F D- D D+ Ryan Carter B F D B C+ F B F NQ NQ A A+ C- NQ B D+ Colin Fraser F A+ B- C+ F F D- F NQ NQ NQ NQ C- NQ NQ D+ Saku Koivu C- B C+ D F F B+ A- NQ NQ C F D+ NQ B D+ Ryan Smyth F A- C D+ C+ B- A+ D F F B F D F D D Scott Gomez F C+ F F F D- B D- A- F NQ NQ F D+ NQ D Dany Heatley C- D+ D+ F F F D- D- D B- NQ NQ F D NQ D Michal Handzus F A C B- F F F D NQ NQ A C- D+ NQ B D John Mitchell D- C- D- C+ F D A- D F D D+ D- F F D D Steve Ott F B+ F F F F B C+ C- D D F F D- F D- Dominic Moore D- C- D- D C F A+ F NQ NQ A B- D NQ A D- Jeff Halpern D+ C C- F F D- A+ F NQ NQ F D+ D+ NQ F D- Daniel Winnik F A- D F C D- C+ B- NQ NQ A- F D- NQ B D- Steve Bernier F B- F F B- D C D F F NQ NQ D F NQ D- Steve Downie F C- F F D- C- C B D- D NQ NQ F F NQ F Stephen Gionta F C D- C- B+ F A F NQ NQ F A D NQ F F Brian Boyle F D- F D+ B+ F A+ D NQ NQ C+ C- F NQ B- F Tim Kennedy F B+ D C+ F D- D C- NQ NQ NQ NQ D+ NQ NQ F David Moss D D- D- C- A- B+ F C- NQ NQ F F D+ NQ F F Todd Bertuzzi F F F F D- D D- B F B+ NQ NQ F D- NQ F Vernon Fiddler F D+ F D+ D+ F A- D NQ NQ F F F NQ D+ F Joe Vitale F A- D- D- F F A F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Tanner Glass F B+ D F F F A D- NQ NQ C+ F F NQ D F Blake Comeau D D D- F A A B D NQ NQ NQ NQ D+ NQ NQ F Kevin Westgarth B F C- F D- F F F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Daniel Carcillo D- F F B+ F F A- F NQ NQ NQ NQ D- NQ NQ F Shawn Thornton D+ F F C+ A+ F F F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Peter Regin F F F D F B B- D- NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Troy Bodie D- F F B C- C B+ F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Matt D Agostini F F F F C+ A- B D+ F B- NQ NQ F F NQ F Nikolai Kulemin D+ F F F F D A+ B NQ NQ F F F NQ F F Adam Hall F F F F F F A+ F NQ NQ C+ A F NQ D+ F John McCarthy F F F F B- F C F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Chuck Kobasew F F F A D F A- D NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Manny Malhotra D- F F F F F A+ D- NQ NQ C D- F NQ D F Ryan Jones F F F C C+ D- A+ F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Zenon Konopka F F F F F F A+ F NQ NQ F C F NQ F F Cody McCormick F F F F F F A F NQ NQ C D- F NQ D- F Mike Brown F F F F D F D F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Chris Thorburn F D F D- F F C+ D- NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F John Scott F F F F F F B F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Radek Dvorak D- F F D F F A+ F NQ NQ F F F NQ F F Jay McClement F F F F F F A+ D+ NQ NQ F F F NQ F F Matt Kassian F F F D F F F F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F Taylor Pyatt F F F F F F A- F NQ NQ NQ NQ F NQ NQ F

Scenario One - Top Tier Player and a Possible Filler Player

The ideal scenario would be to acquire a top notch player on the wing along with a second or third line player that can run as a penalty killer. Individuals in the top eight are all above average first line players and would be the ideal replacements. As for the second player the best individual would be Mike Santorelli. He hasn't had a lot of grind in the league and while he's bad on the power play he's a very responsible defensive player and was amongst the top players in the league on the penalty kill. As such he shouldn't cost a lot to acquire yet would be a great contributor to the team. The lineup result -

LW C RW Rating Mike Cammalleri John Tavares Kyle Okposo C+ Anders Lee Frans Nielsen Mike Santorelli A- Michael Grabner Ryan Strome Brock Nelson C+ Colin McDonald Josh Bailey Cal Clutterbuck B+ PPLW PPC PPRW Rating Mike Cammalleri John Tavares Frans Nielsen B+ Josh Bailey Ryan Strome Brock Nelson C PKLW PKRW Rating Mike Santorelli Cal Clutterbuck A Michael Grabner Brock Nelson C+

All lines are above average except for the second power play unit which would be at average. Cammalleri would likely cost five to six million while it's hard to say how much Santorelli would go for. As an added bonus, fans would get to hear announcers consistently bumble the "Mike -Elli's." Acquiring players that lead to announcer confusion seems to be the team's favorite activity.

Scenario Two - One or Potentially Two Middle-Tier Players

Another decent scenario would involve the team acquiring two middle-line players that could contribute. This scenario is a little bit harder to fulfill because the team really needs help on the special teams along with even strength. Santorelli could be an option in this scenario too, but the individual on the power play is harder to find and there are questions that would need to be answered. Is Moulson considered a reclamation project? If so, how little could he be obtained for? What about Radim Vrbata? These players should cost less than the top flight players, but how much less remains to be seen and if it's a million to a million and a half less then the team would be better pressed going the first route.

LW C RW Rating Anders Lee John Tavares Kyle Okposo B- Michael Grabner Frans Nielsen Mike Santorelli B- Brock Nelson Ryan Strome Radim Vrbata C Colin McDonald Josh Bailey Cal Clutterbuck B+ PPLW PPC PPRW Rating Frans Nielsen John Tavares Radim Vrbata B+ Josh Bailey Ryan Strome Brock Nelson C PKLW PKRW Rating Mike Santorelli Cal Clutterbuck A Michael Grabner Brock Nelson C+

All lines are still at or above average. The first line improves but again there's a very limited Sample size on Lee. Line two drops a full grade while line three drops to an average C. There's obviously reason to expect them to improve as it's a very young line, but given where they were at last year it puts them at an average third line.

Scenario Three - Nothing gets Done

There's the chance that the team simply re-signs Cizikas and does nothing from there. Fans would likely be irate and sure enough the team doesn't look very good.

LW C RW Rating Anders Lee John Tavares Kyle Okposo B- Michael Grabner Frans Nielsen Brock Nelson C Josh Bailey Ryan Strome Cal Clutterbuck D+ Matt Martin Casey Cizikas Colin McDonald C+ PPLW PPC PPRW Rating Josh Bailey John Tavares Frans Nielsen B- Anders Lee Ryan Strome Brock Nelson D+ PKLW PKRW Rating Frans Nielsen Cal Clutterbuck B- Michael Grabner Brock Nelson C+

Compared to the previous scenario, the top line is still good, but the second line falls to average, the third line is below average and the fourth line gets lowered a full grade. On the power play the top power play line takes a hit and the second power play line would be poor albeit with very little experience. The penalty kill takes a pretty large hit as well.

Scenario Four - Leadership Overpayment

The worst case scenario would be the team overpaying for veteran leadership type guys that don't produce. The team could go out and sign two individuals in the mold of Ryan Callahan and Brenden Morrow to contracts. While they would certainly boost the team a bit, the dollar amount that they would command would likely be far too high for the benefits that they would yield leaving the team in a worse scenario long term than the one that they are currently in.

LW C RW Rating Anders Lee John Tavares Kyle Okposo B- Michael Grabner Frans Nielsen Brock Nelson C Josh Bailey Ryan Strome Ryan Callahan C- Brenden Morrow Colin McDonald Cal Clutterbuck B- PPLW PPC PPRW Rating Brenden Morrow John Tavares Frans Nielsen B Josh Bailey Brock Nelson Ryan Callahan C PKLW PKRW Rating Frans Nielsen Cal Clutterbuck B- Michael Grabner Brock Nelson C+

The first two lines stay exactly the same. The third and fourth lines see a minor improvement. The second power play unit is back at average. All that said, the team is still not spectacular and Callahan stated that he wanted over five million dollars. It just needs to be shied away from.