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[Wild About Numbers]: Minnesota Wild Individual Even Strength Scoring Rankings (2000-2014)

Which forwards and defencemen recorded the best points per 60 at even strength for the Wild each season since the franchise entered the NHL?

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Retro Wild
Doug Pensinger

Today's 'Wild About Numbers' features some digging through the Wild's 14 year history. I decided to go back through each season and (using the data on NHL.com) record the even strength (EV) points scored by each forward and defenceman (I excluded ones who scored an insignificant amount of points or played very few games) as well as the amount of EV minutes they played and use that data to calculate and rank their individual P/60.

This data is only available back as far as 2011-12 on Extra Skater and Hockey Analysis only has 5v5 scoring so I had no other choice but to calculate the numbers manually.

These numbers should at the very least let you get lost in some early Wild nostalgia and see which players were productive by stats that likely weren't available at the time.

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2000/01

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Scott Pellerin

25

726.13

2.065746

1

Willie Mitchell

6

267.50

1.345794

2

Sergei Krivokrasov

18

565.43

1.910051

2

Lubomir Sekeras

21

1184.00

1.064189

3

Marian Gaborik

24

844.90

1.704344

3

Filip Kuba

15

1226.52

0.733783

4

Stacy Roest

22

841.18

1.569224

4

Sean O'Donnell

13

1115.95

0.698956

5

Darby Hendrickson

21

807.77

1.55985

5

Brad Bombardir

10

1056.22

0.568063

6

Jim Dowd

21

828.92

1.52005

6

Andy Sutton

5

801.88

0.374121

7

Aaron Gavey

19

801.98

1.421482

8

Antti Laaksonen

24

1061.52

1.356545

9

Cameron Stewart

11

580.22

1.1375

10

Wes Walz

20

1066.52

1.125155


  • The Wild had a pretty small core in these early days. Scott Pellerin was the most efficient scoring forward while a young Willie Mitchell led the way for the defencemen.
  • Young Marian Gaborik was a pretty good EV scorer even in his rookie season.


2001/02

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marian Gaborik

41

997.13

2.467081

1

Filip Kuba

14

1090.53

0.770268

2

Andrew Brunette

37

937.95

2.366864

2

Willie Mitchell

11

1191.23

0.554049

3

Aaron Gavey

14

439.82

1.909872

3

Lubomir Sekeras

10

1107.82

0.541604

4

Wes Walz

26

845.15

1.845826

4

Nick Schultz

6

701.93

0.512872

5

Antti Laaksonen

33

1075.47

1.841056

5

Jason Marshall

8

1123.00

0.427427

6

Sergei Zholtok

21

839.32

1.501215

6

Ladislav Benysek

7

1146.48

0.366339

7

Jim Dowd

21

881.02

1.43016

8

Richard Park

18

758.52

1.423825

9

Pascal Dupuis

20

870.78

1.378075

10

Stacy Roest

16

700.87

1.369726

11

Darby Hendrickson

13

815.17

0.956856


  • Gaborik and Brunette were running the show by the franchise's 2nd season.
  • Pascal Dupuis was now on the scene but he hadn't found much production at EV yet.
  • Nick Schultz scored at around 0.5 P/60 at EV, a rate which he would maintain for roughly the next 6 years.


2002/03

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marian Gaborik

42

1078.32

2.336969

1

Brad Bombardir

14

1034.50

0.811986

2

Jeremy Stevenson

10

290.20

2.06754

2

Jason Marshall

5

462.75

0.648298

3

Pascal Dupuis

34

1044.50

1.953088

3

Filip Kuba

15

1427.37

0.63053

4

Wes Walz

31

1042.32

1.784481

4

Willie Mitchell

13

1260.60

0.618753

5

Sergei Zholtok

28

963.58

1.743498

5

Nick Schultz

10

1162.38

0.516182

6

Cliff Ronning

25

971.47

1.544052

6

Lubomir Sekeras

6

896.93

0.401369

7

Antti Laaksonen

27

1061.82

1.525682

7

Andrei Zyuzin

6

1067.55

0.337221

8

Andrew Brunette

22

884.37

1.492588

9

PM Bouchard

11

517.78

1.274673

10

Richard Park

19

1004.03

1.135424

11

Jim Dowd

14

830.25

1.011743


  • Gaborik, Dupuis and Stevenson led the way in the 2002/03 season that resulted in the team reaching the Western Conference Finals.
  • PMB had a pretty quiet start to his career in terms of EV scoring.


2003/04

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Alexandre Daigle

34

955.17

2.135745

1

Andrei Zyuzin

13

1037.62

0.75172

2

Stephane Veilleux

7

211.65

1.984408

2

Nick Schultz

12

1304.20

0.552063

3

Marian Gaborik

29

889.60

1.955935

3

Willie Mitchell

10

1360.83

0.440907

4

Sergei Zholtok

23

726.53

1.89944

4

Filip Kuba

10

1416.12

0.423693

5

Andrew Brunette

30

979.33

1.837991

5

Alex Henry

6

989.22

0.363923

6

Marc Chouinard

16

531.77

1.805292

6

Brad Bombardir

3

936.00

0.192308

7

Wes Walz

22

767.23

1.720475

8

Jim Dowd

17

621.92

1.640082

9

Pascal Dupuis

20

754.13

1.591238

10

Antti Laaksonen

23

1017.42

1.356372

11

Matt Johnson

8

367.00

1.307902

12

PM Bouchard

13

670.67

1.163016

13

Richard Park

17

911.40

1.119157

14

Jason Wiemer

13

714.35

1.091902


  • Alexandre Daigle bumped Gaborik from the top of the EV scoring this season, followed closely by, current Wild forward, Steve Veilleux.


2005/06

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marian Gaborik

41

828.65

2.968684

1

Filip Kuba

19

984.32

1.15816

2

Brian Rolston

42

988.35

2.549704

2

Kurtis Foster

10

717.93

0.835736

3

Todd White

24

642.27

2.242048

3

Brent Burns

11

830.90

0.794319

4

PM Bouchard

28

829.08

2.026342

4

Andrei Zyuzin

10

797.50

0.752351

5

Alexandre Daigle

15

460.87

1.952828

5

Nick Schultz

13

1116.78

0.698437

6

Wes Walz

31

991.35

1.876229

6

Daniel Tjarnqvist

8

898.57

0.534182

7

Randy Robitaille

20

722.32

1.661314

7

Alex Henry

5

640.58

0.468326

8

Kyle Wanvig

11

466.28

1.415459

8

Willie Mitchell

8

1029.80

0.46611

9

Marc Chouinard

16

769.90

1.246915

10

Stephane Veilleux

14

741.23

1.133251

11

Pascal Dupuis

15

799.28

1.126013

12

Mikko Koivu

11

621.53

1.061896

13

Derek Boogaard

6

347.18

1.036926


  • Filip Kuba led the way for defencemen in the first season after the lockout while Gaborik, Brian Rolston, Todd White and Bouchard put up the best numbers among the forwards.
  • Mikko Koivu started quietly in his rookie year in terms of EV scoring.


2006/07

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marian Gaborik

34

707.88

2.881844

1

Brent Burns

17

1063.85

0.958782

2

Mark Parrish

28

796.33

2.109678

2

Keith Carney

15

1060.45

0.848696

3

Pavol Demitra

36

1029.18

2.098758

3

Kurtis Foster

10

760.08

0.789391

4

PM Bouchard

33

1026.47

1.928941

4

Martin Skoula

14

1373.83

0.611429

5

Mikko Koivu

32

1030.58

1.863029

5

Petteri Nummelin

7

766.95

0.547624

6

Todd White

28

937.25

1.792478

6

Nick Schultz

12

1357.87

0.530242

7

Wes Walz

23

781.87

1.764999

7

Kim Johnsson

9

1303.48

0.414276

8

Brian Rolston

28

1046.83

1.604845

9

Stephane Veilleux

17

801.28

1.272963

10

Adam Hall

5

242.12

1.239055

11

Branko Radivojevic

16

897.18

1.070019

13

Pascal Dupuis

8

560.12

0.856959

14

Wyatt Smith

5

564.60

0.53135

  • Brent Burns had a breakout year offensively and was the Wild's most efficient scoring defenceman.
  • Mark Parrish and Pavol Demitra both scored at a good rate and Koivu's scoring improved in his sophomore season.


2007/08

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marian Gaborik

58

1188.78

2.927371

1

Brent Burns

23

1423.02

0.969769

2

Pavol Demitra

40

992.97

2.416991

2

Keith Carney

11

764.97

0.862779

3

Matt Foy

8

205.30

2.338042

3

Kurtis Foster

9

735.40

0.734294

4

PM Bouchard

38

1070.02

2.130801

4

Kim Johnsson

17

1454.57

0.701238

5

Mikko Koivu

29

861.25

2.020319

5

Nick Schultz

14

1350.13

0.622162

6

Aaron Voros

13

427.53

1.824433

6

Petteri Nummelin

3

337.15

0.533887

7

Brian Rolston

30

1159.10

1.552929

7

Sean Hill

4

477.80

0.502302

8

Mark Parrish

18

702.82

1.536667

8

Martin Skoula

11

1389.33

0.475049

9

Eric Belanger

22

948.08

1.392288

10

James Sheppard

16

762.78

1.258554

11

Stephane Veilleux

17

946.52

1.077632

12

Todd Fedoruk

9

541.67

0.996917

14

Branko Radivojevic

15

948.02

0.949347

15

Dominic Moore

3

325.57

0.552876

  • Gaborik continued to dominate the forwards scoring at EV while Burns set the standard for the defencemen.


2008/09

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marian Gaborik

15

270.82

3.323241

1

Kurtis Foster

4

108.98

2.202239

2

Owen Nolan

28

776.20

2.164391

2

Marc-Andre Bergeron

14

958.77

0.876123

3

PM Bouchard

30

973.35

1.849283

3

Marek Zidlicky

17

1305.27

0.781448

4

Andrew Brunette

32

1083.02

1.77282

4

Brent Burns

13

1003.12

0.777574

5

Mikko Koivu

35

1194.65

1.757837

5

Martin Skoula

15

1384.75

0.649937

6

Antti Miettinen

28

1098.75

1.52901

6

Kim Johnsson

16

1588.55

0.604325

7

Eric Belanger

21

1059.35

1.189409

7

Erik Reitz

2

295.93

0.405501

8

Benoit Pouliot

7

356.75

1.177295

8

Nick Schultz

9

1355.60

0.398348

9

James Sheppard

21

1071.60

1.175812

10

Stephane Veilleux

21

1076.87

1.170058

11

Cal Clutterbuck

17

922.33

1.105895

12

Dan Fritsche

6

340.57

1.057051

13

Colton Gillies

6

355.85

1.011662

14

Derek Boogard

3

249.75

0.720721

  • Gaborik scored at the highest rate but he missed a lot of time through injury. Owne Nolan picked up the slack in his absence.
  • Burns' scoring rate dropped off, ranking 4th among Wild defencemen.


2009/10

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Eric Belanger

26

701.23

2.224662

1

Clayton Stoner

2

105.52

1.137225

2

Guillaume Latendresse

29

786.98

2.210984

2

Marek Zidlicky

19

1386.87

0.821995

3

Mikko Koivu

42

1209.02

2.084333

3

Shane Hnidy

11

862.85

0.764907

4

Marty Havlat

36

1043.65

2.069659

4

Brent Burns

9

809.27

0.667268

5

Andrew Brunette

36

1129.60

1.912181

5

Nick Schultz

15

1392.63

0.646259

6

Antti Miettinen

30

1082.03

1.66354

6

Kim Johnsson

10

951.90

0.630318

7

Kyle Brodziak

29

1053.88

1.651042

7

Greg Zanon

15

1532.15

0.58741

8

Owen Nolan

23

930.63

1.482866

8

Cam Barker

3

332.63

0.541142

9

Chuck Kobasew

12

511.32

1.40812

10

Robbie Earl

6

281.20

1.280228

11

Cal Clutterbuck

18

904.83

1.193594

12

Andrew Ebbett

9

549.62

0.982497

13

Derek Boogaard

4

346.83

0.691982

15

James Sheppard

5

699.88

0.428645

  • Eric Belanger is the surprising name at the top of the forwards rankings in 2010 with, even more surprisingly, Clayton Stoner topping the defenceman rankings (albeit in a tiny sample size).


2010/11

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Marty Havlat

48

1197.27

2.405472

1

Brent Burns

31

1541.20

1.206852

2

Mikko Koivu

39

1024.80

2.283372

2

Marek Zidlicky

15

749.50

1.200801

3

PM Bouchard

28

763.67

2.199903

3

Nick Schultz

15

1273.57

0.706675

4

Guillaume Latendresse

4

120.98

1.983799

4

Clayton Stoner

9

838.63

0.643907

5

Cal Clutterbuck

28

935.08

1.796638

5

Justin Falk

3

281.90

0.638524

6

Kyle Brodziak

29

1024.27

1.698771

6

Jared Spurgeon

6

705.98

0.509929

7

Andrew Brunette

28

1121.13

1.498488

7

Marco Scandella

2

282.15

0.425306

8

John Madden

22

953.97

1.383691

8

Cam Barker

3

737.43

0.244091

9

Chuck Kobasew

16

699.92

1.371585

9

Greg Zanon

5

1507.55

0.198998

10

Antti Miettinen

21

947.30

1.330096

12

Brad Staubitz

9

459.07

1.176291

13

Patrick O'Sullivan

4

247.45

0.969893

14

Matt Cullen

14

1005.82

0.835139

15

Casey Wellman

2

143.88

0.834028

16

Eric Nystrom

11

944.80

0.698561

  • 2011 looks a bit more normal with Havlat, Koivu and PMB leading the way for the forwards and Burns and Zidlicky topping the defensive rankings.


2011/12

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Guillaume Latendresse

8

202.17

2.37424

1

Marek Zidlicky

11

699.07

0.944111

2

Casey Wellman

6

158.83

2.266574

2

Steven Kampfer

3

208.03

0.86526

3

Brett Bulmer

3

94.82

1.898334

3

Tom Gilbert

5

420.48

0.71347

4

PM Bouchard

15

477.20

1.886002

4

Nate Prosser

9

830.88

0.649913

5

Mikko Koivu

25

885.08

1.694762

5

Justin Falk

8

795.95

0.603053

6

Kyle Brodziak

33

1226.65

1.614152

6

Greg Zanon

6

637.88

0.564369

7

Carson McMillan

3

118.37

1.520656

7

Jared Spurgeon

11

1201.15

0.549473

8

Matt Cullen

26

1055.82

1.477525

8

Mike Lundin

2

290.87

0.412555

9

Dany Heatley

34

1422.65

1.433944

9

Clayton Stoner

5

811.35

0.369754

10

Nick Johnson

25

1082.42

1.385784

10

Marco Scandella

6

1108.82

0.324669

11

Devin Setoguchi

23

1021.05

1.35155

11

Nick Schultz

2

1037.67

0.115644

12

Cal Clutterbuck

16

943.85

1.017111

13

Erik Christensen

5

302.68

0.991146

14

Matt Kassian

2

132.87

0.903138

15

Darroll Powe

13

940.37

0.829461

16

Stephane Veilleux

2

191.07

0.628042

17

Warren Peters

5

529.62

0.566444

18

Colton Gillies

2

303.87

0.394906

19

Jed Ortmeyer

2

304.05

0.394672


  • "The worst season ever" features an absolute army of players due to all the injuries and trades that happened that year.
  • Casey Wellman, Brett Bulmer and Steven Kampfer all rank higher than you would expect (in small sample sizes of course).


2012/13

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Matt Cullen

23

529.23

2.607562

1

Ryan Suter

17

1025.75

0.994394

2

Jason Pominville

6

150.55

2.391232

2

Tom Gilbert

9

697.65

0.774027

3

Devin Setoguchi

21

597.95

2.1072

3

Marco Scandella

1

79.52

0.754527

4

Pierre-Marc Bouchard

18

524.83

2.057809

4

Jared Spurgeon

8

667.95

0.718617

5

Zach Parise

25

757.53

1.98012

5

Clayton Stoner

9

798.35

0.676395

6

Mikko Koivu

24

769.35

1.87171

6

Jonas Brodin

9

895.20

0.603217

7

Charlie Coyle

13

514.23

1.516831

7

Brett Clark

1

107.65

0.557362

8

Dany Heatley

14

556.20

1.510248

8

Justin Falk

3

527.97

0.340928

9

Jason Zucker

5

218.78

1.371241

10

Mikael Granlund

6

308.90

1.165426

11

Torrey Mitchell

8

413.62

1.160485

12

Cal Clutterbuck

9

506.38

1.066393

13

Mike Rupp

4

283.98

0.84513

14

Kyle Brodziak

9

680.32

0.793744


  • Last season was all about Matt Cullen, who enjoyed a fantastic year in terms of production.
  • Bouchard, in a year where he received a lot of criticism, scored faster than Parise and Koivu at EV.
  • Granlund was written off as a bust while Jason Zucker was hailed as a savior but it's hard to understand why looking at their respective production rates at EV.


2013/14

Forwards

Defencemen

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

#

NAME

P

TOI

P/60

1

Jason Pominville

38

1157.87

1.969133

1

Jared Spurgeon

17

1136.88

0.897192

2

Zach Parise

32

985.70

1.947854

2

Marco Scandella

17

1151.37

0.885901

3

Mikko Koivu

31

957.08

1.943411

3

Ryan Suter

23

1782.47

0.774207

4

Mikael Granlund

29

902.90

1.927124

4

Keith Ballard

7

554.32

0.757685

5

Matt Moulson

6

196.35

1.833461

5

Nate Prosser

6

605.80

0.594256

6

Nino Niederreiter

28

976.48

1.720465

6

Jonas Brodin

12

1484.58

0.484986

7

Justin Fontaine

18

680.98

1.58595

7

Clayton Stoner

5

744.10

0.403172

8

Charlie Coyle

23

936.78

1.473131

9

Erik Haula

8

336.03

1.428444

10

Matt Cooke

23

970.93

1.421318

11

Kyle Brodziak

21

1018.17

1.237514

12

Dany Heatley

17

909.90

1.121002

13

Torrey Mitchell

9

495.70

1.089369

14

Mike Rupp

1

73.27

0.818889

15

Jason Zucker

3

252.85

0.711885

16

Stephane Veilleux

2

204.98

0.585423

17

Zenon Konopka

2

235.87

0.508755

  • The stars have been getting it done for the Wild this year but they've also had great contributions from youngsters such as Granlund and Niederreiter.
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-Here are the top-50 individual seasons for Wild forwards at EV:

Top-50 EV P/60 Seasons: Forwards

1

Marian Gaborik (2009)

3.323241

2

Marian Gaborik (2006)

2.968684

3

Marian Gaborik (2008)

2.927371

4

Marian Gaborik (2007)

2.881844

5

Matt Cullen (2013)

2.607562

6

Brian Rolston (2006)

2.549704

7

Marian Gaborik (2002)

2.467081

8

Pavol Demitra (2008)

2.416991

9

Marty Havlat (2011)

2.405472

10

Jason Pominville (2013)

2.391232

11

Guillaume Latendresse (2012)

2.37424

12

Andrew Brunette (2002)

2.366864

13

Matt Foy (2008)

2.338042

14

Marian Gaborik (2003)

2.336969

15

Mikko Koivu (2011)

2.283372

16

Casey Wellman (2012)

2.266574

17

Todd White (2006)

2.242048

18

Eric Belanger (2010)

2.224662

19

Guillaume Latendresse (2010)

2.210984

20

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2011)

2.199903

21

Owen Nolan (2009)

2.164391

22

Alexandre Daigle (2004)

2.135745

23

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2008)

2.130801

24

Mark Parrish (2007)

2.109678

25

Devin Setoguchi (2013)

2.1072

26

Pavol Demitra (2007)

2.098758

27

Mikko Koivu (2010)

2.084333

28

Marty Havlat (2010)

2.069659

29

Jeremy Stevenson (2003)

2.06754

30

Scott Pellerin (2001)

2.065746

31

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2013)

2.057809

32

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2006)

2.026342

33

Mikko Koivu (2008)

2.020319

34

Stephane Veilleux (2004)

1.984408

35

Guillaume Latendresse (2011)

1.983799

36

Zach Parise (2013)

1.98012

37

Jason Pominville (2014)

1.969133

38

Marian Gaborik (2004)

1.955935

39

Pascal Dupuis (2003)

1.953088

40

Alexandre Daigle (2006)

1.952828

41

Zach Parise (2014)

1.947854

42

Mikko Koivu (2014)

1.943411

43

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2007)

1.928941

44

Mikael Granlund (2014)

1.927124

45

Andrew Brunette (2010)

1.912181

46

Sergei Krivokrasov (2001)

1.910051

47

Aaron Gavey (2002)

1.909872

48

Sergei Zholtok (2004)

1.89944

49

Brett Bulmer (2012)

1.898334

50

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2012)

1.886002

  • No surprise that Gaborik is all over the top-10 here. Credit to Matt Cullen for making the top-5 in his last season for the Wild.
  • It might surprise some that Marty Havlat sneaks in at no.9 for his 2011 season.


-Here are the bottom-50 individual seasons for Wild forwards at EV:

Bottom-50 EV P/60 Seasons: Forwards

1

Jed Ortmeyer (2012)

0.394672

2

Colton Gillies (2012)

0.394906

3

James Sheppard (2010)

0.428645

4

Zenon Konopka (2014)

0.508755

5

Wyatt Smith (2007)

0.53135

6

Dominic Moore (2008)

0.552876

7

Warren Peters (2012)

0.566444

8

Stephane Veilleux (2014)

0.585423

9

Stephane Veilleux (2012)

0.628042

10

Derek Boogaard (2010)

0.691982

11

Eric Nystrom (2011)

0.698561

12

Jason Zucker (2014)

0.711885

13

Derek Boogard (2009)

0.720721

14

Kyle Brodziak (2013)

0.793744

15

Mike Rupp (2014)

0.818889

16

Darroll Powe (2012)

0.829461

17

Casey Wellman (2011)

0.834028

18

Matt Cullen (2011)

0.835139

19

Mike Rupp (2013)

0.84513

20

Pascal Dupuis (2007)

0.856959

21

Matt Kassian (2012)

0.903138

22

Branko Radivojevic (2008)

0.949347

23

Darby Hendrickson (2002)

0.956856

24

Patrick O'Sullivan (2011)

0.969893

25

Andrew Ebbett (2010)

0.982497

26

Erik Christensen (2012)

0.991146

27

Todd Fedoruk (2008)

0.996917

28

Colton Gillies (2009)

1.011662

29

Jim Dowd (2003)

1.011743

30

Cal Clutterbuck (2012)

1.017111

31

Derek Boogaard (2006)

1.036926

32

Dan Fritsche (2009)

1.057051

33

Mikko Koivu (2006)

1.061896

34

Cal Clutterbuck (2013)

1.066393

35

Branko Radivojevic (2007)

1.070019

36

Stephane Veilleux (2008)

1.077632

37

Torrey Mitchell (2014)

1.089369

38

Jason Wiemer (2004)

1.091902

39

Cal Clutterbuck (2009)

1.105895

40

Richard Park (2004)

1.119157

41

Dany Heatley (2014)

1.121002

42

Wes Walz (2000)

1.125155

43

Pascal Dupuis (2006)

1.126013

44

Stephane Veilleux (2006)

1.133251

45

Richard Park (2003)

1.135424

46

Cameron Stewart (2000)

1.1375

47

Torrey Mitchell (2013)

1.160485

48

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2004)

1.163016

49

Mikael Granlund (2013)

1.165426

50

Stephane Veilleux (2009)

1.170058

  • Four entries from the 2012 season make the top-10 here (surprise, surprise) with Jed Ortemyer and Colton Gillies occupying the top-2 spots. Congrats, guys, you posted the worst scoring rates at EV in Minnesota Wild history.
  • Two former Wild 1st round picks make the top-5, which is kind of depressing.
  • Veilleux, Konopka, Zucker and Rupp all make the top-15 based on their 2014 scoring rates.



-Here are the top-25 individual seasons for Wild defencemen at EV:

Top-25 EV P/60 Seasons: Defencemen

1

Kurtis Foster (2009)

2.202239

2

Willie Mitchell (2000)

1.345794

3

Brent Burns (2011)

1.206852

4

Marek Zidlicky (2011)

1.200801

5

Filip Kuba (2006)

1.15816

6

Clayton Stoner (2010)

1.137225

7

Lubomir Sekeras (2000)

1.064189

8

Ryan Suter (2013)

0.994394

9

Brent Burns (2008)

0.969769

10

Brent Burns (2007)

0.958782

11

Marek Zidlicky (2012)

0.944111

12

Jared Spurgeon (2014)

0.897192

13

Marco Scandella (2014)

0.885901

14

Marc-Andre Bergeron (2009)

0.876123

15

Steven Kampfer (2012)

0.86526

16

Keith Carney (2008)

0.862779

17

Keith Carney (2007)

0.848696

18

Kurtis Foster (2006)

0.835736

19

Marek Zidlicky (2010)

0.821995

20

Brad Bombardir (2003)

0.811986

21

Brent Burns (2006)

0.794319

22

Kurtis Foster (2007)

0.789391

23

Marek Zidlicky (2009)

0.781448

24

Brent Burns (2009)

0.777574

25

Ryan Suter (2014)

0.774207

  • Kurtis Foster easily takes the top spot here.
  • Brent Burns makes the top-10 with three separate seasons.
  • Spurgeon and Scandella are both currently just outside the top-10 with their respective performances this year.



-Here are the bottom-25 individual seasons for Wild defencemen at EV:

Bottom-25 EV P/60 Seasons: Defencemen

1

Nick Schultz (2012)

0.115644

2

Brad Bombardir (2004)

0.192308

3

Greg Zanon (2011)

0.198998

4

Cam Barker (2011)

0.244091

5

Marco Scandella (2012)

0.324669

6

Andrei Zyuzin (2003)

0.337221

7

Justin Falk (2013)

0.340928

8

Alex Henry (2004)

0.363923

9

Ladislav Benysek (2002)

0.366339

10

Clayton Stoner (2012)

0.369754

11

Andy Sutton (2000)

0.374121

12

Nick Schultz (2009)

0.398348

13

Lubomir Sekeras (2003)

0.401369

14

Clayton Stoner (2014)

0.403172

15

Erik Reitz (2009)

0.405501

16

Mike Lundin (2012)

0.412555

17

Kim Johnsson (2007)

0.414276

18

Filip Kuba (2004)

0.423693

19

Marco Scandella (2011)

0.425306

20

Jason Marshall (2002)

0.427427

21

Willie Mitchell (2004)

0.440907

22

Willie Mitchell (2006)

0.46611

23

Alex Henry (2006)

0.468326

24

Martin Skoula (2008)

0.475049

25

Jonas Brodin (2014)

0.484986

  • "Surprisingly", it's another entry from the 2012 season that takes the top spot here. Nick Schultz is the proud owner of the worst EV scoring rate in a season for a Wild defenceman. He beat our luminaries such as Greg Zanon and Cam Barker for this honour.
  • Clayton Stoner is the highest ranking player from this season but he will not be able to make a push for the top-10 due to his season ending injury. Jonas Brodin is 25th for his current performance.
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