Pos|Name|G|A|Pts
C|Tyler Graovac|1|4|5|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|1|6|7|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|13|20|33|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|15|32|47|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|12|35|47|||||||
C|Erik Haula|9|9|18|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|4|7|11|||||||
L|Zach Parise|30|24|54|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|25|30|55|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|20|17|37|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|10|16|26|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|21|25|46|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|28|28|56|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|8|18|26|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|5|34|39|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|12|15|27|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|7|18|25|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|10|14|24|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|2|8|10|||||||
D|Christian Folin|4|7|11|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|0|5|5|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|0|0|||||||
237 goals, which now sounds really too much.
Okay, lets see. Wild scored 213 goals, so I overestimated by 24 goals.
Koivu exceeded my expectations with 17+39=56, +9 points
Parise ended up where I thought
Graovac did nothing due to injuries
Carter was a positive surprise with 7+5, +5 points and contributed with goals
Coyle with 21+21 was a superb surprise. +9 points
Granlund ended up right where I thought he'd end up with.
Haula was the best surprise of them all. +16 points
Schroeder was a complete failure -9points
Vanek busted hard -14 points
Zucker busted hard too -14 points
Fontaine also underperformed -10 points
Nino ended up right where I had him
Pominville was the biggest bust -20 points
Brodin failed hard pointwise -19 points
Suter was a very pleasant surprise with tremendous production +12 points
Dumba ended up right where I had him
Spurgeon was a slightly better than expected, +4 points
Scandella was right there where expected
Reilly too was performing as expected (on pace for a lot more if played 82 though)
Folin was surprisingly bad, -6 points, on pace for more though
Prosser was right there where expected.
Strachan was a non-factor.
Performance in tiers.
Better than expected
Koivu
Carter
Coyle
Haula
Suter
Spurgeon
Reilly
As expected
Parise
Granlund
Nino
Dumba
Scandella
Prosser (If you don't expect anything...)
Worse than expected
Folin
Fontaine
Schroeder
Vanek
Zucker
Pominville
Brodin
Non-factor
Graovac
Strachan
So deriving from that, guys who we should think about moving are found from the 3rd group.
Folin - is okay depth D with fine small contract and no value so no reason to move him.
Schroeder - is fine in the AHL but shouldn't really see time in the NHL other than emergency call-up so no value.
Fontaine - might have some value, so he's someone we should look to move, but he's an UFA so can't really move him. I don't know about re-signing him. Might be good for the organization to actually change a bit.
Vanek - The next season will be his last with this contract. He has a NTC iirc so he'll probably play his contract out here. Re-signing him is an option if he's cheap enough. At least he's different from the responsible 2-way player -mold and has some real goal-scoring skill. But he's so infuriating sometimes. I don't know.
Zucker - Sell low? He could be moved but I would only move him as a part of a bigger package. Should be one of the parts used if trade happens for a young #1 C. Otherwise he has the potential to bounce back and score goals.
Pominville - you found your place with Nino and Haula. Please continue doing your part on that line. Can't really buy him out as that backfires with cap penalties for a looong time. Just keep playing him.
Brodin - please get your offensive game together too, as I've seen flashes of them. I never want to trade you.
My conclusion of the season:
Don't re-sign Fontaine, try to package Zucker with something to receive more offensive player upgrades and keep at it. Throw Prosser to the wolves. Timberwolves.