Skjei is the only player on this list who is assured to be a member of the Rangers long term, after he signed a six year contract extension this offseason. Skjei has assumed the “Mr. Everything” role previously held by Ryan McDonagh and has performed adequately. Skjei is on pace for the worst full season Corsi For % of his career, has a negative Corsi For % relative to his teammates and is doing so with a PDO over 100. In short, these stats say he’s chasing play, and doing so worse than his teammates are, while getting relatively lucky in terms of on ice goal scoring. However if you dig a little deeper, it’s clear Skjei is doing a lot with the deck stacked against him. He is taking a majority of his faceoffs in the defensive zone for the first time in his career, leads the team in even strength time on ice per game by over two minutes, and is doing so while playing in a shutdown role against the opponents’ top lines. Simply put, he’s being asked to do a TON, at only 24 years old. He’s performing admirably for such a young player being in such a tough spot. Ideally, once the Rangers begin moving out of the rebuild phase, Skjei will have teammates that can share the burden with him, and push his possession numbers in a positive direction.