Ramblings: Perry vs. Lucic, Domi vs. Galchenyuk, Montreal vs. Ottawa (June 17)

Perry vs. Lucic, Domi vs. Galchenyuk, Montreal vs. Ottawa

Two players that I’ve covered in recent Ramblings are Corey Perry and Milan Lucic, so it’s fitting that I’d receive a question from the Dobber Sports Facebook page from my last Ramblings about who would be better to own. I think it depends on the league.

See the first league below, which counts penalty minutes but not hits:
 

	Yahoo Rank	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPP	SOG
Perry	132	17	32	-4	71	11	168
Lucic	220	10	24	-12	80	7	147

 

Lucic provides his share of penalty minutes, but so does Perry. Even though last season was Lucic’s worst since 2009-10, there is still a chance he can rebound from a sub-40-point season and a single-digit power-play-point total, either in Edmonton or somewhere else. The lack of power-play points was not related to lack of opportunity, as he was regularly used on the first-unit power play. In fact, Lucic went nearly three months without a single power-play point. Perry would clearly be the player I would go with in this league format, or any league format that emphasizes scoring.

But in this league that counts hits but not penalty minutes:
 

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