MATTIAS JANMARK-NYLEN - Center - 26 - $2.30MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2020-2021
LAST UPDATED 8/17/19
Janmark is a very interesting NHL player. He's been a consistent member of Dallas' every-night NHL lineup for the better part of three seasons now, and he's gotten chance after chance to cement himself as one of the team's premier secondary scorers, but he's thus far been unable to do so. After nearly scoring 20 goals in 2017-18, Janmark saw his unsustainably high 14% s% drop to 5.7%, and his goal total dropped to 6 as a result. I believe that Janmark is probably less a 6 goal, 25 point scorer and more a 15 goal, 35 point scorer, but this past season was not encouraging. That being said, I think that Janmark's true value does not lie in his scoring. Sure, he has a good shot and decent puck skills, but shoehorning him into an offensive role would be a mistake. Janmark's isolated impact metrics say as much, showing Janmark to be a major liability on the power play despite getting a significant amount of minutes on the man advantage. Janmark's defense, though, is very strong. He's a smart player with a good defensive stick, and he leverages that strong defensive stick as well as his above-average size to be a strong penalty killer and an impact player along the boards. He's not going to win a Selke trophy, but he provides legitimate value on the penalty kill and should be well worth the $2.3MM cap hit with his defense even if his offense doesn't recover. If Janmark's only going to score ~25 points, he's still a good third or fourth line penalty kill specialist, but if he can show the ability to score the 19 goals he scored in 2017-18 consistently, he could be a strong third line two-way forward with legitimate offensive value.
Janmark is a very interesting NHL player. He's been a consistent member of Dallas' every-night NHL lineup for the better part of three seasons now, and he's gotten chance after chance to cement himself as one of the team's premier secondary scorers, but he's thus far been unable to do so. After nearly scoring 20 goals in 2017-18, Janmark saw his unsustainably high 14% s% drop to 5.7%, and his goal total dropped to 6 as a result. I believe that Janmark is probably less a 6 goal, 25 point scorer and more a 15 goal, 35 point scorer, but this past season was not encouraging. That being said, I think that Janmark's true value does not lie in his scoring. Sure, he has a good shot and decent puck skills, but shoehorning him into an offensive role would be a mistake. Janmark's isolated impact metrics say as much, showing Janmark to be a major liability on the power play despite getting a significant amount of minutes on the man advantage. Janmark's defense, though, is very strong. He's a smart player with a good defensive stick, and he leverages that strong defensive stick as well as his above-average size to be a strong penalty killer and an impact player along the boards. He's not going to win a Selke trophy, but he provides legitimate value on the penalty kill and should be well worth the $2.3MM cap hit with his defense even if his offense doesn't recover. If Janmark's only going to score ~25 points, he's still a good third or fourth line penalty kill specialist, but if he can show the ability to score the 19 goals he scored in 2017-18 consistently, he could be a strong third line two-way forward with legitimate offensive value.
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