Until that happens he is still the core piece on this team. He has four years remaining at $11.5 million AAV and he has apparently asked for a trade out of San Jose. Couture has been matched up against other teams’ top lines a little more than Hertl has.Įrik Karlsson (D) (33) – I'm not sure how to explain a 101 points from a defenseman who hadn't played more than 71 games since 2016-17 and hadn't had more than 45 points since 2018-19? I had written off Karlsson ever getting back to 15 goals and 60 points let alone 25 and 101. He and Hertl should both be second-line centers but they have split the role between the top two lines for a few years now. He has four years remaining at $8 million AAV and is coming off one of his best offensive seasons where he had 27 goals and 40 assists. Logan Couture (F) (34) – Couture has played 926 career games all with San Jose. On most teams, Hertl would be an ideal second-line center who can contribute offensively with 60-70 points and is good in the faceoff circle. His plus-minus was more a result of being a very good player on a very bad team. He had 22 goals and 41 assists while being a minus 37 in 79 games. Tomas Hertl (F) (29) – Hertl is signed for seven more years at $8.14 million AAV. Other unproven considerations would be Askarov, Luke Evangelista, Thomas Novak or Philip Tomasino. Glass is coming off just 14 goals and 21 assists and there is no guarantee he will progress from there. It's not a given that he will be re-signed in Nashville as they have the 11th overall pick from the 2020 draft pick Yaroslav Askarov in the wings.Ĭody Glass (F) (24) – Including Glass here is a bit of a wildcard and more of a condemnation of how far the Predators have dropped. He is under contract for two more years at $5 million AAV. Juuse Saros (G) (28) – Saros has the third most wins (71) and has played the most games (131) in the NHL over the past two seasons. If the Predators get two or three years more at this level, they are getting very good value. He has five years remaining on his $9.059 million AAV contract. Roman Josi (D) (33) – Josi was never going to match his 96-point outburst from 2021-22 but he did still manage 59 points and 146 blocks in 67 games. He had 42 goals and 42 assists in 69 games in 2021-22 and was rewarded with his eight-year deal which Nashville might already regret. It is a little surprising that he has had just one campaign with more than 64 points in his nine years. He is signed for seven more years at $8.5 million AAV so is part of this core just from a salary standpoint. As the team captain, he is the heart and soul of the Wild.įilip Forsberg(F) (29) – Forsberg hasn't played more than 69 games in any of the past six seasons and played just 50 in 2022-23. For such a diminutive player, he might not be the most physical but he blocked a career-high of 179 shots and killed penalties 57.2 percent of the time. He matches up against the other team’s top players more than anyone else on the Wild and has had back-to-back plus 32s. Jared Spurgeon (D) (33) – Spurgeon is signed for four more years at $7.575 million AAV. His offensive zone starts were just 39.2 percent so to post 38 ES points is impressive. He relies heavily on the PP to score goals as 12 of his 23 goals were scored there. He has seen his shot rate increase from 2.1 to 2.9 to 3.2 per game over the past three seasons and has seen his points per game increase from 0.54 to 0.65 to 0.78. Joel Eriksson Ek (F) (26) – Eriksson Ek showed how important he was to the Wild when he was injured in game one of the playoffs. He could still be a year away from his breakout with only 128 games played so far. He had 31 goals and 32 assists in 81 games but was on fire in the last 18 regular season games where he had 14 goals with just one of those on the PP. Matt Boldy (F) (22) – Only three of his 37 ES points were with Kaprizov as he only played with him 6.7 percent of the time. He should be a relative lock to score 45-50 goals and get to 100 points when healthy. Kirill Kaprizov (F) (26 years old) – Kaprizov was well on his way to a possible 50 goals after putting up 39 in 63 games, but he was injured and played just 67 games and ended with 40 goals. The Core Four are the players from each roster, who should be the foundation for their team to build off of over the next three to five years. This week we will look at the following four teams in the West after we reviewed Colorado, Dallas, Edmonton and Los Angeles last week and Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary and Chicago the week before.īrennan Des is doing the same thing with the Eastern Conference here. 2023-24 Fantasy Hockey Guide Dobber’s 18th Annual Guide.
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