Red Wings Season Preview: Point Projection
Last year I did something similar to this over at the Hockey’s Future forums. This time I decided to come up with guesses on the goal and assist total for each forward and defenseman who is likely to play significant minutes in Detroit. John inquired in the comment section about whether I thought Igor Grigorenko will make the team. I think he’ll have a season similar to the one Jiri Hudler had last season: he’ll alternate between playing on the fourth line and being scratched.
With that being said, here are my guesses on the point projection for each Red Wing forward.
| Forward | Goals | Assists | Points |
|
Pavel Datsyuk |
35 | 72 | 107 |
|
Henrik Zetterberg |
40 | 50 | 90 |
|
Mikael Samuelsson |
23 | 25 | 48 |
|
Tomas Holmstrom |
25 | 22 | 47 |
|
Jiri Hudler |
25 | 20 | 45 |
|
Johan Franzen |
13 | 27 | 40 |
|
Dan Cleary |
17 | 20 | 37 |
|
Valtteri Filppula |
16 | 14 | 30 |
|
Igor Grigorenko |
8 | 12 | 20 |
|
Kris Draper |
9 | 10 | 19 |
|
Tomas Kopecky |
6 | 12 | 18 |
|
Kirk Maltby |
4 | 4 | 8 |
|
Dallas Drake |
3 | 4 | 7 |
And here are my point projection guesses for the Red Wings D-men:
| D-Man | Goals | Assists | Points |
|
Nick Lidstrom |
15 | 47 | 62 |
|
Brian Rafalski |
8 | 46 | 54 |
|
Brent Sopel |
10 | 27 | 37 |
|
Niklas Kronvall |
5 | 25 | 30 |
|
Lebda/Meech |
3 | 11 | 14 |
|
Chris Chelios |
1 | 10 | 11 |
|
Andreas Lilja |
0 | 6 | 6 |
The word out of training camp is that Jiri Hudler is slated to play on a line with Henrik Zetterberg and Mikael Samuelsson. That is why I think he has the best chance at having a breakout season. Next would be Johan Franzen - who’s scored his third goal of the preseason tonight - since he will play on the top line with Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom. I am seriously underrating Franzen’s goal scoring potential considering he will get top line minutes. He should score 20+ goals.
I am a big Valtteri Filppula fan but I don’t expect him to have a breakout year since he will center the third line and will have Kris Draper on one of his wings. However I do have Filppula potting 16 goals, which is a nice 60% increase in goals scored.
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[…] If he stays on the top line with Datsyuk and Holmstrom I don’t think there’s any doubt he scores 40 goals and 50 might be feasible. I projected that Hank will score 40 goals and will tally 50 assists, so needless to say those numbers are looking very conservative right about now. Red Wings San Jose Sharks […]
[…] If he stays on the top line with Datsyuk and Holmstrom I don’t think there’s any doubt he scores 40 goals and 50 might be feasible. I projected that Hank will score 40 goals and will tally 50 assists, so obviously that projection is looking very conservative right about now. Red Wings San Jose Sharks […]