So, you want to know who’s the best player on the Sharks? What criteria do you use?
When you use statistics, you can almost any result you want.
So, excluding “power” rankings, opponent quality, etc., here are the ranked players by point production per minutes played, based on last season’s stats.
Forwards
- Matt Nieto
- Tommy Wingels
- Raffi Torres
- Tomas Hertl
- James Sheppard
- Patrick Marleau
- Andrew Desjardins
- Joe Pavelski
- Joe Thornton
- Logan Couture
- Tyler Kennedy
- Mike Brown
- Eriah Hayes
- John Scott (Buffalo #s)
- Freddie Hamilton, Adam Burish == no points
Nieto and Wingels are way and above top of the class; it drops significantly to the next in the list.
Defense
- Jason Demers
- Brent Burns (using his “forward” #s)
- Marc-Edouard Vlasic
- Matt Irwin
- Scott Hannan
- Justin Braun
Now, you kinda expect the defense to not be as offensive as the forwards, especially those players identified as “defensive defensemen”.
But take all that with a big Sharkarita in your hand, while wearing teal sun glasses, if you think it means anything with respect to line assignments/defensive pairings or fantasy hockey.
Just a way to fill the time waiting for the season to start (and find a starting point for discussion).