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Breaking Down NHL Players By Cost Per Point

January 13, 2010 by Tyler  
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The following is an NHL Digest contribution by Ryan Hildebrandt

Five years into a salary cap, and staring down a possible salary cap decrease for 2010-11, money management has become more important than ever.  Teams need to squeeze all the value they can get out of each signing if they want to remain competitive in today’s NHL.  Value, above nearly all else, is essential for success.

With many NHL rosters being saddled with two or three large contracts, it has become increasingly important to find secondary point production at a reasonable price.  This secondary production at a discount usually comes from one of two places.

  1. A young player signing their first contract in which the GM hopes that they have a breakout season before the contract is up.
  2. An crafty veteran on his last legs (but can still contribute), possibly searching for that elusive Stanley Cup and willing to sign at a discount to his previous contract for a shot at continuing his dream

Cost Per Point

Cost per point (CPP), a value metric for NHL forwards, is calculated by dividing the player’s cap hit by the number of points they have accumulated to this point.

Rich Peverley, the journeyman centre for the Atlanta Thrashers, leads the pack providing 35 points with a cap hit of $487,000 meaning $13.9k per point.  The Islanders’ Matt Moulson, a soon-to-be RFA, comes in second with a CPP of $19.8k.  Rounding out the top three is this year’s highest-value free agent signing, Maxim Afinogenov of the Thrashers, with an impressive CPP of $20k.

Not surprisingly, the best CPP values are found at the lower end of the payscale.  A combination of entry level deals, improving young players and shrewd free-agent gambles make up the top third of the chart.

In fact, you have to go 144 players down the list to find a major dollar contract (>=$4M).  Florida’s Nathan Horton takes the top prize in this category with a CPP of $93k.  Henrik Sedin, the current NHL scoring leader, is not far behind at $96.8k (Rank 150th).

Among those aged 30 or older, Vaclav Prospal provides the highest value at $34.4k (Rank 15th).  This is due in large part to the fact that he signed a discounted $1.1M deal with the Rangers after his buyout from Tampa Bay.  Future Hall of Famer Mark Recci squeezes value out of his $1M contract by putting up 25 points so far this season, good for a CPP of $40k and a rank of 24th.

Big Salary Busts!

On the other side of the value coin, you’ve got the underperformers: players that may have produced, but not up to the level expected of them and their salary.  The bottom of the list is largely filled with callups, role-players and fighters so you have to move up the list a bit to find the first real underperformer.

Of no surprise to New York Rangers fans, Chris Drury wallows at 419th with a dismal $440.6k CPP.  With more than $7 million in cap space dedicated to the slumping centerman, the Rangers cannot afford for this trend to continue.

(Dis)honorable mentions go out to the Hurricane’s Rod Brind’Amour ($327.3k, Rank 404th) and Shawn Horcoff of the Oilers ($289.5k, Rank 395th).

Rank Team Name Position Age GP Cap $ Pts $ / Pt
1 Thrashers Rich Peverley C 26 44 $487,000 35 $13,914
2 Islanders Matt Moulson L 25 46 $575,000 29 $19,828
3 Thrashers Maxim Afinogenov R 29 44 $800,000 40 $20,000
4 Stars James Neal L 21 41 $822,000 34 $24,176
5 Islanders Frans Nielsen C 25 40 $525,000 21 $25,000
6 Capitals Tomas Fleischmann C 25 33 $725,000 28 $25,893
7 Predators Patric Hornqvist R 22 45 $713,000 27 $26,407
8 Canucks Mason Raymond L 23 46 $883,000 31 $28,484
9 Avalanche Chris Stewart R 21 42 $850,000 29 $29,310
10 Devils Niclas Bergfors R 22 43 $818,000 27 $30,296
11 Flyers Claude Giroux C 21 44 $822,000 27 $30,444
12 Oilers Gilbert Brule C 22 41 $800,000 24 $33,333
13 Kings Wayne Simmonds R 20 42 $822,000 24 $34,250
14 Predators Marcel Goc C 25 44 $550,000 16 $34,375
15 Rangers Vaclav Prospal C 34 38 $1,100,000 32 $34,375
16 Flames Rene Bourque L 27 40 $1,350,000 37 $36,486
17 Kings Scott Parse R 24 35 $550,000 15 $36,667
18 Capitals Eric Fehr R 23 33 $772,000 21 $36,762
19 Flames Nigel Dawes L 24 46 $850,000 23 $36,957
20 Stars Loui Eriksson L 23 45 $1,600,000 43 $37,209
21 Blues David Perron L 21 44 $918,000 24 $38,250
22 Stars Jamie Benn L 19 45 $822,000 21 $39,143
23 Lightning Steve Downie R 22 42 $822,000 21 $39,143
24 Bruins Mark Recchi R 41 44 $1,000,000 25 $40,000
25 Red Wings Patrick Eaves R 25 33 $500,000 12 $41,667
26 Oilers Ryan Potulny C 24 28 $595,000 14 $42,500
27 Red Wings Darren Helm C 22 37 $598,000 14 $42,714
28 Flames Dustin Boyd C 22 45 $650,000 15 $43,333
29 Canucks Ryan Kesler C 24 46 $1,750,000 40 $43,750
30 Wild Guillaume Latendresse R 22 44 $803,000 18 $44,611
31 Kings Brad Richardson C 24 45 $588,000 13 $45,231
32 Islanders Jeff Tambellini L 25 24 $588,000 13 $45,231
33 Coyotes Robert Lang C 38 46 $1,000,000 22 $45,455
34 Blackhawks Troy Brouwer R 23 46 $1,000,000 22 $45,455
35 Coyotes Daniel Winnik C 24 41 $600,000 13 $46,154
36 Senators Peter Regin C 23 40 $608,000 13 $46,769
37 Blue Jackets Jakub Voracek R 19 47 $1,271,000 27 $47,074
38 Capitals Nicklas Backstrom C 21 44 $2,400,000 50 $48,000
39 Maple Leafs John Mitchell C 24 26 $487,000 10 $48,700
40 Avalanche Ryan O’Reilly C 18 47 $880,000 18 $48,889
41 Coyotes Martin Hanzal C 22 45 $980,000 20 $49,000
42 Panthers Michael Frolik C 21 45 $1,275,000 26 $49,038
43 Devils Dean McAmmond L 36 24 $500,000 10 $50,000
44 Canadiens Glen Metropolit C 35 41 $1,000,000 20 $50,000
45 Sharks Manny Malhotra C 29 41 $700,000 14 $50,000
46 Senators Nick Foligno L 21 38 $850,000 17 $50,000
47 Senators Ryan Shannon C 26 38 $600,000 12 $50,000
48 Coyotes Taylor Pyatt L 27 39 $600,000 12 $50,000
49 Stars Tom Wandell C 22 45 $600,000 12 $50,000
50 Maple Leafs Matt Stajan C 25 45 $1,750,000 34 $51,471
51 Avalanche David Jones R 24 23 $838,000 16 $52,375
52 Sabres Tim Kennedy L 23 44 $850,000 16 $53,125
53 Flyers Arron Asham R 31 37 $640,000 12 $53,333
54 Ducks Bobby Ryan R 22 46 $1,922,000 36 $53,389
55 Canucks Alex Burrows L 28 46 $2,000,000 37 $54,054
56 Islanders Blake Comeau R 23 30 $650,000 12 $54,167
57 Avalanche T.J. Galiardi L 21 37 $875,000 16 $54,688
58 Rangers Artem Anisimov C 21 45 $822,000 15 $54,800
59 Penguins Michael Rupp R 29 47 $825,000 15 $55,000
60 Canucks Tanner Glass L 25 42 $500,000 9 $55,556
61 Islanders Kyle Okposo R 21 45 $1,672,000 30 $55,733
62 Penguins Tyler Kennedy C 22 32 $725,000 13 $55,769
63 Wild Cal Clutterbuck R 21 39 $726,000 13 $55,846
64 Devils David Clarkson R 25 25 $838,000 15 $55,867
65 Thrashers Bryan Little C 21 41 $900,000 16 $56,250
66 Flames Curtis Glencross L 26 43 $1,200,000 21 $57,143
67 Capitals Brendan Morrison C 33 44 $1,500,000 26 $57,692
68 Ducks Dan Sexton R 22 19 $750,000 13 $57,692
69 Islanders Richard Park R 33 46 $750,000 13 $57,692
70 Flyers Darroll Powe C 24 28 $520,000 9 $57,778
71 Sabres Patrick Kaleta R 23 31 $522,000 9 $58,000
72 Blue Jackets Derick Brassard C 21 46 $1,247,000 21 $59,381
73 Islanders Rob Schremp C 22 24 $715,000 12 $59,583
74 Canadiens Tomas Plekanec C 26 47 $2,750,000 46 $59,783
75 Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi R 34 44 $1,500,000 25 $60,000
76 Blues T.J. Oshie C 22 40 $1,275,000 21 $60,714
77 Flyers Blair Betts C 29 25 $550,000 9 $61,111
78 Sharks Jed Ortmeyer R 30 45 $550,000 9 $61,111
79 Penguins Bill Guerin R 38 47 $2,000,000 32 $62,500
80 Capitals Matt Bradley R 31 42 $1,000,000 16 $62,500
81 Avalanche Matt Hendricks C 28 35 $500,000 8 $62,500
82 Canadiens Max Pacioretty L 20 46 $875,000 14 $62,500
83 Coyotes Scottie Upshall R 25 41 $1,500,000 24 $62,500
84 Penguins Matt Cooke L 30 45 $1,200,000 19 $63,158
85 Flyers James Van Riemsdyk L 20 41 $1,654,000 26 $63,615
86 Wild Andrew Brunette L 35 46 $2,333,000 36 $64,806
87 Wild Eric Belanger C 31 45 $1,750,000 27 $64,815
88 Coyotes Matthew Lombardi C 27 42 $1,817,000 28 $64,893
89 Oilers Sam Gagner C 19 43 $1,625,000 25 $65,000
90 Predators Joel Ward R 28 42 $1,500,000 23 $65,217
91 Hurricanes Jussi Jokinen L 26 43 $1,700,000 26 $65,385
92 Red Wings Drew Miller L 25 42 $525,000 8 $65,625
93 Panthers Steven Reinprecht C 33 45 $2,050,000 31 $66,129
94 Capitals Brooks Laich C 26 44 $2,067,000 31 $66,677
95 Wild Kyle Brodziak C 25 46 $1,150,000 17 $67,647
96 Devils Zach Parise L 24 43 $3,125,000 46 $67,935
97 Penguins Craig Adams R 32 47 $550,000 8 $68,750
98 Senators Jesse Winchester C 25 29 $550,000 8 $68,750
99 Flames Eric Nystrom L 26 46 $688,000 10 $68,800
100 Sabres Clarke MacArthur L 24 44 $1,400,000 20 $70,000
101 Devils Jamie Langenbrunner R 33 43 $2,800,000 40 $70,000
102 Bruins Steve Begin L 31 44 $850,000 12 $70,833
103 Devils Rob Niedermayer C 34 32 $1,000,000 14 $71,429
104 Blackhawks Patrick Kane R 20 46 $3,725,000 52 $71,635
105 Avalanche Wojtek Wolski L 23 47 $2,800,000 39 $71,795
106 Rangers Enver Lisin R 23 40 $790,000 11 $71,818
107 Hurricanes Brandon Sutter C 20 35 $1,225,000 17 $72,059
108 Maple Leafs Alexei Ponikarovsky L 29 46 $2,105,000 29 $72,586
109 Penguins Pascal Dupuis L 30 47 $1,400,000 19 $73,684
110 Bruins Shawn Thornton R 31 42 $517,000 7 $73,857
111 Oilers Jean-Francois Jacques C 24 34 $525,000 7 $75,000
112 Bruins Byron Bitz R 24 38 $688,000 9 $76,444
113 Blue Jackets Antoine Vermette C 26 47 $2,763,000 36 $76,750
114 Wild Mikko Koivu C 26 46 $3,250,000 42 $77,381
115 Blackhawks Colin Fraser C 24 46 $700,000 9 $77,778
116 Blackhawks Jonathan Toews C 21 40 $2,800,000 36 $77,778
117 Sharks Joe Pavelski C 24 31 $1,637,000 21 $77,952
118 Islanders Josh Bailey C 19 45 $1,725,000 22 $78,409
119 Islanders Sean Bergenheim L 25 30 $863,000 11 $78,455
120 Panthers Dominic Moore C 28 34 $1,100,000 14 $78,571
121 Canucks Jannik Hansen R 23 21 $550,000 7 $78,571
122 Coyotes Vernon Fiddler C 29 40 $1,100,000 14 $78,571
123 Panthers Stephen Weiss C 26 45 $3,100,000 39 $79,487
124 Ducks Todd Marchant C 35 46 $1,125,000 14 $80,357
125 Rangers Brandon Dubinsky C 23 32 $1,850,000 23 $80,435
126 Senators Jarkko Ruutu L 33 46 $1,300,000 16 $81,250
127 Thrashers Marty Reasoner C 32 44 $1,150,000 14 $82,143
128 Sharks Devin Setoguchi R 22 34 $1,247,000 15 $83,133
129 Sabres Matt Ellis L 27 41 $500,000 6 $83,333
130 Canucks Mikael Samuelsson R 32 46 $2,500,000 30 $83,333
131 Coyotes Petr Prucha C 26 45 $1,100,000 13 $84,615
132 Lightning Steven Stamkos C 19 44 $3,725,000 44 $84,659
133 Sabres Mike Grier R 34 35 $1,200,000 14 $85,714
134 Canadiens Maxim Lapierre C 24 47 $688,000 8 $86,000
135 Blackhawks Andrew Ladd L 23 46 $1,550,000 18 $86,111
136 Sabres Drew Stafford R 23 41 $1,900,000 22 $86,364
137 Panthers Radek Dvorak R 32 39 $1,700,000 19 $89,474
138 Ducks Mike Brown R 24 46 $537,000 6 $89,500
139 Blues Keith Tkachuk L 37 39 $2,150,000 24 $89,583
140 Sharks Frazer McLaren L 21 23 $543,000 6 $90,500
141 Islanders Nate Thompson C 24 39 $550,000 6 $91,667
142 Canucks Rick Rypien C 25 39 $550,000 6 $91,667
143 Devils Rod Pelley C 24 40 $550,000 6 $91,667
144 Panthers Nathan Horton C 24 45 $4,000,000 43 $93,023
145 Avalanche Brandon Yip R 24 11 $750,000 8 $93,750
146 Avalanche Cody McLeod L 25 41 $1,033,000 11 $93,909
147 Thrashers Chris Thorburn C 26 44 $660,000 7 $94,286
148 Flames Craig Conroy C 37 39 $1,050,000 11 $95,455
149 Senators Chris Kelly C 28 46 $2,125,000 22 $96,591
150 Canucks Henrik Sedin C 28 46 $6,100,000 63 $96,825
151 Wild Andrew Ebbett C 26 31 $487,000 5 $97,400
152 Capitals Keith Aucoin R 30 9 $487,000 5 $97,400
153 Capitals Jason Chimera L 30 44 $1,875,000 19 $98,684
154 Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin L 22 42 $1,488,000 15 $99,200
155 Flyers Daniel Carcillo L 24 40 $894,000 9 $99,333
156 Flames Brandon Prust C 25 35 $500,000 5 $100,000
157 Avalanche Chris Durno L 28 19 $500,000 5 $100,000
158 Flames David Moss L 27 41 $1,300,000 13 $100,000
159 Thrashers Eric Boulton L 32 36 $600,000 6 $100,000
160 Islanders Jon Sim L 31 44 $1,000,000 10 $100,000
161 Canucks Kyle Wellwood C 26 39 $1,200,000 12 $100,000
162 Coyotes Paul Bissonnette R 24 29 $500,000 5 $100,000
163 Oilers Ryan Stone C 24 25 $600,000 6 $100,000
164 Kings Teddy Purcell R 23 37 $600,000 6 $100,000
165 Oilers Zack Stortini R 23 44 $700,000 7 $100,000
166 Canadiens Benoit Pouliot L 22 23 $803,000 8 $100,375
167 Hurricanes Tom Kostopoulos R 30 44 $917,000 9 $101,889
168 Blue Jackets Raffi Torres L 27 43 $2,250,000 22 $102,273
169 Capitals Mathieu Perreault C 21 18 $717,000 7 $102,429
170 Kings Alexander Frolov L 27 45 $2,900,000 28 $103,571
171 Blues Jay McClement C 26 44 $1,450,000 14 $103,571
172 Capitals Dave Steckel L 27 44 $725,000 7 $103,571
173 Blues Patrik Berglund C 21 38 $1,247,000 12 $103,917
174 Blues David Backes C 25 44 $2,500,000 24 $104,167
175 Maple Leafs Lee Stempniak R 26 46 $2,500,000 24 $104,167
176 Rangers Ryan Callahan R 24 45 $2,300,000 22 $104,545
177 Predators Jerred Smithson C 30 37 $738,000 7 $105,429
178 Kings Dustin Brown R 24 46 $3,175,000 30 $105,833
179 Oilers Dustin Penner L 26 44 $4,250,000 40 $106,250
180 Ducks Petteri Nokelainen C 23 41 $850,000 8 $106,250
181 Blackhawks Kris Versteeg R 23 43 $3,083,000 29 $106,310
182 Hurricanes Matt Cullen C 32 44 $2,875,000 27 $106,481
183 Rangers Erik Christensen C 25 23 $750,000 7 $107,143
184 Lightning Martin St. Louis R 34 44 $5,250,000 49 $107,143
185 Sharks Scott Nichol C 34 46 $750,000 7 $107,143
186 Red Wings Tomas Holmstrom L 36 42 $2,250,000 21 $107,143
187 Bruins Vladimir Sobotka C 21 35 $750,000 7 $107,143
188 Rangers Sean Avery L 29 40 $1,938,000 18 $107,667
189 Predators Jordin Tootoo R 26 19 $975,000 9 $108,333
190 Bruins Blake Wheeler R 22 44 $2,825,000 26 $108,654
191 Panthers Gregory Campbell C 25 35 $762,000 7 $108,857
192 Blues B.J. Crombeen R 23 44 $873,000 8 $109,125
193 Panthers Victor Oreskovich R 22 34 $438,000 4 $109,500
194 Stars Steve Ott L 26 39 $1,425,000 13 $109,615
195 Predators Dave Scatchard C 33 16 $550,000 5 $110,000
196 Sharks Ryan Vesce R 27 8 $550,000 5 $110,000
197 Stars Toby Petersen C 30 41 $550,000 5 $110,000
198 Devils Travis Zajac C 24 43 $3,888,000 35 $111,086
199 Maple Leafs Niklas Hagman L 29 45 $3,000,000 27 $111,111
200 Canucks Steve Bernier R 24 43 $2,000,000 18 $111,111
201 Islanders Trent Hunter R 28 31 $2,000,000 18 $111,111
202 Ducks Matt Beleskey L 21 25 $667,000 6 $111,167
203 Blackhawks Patrick Sharp C 27 46 $3,900,000 35 $111,429
204 Penguins Ruslan Fedotenko L 30 45 $1,800,000 16 $112,500
205 Thrashers Nik Antropov C 29 41 $4,062,000 36 $112,833
206 Red Wings Kris Draper C 38 43 $1,583,000 14 $113,071
207 Oilers Andrew Cogliano C 22 44 $1,133,000 10 $113,300
208 Blues Alexander Steen C 25 30 $1,700,000 15 $113,333
209 Lightning Alex Tanguay L 29 43 $2,500,000 22 $113,636
210 Panthers Kamil Kreps C 24 39 $682,000 6 $113,667
211 Ducks Teemu Selanne R 39 29 $2,625,000 23 $114,130
212 Red Wings Ville Leino L 25 38 $800,000 7 $114,286
213 Hurricanes Ray Whitney L 37 42 $3,550,000 31 $114,516
214 Coyotes Radim Vrbata R 28 46 $3,000,000 26 $115,385
215 Maple Leafs Mikhail Grabovski C 25 42 $2,900,000 25 $116,000
216 Ducks Saku Koivu C 34 41 $3,250,000 28 $116,071
217 Wild Antti Miettinen L 28 43 $2,333,000 20 $116,650
218 Flyers Ian Laperriere C 35 44 $1,167,000 10 $116,700
219 Avalanche Matt Duchene C 18 47 $3,400,000 29 $117,241
220 Ducks Corey Perry R 24 46 $5,325,000 45 $118,333
221 Blackhawks Ben Eager L 25 29 $965,000 8 $120,625
222 Sharks Ryane Clowe R 26 46 $3,625,000 30 $120,833
223 Ducks Ryan Getzlaf C 24 42 $5,325,000 44 $121,023
224 Sabres Derek Roy C 26 42 $4,000,000 33 $121,212
225 Devils Vladimir Zharkov R 21 19 $850,000 7 $121,429
226 Lightning Ryan Malone L 29 44 $4,500,000 37 $121,622
227 Sabres Tim Connolly C 28 44 $4,500,000 37 $121,622
228 Lightning Zenon Konopka C 28 43 $487,000 4 $121,750
229 Sharks Joe Thornton C 29 46 $7,200,000 59 $122,034
230 Kings Jarret Stoll C 27 37 $3,600,000 29 $124,138
231 Capitals Alexander Semin L 25 35 $4,600,000 37 $124,324
232 Sharks Jamie McGinn L 20 38 $997,000 8 $124,625
233 Sharks Brad Staubitz R 24 20 $500,000 4 $125,000
234 Flames Fredrik Sjostrom R 26 41 $750,000 6 $125,000
235 Devils Ilkka Pikkarainen R 28 27 $500,000 4 $125,000
236 Canadiens Matt D’Agostini R 22 31 $500,000 4 $125,000
237 Flyers Mika Pyorala C 27 35 $500,000 4 $125,000
238 Rangers P.A. Parenteau L 26 14 $500,000 4 $125,000
239 Hurricanes Pat Dwyer R 26 20 $500,000 4 $125,000
240 Blue Jackets R.J. Umberger C 27 47 $3,750,000 30 $125,000
241 Predators Steve Sullivan R 34 46 $3,750,000 30 $125,000
242 Sharks Benn Ferriero C 22 22 $635,000 5 $127,000
243 Capitals Mike Knuble R 36 32 $2,800,000 22 $127,273
244 Islanders John Tavares C 18 46 $3,750,000 29 $129,310
245 Lightning James Wright C 19 43 $647,000 5 $129,400
246 Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn L 24 40 $3,250,000 25 $130,000
247 Avalanche Milan Hejduk R 33 40 $3,900,000 30 $130,000
248 Rangers Brian Boyle C 24 43 $525,000 4 $131,250
249 Senators Mike Fisher C 29 44 $4,200,000 32 $131,250
250 Blue Jackets Rick Nash L 25 47 $5,400,000 41 $131,707
251 Oilers Patrick O’Sullivan C 24 44 $2,925,000 22 $132,955
252 Blues Brad Boyes C 27 44 $4,000,000 30 $133,333
253 Blues Brad Winchester L 28 36 $800,000 6 $133,333
254 Blackhawks Tomas Kopecky C 27 44 $1,200,000 9 $133,333
255 Flyers Jeff Carter C 24 44 $5,000,000 37 $135,135
256 Thrashers Ilya Kovalchuk L 26 38 $6,400,000 47 $136,170
257 Rangers Ales Kotalik R 30 42 $3,000,000 22 $136,364
258 Blackhawks Dustin Byfuglien R 24 46 $3,000,000 22 $136,364
259 Flames Brian McGrattan R 27 26 $547,000 4 $136,750
260 Sharks Patrick Marleau C 29 46 $6,300,000 46 $136,957
261 Blue Jackets Derek MacKenzie C 28 17 $550,000 4 $137,500
262 Hurricanes Stephane Yelle C 35 42 $550,000 4 $137,500
263 Penguins Jordan Staal C 20 47 $4,000,000 29 $137,931
264 Predators J.P. Dumont R 31 39 $4,000,000 29 $137,931
265 Rangers Marian Gaborik L 27 43 $7,500,000 54 $138,889
266 Blue Jackets Derek Dorsett R 22 21 $563,000 4 $140,750
267 Red Wings Justin Abdelkader L 22 41 $850,000 6 $141,667
268 Panthers Rostislav Olesz C 23 44 $3,125,000 22 $142,045
269 Oilers Robert Nilsson C 24 29 $2,000,000 14 $142,857
270 Blue Jackets Kristian Huselius L 30 43 $4,750,000 33 $143,939
271 Wild Owen Nolan R 37 41 $2,750,000 19 $144,737
272 Kings Justin Williams R 27 33 $3,500,000 24 $145,833
273 Thrashers Todd White C 34 43 $2,375,000 16 $148,438
274 Stars Brad Richards C 29 43 $7,800,000 52 $150,000
275 Flames Daymond Langkow C 32 46 $4,500,000 30 $150,000
276 Flames Jamie Lundmark C 28 9 $600,000 4 $150,000
277 Canadiens Travis Moen L 27 47 $1,500,000 10 $150,000
278 Flyers Mike Richards C 24 44 $5,750,000 38 $151,316
279 Stars Mike Ribeiro C 29 43 $5,000,000 33 $151,515
280 Stars Brenden Morrow L 30 44 $4,100,000 27 $151,852
281 Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu C 26 39 $3,800,000 25 $152,000
282 Sharks Dany Heatley L 28 46 $7,500,000 49 $153,061
283 Bruins Patrice Bergeron C 23 41 $4,750,000 31 $153,226
284 Avalanche Paul Stastny C 23 47 $6,600,000 43 $153,488
285 Kings Anze Kopitar C 21 46 $6,800,000 44 $154,545
286 Coyotes Peter Mueller C 21 37 $1,700,000 11 $154,545
287 Penguins Sidney Crosby C 21 46 $8,700,000 56 $155,357
288 Red Wings Danny Cleary L 30 32 $2,800,000 18 $155,556
289 Bruins David Krejci C 23 42 $3,750,000 24 $156,250
290 Oilers Mike Comrie C 28 16 $1,250,000 8 $156,250
291 Senators Shean Donovan R 34 21 $625,000 4 $156,250
292 Senators Daniel Alfredsson R 36 37 $4,875,000 31 $157,258
293 Ducks Evgeny Artyukhin R 26 30 $950,000 6 $158,333
294 Bruins Marco Sturm L 30 44 $3,500,000 22 $159,091
295 Thrashers Colby Armstrong R 26 43 $2,400,000 15 $160,000
296 Maple Leafs Jason Blake L 35 46 $4,000,000 25 $160,000
297 Canucks Daniel Sedin L 28 28 $6,100,000 38 $160,526
298 Predators Martin Erat L 27 39 $4,500,000 28 $160,714
299 Flyers Scott Hartnell R 27 44 $4,200,000 26 $161,538
300 Blackhawks John Madden C 36 46 $2,750,000 17 $161,765
301 Canadiens Michael Cammalleri C 27 47 $6,000,000 37 $162,162
302 Stars Brian Sutherby C 27 24 $812,000 5 $162,400
303 Predators Ryan Jones R 25 27 $975,000 6 $162,500
304 Coyotes Shane Doan R 32 46 $4,550,000 28 $162,500
305 Panthers Shawn Matthias C 21 21 $822,000 5 $164,400
306 Capitals Alexandre Giroux C 28 9 $500,000 3 $166,667
307 Predators David Legwand C 28 46 $4,500,000 27 $166,667
308 Flames Jarome Iginla R 31 46 $7,000,000 42 $166,667
309 Lightning Jeff Halpern C 33 37 $2,000,000 12 $166,667
310 Ducks Kyle Chipchura C 23 38 $500,000 3 $166,667
311 Sabres Jochen Hecht C 32 44 $3,525,000 21 $167,857
312 Canucks Michael Grabner R 21 9 $843,000 5 $168,600
313 Bruins Milan Lucic L 21 12 $850,000 5 $170,000
314 Wild Martin Havlat L 28 40 $5,000,000 29 $172,414
315 Senators Alex Kovalev R 36 43 $5,000,000 29 $172,414
316 Flyers David Laliberte R 23 11 $518,000 3 $172,667
317 Avalanche Darcy Tucker L 34 39 $2,250,000 13 $173,077
318 Predators Jason Arnott C 34 37 $4,500,000 26 $173,077
319 Kings Michal Handzus C 32 46 $4,000,000 23 $173,913
320 Blues Andy McDonald C 31 42 $4,700,000 27 $174,074
321 Coyotes Lauri Korpikoski L 22 37 $700,000 4 $175,000
322 Flames Olli Jokinen C 30 46 $5,250,000 30 $175,000
323 Blue Jackets Chris Clark R 33 45 $2,633,000 15 $175,533
324 Red Wings Kirk Maltby L 36 36 $883,000 5 $176,600
325 Capitals Alex Ovechkin L 23 36 $9,538,000 54 $176,630
326 Sabres Jason Pominville R 26 44 $5,300,000 29 $182,759
327 Wild Robbie Earl L 24 12 $550,000 3 $183,333
328 Islanders Tim Jackman R 27 34 $550,000 3 $183,333
329 Blue Jackets Jared Boll R 23 42 $743,000 4 $185,750
330 Penguins Chris Kunitz L 29 30 $3,725,000 20 $186,250
331 Oilers Ales Hemsky R 25 22 $4,100,000 22 $186,364
332 Predators Andreas Thuresson R 21 19 $562,000 3 $187,333
333 Sabres Adam Mair C 30 31 $758,000 4 $189,500
334 Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg L 28 36 $6,083,000 32 $190,094
335 Penguins Chris Bourque C 23 20 $578,000 3 $192,667
336 Thrashers Slava Kozlov L 37 44 $3,667,000 19 $193,000
337 Lightning Vincent Lecavalier C 29 44 $7,727,000 40 $193,175
338 Thrashers Evander Kane L 17 43 $3,100,000 16 $193,750
339 Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov L 30 37 $2,533,000 13 $194,846
340 Senators Milan Michalek L 24 44 $4,333,000 22 $196,955
341 Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk C 30 42 $6,700,000 34 $197,059
342 Predators Mike Santorelli C 23 25 $592,000 3 $197,333
343 Senators Chris Neil R 30 32 $2,000,000 10 $200,000
344 Penguins Evgeni Malkin C 22 40 $8,700,000 43 $202,326
345 Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn L 22 19 $817,000 4 $204,250
346 Panthers Cory Stillman L 35 25 $3,533,000 17 $207,824
347 Ducks Ryan Carter C 25 17 $625,000 3 $208,333
348 Sabres Paul Gaustad C 27 32 $2,300,000 11 $209,091
349 Thrashers Jim Slater C 26 23 $840,000 4 $210,000
350 Penguins Max Talbot C 25 23 $1,050,000 5 $210,000
351 Red Wings Jason Williams C 28 15 $1,500,000 7 $214,286
352 Flyers Danny Briere C 31 37 $6,500,000 30 $216,667
353 Kings Oscar Moller C 20 18 $875,000 4 $218,750
354 Devils Brian Rolston R 36 42 $5,062,000 23 $220,087
355 Bruins Marc Savard C 31 28 $5,000,000 22 $227,273
356 Avalanche Marek Svatos R 27 35 $2,050,000 9 $227,778
357 Stars Mike Modano C 39 32 $3,450,000 15 $230,000
358 Devils Patrik Elias L 33 29 $6,000,000 26 $230,769
359 Kings Ryan Smyth L 33 31 $6,250,000 27 $231,481
360 Wild Chuck Kobasew R 27 34 $2,333,000 10 $233,300
361 Maple Leafs Phil Kessel C 21 34 $5,400,000 23 $234,783
362 Bruins Michael Ryder R 29 44 $4,000,000 17 $235,294
363 Sharks Jody Shelley L 33 22 $725,000 3 $241,667
364 Canadiens Scott Gomez C 29 43 $7,357,000 30 $245,233
365 Blackhawks Marian Hossa R 30 23 $5,233,000 21 $249,190
366 Blackhawks Bryan Bickell L 23 12 $500,000 2 $250,000
367 Oilers Ethan Moreau L 33 43 $2,000,000 8 $250,000
368 Stars Jere Lehtinen L 36 29 $2,500,000 10 $250,000
369 Senators Jonathan Cheechoo R 28 46 $3,000,000 12 $250,000
370 Ducks Kyle Calder L 30 14 $500,000 2 $250,000
371 Capitals Kyle Wilson C 24 2 $500,000 2 $250,000
372 Canucks Matt Pettinger L 28 7 $500,000 2 $250,000
373 Capitals Quintin Laing L 30 25 $500,000 2 $250,000
374 Lightning Stephane Veilleux L 27 43 $750,000 3 $250,000
375 Capitals Boyd Gordon R 25 11 $761,000 3 $253,667
376 Oilers Liam Reddox L 23 9 $515,000 2 $257,500
377 Lightning Brandon Bochenski R 27 4 $525,000 2 $262,500
378 Blue Jackets Samuel Pahlsson C 31 44 $2,650,000 10 $265,000
379 Maple Leafs Jamal Mayers R 34 34 $1,333,000 5 $266,600
380 Maple Leafs Rickard Wallin C 29 34 $800,000 3 $266,667
381 Kings Brandon Segal R 25 13 $550,000 2 $275,000
382 Islanders Doug Weight C 38 16 $2,200,000 8 $275,000
383 Canadiens Brian Gionta R 30 26 $5,000,000 18 $277,778
384 Wild James Sheppard C 21 37 $1,400,000 5 $280,000
385 Maple Leafs Wayne Primeau C 33 35 $1,400,000 5 $280,000
386 Predators Cal O’Reilly C 22 11 $562,000 2 $281,000
387 Panthers Michal Repik R 20 9 $846,000 3 $282,000
388 Hurricanes Chad LaRose C 27 28 $1,700,000 6 $283,333
389 Avalanche T.J. Hensick C 23 7 $850,000 3 $283,333
390 Maple Leafs Viktor Stalberg L 23 16 $850,000 3 $283,333
391 Hurricanes Jiri Tlusty C 21 8 $855,000 3 $285,000
392 Sabres Thomas Vanek L 25 39 $7,143,000 25 $285,720
393 Stars Krys Barch C 29 35 $575,000 2 $287,500
394 Canucks Ryan Johnson C 33 33 $1,150,000 4 $287,500
395 Oilers Shawn Horcoff C 30 40 $5,500,000 19 $289,474
396 Hurricanes Eric Staal C 24 32 $8,250,000 28 $294,643
397 Lightning Paul Szczechura C 23 28 $600,000 2 $300,000
398 Red Wings Valtteri Filppula C 25 18 $3,000,000 10 $300,000
399 Ducks Joffrey Lupul R 25 23 $4,250,000 14 $303,571
400 Blues Paul Kariya L 34 38 $6,000,000 19 $315,789
401 Wild Derek Boogaard L 27 34 $950,000 3 $316,667
402 Stars Fabian Brunnstrom L 24 23 $2,225,000 7 $317,857
403 Predators Wade Belak R 32 27 $650,000 2 $325,000
404 Hurricanes Rod Brind’Amour C 38 43 $3,600,000 11 $327,273
405 Flyers Simon Gagne L 29 20 $5,250,000 16 $328,125
406 Maple Leafs Colton Orr R 27 46 $1,000,000 3 $333,333
407 Lightning Todd Fedoruk L 30 24 $1,058,000 3 $352,667
408 Devils Jay Pandolfo L 34 26 $2,500,000 7 $357,143
409 Hurricanes Erik Cole L 30 20 $2,900,000 8 $362,500
410 Senators Jason Spezza C 26 30 $7,000,000 19 $368,421
411 Penguins Eric Godard R 29 35 $750,000 2 $375,000
412 Canucks Darcy Hordichuk L 28 31 $775,000 2 $387,500
413 Penguins Luca Caputi L 20 4 $833,000 2 $416,500
414 Panthers Kenndal McArdle L 22 16 $850,000 2 $425,000
415 Sabres Nathan Gerbe C 21 2 $850,000 2 $425,000
416 Canadiens Ryan White C 21 14 $850,000 2 $425,000
417 Capitals Jay Beagle R 23 6 $875,000 2 $437,500
418 Devils Matt Halischuk R 21 20 $875,000 2 $437,500
419 Rangers Chris Drury C 32 40 $7,050,000 16 $440,625
420 Devils Dainius Zubrus R 31 20 $3,400,000 7 $485,714
421 Devils Tim Sestito C 24 9 $487,000 1 $487,000
422 Hurricanes Jerome Samson R 21 3 $493,000 1 $493,000
423 Red Wings Brad May L 37 31 $500,000 1 $500,000
424 Penguins Chris Conner C 25 6 $500,000 1 $500,000
425 Rangers Dane Byers L 23 5 $500,000 1 $500,000
426 Red Wings Kris Newbury C 27 4 $500,000 1 $500,000
427 Hurricanes Scott Walker R 35 32 $2,500,000 5 $500,000
428 Ducks Troy Bodie R 24 8 $500,000 1 $500,000
429 Stars Warren Peters L 26 3 $500,000 1 $500,000
430 Blues Yan Stastny C 26 4 $500,000 1 $500,000
431 Maple Leafs Jay Rosehill L 23 6 $512,000 1 $512,000
432 Wild Petr Sykora R 32 13 $1,600,000 3 $533,333
433 Oilers Colin McDonald R 24 2 $550,000 1 $550,000
434 Panthers Jeff Taffe L 28 16 $550,000 1 $550,000
435 Blackhawks Dave Bolland C 23 13 $3,375,000 6 $562,500
436 Avalanche David Koci L 28 34 $575,000 1 $575,000
437 Avalanche Philippe Dupuis C 24 4 $575,000 1 $575,000
438 Sharks Logan Couture C 20 11 $1,242,000 2 $621,000
439 Blue Jackets Andrew Murray C 27 17 $625,000 1 $625,000
440 Blackhawks Jack Skille R 22 6 $1,275,000 2 $637,500
441 Sharks Torrey Mitchell C 24 20 $1,367,000 2 $683,500
442 Bruins Miroslav Satan R 34 3 $700,000 1 $700,000
443 Canadiens Georges Laraque R 32 25 $1,500,000 2 $750,000
444 Kings Corey Elkins C 24 3 $803,000 1 $803,000
445 Bruins Brad Marchand C 21 12 $822,000 1 $822,000
446 Flyers Andreas Nodl R 22 10 $850,000 1 $850,000
447 Islanders Jesse Joensuu L 21 7 $850,000 1 $850,000
448 Predators Colin Wilson C 19 10 $1,725,000 2 $862,500
449 Coyotes Mikkel Boedker R 19 10 $1,725,000 2 $862,500
450 Ducks George Parros R 29 38 $875,000 1 $875,000
451 Sabres Tyler Ennis L 19 1 $875,000 1 $875,000
452 Predators Nick Spaling L 20 13 $892,000 1 $892,000
453 Maple Leafs Christian Hanson C 23 6 $925,000 1 $925,000
454 Rangers Aaron Voros L 27 21 $1,000,000 1 $1,000,000
455 Blue Jackets Nikita Filatov L 19 13 $2,196,000 2 $1,098,000
456 Hurricanes Zach Boychuk C 19 6 $1,196,000 1 $1,196,000
457 Oilers Ryan O’Marra C 22 3 $1,222,000 1 $1,222,000
458 Blues Lars Eller C 20 5 $1,271,000 1 $1,271,000
459 Rangers Donald Brashear L 37 33 $1,400,000 1 $1,400,000
460 Panthers David Booth L 24 9 $4,250,000 3 $1,416,667
461 Blue Jackets Fredrik Modin L 34 14 $3,250,000 2 $1,625,000
462 Red Wings Johan Franzen C 29 3 $3,955,000 2 $1,977,500
463 Oilers Fernando Pisani R 32 8 $2,500,000 1 $2,500,000


Of course, we all know that there is more to the value equation of an NHL player than just point production. However, this still remains a valuable exercise to undertake at this mid-point of the 2009-2010 NHL season.

Of all of the players listed, who is the most surprising to you?

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11 Comments on "Breaking Down NHL Players By Cost Per Point"

  1. cegeland (cegeland) on Wed, 13th Jan 2010 11:11 am 

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  2. muiseam (muiseam) on Wed, 13th Jan 2010 11:38 am 

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  3. eric on Wed, 13th Jan 2010 2:25 pm 

    nice attempt but your dissection is so incomplete. Your analysis assumes that a players production is independent of others. cost-per-point tells us nothing.

    Yes, you’ve done well to indicate a simple cost-per-point. Go further and conduct a cluster analysis to determine which other players on the line/team benefit from the point production and or play of this individual. Similarly, you can determine based on the play of a player, players on the opposing team who may benefit from the play of an individual. This requires looking at line matchups, +/-, etc…

  4. Joe D on Wed, 13th Jan 2010 6:22 pm 

    This is interesting and all, but I think it would be much more interesting to calculate how much each player has earned, instead of based on overall salary. This way it eliminates injuries from the equation. For example: Johan Franzen makes 3,955,000 and has played in 3 games with 2 points. That’s a .66 point per game pace, but according to this it looks like hes one of the most worthless players in the league. However, if you do 3/82 * 3,955,000=144,695. Then, divide that by 2, since he has 2 points, and thats 72,347.50 per point.

    By doing it this way, it more fairly distributes the earnings per point

  5. Tyler on Wed, 13th Jan 2010 10:21 pm 

    Eric,
    You are correct, that would be a more accurate and complex analysis. What Ryan did was look at a simple cost per point. However, all other statistics that are kept in hockey are independent of others. For example, Martin Brodeur’s shutout record is independent of the team playing in front of him. Using your hypothesis would could extrapolate the data to determine that Gretzky should not be the NHL’s all time points leader because he played with too many other good players in Edmonton and early in LA… His point production did drop off when he was with the Blues and Rangers etc. Or, was that a product of his age?
    The point is that there will always be variables that we cannot account for and the NHL is full of relatively useless statistics. But, because such statistics are kept we tend to analyze them in different ways – complex or otherwise.
    -Tyler

  6. Dion on Thu, 14th Jan 2010 9:05 am 

    That is like saying the St. Louis Cardinals should get rid of Pouljos, he ranks towards the bottom on his team dollars per home runs. SENSLESS MEASUREMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Dion on Thu, 14th Jan 2010 9:08 am 

    This was an attempt to pander to the meatball fans, if you notice names like: Crosby, Ovechkin, and Malkin are not on the list. The three names I just wrote would all be ranked below 297.

  8. Dion on Thu, 14th Jan 2010 9:13 am 

    Your theory suggests that Kane & Toews will be on the down slide, because their salaries will jump from 850,000 to 5,000,000.

  9. blairblvd (blairblvd) on Sat, 16th Jan 2010 2:26 pm 

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    Two Preds–Patric Hornqvist & Marcel Goc–among NHL’s top 15 bargains. [link to post]

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  10. michael g on Mon, 18th Jan 2010 6:53 pm 

    I tend to agree with Joe D about the games played factor and it applies to many players. Although my bigger problem would be for call ups as the cap hit is only applied for the number of games played I believe, isn’t that why Calgary played with a short bench to save cap space and Pittsburgh sent Satan to the minors only to bring him back in the playoffs, so that the games missed didn’t count against the cap. For a player such as Tyler Ennis ranked 451 with one point in one game at $875,000, but in reality the cap hit should only be $10,670.73 (875000/82)*1 game played.
    Unless I’m way off on how the cap works, but I don’t believe every player called up from the AHL has their entire salary count against the NHL teams cap.

  11. C Dub on Tue, 19th Jan 2010 3:18 pm 

    I would rather see a salary per game compared with points per game.

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