Today on Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to do a quick pulse check on some of the trade deadline movers. It has been about two weeks since the deadline, and most teams have something in the range of 6-7 games played. Not all of the players have managed to get into all of their new team's games (visa issues, mostly), so we are still dealing with some small samples in some cases.

To grab this data, I took advantage of the custom report option within the Dobber Reports dropdown. The following table is a Big Board Report using all games played in the custom date range from the trade deadline up to Wednesday, March 18th. Obviously since many teams play on Thursday the 19th there will be some additional information available as you are reading this.

The table below contains some basic player information (name, position, and new team) and then a simple breakdown of scoring (points), shots, (shots per game), and deployment (percent of the team's power-play, and average time on ice) for each player since being moved.

Bobby McMann has found instant success in Seattle. I say instant, because he has hit the ground running, but he has only played three games thus far, missing several due to prolonged visa issues. He immediately slotted in on the top line with Jordan Eberle and Matty Beniers, with Jared McCann moving down to fill in for the injured Jaden Schwartz, and has been shooting and scoring in bunches so far. He is on a three-game point streak, shooting more than three times a night on average, and getting over 18 minutes a night. He is not going to continue scoring four goals on 10 shots so the six points in three games is clearly a mirage, but the shot rate is encouraging. He is not getting the lion's share of the power-play time, as it has been split pretty evenly the last three games, and he will need that if he is going to keep up anything close to a point per game. As much as it is fun to see someone in Seattle scoring, until proven otherwise though, I am looking at him like any other Seattle forward. Ride the hot hand while it lasts but maybe don't expect it to.

Like with McMann, Ryan Strome had a hot start in Calgary with four points over his first three games. He put up only two over Calgary's next five games. In his most recent game, he lined up with Connor Zary and Yegor Sharangovich, which is fine, and got almost 20 minutes of overall ice time. On average though he is closer to 16.5 minutes and he is not shooting or consistently getting more than 50 percent of the power-play time. There is really not a lot to like in Calgary at the moment, and Strome certainly isn't the exception to that rule.

Same story for Conor Garland. He started off his career in Columbus with a bang, scoring four goals in two games, but that is the extent of his production to date. He is getting very little power-play time, less than 13 minutes a night on average on what is maybe a second line, and outside of those two games isn’t really even shooting. There are plenty of interesting options in Columbus at the moment (like Charlie Coyle and Mason Marchment), but Garland is not currently one of them.

Nazem Kadri should be a no-doubt run-out-and-grab-kind of candidate, but he isn't really doing much with his opportunity so far. He got games on the line with Nathan Mackinnon before moving to the second line with Brock Nelson and Nicolas Roy, but he has been a fixture on the top power-play. Unfortunately while guys like Martin Necas are going ham, Kadri has yet to cash in, only putting up three points so far. He has been shooting though, and getting over 20 minutes a night, so I am still interested and assuming some more points might follow. One thing to watch is what happens to his deployment when Gabriel Landeskog and Artturi Lehkonen return to the lineup.

Brayden Schenn's biggest claim to fame so far is that he is getting top power-play deployment in Long Island. It has not translated to a lot of fantasy success, with one of his three points over five games on the power play. It does provide a bit of an opportunity though so if your league is deep enough, he could provide some occasional value.

Justin Faulk is kind of still doing his thing in Detroit. He isn't getting much power-play time, so the point pace of the early season definitely won't continue, but his peripheral contributions are still decent. Over his first five games he has seven shots, ten hits, and eleven blocks. The shot rates have been the least consistent, so that is something to watch, but for now he is still providing some multi-cat value.

Mackenzie Weegar is sort of a similar story, but for him the expectations were much higher. He was a multi-cat king for a while, and then when he had power-play time on top of that he was fantasy gold. His peripherals are ok, but not even up to his usual standard, and the points are almost non-existent in Utah. He is not getting any power-play time so managers really just need to hope that he can at least sustain those peripherals for him to retain any value at all.

John Carlson finally suited up in Anaheim and as of this writing only has two games to show for it. We can't judge too much off of two games, but he does seem to be getting looks on the top power-play so hopefully that can translate in some point production for him.

That is all for this week.

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