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By The Numbers: Player Season Profile Series

By Garret Hohl
Jun 22, 2015, 15:32 EDTUpdated: Invalid DateTime
View image | gettyimages.comThe season has been laid to rest and now so has been our series on the Jets player seasons.
Fans have completed their lamenting of the Anaheim Ducks sweeping the Winnipeg Jets. The healing process has begun. With the autopsy of the Jets season now complete, so the fans can reach full closure.
Here is all the player profiles from our summer profile series.
Forwards
Adam Lowry – Young Adam Lowry broke into the NHL with a strong rookie season. While he struggled in the scoring department, he performed exceptionally well in the underlying two-way numbers.
Andrew Ladd – Jets leader both on and off the ice once again shows that he is a bonafide first line winger with strong scoring rates and strong underlying two-way numbers while being matched up against the other team’s best.
Anthony Peluso – If you are looking for an elite fourth line winger, keep going, but Peluso does out perform other pugilist by a large margin. If you have to dress a fighter-specialist, might as well be one that bleeds you out the least.
Blake Wheeler – Once again one of the Jets top point performers, although this year he improved greatly in the underlying two-way numbers and did not rely on Ladd and Little defensively.
Bryan Little – Jets undisputed number one centre is very, very good and very, very underrated.
Chris Thorburn – While Thorburn does not carry the best underlying two-way numbers and won’t impress you with his defensive acumen, he does consistently put up points above fourth line rates… you just need to put him on a line with two strong shot metric fourth line players.
Drew Stafford – See Thorburn, but change fourth line to middle-six lines. Stafford carried severely poor underlying two-way numbers as a Jet, but some puck-luck and percentages gave Stafford the highest scoring rates of his career.
Eric O`Dell – The numbers indicate that O`Dell probably should have been the Jets 4th line centre over Jim Slater for the past two seasons.
Evander Kane – No longer a Jet, but when he was here, he was a good player that helped the team win.
Jim Slater – Probably played one contract more than he should have in the NHL. Slater can win face offs but struggles immensely in not getting severely outshot and out chanced by oppositions in even strength and penalty kill situations.
Jiri Tlusty – His actual scoring rates may surprise you due to the little amount of ice time he played as a Jet. Probably the better overall player than Drew Stafford.
Lee Stempniak – Stempniak is not a dominant force but he consistently provides plus-value as a bottom six forward that can fit on either the third or fourth line. He provides decent secondary scoring and strong underlying two-way numbers.
Mark Scheifele – Scheifele showed defensive growth in his sophomore season, playing some tough defensive minutes but out performing his usage. Just may need to keep him away from Drew Stafford when with a non-defensively-strong forward like Blake Wheeler.
Matt Halischuk – Prior to being a Jet, Halischuk was a poor underlying two-way numbers player but a strong scorer. He’s struggled in the scoring department though since his move.
Michael Frolik – Frolik is a does-all type player. He posts very strong underlying two-way numbers and is good to consistently post about 40+ points in a top-six role. He will be missed if he is not re-signed.
T.J. Galiardi – Galiardi was a much stronger player the last three seasons than he was with the Jets. Unfortunately poor play and being stuck to the hip of Jim Slater did not help his case to stay in the NHL.
Defenders
Adam Pardy – Pardy is a solid option for a depth defender. He won’t complain sitting in the pressbox and he can be serviceable when he draws in. He won’t score a bunch but he also won’t let you bleed to death.
Ben Chiarot – Chiarot had a really strong year in the numbers department, although it is really difficult to separate his success from that of his elite partner, Dustin Byfuglien.
Dustin Byfuglien – Byfuglien’s seasonal numbers are broken down as both a forward and a defender. The difference may surprise those who support Byfuglien as a forward.
Grant Clitsome – A severely underrated and under appreciated defender. Unfortunately though, repeated back-injuries could cause a great deal of concern in regards to Clitsome’s future as a NHL player.
Jacob Trouba – It is completely and legitimately defensible for one to argue that Trouba has surpassed Byfuglien as the Jets best defender in terms of on-ice impact.
Jay Harrison – He was a serviceable depth defender when the Jets had most of their defenders in the infirmary, but he is not one you want to be dressing regularly.
Mark Stuart – Stuart enjoyed the growth of Trouba and what it did to his numbers, but a player like Stuart should not be more than a #6 on your team.
Paul Postma – He could very well be both the Jets worst right-handed shot defender, while also being better than any lefty not named Tobias Enstrom. The severely underrated (and under used on the power play!!) defender still has a lot to show the NHL on what he can do.
Toby Enstrom – There are many that want to see Enstrom gone. Those people do not understand what the Jets left side looks like and how the Jets right side performs when with Enstrom versus when away.
Tyler Myers – An interesting case where the underlying statistics do not look so good but many love with the eye-test. He probably should be separated from Enstrom and hopefully not overused like Bogosian was.
Zach Bogosian – A decent defender, but was the Jets third best right-shot defender while being used like he was the best.
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