Going over the final player stats from the 2009 Penguins and the Penguins that have been traded over the last 2 years, a few things stick out. Probably the biggest for me is Mark Recchi and Marian Hossa. Marian Hossa was offered a huge contract by Ray Shero which he turned down and Mark Recchi was put on waivers, they finished only 10 points apart in the total season scoring race. I guess 10 points separate big contracts and being sent down to the minors.
Erik Christenen finished with the exact same amount of points as the guy he was traded for, Pascal Dupuis. While I’m disapointed in Dupuis’ numbers I would still take him in a heartbeat over Christensen. Matt Cooke had 10 more points than the guy he supposedly replaced, Ruutu. He may not be as good of an agitator, but he scores more.
| Name Evgeni Malkin Sidney Crosby Marian Hossa Mark Recchi Chris Kunitz Jordan Staal Bill Guerin Petr Sykora Ryan Malone Colby Armstrong Ruslan Fedotenko Miroslav Satan Tyler Kennedy Kristopher Letang Matt Cooke Pascal Dupuis Erik Christensen Ryan Whitney Maxime Talbot Jarkko Ruutu Alex Goligoski Sergei Gonchar Brooks Orpik Rob Scuderi Darryl Sydor Adam Hall Hal Gill Mark Eaton Philippe Boucher Gary Roberts Craig Adams Mike Zigomanis Eric Godard Dustin Jeffrey Bill Thomas Chris Minard Jeff Taffe Tim Wallace Georges Laraque Luca Caputi Paul Bissonnette | GP G A Pts 82 35 78 113 77 33 70 103 74 40 31 071 80 23 38 061 82 23 30 053 82 22 27 049 78 21 27 048 76 25 21 046 70 26 19 045 82 22 18 040 65 16 23 039 65 17 19 036 67 15 20 035 74 10 23 033 76 13 18 031 71 12 16 028 64 07 21 028 48 02 21 023 75 12 10 022 78 07 14 021 45 06 14 020 25 06 13 019 79 02 17 019 81 01 15 016 73 03 12 015 74 05 05 010 62 02 08 010 68 04 05 009 41 03 06 009 30 04 03 007 45 02 05 007 22 02 04 006 71 02 02 004 14 01 02 003 16 02 01 003 20 01 02 003 08 00 02 002 16 00 02 002 33 00 02 002 05 01 00 001 15 00 01 001 |
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