![]() The big benefactor has been Mikhail Sergachev, whose power-play time is up nearly a minute, making up that drop for Hedman, and Tampa’s power play is actually clicking at a higher rate, ranking second this season at 25.4 percent.Īs teams have really focused on the Lightning's half-wall weapons - Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov - they have adjusted by bumping more pucks to the middle for Brayden Point to feast on. What has been interesting this season is that Hedman’s power-play ice time per game is down from 3:35 last season to 2:51 this season, and his production on the man advantage has also slipped as he has zero goals and 12 assists. ![]() He also contributed 38 power-play points, which led not just Tampa, but was the most power-play points among all defensemen.Īs a team, Tampa’s power play ranked eighth and clicked at 23.9 percent. Those numbers were both third among NHL defensemen as he played over 25 minutes per game. Victor Hedman put up monster offensive stats last year with 20 goals and 85 points. Lightning improve on what was already a strength Stetcher has limitations but if Calgary makes it, this will be the second straight year he went to a bubble team at the deadline and helped them get there. He isn’t playing nearly as much in Calgary at just over 14 minutes per game so far, but in a sheltered role alongside Nikita Zadorov, he’s helping to round out the Flames' defense, giving them a third pairing they can reasonably trust. ![]() At the deadline, he was again traded for very little in what was a four-player trade with the Flames highlighted by the Ritchie brothers swap. He wasn’t the reason the Kings made the playoffs and they did get bounced in the first round but he gave them good minutes at a time when they were trying to piece together their defense because of such a big loss.ĭespite his solid showing, Stecher had no free-agent market and ended up signing with Arizona. While his numbers won’t wow you, he played roughly 18 and a half minutes per game for the Kings and was on the right side of shot share and chance generation. Is Troy Stecher going to do it again? Last season, Drew Doughty got hurt down the stretch for Los Angeles and Stecher was acquired for essentially nothing (a seventh-round pick). The skill has always been there and getting a motivated and engaged Dadonov is a really quiet but nice addition. He has had nicer highlights since joining Dallas but look at the effort here to get the puck back, win a battle, and pass it off to Max Domi (who makes an amazing saucer pass) for the overtime win. He has eight points in 10 games, playing alongside Jamie Benn and Wyatt Johnston on a contending team. ![]() He was acquired by the Stars at the trade deadline and looks like a new man. Last summer, he was traded for Shea Weber’s contract and he hardly looked interested in playing hockey on a blatantly bad Montreal team. Then he had to play out the rest of the season with Vegas. His game rebounded with the Golden Knights as he had a 20-goal season, but they were in cap trouble and looked to ship off his money in an awkward situation where the trade was announced but he exercised his no-trade clause and voided it. His style of play did not mesh with DJ Smith at all and he struggled, eventually getting shipped off in a trade. Dadonov did not disappoint over his three campaigns with the Panthers, putting up back-to-back 28-goal seasons and a 25-goal season in his contract year.įrom there he signed with the Senators and it started to go south. ![]() He wanted to return to the NHL and Florida won a reasonable bidding war for his services. He had 30 goals and 66 points in 53 games in his final season there and he followed it up with 19 points in 18 playoff games. The next two years he bounced between the AHL and NHL before heading back to the KHL at 24 - when the NHL had a half-season lockout - and he stayed there. He played 76 games in the AHL that season. Drafted in the third round in 2007, he stayed in the KHL for two more seasons after that before coming to North America in 2009-10 and putting the time in. (Photo via AP) The curious career of Evgenii DadonovĮvgenii Dadonov has one of the more bizarre career arcs I can remember. Evgenii Dadonov's NHL career has been full of twists and turns. ![]()
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