24-15-39. In 81 games that stat line does not pop out to you. But Frank Vatrano has been continuously improving season by season and his underlying statistics suggest he is a very useful individual to have on your team.





His shot is potent. He had a goal per game season in the AHL four seasons ago and a 24 goal season this year. Numerous of his advanced stats suggest his shot is one of the better ones in the league, 30th by our rankings.



Perhaps his weakest strength is that he and his team does not completely dominate on the ice. He is still respectable; he places in the top 30% of the dominance rating.



Not the grittiest player of them all, but he gets in the right areas. He’s one of the best players in the league at getting in to the dirty areas our stats show. His lack of grit in other aspects of the game reduce his overall rating. He’s respectably ranked 105th out of 738 NHL players in grit.



71st in Cleverpuck’s defense rating, he is one of the better defensive forwards in the league. Recently extended by the Panthers for 3 years @ 2.53m AAV, his contract may prove to be one of the best ones in the league. How good Vatrano can really be only time will tell. Our stats say he is and will be a premier defensive forward who can score and get dirty.



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