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A collective presentation of: FANTASYDRAFT HELP.COM, THE FDH LOUNGE & SPORTSOLOGY under the banner of THE 21 ST CENTURY MEDIA ALLIANCE September 21, 2017 RICK MORRIS/RUSS COHEN/JASON JONES Draft Board Decoder The FantasyDrafthelp.com draft board contains all the relevant information you need right at your fingertips. * Players are color-coded by their value by round in a 10-team draft. 1st round is gold, 2 nd round silver, 3rd round bronze, 4th round orange and 5th round light blue. * The Stat column shows how each player performed on our standard deviation from the mean statistic in 2016-17 (stat details on Page 2). * Relevant 2016-17 statistical categories are listed, along with rankings for each, the number of games played and rankings in the aforementioned Stat category. * NOTE: To better reflect how leagues are now conducted, all forwards are rated together, albeit with positional notations. Table of Contents Page 1: Draft Philosophy Overview, Draft Board Decoder, Top 50 Players Regardless Of Position Page 2: Goalie Rankings, Lessons of Our Ultimate Quantitative Baseline Stat, Players Most Disproportionately Important In Forward-Position-Distinct Leagues, Overvalued and Undervalued Players Page 3: Forward Rankings Page 4: Forward Rankings Page 5: 2017-18 Fantasy Overview, 2017-18 Fantasy Sleepers, Fantasy Breakthroughs, Surplus Defensemen Page 6: Defensemen Rankings Page 7: Don t Be That Guy, Suggested League Guidelines, Surplus Goalies Page 8: 2017 FDH Hockey Mock Draft and Analysis Page 9: The FDH Lounge Top 30 (Non-Fantasy) Players in the World, A Plan To Improve The NHL & NBA Regular Seasons Pages 10-12: Surplus Forwards Page 12: FDH NHL 2017-18 Season Predictions FANTASY HOCKEY AND SO MUCH MORE Top 50 Players Regardless Of Position 1 Sidney Crosby 2 Connor McDavid 3 Evgeni Malkin 4 Patrick Kane 5 Nikita Kucherov 6 Victor Hedman 7 Erik Karlsson 8 Braden Holtby 9 Carey Price 10 Steven Stamkos 11 Brent Burns 12 Jamie Benn 13 Sergei Bobrovsky 14 Devan Dubnyk 15 Ryan Suter 16 Kris Letang 17 John Gibson 18 Auston Matthews 19 Vladimir Tarasenko 20 Mark Scheifele 21 Alex Ovechkin 22 Nicklas Backstrom 23 Tyler Seguin 24 Jack Eichel 25 Brad Marchand 26 Artemi Panarin 27 Leon Draisaitl 28 John Tavares 29 Blake Wheeler 30 Ryan Getzlaf 31 Patrik Laine 32 Cam Talbot 33 Tuukka Rask 34 Jake Allen 35 Kevin Shattenkirk 36 Dustin Byfuglien 37 Roman Josi 38 Jonathan Quick 39 Matthew Murray 40 Justin Schultz 41 Johnny Gaudreau 42 David Pastrnak 43 Phil Kessel 44 Craig Anderson 45 Duncan Keith 46 Shea Weber 47 Wayne Simmonds 48 Mark Giordano 49 Dougie Hamilton 50 Joe Pavelski Please taste our Tweets! http://twitter.com/thefdhlounge FantasyDrafthelp.com/hockey

Goalies Exp UQB Rk GS W Rk SV% Rk GAA Rk SO Rk QS% Rk 1 Braden Holtby 2 375 1T 63 42 1T 0.925 6 2.07 4 9 1 0.619 11T 2 Carey Price 1 375 1T 62 37 5T 0.923 9T 2.23 8T 3 0.613 13 3 Sergei Bobrovsky 3 375 1T 63 41 3 0.931 1T 2.06 3 7 3T 0.651 7 4 Devan Dubnyk 4T 375 1T 63 40 4 0.923 9T 2.25 10 5 7T 0.619 11T 5 John Gibson 1X 4T 375 1T 49 25 20T 0.924 7T 2.22 7 6 6 0.571 6 Cam Talbot 4T 375 1T 73 42 1T 0.919 17 2.39 16T 7 3T 0.589 17 7 Tuukka Rask 9 375 1T 63 37 5T 0.915 2.23 8T 8 2 0.492 8 Jake Allen 4T 217 15 60 33 8T 0.915 2.42 20T 4 10T 0.55 9 Jonathan Quick 13 0 17 8 0.917 2.26 11T 2 0.647 8 10 Matthew Murray 8 278 12 47 32 10T 0.923 9T 2.41 19 4 10T 0.553 11 Craig Anderson 2X 14T 316 11 40 25 20T 0.926 4T 2.28 13 5 7T 0.625 10 12 Martin Jones 11 252 13 65 35 7 0.912 2.4 18 2 0.6 15T 13 Andrei Vasilevskiy 14T 0 47 23 0.917 2.61 2 0.532 14 Pekka Rinne 10 130 18 61 31 12T 0.918 18T 2.42 20T 3 0.557 15 Corey Crawford 12 125 20 55 32 10T 0.918 18T 2.55 2 0.527 16 Jimmy Howard 219 14 24 10 0.927 3 2.1 5 1 0.667 5T 17 Brian Elliott 14T 17 45 26 15T 0.91 2.55 2 0.578 20 18 Peter Budaj 375 1T 55 30 14 0.915 2.18 6 7 3T 0.582 18T 19 Henrik Lundqvist 17T 85 55 31 12T 0.91 2.74 2 0.582 18T 20 Ben Bishop 17T 0 37 18 0.91 2.54 1 0.514 21 Players Cory Schneider Most Disproportionately 19 0 Important 59 20 In Forward-Position-Distinct 0.908 2.82 2 Leagues 0.458 22 Scott Darling 127 19 27 18 0.924 7T 2.38 15 2 0.63 9 23 Jamie Frederik Benn, Johnny Andersen Gaudreau, 20 Brad 173 Marchand, 16 Alex 66 Ovechkin, 33 8T Max 0.918 Pacioretty, 18T Artemi 2.67 Panerin 4 10T 0.576 24 Aaron Dell 375 1T 17 11 0.931 1T 2 1 1 0.706 1 25 Philipp Grubauer 3X 326 10 19 13 0.926 4T 2.05 2 3 0.684 3T YouTube.com/thefdhlounge DRAFTOLOGY GUIDES We publish a series of guides such as this through the year as a partnership between Sportsology, The FDH Lounge, Fantasy Drafthelp.com and other entities under the banner of The 21st Century Media Alliance. Fantasy Racing (mid-february), Fantasy Baseball (mid- March), NFL Draft (mid-april), NHL Entry Draft (mid- June), NBA Draft (mid-june), Fantasy Football (late July), Fantasy Hockey (mid-september), Fantasy Hoops (mid-october). The 21 st Century Media Alliance What initially began in 2009 as a small coalition of likeminded growing New Media and creative organizations has flourished into a well-rounded creative juggernaut of more than two dozen entities that transcends the notion of traditional labeling. The 21st Century Media Alliance is an umbrella of cooperative companies and professionals that is pursuing many synergistic opportunities and projects. Possessed of varying yet often complementary skill sets, Alliance members are bound by their core principles of inventiveness, communication, pragmatism and dedication to their efforts and those of the larger group. In a great many creative areas, if you re looking to have a job performed the right way, chances are that you need look no further than The 21st Century Media Alliance. Overvalued Players of 2017-18 Goalies: Jake Allen Defensemen: Drew Doughty, Oliver Ekman- Larsson, Justin Faulk, Shayne Gostisbehere, Torey Krug, Rasmus Ristolainen Forwards: Sebastian Aho, Patrice Bergeron, Jonathan Drouin, Claude Giroux, Phil Kessel, Anze Kopitar, Alex Ovechkin, Joe Pavelski, Jakub Voracek Undervalued Players of 2017-18 Goalies: Jimmy Howard, Jonathan Quick Defensemen: Ryan Ellis, Jake Gardiner, John Klingberg, Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Myers, Dmitry Orlov, David Savard, Kevin Shattenkirk, Justin Schultz, Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter Forwards: Cam Atkinson, Aleksander Barkov, Leon Draisaitl, Nikolaj Ehlers, Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman, Nazem Kadri, TJ Oshie, David Pastrnak, Brandon Saad, Mark Scheifele, Conor Sheary, Jeff Skinner, Steven Stamkos, Players Most Disproportionately Important In Forward-Position-Distinct Leagues Jamie Benn, Johnny Gaudreau, Brad Marchand, Alex Ovechkin, Max Pacioretty, Artemi Panarin Evaluating Production Across a Spectrum: Lessons Of Our Proprietary Ultimate Quantitative Baseline Stat Our UQB category (Ultimate Quantitative Baseline) on our draft board calculates the standard deviation from the mean in all relevant hockey categories. In simple English, imagine a spectrum going across from left to right, with negative numbers on the left side, a zero in the middle and positive numbers on the right side. We utilize this statistic for football, baseball, basketball, hoops and NASCAR as well as hockey. For hockey, we use all of the standard fantasy categories listed on the draft board to factor in for this statistical compilation. A player s performance in each category is plotted on one of these spectrums, with the most valuable players putting up most of their numbers on the most of their numbers on the positive side. Then, we add up the totals of every category, positive and negative. By using this tool, we can identify not merely how they performed, but how valuable their performances were in each category. Truly, this statistic serves as the ultimate baseline for the previous season s production.

Forwards Pos Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk 1 Sidney Crosby C 2 375 1T 75 44 1 45 14T 89 2T 17 18T 24 17.3 18T 2 Connor McDavid C 1 375 1T 82 30 25T 70 1 100 1 27 3T 26 12 3 Evgeni Malkin C 6 375 1T 62 33 13T 39 29T 72 13T 18 13T 77 15 17.3 18T 4 Patrick Kane RW 3 375 1T 82 34 10T 55 4 89 2T 11 50T 32 11.6 5 Nikita Kucherov RW 7 375 1T 74 40 2T 45 14T 85 5T 13 36T 38 16.3 27T 6 Steven Stamkos C 10T 375 1T 17 9 11 20 3 14 15.5 42T 7 Jamie Benn 1X LW 5 207 29 77 26 39T 43 18T 69 17T -9 66 22T 12.9 8 Auston Matthews C 9 328 17 82 40 2T 29 69 17T 2 14 14.3 9 Vladimir Tarasenko RW 8 353 16 82 39 4T 36 40T 75 9-1 12 13.6 10 Mark Scheifele C 14 375 1T 79 32 17T 50 6 82 7 18 13T 38 20 4T 11 Alex Ovechkin LW 4 195 31T 82 33 13T 36 40T 69 17T 6 50 45T 10.5 12 Nicklas Backstrom C 10T 375 1T 82 23 58T 63 2 86 4 17 18T 38 14.2 13 Tyler Seguin C 12T 94 60 82 26 39T 46 11T 72 13T -15 22 8.6 14 Jack Eichel C 16T 218 26 61 24 52T 33 57 50T -13 22 9.6 15 Brad Marchand LW 12T 375 1T 80 39 4T 46 11T 85 5T 18 13T 81 14 17.3 18T 16 Artemi Panarin LW 18 317 19 82 31 21T 43 18T 74 10T 18 13T 21 14.7 17 Leon Draisaitl C 22 255 23 82 29 27T 48 7T 77 8 7 20 16.9 22 18 John Tavares C 16T 175 37 77 28 30T 38 33T 66 24T 4 38 10.8 19 Blake Wheeler RW 19 217 27 82 26 39T 48 7T 74 10T 6 47 51T 10 20 Ryan Getzlaf C 21 375 1T 74 15 58 3 73 12 7 49 49T 10.9 21 Patrik Laine 2X RW 23 367 12 73 36 7 28 64 27T 7 26 17.6 16T 22 Johnny Gaudreau LW 25 125 48 72 18 43 18T 61 32T -7 4 9.9 23 David Pastrnak RW 27 327 18 75 34 10T 36 40T 70 15T 11 50T 34 13 24 Phil Kessel RW 20 158 40 82 23 58T 47 9T 70 15T 3 20 10 25 Wayne Simmonds RW 24 164 39 82 31 21T 23 54-18 122 1 13.8 26 Joe Pavelski C 15 127 46T 81 29 27T 39 29T 68 21T 11 50T 34 12.4 27 Max Pacioretty LW 28 169 38 81 35 8T 32 67 23 15 27T 38 13.1 28 Mitch Marner C 32 117 52 77 19 42 24 61 32T 0 38 10.8 29 Ryan Johansen 3X C 31 96 59 82 14 47 9T 61 32T 1 60 28 9.1 30 Mike Hoffman LW 34 227 25 74 26 39T 35 48T 61 32T 17 18T 51 43T 11.6 31 Mikael Granlund C 36T 288 20 81 26 39T 43 18T 69 17T 23 7T 12 14.7 32 Cam Atkinson RW 36T 135 45 82 35 8T 27 62 30T 13 36T 22 14.6 33 Corey Perry RW 30 62 82 19 34 55T 53 2 76 16 8.8 34 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 35 149 42 82 19 40 26T 59 40T 18 13T 46 53T 11.2 35 Filip Forsberg LW 33 89 82 31 21T 27 58 43T -4 32 13.2 36 Aleksander Barkov C 43 189 35 61 21 31 52 13 36T 10 14.8 59T 37 Nazem Kadri C 44T 195 31T 82 32 17T 29 61 32T -7 95 6T 13.6 38 William Nylander C 36T 63 81 22 39 29T 61 32T -3 32 10.7 39 Jeff Carter C 40T 157 41 82 32 17T 34 55T 66 24T 2 41 58 12.8 40 Sean Monahan C 40T 43 82 27 34T 31 58 43T -1 20 13.6 41 Jonathan Toews C 40T 101 58 72 21 37 36T 58 43T 7 35 10.6 42 Alexander Radulov RW 39 52 76 18 36 40T 54 10 55T 62 25T 12.2 43 Conor Sheary LW 360 14 61 23 58T 30 53 24 6 22 14.9 58 44 Nikolaj Ehlers 4X LW 49 88 82 25 47T 39 29T 64 27T 1 38 12.3 45 Jeff Skinner LW 54 272 22 79 37 6 26 63 29-3 28 13.2 1 46 T.J. Oshie RW 55 375 1T 68 33 13T 23 56 52T 28 2 36 23.1 47 Ryan Kesler C 44T 85 82 22 36 40T 58 43T 8 83 13 11.8 48 Brandon Saad LW 57 146 44 82 24 52T 29 53 23 7T 8 11.4 49 Jonathan Huberdeau 5X LW 46 147 43 31 10 16 26-2 13 11.6 50 Patrice Bergeron C 26 0 79 21 32 53 12 45T 24 7 51 Claude Giroux C 29 0 82 14 44 16T 58 43T -15 38 7 52 Taylor Hall LW 50T 22 72 20 33 53-9 32 8.4 53 Anze Kopitar C 47 0 76 12 40 26T 52-10 28 8 54 James van Riemsdyk 6X LW 53 89 82 29 27T 33 62 30T -2 37 12.2

Forwards Pos Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk 55 Jakub Voracek RW 50T 0 82 20 41 25 61 32T -24 56 32T 7.9 56 Sebastian Aho RW 48 11 82 24 52T 25 49-1 26 11.2 57 Jonathan Drouin LW 52 0 73 21 32 53-13 16 11.5 58 Eric Staal C 56 30 82 28 30T 37 36T 65 26 17 18T 34 13.3 59 Brayden Schenn C 58 0 79 25 47T 30 55 56T -13 38 14 60 Logan Couture C 59 18 73 25 47T 27 52 11 50T 12 14.4 61 Nathan MacKinnon 7X C 60 0 82 16 37 36T 53-14 16 6.4 62 Marcus Johansson LW 197 30 82 24 52T 34 55T 58 43T 25 5 10 18.6 11T 63 Jason Zucker LW 355 15 79 22 25 47 34 1 30 12.8 64 Matthew Tkachuk LW 211 28 76 13 35 48T 48 14 30T 105 5 9.2 65 Rickard Rakell C 195 31T 71 33 13T 18 51 10 55T 12 18.6 11T 66 Mikko Koivu C 275 21 80 18 40 26T 58 43T 27 3T 34 12.9 67 Antoine Roussel LW 365 13 60 12 15 27 1 115 2 14.6 68 Anders Lee LW 119 51 81 34 10T 18 52 9 56 32T 17.8 15 69 Henrik Zetterberg LW 113 53 82 17 51 5 68 21T 15 27T 22 8.7 70 Evander Kane 8X LW 235 24 70 28 30T 15 43-17 113 3 10.8 71 Paul Byron LW 121 49 81 22 21 43 21 10 29 22.9 2 72 Jake Guentzel C 183 36 40 16 17 33 7 10 19.8 8 73 Michael Grabner RW 127 46T 76 27 34T 13 40 22 9 10 16.7 23T 74 Mark Stone RW 107 54 71 22 32 54 12 45T 25 16.4 26 75 Chris Kreider 9X LW 106 55 75 28 30T 25 53 6 58 29T 15.1 48T 76 Ryan O'Reilly C 55 72 20 35 48T 55 56T -1 10 10.6 77 Viktor Arvidsson LW 59 80 31 21T 30 61 32T 16 24T 28 12.6 78 Derek Stepan C 120 50 81 17 38 33T 55 56T 19 12 16 8.1 79 Patrick Eaves RW 102 57 79 32 17T 19 51-2 24 15.3 44 80 Bryan Little C 92 59 21 26 47-7 18 17.6 16T 81 Andrew Shaw C 190 34 68 12 17 29 4 110 4 9.4 82 Artem Anisimov C 82 64 22 23 45 9 30 21 3 83 Anthony Mantha RW 73 60 17 19 36 10 55T 53 38T 12.8 84 Brad Richardson RW 59 16 5 4 9-1 15 20 4T 85 Josh Leivo LW 103 56 13 2 8 10 2 4 7.4 86 Patric Hornqvist RW 93 70 21 23 44 16 24T 28 9.4 87 Kyle Turris C 63 78 27 34T 28 55 56T -3 47 51T 14.6 88 Brock Boeser RW 67 9 4 1 5 0 0 16 34 89 Alex Galchenyuk C 33 61 17 27 44-5 24 16.3 27T 90 Patrick Maroon LW 52 81 27 34T 15 42 13 36T 95 6T 15.2 45T 91 Mike Fisher C 30 72 18 24 42 1 55 35T 15 53T 92 Alex Steen LW 37 76 16 35 48T 51-2 53 38T 13.7 93 Joe Thornton C 0 79 7 43 18T 50 7 51 43T 8.6 94 Kyle Palmieri RW 43 80 26 39T 27 53 2 46 53T 13.5 95 Nick Foligno LW 42 79 26 39T 25 51-4 55 35T 14.1 96 Rick Nash 10X RW 46 67 23 58T 15 38 9 26 11.8 Pullins Law Firm LLC: PullinsLaw.com Scott Pullins: I have spent my career, both as an attorney, and otherwise, in roles where I help people break down and solve complex problems. After a consultation, you will be put on the path toward resolution of your issue. I will either recommend that you retain me to resolve your issue, I will recommend a trusted colleague, or I will offer some other solution, sometimes even free or at a lower cost than a private attorney, in order to assist you. THE WINTER CLASSIC: THE NHL S SAVIOR Available through Barnes & Noble, Amazon & other fine sellers

2017-18 Fantasy Overview ^ There s a bit less depth on the blue line than last year in the top tier and the dropoff from the top tier to the second one is significant, so try to get one of those top five. ^ The depth at goalie is weaker in the first and second-tier levels than it was a year ago (albeit the third tier is deeper), so you may not be able to wait until late in your draft to complete your work there. ^ The top few tiers of forwards are a bit thinner than in past years, so prepare accordingly. 2017-18 Fantasy Sleepers Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Andrei Vasilevskiy Defensemen: Matt Niskanen, Alex Petrovic Forwards: Taylor Hall, William Nylander, Jonathan Toews, James van Riemsdyk SteveKallas.com Sports, law & more! 100 THINGS RANGER FANS SHOULD KNOW & DO BEFORE THEY DIE Available on Amazon.com 100 Ranger Greats Ranking the best New York Rangers of all time in a stunning, full-color book www.rangergreats.com SteveKallas.com Sports columns from a unique perspective TheFDHLounge.com 2017-18 Fantasy Breakthroughs Goalies: Matthew Murray Defensemen: Nick Holden, Seth Jones, John Moore Forwards: Artem Anisimov, Paul Byron, Jake Guentzel, Marcus Johansson, Bryan Little, Ryan O'Reilly, Rickard Rakell Surplus Defensemen Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk - Tyson Barrie 0 74 7 31 24T 38 32T 34 18 3.8 Johnny Boychuk 0 66 6 17 23 11 25T 19 3.9 T.J. Brodie 0 82 6 30 26T 36 38T -16 24 7.7 19T Adam Clendening 0 31 2 9 11 3 17 5.3 Trevor Daley 0 56 5 14 19 7 37 25T 6 Michael Del Zotto 0 51 6 12 18-5 28 6.5 27 Aaron Ekblad 0 68 10 11 21-23 58 10T 4.4 Cameron Gaunce 25 12 1 3 4 1 13 13 2T Alex Goligoski 0 82 6 30 26T 36 38T -9 28 5.4 Travis Hamonic 0 49 3 11 14-21 60 6 4.1 Julius Honka 0 16 1 4 5-4 4 2.9 Erik Johnson 0 46 2 15 17-6 9 2.1 Paul Ladue 0 22 0 8 8-5 4 0 Martin Marincin 0 25 1 6 7 3 16 4.5 Alec Martinez 0 82 9 30 26T 39 24T -17 24 6.3 29T Nikita Nesterov 0 48 4 13 17 0 24 6.3 29T Chad Ruhwedel 0 34 2 8 10 9 29 8 4.4 Mark Streit 0 68 6 21 27-12 28 5.3 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 0 75 6 22 28 4 35 30T 4.2 Dennis Wideman 0 57 5 13 18-6 32 5.7 YouTube.com/ thefdhlounge Cardboard Connection Dot Com Sportsology Dot Com 1stDown Scouting. com Taste our Tweets! twitter.com/ TheFDHLounge TV Howl Veteran TV columnist Adam Buckman delivers top-flight insight and analysis about today s TV scene http://tvhowl.com/ FantasyDrafthelp.com Unique methods & winning results for a variety of sports, not just the big boys! Check out everything we have to offer and never get outprepared again!

Defensemen Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk 1 Victor Hedman 3T 375 1T 79 16 5T 56 1 72 2 3 47 15T 9.6 8 2 Erik Karlsson 2 375 1T 77 17 2T 54 2 71 3 10 27T 28 7.8 17T 3 Brent Burns 1 375 1T 82 29 1 47 3T 76 1 19 15 40 21T 9.1 10 4 Ryan Suter 12 285 5 82 9 31 24T 40 22T 34 1 36 28T 5.5 5 Kris Letang 1X 8T 329 4 41 5 29 34 2 32 4.1 6 Kevin Shattenkirk 10 71 23 80 13 9T 43 5T 56 4-7 47 15T 8.1 13 7 Dustin Byfuglien 3T 232 8 80 13 9T 39 7T 52 6 10 27T 117 1 5.4 8 Roman Josi 5 81 21 72 12 13T 37 10T 49 10T 7 18 5.5 9 Justin Schultz 23T 233 7 78 12 13T 39 7T 51 7T 27 5 34 7.8 17T 10 Duncan Keith 7 186 11 80 6 47 3T 53 5 22 9T 16 3.3 11 Shea Weber 6 137 13 78 17 2T 25 42 18T 20 12T 38 24 9.3 9 12 Mark Giordano 14T 118 15 81 12 13T 27 39 24T 22 9T 59 7T 7.9 15T 13 Dougie Hamilton 11 48 27 81 13 9T 37 10T 50 9 12 24 64 5 5.9 14 P.K. Subban 13 0 66 10 30 26T 40 22T -8 44 18T 7 24 15 John Klingberg 2X 20 45 29 80 13 9T 36 12T 49 10T 2 34 11 7 16 Ryan Ellis 27 113 16 71 16 5T 22 38 32T 17 18T 29 11 5 17 Ryan McDonagh 21T 97 19 77 6 36 12T 42 18T 20 12T 37 25T 3.9 18 Zach Werenski 17 0 78 11 36 12T 47 13 17 18T 14 5.9 19 Alex Pietrangelo 19 36 80 14 7T 34 18T 48 12 3 24 7.7 19T 20 Jake Gardiner 28 133 14 82 9 34 18T 43 17 24 7 34 7.1 23 21 Jared Spurgeon 256 6 76 10 28 38 32T 33 2T 20 6.9 25 22 David Savard 202 9 74 6 17 23 33 2T 44 18T 4.4 23 Dmitry Orlov 199 10 82 6 27 33 30 4 51 13 4.8 24 Alex Petrovic 3X 144 12 49 1 13 14-1 79 4 1.8 25 Tyler Myers 100 18 11 2 3 5 5 13 13 2T 26 Drew Doughty 8T 16 82 12 13T 32 22T 44 16 8 30T 46 17 6.6 26 27 Rasmus Ristolainen 18 0 79 6 39 7T 45 15-9 58 10T 3.2 28 John Carlson 25 0 72 9 28 37 36T 7 10 5 29 Keith Yandle 26 0 82 5 36 12T 41 21-6 39 22T 2.8 30 Torey Krug 14T 2 81 8 43 5T 51 7T -10 37 25T 3.8 31 Brent Seabrook 29 0 79 3 36 12T 39 24T 5 26 2.3 32 Matt Niskanen 77 22 78 5 34 18T 39 24T 20 12T 32 3.2 33 Andrei Markov 82 20 62 6 30 26T 36 38T 18 16T 16 6.1 34 Dion Phaneuf 38 30 81 9 21 30-6 100 2 5.8 35 Seth Jones 19 75 12 13T 30 26T 42 18T 6 24 7.9 15T 36 Zdeno Chara 52 26 75 10 19 29 18 16T 59 7T 7.4 22 37 Jacob Trouba 47 28 60 8 25 33 4 54 12 5.2 38 Dennis Seidenberg 67 25 73 5 17 22 25 6 32 5.6 39 Jaccob Slavin 4X 70 24 82 5 29 34 23 8 12 5.1 40 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 14T 0 79 12 13T 27 39 24T -25 48 14 8.3 12 41 Shayne Gostisbehere 21T 0 76 7 32 22T 39 24T -21 32 3.5 42 Justin Faulk 23T 0 75 17 2T 20 37 36T -18 32 7.6 21 43 Oscar Klefbom 30 0 82 12 13T 26 38 32T 7 6 6 44 Radko Gudas 106 17 67 6 17 23 8 30T 93 3 5.3 45 Nate Schmidt 2 60 3 14 17 22 9T 16 5 46 Mike Green 5X 0 72 14 7T 22 36 38T -20 40 21T 11 6 47 Nick Holden 0 80 11 23 34 13 22T 35 30T 13 1 48 Mathew Dumba 0 76 11 23 34 15 20 59 7T 8.4 11 49 Cam Fowler 0 80 11 28 39 24T 7 20 5.9 50 Nick Leddy 0 81 11 35 17 46 14-3 12 8 14 51 John Moore 0 63 12 13T 10 22-8 39 22T 12 4 52 Brady Skjei 0 80 5 34 18T 39 24T 11 25T 42 20 3.9 53 Hampus Lindholm 0 66 6 14 20 13 22T 36 28T 6.4 28 54 Andrej Sekera 6X 0 80 8 27 35 14 21 18 6.3 29T

Suggested League Guidelines We recommend that you hold your auction or serpentine-style draft with 10 owners, selecting 18 players (6 defensemen, 3 goalies, 3 left wings, 3 centers, 3 right wings). In case of an auction, use a financial system that allots an average of $11 per player. Our preferred style of play is head-to-head roto, in which teams compete on a week-to-week head-up basis. Recommended categories are points, goals, assists, penalty minutes and plus-minus for forwards and defensemen and wins, least losses, shutouts, goals-against-average and save percentage for goalies. A rotating tiebreaker category should be utilized in the case of a 5-5 category tie. The starting lineup should consist of 2 goalies, 2 left wings, 2 centers, 2 right wings and 4 defensemen. Surplus Goalies Exp UQB Rk GS W Rk SV% Rk GAA Rk SO Rk QS% Rk Jonathan Bernier ANA 1 33 21 0.915 2.5 2 0.576 Mike Condon TOT 77 38 19 0.914 2.48 5 7T 0.5 Louis Domingue ARI 0 26 11 0.908 3.08 0 0.462 Marc-Andre Fleury PIT 0 34 18 0.909 3.02 1 0.471 Thomas Greiss NYI 28 49 26 15T 0.913 2.69 3 0.612 14 Jaroslav Halak NYI 0 26 12 0.915 2.8 2 0.538 Connor Hellebuyck WPG 0 53 26 15T 0.907 2.89 4 10T 0.472 Michael Hutchinson WPG 0 20 9 0.903 2.92 1 0.4 Carter Hutton STL 0 21 13 0.913 2.39 16T 4 10T 0.524 Chad Johnson CGY 0 36 18 0.91 2.59 3 0.5 Anton Khudobin BOS 0 14 7 0.904 2.64 0 0.357 Keith Kinkaid NJD 0 23 8 0.916 2.64 1 0.522 Joonas Korpisalo CBJ 0 13 7 0.905 2.88 1 0.462 Darcy Kuemper MIN 0 17 8 0.902 3.13 0 0.294 Eddie Lack CAR 0 18 8 0.902 2.64 1 0.5 Robin Lehner BUF 34 58 23 0.92 15T 2.68 2 0.552 Kari Lehtonen DAL 0 52 22 0.902 2.85 3 0.519 Roberto Luongo FLA 0 39 17 0.915 2.68 1 0.538 Jacob Markstrom VAN 0 23 10 0.91 2.63 0 0.522 Steve Mason PHI 0 54 26 15T 0.908 2.66 3 0.481 Curtis McElhinney TOT 0 15 8 0.917 2.7 1 0.6 15T Ryan Miller VAN 0 54 18 0.914 2.8 3 0.481 Al Montoya MTL 0 18 8 0.912 2.67 2 0.667 5T Petr Mrazek DET 0 44 18 0.901 3.04 1 0.432 Michal Neuvirth PHI 0 24 11 0.891 2.82 0 0.417 Antti Niemi DAL 0 30 12 0.892 3.3 0 0.467 Anders Nilsson BUF 0 23 10 0.923 9T 2.67 1 0.478 Calvin Pickard COL 0 48 15 0.904 2.98 2 0.438 Antti Raanta NYR 157 17 26 16 0.922 14 2.26 11T 4 10T 0.692 2 James Reimer FLA 37 39 18 0.92 15T 2.53 3 0.487 Juuse Saros NSH 0 19 10 0.923 9T 2.35 14 1 0.684 3T Mike Smith ARI 0 55 19 0.914 2.92 3 0.491 Semyon Varlamov COL 0 23 6 0.898 3.38 1 0.478 Cam Ward CAR 0 61 26 15T 0.905 2.69 2 0.492 JERK: HOW I WASTED MY LIFE WATCHING TELEVISION The entertaining memoirs of veteran TV columnist Adam Buckman document over 20 years of covering the biggest TV stars, pop culture celebrities and other entertainment figures up close and personal! Get your copy now at Amazon.com! Don t Be That Guy At your draft or auction, Don t Be That Guy who: ^ Doesn t properly understand his league s scoring system. Have the specific parameters down before you go to select your players. ^ Relies on a publication such as The Hockey News that doesn t have a draft board. Can you imagine such a thing? ^ Gets caught at the tail end of a run at a position: specifically, #2 defensemen should not be confused with the #1s. ^ Doesn t put enough emphasis on goal-scorers as opposed to assisttalliers. As is always the case in fantasy sports, scarcity leads to value. The FDH Lounge Nothing is Off-topic. Nothing. Royalty Tours USA The very finest sports traveling experience anywhere! RoyaltyTours. blogspot.com

Jason Jon Nate Mike P Samm 1 Connor McDavid Sidney Crosby Patrick Kane Nikita Kucherov Evgeni Malkin 2 Alex Ovechkin Ryan Suter Artemi Panarin Mark Scheifele Matthew Murray 3 Nicklas Backstrom John Gibson Brent Burns Jack Eichel Justin Schultz 4 Dustin Byfuglien Joe Pavelski Duncan Keith Roman Josi Phil Kessel 5 Jonathan Quick P.K. Subban Johnny Gaudreau Mitch Marner Nazem Kadri 6 Cam Talbot Filip Forsberg Corey Crawford John Klingberg Dougie Hamilton 7 Ryan Ellis Craig Anderson Brandon Saad Cam Atkinson Jake Allen 8 Jeff Carter Jeff Skinner Anze Kopitar Andrei Vasilevskiy Nathan MacKinnon 9 Corey Perry Eric Staal Cory Schneider Nikolaj Ehlers Sebastian Aho 10 Seth Jones Andrei Markov Brent Seabrook Tyler Myers Keith Yandle 11 Zdeno Chara Mikko Koivu Evander Kane Jared Spurgeon Artem Anisimov 12 Henrik Zetterberg Justin Faulk Rickard Rakell Brian Elliott Radko Gudas Jeff Rick Mike V Russ Tim 1 Erik Karlsson Victor Hedman Steven Stamkos Jamie Benn Sergei Bobrovsky 2 Kris Letang Braden Holtby Vladimir Tarasenko Carey Price Auston Matthews 3 Tyler Seguin Brad Marchand Leon Draisaitl Blake Wheeler John Tavares 4 Tuukka Rask Kevin Shattenkirk Devan Dubnyk Patrik Laine Ryan Getzlaf 5 David Pastrnak Wayne Simmonds William Nylander Ryan Johansen Shea Weber 6 Jonathan Toews Max Pacioretty Evgeny Kuznetsov Aleksander Barkov Mark Giordano 7 Pekka Rinne Martin Jones Claude Giroux Henrik Lundqvist T.J. Oshie 8 Ryan Kesler Mikael Granlund Ben Bishop Mike Hoffman Jimmy Howard 9 Logan Couture Sean Monahan Alex Pietrangelo Ryan McDonagh Patrice Bergeron 10 John Carlson Alexander Radulov Drew Doughty Rasmus Ristolainen Jakub Voracek 11 Dion Phaneuf Zach Werenski Dennis Seidenberg Dmitry Orlov Torey Krug 12 Matthew Tkachuk Jake Gardiner Jacob Trouba Shayne Gostisbehere Matt Niskanen 2017 FDH Hockey Mock Draft Analysis Round 1: This year, the order at the top was McDavid over Crosby. Jeff, Rick and Tim moved away from the run on forwards towards the end of the round. Round 2: Jeff and Rick went against the grain by staying away from forwards again. Round 3: Jason, Mike V and Mike P established amazing first lines at forward. Round 4: Four rounds, three Hawks for Nate; four rounds, four Penguins for Samm. Wow! Round 5: Jason s faith in goalie and defense depth was proven correct. Round 6: After waiting through the first four rounds, Tim went back-to-back for defensemen and came out just fine. Round 7: Jason s move for a second goalie at the end of the 6 th round started a run that included Jon, Samm, Jeff, Rick and Russ. Round 8: Tim, Mike V, Jeff, Samm, Nate and Jason established this as the how the mighty have fallen round. Rounds 9-12: A decent run on forwards in the 9 th round set the stage for mostly defensemen to be drafted in the last three rounds. Great Sports Name Hall of Fame Mere words cannot do it justice! http://greatsportsnamehalloffame.blogspot.com This draft was held on September 17, 2017, with the point guidelines listed on Page 7 in a serpentine draftmaster style. Position selections were as follows: 6 F, 4D and 2G. Participants were as follows: 1 FDH Senior Editor Jason Jones 2 FDH Niche Sports Contributor Jon Adams 3 FDH Lounge Dignitary Nate Noy 4 FDH NASCAR Editor Mike Ptak 5 FDH Entertainment Editor Samantha Jones 6 FDH Lounge Dignitary Jeff Maslanich 7 FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris 8 FDH Niche Sports Contributor Mike Vili 9 Russ Cohen from Sportsology 10 FDH Lounge Dignitary Tim Foust 100 THINGS RANGER FANS SHOULD KNOW & DO BEFORE THEY DIE Available on Amazon and other fine book-sellers! Steve Kallas. com Sports columns from a unique perspective NotJustAnotherTVSite.com: Unmatched analysis of the best television programs and the state of the industry.

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The exceptions to the rule would involve the national TV contracts. Exclusivity need not be absolute for these purposes in order to bring more intrigue to the weeknight schedule. If the NBA played one or two nationally-televised games on an NHL night and the NHL did likewise on NBA nights, then fans of the one league would still get a full slate while fans of the other league would still get a small taste to satiate their appetites until the big haul the next night. For the NBA, the TNT deal can still work with two exclusive games on Thursday nights and there s little to nothing that would need to change with the ESPN, ABC and NBATV deals. ESPN and NBATV could get a couple of Tuesday games in there at various times. 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Surplus Forwards Pos Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk Josh Anderson RW 0 78 17 12 29 12 45T 89 10 14.3 Sven Andrighetto RW 0 46 7 16 23 1 12 10.3 Andreas Athanasiou C 0 64 18 11 29-7 28 15 53T David Backes RW 39 74 17 21 38 2 69 20 9.7 Mikael Backlund C 2 81 22 31 53 9 36 11.2 Sven Baertschi LW 0 68 18 17 35-6 8 15.8 36T Josh Bailey RW 1 82 13 43 18T 56 52T 5 12 7.5 Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 14 3 1 4 1 6 18.8 10 Sam Bennett C 0 81 13 13 26-16 75 17 10.7 Patrik Berglund C 0 82 23 58T 11 34-7 32 15 53T Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 0 26 6 7 13 4 6 10.9 Joseph Blandisi LW 0 27 3 6 9-10 26 12.5 Nick Bonino C 0 80 18 19 37-5 16 12.7 Tyler Bozak C 46 78 18 37 36T 55 56T -1 30 12.4 Derick Brassard C 0 81 14 25 39 12 45T 24 7.2 Troy Brouwer RW 0 74 13 12 25-11 31 15.1 48T Connor Brown RW 0 82 20 16 36 3 10 14.4 Dustin Brown RW 0 80 14 22 36-4 22 8 Pavel Buchnevich RW 0 41 8 12 20 6 13 14.5 Andre Burakovsky LW 18 64 12 23 35 13 36T 14 10.8 Alexandre Burrows LW/RW 0 75 15 16 31 3 62 25T 10.5 Drake Caggiula LW 0 60 7 11 18 3 16 7.5 Jason Chimera LW 0 82 20 13 33 1 40 59T 16.5 25 Casey Cizikas C 0 59 8 17 25 9 30 9.8 Brett Connolly RW 0 66 15 8 23 20 11 40 59T 18.5 13 Andrew Copp C 0 64 9 8 17 8 18 11.7 Sean Couturier C 30 66 14 20 34 12 45T 33 11.7 Charlie Coyle C 0 82 18 38 33T 56 52T 13 36T 36 11.3 Phillip Danault LW 0 82 13 27 40 5 35 9.8 David Desharnais C 0 49 6 8 14 4 12 13 Max Domi LW 0 59 9 29 38-9 40 59T 8.3 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 80 12 29 41 16 24T 91 9 10.4 Matt Duchene C 0 77 18 23 41-34 12 11.3 Christian Dvorak LW 0 78 15 18 33 7 22 17 21 Jordan Eberle RW 0 82 20 31 51 3 16 9.6 Joel Eriksson Ek LW 0 15 3 4 7 1 4 20 4T Robby Fabbri C 0 51 11 18 29-16 27 12.1 Radek Faksa C 0 80 12 21 33-6 67 21 9.1 Micheal Ferland LW 0 76 15 10 25-1 50 45T 14.2 Kevin Fiala LW 0 54 11 5 16 1 18 9.6 Valtteri Filppula C 0 79 12 30 42-1 26 12.4 Marcus Foligno LW 0 80 13 10 23-1 73 18 13.4 Michael Frolik RW 0 82 17 27 44 13 36T 58 29T 8.4 Marian Gaborik RW 0 56 10 11 21-4 18 8.1 Sam Gagner C 0 81 18 32 50 10 55T 22 10.1 Brendan Gallagher RW 0 64 10 19 29 7 39 5.3 Yanni Gourde C 0 20 6 2 8-1 8 20 4T Markus Granlund C 0 69 19 13 32-19 14 15.6 40T Tyler Graovac C 0 52 7 2 9 7 10 14.6 Martin Hanzal C 0 71 20 19 39-17 53 38T 11.8 Ryan Hartman LW 0 76 19 12 31 13 36T 70 19 11.2 Scott Hartnell LW 0 78 13 24 37 14 30T 63 24 12.5 Kevin Hayes RW 0 76 17 32 49 10 55T 18 11.9 Adam Henrique C 0 82 20 20 40-20 38 14.1

1 Surplus Forwards Pos Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk Tomas Hertl C 0 49 10 12 22-8 14 10 Joshua Ho-Sang RW 0 21 4 6 10 1 12 18.2 14 Marian Hossa RW 19 73 26 39T 19 45 7 8 15.6 40T Bo Horvat C 0 81 20 32 52-7 27 12.7 Jiri Hudler RW 0 32 3 8 11-3 4 11.1 Jaromir Jagr RW 3 82 16 30 46 2 56 32T 8.8 Boone Jenner C 0 82 18 15 33 14 30T 52 42 8.5 Tyler Johnson C 16 66 19 26 45-5 28 14.6 Melker Karlsson C 0 67 11 11 22 7 22 15.1 48T Alex Killorn LW 0 81 19 17 36-9 66 22T 10.8 Travis Konecny C 0 70 11 17 28-2 49 49T 8.3 David Krejci C 0 82 23 58T 31 54-12 26 14.6 Nikolai Kulemin LW 0 72 12 11 23 3 18 16.2 30T Chris Kunitz LW 0 71 9 20 29 0 36 6.7 Kevin Labanc RW 0 55 8 12 20 9 22 11.4 Andrew Ladd LW 0 78 23 58T 8 31-14 45 56 16.2 30T Gabriel Landeskog LW 0 72 18 15 33-25 62 25T 10.7 Dylan Larkin C 0 80 17 15 32-28 37 9.6 Elias Lindholm C 0 72 11 34 55T 45-2 16 7.3 Milan Lucic LW 13 82 23 58T 27 50-3 50 45T 13.1 Jon Marchessault C 0 75 30 25T 21 51-21 38 15.5 42T Patrick Marleau LW 15 82 27 34T 19 46 4 28 14.2 Shawn Matthias LW 0 45 8 4 12 0 13 15.7 38T J.T. Miller LW 0 82 22 34 55T 56 52T 17 18T 21 16.7 23T James Neal RW 0 70 23 58T 18 41-10 35 11.4 Brock Nelson LW 0 81 20 25 45-6 36 11.6 Nino Niederreiter RW 0 82 25 47T 32 57 50T 17 18T 53 38T 13.4 Frans Nielsen C 0 79 17 24 41-19 18 10.5 Stefan Noesen RW 0 44 8 2 10 6 24 12.7 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C 0 82 18 25 43-10 29 9 Gustav Nyquist RW 0 76 12 36 40T 48 0 18 7.3 Kyle Okposo RW 10 65 19 26 45-7 24 12.2 Magnus Paajarvi LW 0 32 8 5 13 9 6 15.7 38T Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 82 12 21 33 13 36T 24 7.1 Iiro Pakarinen RW 0 14 2 2 4 2 2 13.3 Ondrej Palat LW 30 75 17 35 48T 52 8 39 10.5 Richard Panik RW 0 82 22 22 44 14 30T 58 29T 14.2 Zach Parise LW 8 69 19 23 42-3 30 9.8 Tanner Pearson LW 0 80 24 52T 20 44 5 13 12.8 Brendan Perlini LW 0 57 14 7 21-4 20 15.2 45T Mathieu Perreault C 0 65 13 32 45-11 30 9.7 David Perron LW 8 82 18 28 46-2 54 37 11.9 Brandon Pirri RW 0 60 8 10 18-8 25 8.3 Tyler Pitlick RW 0 31 8 3 11 0 6 14.8 59T Brayden Point C 0 68 18 22 40 4 14 14.8 59T Jason Pominville RW 0 78 13 34 55T 47 2 4 7.4 Shane Prince LW 0 50 5 13 18-9 18 7 Matt Puempel LW 0 40 6 3 9-11 11 13.6 Mikko Rantanen RW 0 75 20 19 39-25 22 15 53T Victor Rask C 0 82 16 29 45-10 16 8.6 Sam Reinhart C 0 79 17 30 47-11 8 9.6 Mike Ribeiro C 0 46 4 21 25-5 14 10.5 Bryan Rust RW 0 57 15 13 28 4 8 13.6 Bobby Ryan RW 0 62 13 12 25-3 24 11.7 Derek Ryan C 0 67 11 18 29-8 22 15.1 48T

FDH NHL 2017-18 Season Predictions EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION X-Toronto 104 Y-Ottawa 102 Y-Tampa Bay 101 Y-Boston 98 Montreal 91 Buffalo 89 Florida 78 Detroit 82 METROPOLITAN DIVISION X-Pittsburgh 105 Y-Columbus 104 Y-Washington 102 Y-New York Rangers 98 New York Islanders 94 Carolina 92 Philadelphia 90 New Jersey 78 WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Y-Nashville 106 X-Chicago 105 Y-Minnesota 104 Y-St. Louis 103 Y-Winnipeg 101 Dallas 95 Colorado 55 PACIFIC DIVISION X-Edmonton 112 Y-Calgary 107 Y-Anaheim 103 Los Angeles 94 San Jose 90 Arizona 77 Vancouver 69 Vegas 67 CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS Toronto over Boston in 6 Tampa Bay over Ottawa in 6 Pittsburgh over New York Rangers in 5 Columbus over Washington in 6 Nashville over St. Louis in 6 Chicago over Minnesota in 7 Edmonton over Winnipeg in 7 Calgary over Anaheim in 6 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Tampa Bay over Toronto in 6 Columbus over Pittsburgh in 6 Nashville over Chicago in 7 Edmonton over Calgary in 6 CONFERENCE FINALS Tampa Bay over Columbus in 6 Edmonton over Nashville in 6 STANLEY CUP FINAL Edmonton over Tampa Bay in 6 The FDH Lounge Nothing is Off-topic. Nothing. Check us out in-season as well! FantasyDrafthelp.com & FantasyDrafthelp.blogspot.com 1stDownScouting.com Get your daily dose of Ziggy online www.gocomics.com/ziggy Sportsology Dot Com Surplus Forwards Pos Exp UQB Rk GP G Rk A Rk PTS Rk +/- Rk PIM Rk S% Rk Nick Schmaltz LW 0 61 6 22 28 10 55T 6 9.1 Jordan Schroeder C 0 37 6 7 13 5 0 16.2 30T Jaden Schwartz LW 0 78 19 36 40T 55 56T 14 30T 18 10.6 Daniel Sedin LW 0 82 15 29 44-16 32 6.9 Henrik Sedin C 0 82 15 36 40T 51-27 28 15.2 45T Lukas Sedlak LW 0 62 7 6 13 10 55T 25 12.3 Patrick Sharp LW 0 48 8 10 18-22 31 5.5 Devin Shore C 0 82 13 20 33-4 14 11.3 Jakob Silfverberg RW 0 79 23 58T 26 49 10 55T 20 10.1 Colton Sissons C 0 58 8 2 10 11 50T 12 19 9 Gemel Smith C 0 17 3 3 6-1 21 15.8 36T Reilly Smith RW 0 80 15 22 37-13 17 9.4 Jason Spezza C 0 68 15 35 48T 50-18 29 10.1 Ryan Spooner C 0 78 11 28 39-8 14 7.6 Jordan Staal C 5 75 16 29 45-1 38 9.8 Paul Stastny C 13 66 18 22 40 4 36 16.1 33 Lee Stempniak RW 0 82 16 24 40 2 32 12.2 Chris Stewart RW 0 79 13 8 21 3 94 8 15.9 35 Tomas Tatar LW 0 82 25 47T 21 46-8 26 15.1 48T Teuvo Teravainen LW 0 81 15 27 42-6 16 8.9 Chris Terry LW 0 14 2 2 4-1 4 13.3 Tyler Toffoli C 9 63 16 18 34 6 22 9.7 Vincent Trocheck C 0 82 23 58T 31 54-13 43 57 10 Thomas Vanek LW 29 68 17 31 48-5 22 12.8 Frank Vatrano C 0 44 10 8 18-3 14 8.6 Kris Versteeg RW 2 69 15 22 37-3 46 53T 11 Jimmy Vesey LW 0 80 16 11 27-13 26 13.8 Radim Vrbata RW 0 81 20 35 48T 55 56T -18 16 8.6 Jordan Weal C 10 23 8 4 12 5 10 16.3 27T Alexander Wennberg C 48 80 13 46 11T 59 40T 9 21 11.9 Ryan White C 0 65 9 7 16-16 84 12 15 53T Justin Williams RW 0 80 24 52T 24 48 14 30T 50 45T 14.4 Miles Wood LW 0 60 8 9 17-21 86 11 7.6 Nail Yakupov RW 0 40 3 6 9-3 14 8.6 Travis Zajac C 0 80 14 31 45-9 33 11.1 Mika Zibanejad C 37 56 14 23 37 9 16 11.8 Mats Zuccarello RW 14 80 15 44 16T 59 40T 15 27T 26 7.9