Detroit Red Wings Sign Frans Nielsen

Dobber

2016-07-01

Fantasy Impact: The Detroit Red Wings have signed center Frans Nielsen to a six-year deal worth $31.5 million ($5.25M per season).

 

The Wings get: an underrated two-way centerman. His defense is well known, but his offensive capability is what's underrated. Just two years removed from a 59-point season, Nielsen is a steady contributor to both the power play and the penalty kill. You can see his percentage of the team's power play and penalty kill (%PP and %SH) here in the 'NHL Stats – Last 5 Years' section. His 82-game average, last five years (pro-rated) is 51 points.

 

Fantasy Players Impacted: Nielsen, whose wife is expecting their first child next month, will fill the void left by Pavel Datsyuk. And given the way Henrik Zetterberg's game is slowing down, Nielsen could be leaned on more than ever this season. Riley Sheahan isn't first-line material, Andreas Athanasiou is several years from possibly reaching such status, and Dylan Larkin is on the wing far more than he was at center.

If Datsyuk played 82 games next season, he's a safe bet for 60 to 65 points. Believe it or not, Nielsen could be good for 60 points in this new situation. So in terms of offense, as silly as it sounds, the downgrade from Datsyuk to Nielsen is almost negligible. Adding Nielsen will hurt the ice time of Sheahan and Athanasiou, but as far as impact on the wingers go – it's not going to be much.

 

Fantasy Players this helps, in order:

1. Nielsen (game logs, stats and line combos here)

 

📢 advertisement:

Fantasy Players this hurts, in order: 

1. Athanasiou (game logs, stats and line combos here) (scouting report here)

2. Sheahan (game logs, stats and line combos here)

 

 

 

 

2 Comments

  1. Cal Growette 2016-07-01 at 22:35

    Does anyone else think 6 years for a 32 year old euro is dumb?

    • Mark 2016-07-01 at 23:54

      Term? Yes. Because he’s European? No.

Leave A Comment

UPCOMING GAMES

Mar 28 - 19:03 OTT vs CHI
Mar 28 - 19:03 TOR vs WSH
Mar 28 - 19:03 MTL vs PHI
Mar 28 - 19:03 PIT vs CBJ
Mar 28 - 19:03 FLA vs NYI
Mar 28 - 19:03 CAR vs DET
Mar 28 - 20:03 MIN vs S.J
Mar 28 - 20:03 STL vs CGY
Mar 28 - 20:03 WPG vs VGK
Mar 28 - 21:03 EDM vs L.A
Mar 28 - 21:03 COL vs NYR
Mar 28 - 22:03 SEA vs ANA
Mar 28 - 22:03 VAN vs DAL
Mar 28 - 22:03 ARI vs NSH

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
TAGE THOMPSON BUF
JJ PETERKA BUF
ANTHONY DUCLAIR T.B
JORDAN GREENWAY BUF
JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY MTL

Top Goalie Profile Views

  Players Team
ALEKSEI KOLOSOV PHI
JOONAS KORPISALO OTT
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN BUF
KAREL VEJMELKA ARI
JUSTUS ANNUNEN COL

LINE COMBOS

  Frequency WSH Players
23.7 ALEX OVECHKIN T.J. OSHIE CONNOR MCMICHAEL
22.3 DYLAN STROME MAX PACIORETTY IVAN MIROSHNICHENKO
10.0 MICHAEL SGARBOSSA ALIAKSEI PROTAS HENDRIX LAPIERRE

DobberHockey Podcasts

FIND US ON FACEBOOK

📢 advertisement: