Speculation: Past Stanley Cup Champion Roster Creations

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Hi all, we've been talking in the roster thread about how Stanley Cup Champions brought their rosters together, and what big free agent signings/trade deadline deals put them over. I created for each team their roster of anyone who played in the playoffs that season, in what way they were acquired, and a "code" for each (that being Trade, Free Agent, Draft, Waivers). Acquisition cells that have royal blue text are what I deem to be the most important TDL and free agent signings, but please add your opinion if you disagree! This will all leave it up to discussion how we compare with that this season, or if anything meaningful is there.

2006 Carolina Hurricanes

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Eric Staal|21|C|25|19:48|Draft 2OA 2003|Draft
Cory Stillman|32|LW|25|18:42| Free agent 2005 |Free agent
Rod Brind'Amour|35|C|25|23:52|Traded January 2000 for Jean-Marc Pelletier and 2000 2nd (Agris Saviels)|Trade
Justin Williams|24|RW|25|21:36|Traded January 2004 for Danny Markov|Trade
Matt Cullen|29|C|25|15:37|Free agent 2004|Free agent
Mark Recchi|37|RW|25|16:34| Traded March 2006 for Niklas Nordgren, Krys Kolanos, 2007 2nd (Kevin Marshall) |Trade
Doug Weight|35|C|23|15:27| Traded January 2006 for Jesse Boulerice, Mike Zigomanis, Magnus Kahnberg, 2006 1st (Matthew Corrente), 2006 4th (Reto Berra), 2007 4th (Cade Fairchild) |Trade
Ray Whitney|33|RW|24|14:07|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Frantisek Kaberle|32|D|25|18:25|Free agent 2004|Free agent
Bret Hedican|35|D|25|22:40|Traded January 2002 for Tomas Malec, Sandis Ozolinsh, Byron Ritchie|Trade
Andrew Ladd|20|LW|17|9:27|Draft 4OA 2004|Draft
Aaron Ward|33|D|25|21:42|Traded July 2001 for 2002 2nd (Jiri Hudler)|Trade
Niclas Wallin|30|D|25|16:39|Draft 97OA 2000|Draft
Mike Commodore|26|D|25|19:27|Traded July 2005 for 2005 3rd (Gord Baldwin)|Trade
Glen Wesley|37|D|25|16:10|Free agent 2003|Free agent
Chad Larose|23|RW|21|8:58|Free agent 2003|Free agent
Cam Ward|21|G|23|57:23|Draft 25OA 2002|Draft
Craig Adams|28|RW|25|8:16|Traded October 2005 for Bruno St. Jacques|Trade
Kevyn Adams|31|C|25|11:44|Traded January 2002 for Sandis Ozolinsh and Byron Ritchie|Trade
Erik Cole|27|RW|2|15:29|Draft 71OA 1998|Draft
Martin Gerber|31|G|6|36:55|Traded June 2004 for Tomas Malec, 2004 3rd (Kyle Klubertanz)|Trade
Oleg Tverdovsky|29|D|5|5:16|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Josef Vasicek|25|C|8|10:04|Draft 91OA 1998|Draft

2007 Anaheim Ducks

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Ryan Getzlaf|21|C|21|21:43|Draft 19OA 2003|Draft
Corey Perry|21|RW|21|16:30|Draft 28OA 2003|Draft
Teemu Selanne|36|RW|21|19:08| Free agent 2005 |Free agent
Chris Pronger|32|D|19|30:11| Traded July 2006 for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, 2007 1st (Nick Ross), 2008 1st (Jordan Eberle), 2008 2nd (Travis Hamonic) |Trade
Andy McDonald|29|C|21|18:37|Free agent 2000|Free agent
Travis Moen|24|LW|21|17:19|Traded July 2005 for Michael Holmqvist|Trade
Samuel Pahlsson|29|C|21|19:25|Traded November 2000 for Patrick Traverse and Andrei Nazarov|Trade
Scott Niedermayer|33|D|21|29:51| Free agent 2005 |Free agent
Rob Niedermayer|32|C|21|18:35|Traded March 2003 for Mike Commodore and Jean-Francois Damphousse|Trade
Francois Beauchemin|26|D|20|30:33|Traded November 2005 for Sergei Fedorov and 2006 5th (Maxime Frechette)|Trade
Dustin Penner|24|RW|21|14:05|Free agent 2004|Free agent
Chris Kunitz|27|LW|13|17:47|Free agent 2003|Free agent
Todd Marchant|33|C|11|15:44|Waiver claim November 2005|Waivers
Ric Jackman|28|D|7|6:04|Traded January 2007 for 2007 6th (Corey Syvret)|Trade
Sean O'Donnell|35|D|21|20:20|Traded March 2006 for Joel Perreault|Trade
Kent Huskins|27|D|21|11:45|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Brad May|35|LW|18|7:21|Traded February 2007 for Michael Wall|Trade
Ilya Bryzgalov|26|G|5|53:22|Draft 44OA 2000|Draft
Ryan Carter|23|C|4|3:12|Free agent 2006|Free agent
Joe DiPenta|27|D|16|8:12|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Jean-Sebastien Giguere|29|G|18|59:17|Traded June 2000 for 2000 2nd (Matt Pettinger)|Trade
Mark Hartigan|29|C|1|3:34|Traded January 2007 for Zenon Konopka, Curtis Glencorss, and 2007 7th (Trent Vogelhuber)|Trade
Drew Miller|22|LW|3|6:00|Draft 186OA 2003|Draft
Joe Motzko|26|RW|3|3:55|Traded January 2007 for Zenon Konopka, Curtis Glencorss, and 2007 7th (Trent Vogelhuber)|Trade
George Parros|27|RW|5|3:49|Traded November 2006 for 2007 2nd (TJ Galiardi), 2007 3rd (Tyson Sexsmith)|Trade
Aaron Rome|23|D|1|11:01|Free agent 2004|Free agent
Ryan Shannon|23|RW|11|4:04|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Shawn Thornton|29|LW|15|3:58|Free agent 2006|Free agent

2008 Detroit Red Wings

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Henrik Zetterberg|27|LW|22|22:36|Draft 210OA 1999|Draft
Pavel Datsyuk|29|C|22|21:40|Draft 171OA 1998|Draft
Johan Franzen|28|C|16|18:49|Draft 97OA 2004|Draft
Niklas Kronwall|27|D|22|23:20|Draft 29OA 2000|Draft
Jiri Hudler|24|RW|22|11:36|Draft 58OA 2002|Draft
Brian Rafalski|34|D|22|24:53| Free agent 2007 |Free agent
Mikael Samuelsson|31|RW|22|15:56|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Nicklas Lidstrom|37|D|22|26:49|Draft 53OA 1989|Draft
Tomas Holmstrom|35|RW|21|17:10|Draft 257OA 1994|Draft
Valtteri Filppula|23|C|22|16:40|Draft 95OA 2002|Draft
Brad Stuart|28|D|21|21:40| Traded February 2008 for 2008 2nd (Peter Delmas) and 2009 4th (Ben Chiarot) |Trade
Kris Draper|36|C|22|15:27|Traded June 1993 for future considerations|Trade
Darren Helm|21|C|18|7:30|Draft 132OA 2005|Draft
Dallas Drake|38|RW|22|11:22|Free agent 2007|Free agent
Dan Cleary|29|RW|22|17:50|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Darren McCarty|35|RW|17|6:23|Free agent 2008 (February)|Free agent
Brett Lebda|26|D|19|12:33|Free agent 2004|Free agent
Mark Hartigan|30|C|4|5:21|Free agent 2007|Free agent
Andreas Lilja|32|D|12|14:05|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Kirk Maltby|35|LW|12|9:47|Traded March 1996 for Dan McGillis|Trade
Chris Chelios|46|D|14|12:54|Traded March 1999 for Anders Eriksson, 1999 1st (Steve McCarthy), 2001 1st (Adam Munro)|Trade
Dominik Hasek|43|G|4|51:30|Free agent 2006|Free agent
Chris Osgood|35|G|19|61:03|Free agent 2005|Free agent

2009 Pittsburgh Penguins

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Evgeni Malkin|22|C|24|20:57|Draft 2OA 2004|Draft
Sidney Crosby|21|C|24|20:49|Draft 1OA 2005|Draft
Bill Guerin|38|RW|24|17:01| Traded March 2009 for 2009 3rd (Michael Lee) |Trade
Ruslan Fedotenko|30|LW|24|14:31|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Sergei Gonchar|34|D|22|23:03|Free agent 2005|Free agent
Chris Kunitz|29|LW|24|16:55| Traded February 2009 for Ryan Whitney |Trade
Maxime Talbot|24|C|24|15:14|Draft 234OA 2002|Draft
Kris Letang|21|D|23|19:18|Draft 62OA 2005|Draft
Tyler Kennedy|22|C|24|13:40|Draft 99OA 2004|Draft
Jordan Staal|20|C|24|19:13|Draft 2OA 2006|Draft
Mark Eaton|31|D|24|18:07|Free agent 2006|Free agent
Matt Cooke|30|LW|24|15:09|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Miroslav Satan|34|RW|17|9:55|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Craig Adams|31|RW|24|9:45|Waiver claim March 2009|Waivers
Rob Scuderi|30|D|24|20:30|Draft 134OA 1998|Draft
Philippe Boucher|35|D|9|11:23|Traded November 2008 for Darryl Sydor|Trade
Brooks Orpik|28|D|24|20:04|Draft 18OA 2000|Draft
Hal Gill|33|D|24|19:26|Traded February 2008 for 2008 2nd (Jimmy Hayes) and 2009 5th (Andy Bathgate)|Trade
Alex Goligoski|23|D|2|10:22|Draft 61OA 2004|Draft
Petr Sykora|32|RW|7|11:55|Free agent 2007|Free agent
Pascal Dupuis|29|LW|16|8:23|Traded February 2008 for Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito, 2008 1st (Daulton Leveille)|Trade
Marc-Andre Fleury|24|G|24|60:18|Draft 1OA 2003|Free agent
Mathieu Garon|31|G|1|24:20|Traded January 2009 for Dany Sabourin, Ryan Stone, and 2011 4th (Tobias Rieder)|Trade

2010 Chicago Blackhawks

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Jonathan Toews|21|C|22|20:58|Draft 3OA 2006|Draft
Patrick Kane|21|RW|22|18:55|Draft 1OA 2007|Draft
Patrick Sharp|28|C|22|17:52|Traded December 2005 for Matt Ellison and 2006 3rd (Ryan White)|Trade
Duncan Keith|26|D|22|28:11|Draft 54OA 2002|Draft
Dustin Byfuglien|24|D|22|16:16|Draft 245OA 2003|Draft
Dave Bolland|23|C|22|18:40|Draft 32OA 2004|Draft
Marian Hossa|31|RW|22|18:25| Free agent 2009 |Free agent
Kris Versteeg|23|RW|22|17:13|Traded February 2007 for future considerations and Brandon Bochenski|Trade
Brent Seabrook|24|D|22|24:11|Draft 14OA 2003|Draft
Troy Brouwer|24|RW|19|11:01|Draft 214OA 2004|Draft
Niklas Hjalmarsson|22|D|22|21:01|Draft 108OA 2005|Draft
Tomas Kopecky|27|RW|17|13:35|Free agent 2009|Free agent
Andrew Ladd|24|LW|19|12:48|Traded February 2008 for Tuomo Ruutu|Trade
Brent Sopel|33|D|22|18:30|Free agent 2007|Free agent
Brian Campbell|30|D|19|19:35|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Ben Eager|26|LW|18|6:02|Traded December 2007 for Jim Vandermeer|Trade
John Madden|36|C|22|11:35|Free agent 2009|Free agent
Bryan Bickell|23|LW|4|13:14|Draft 41OA 2004|Draft
Nick Boynton|31|D|3|8:23|Traded March 2010 for future considerations|Trade
Adam Burish|27|C|15|5:35|Drafted 282OA 2002|Draft
Colin Fraser|25|C|3|8:24|Traded February 2004 for Alex Zhamnov and 2004 4th (RJ Anderson)|Trade
Jordan Hendry|25|D|15|8:09|Free agent 2006|Free agent
Cristobal Huet|34|G|1|19:56|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Antti Niemi|26|G|22|60:05|Free agent 2008|Free agent

2011 Boston Bruins

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
David Krejci|24|C|25|20:07|Draft 63OA 2004|Draft
Patrice Bergeron|25|C|23|18:42|Draft 45OA 2003|Draft
Brad Marchand|22|C|25|16:46|Draft 71OA 2006|Draft
Nathan Horton|25|C|21|16:54| Traded June 2010 for Dennis Wideman, 2010 1st (Derek Forbort), 2011 3rd (Kyle Rau) |Trade
Michael Ryder|30|RW|25|14:35|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Mark Recchi|42|RW|25|16:09|Traded March 2009 for Matt Lashoff and Martins Karsums|Trade
Chris Kelly|30|C|25|15:29| Traded February 2011 for 2011 2nd (Shane Prince) |Trade
Milan Lucic|22|LW|25|17:54|Draft 50OA 2006|Draft
Rich Peverley|28|C|25|16:11| Traded February 2011 for Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart |Trade
Dennis Seidenberg|29|D|25|27:38|Traded March 2010 for Byron Bitz, Craig Weller, 2010 2nd (Alexander Petrovic)|Trade
Tomas Kaberle|32|D|25|16:02| Traded February 2011 for Joe Colborne, 2011 1st (Rickard Rakell), 2012 2nd (Mike Winther) |Trade
Andrew Ference|31|D|25|20:37|Traded February 2007 for Brad Stuart, Wayne Primeau, and 2008 4th (TJ Brodie)|Trade
Johnny Boychuk|27|D|25|20:38|Traded June 2008 for Matt Hendricks|Trade
Zdeno Chara|33|D|24|27:39|Free agent 2006|Free agent
Tyler Seguin|19|C|13|10:35|Draft 2OA 2010|Draft
Daniel Paille|26|LW|25|8:43|Traded October 2009 for 2010 3rd (Kevin Sundher)|Trade
Gregory Campbell|27||25|10:00|Traded June 2010 for Dennis Wideman, 2010 1st (Derek Forbort), 2011 3rd (Kyle Rau)|Trade
Adam McQuaid|24|D|23|13:02|Traded May 2007 for 2007 5th (Jamie Benn)|Trade
Shawn Thornton|33|RW|18|6:58|Free agent 2007|Free agent
Shane Hnidy|35|D|3|3:09|Free agent 2011|Free agent
Tim Thomas|36|G|25|61:41|Free agent 2002|Free agent

2012 Los Angeles Kings

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Dustin Brown|27|RW|20|20:44|Draft 13OA 2003|Draft
Anze Kopitar|24|C|20|22:03|Draft 11OA 2005|Draft
Drew Doughty|22|D|20|26:09|Draft 2OA 2008|Draft
Mike Richards|26|C|20|19:31| Traded June 2011 for Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, 2012 2nd (Devin Shore) |Trade
Justin Williams|30|RW|20|18:24|Traded March 2009 for Patrick O'Sullivan and 2009 2nd (Brian Dumoulin)|Trade
Jeff Carter|27|C|20|18:02| Traded February 2012 for Jack Johnson and 2013 1st (Marko Dano) |Trade
Dustin Penner|29|RW|20|13:14|Traded February 2011 for Colten Teubert, 2011 1st (Oscar Klefbom), and 2012 3rd (Daniil Zharkov)|Trade
Trevor Lewis|25|C|20|14:54|Draft 17OA 2006|Draft
Dwight King|22|LW|20|12:54|Draft 109OA 2007|Draft
Matt Greene|28|D|20|16:06|Traded June 2008 for Lubomir Visnovsky|Trade
Jarret Stoll|29|C|20|17:06|Traded June 2008 for Lubomir Visnovsky|Trade
Alec Martinez|24|D|20|14:28|Draft 95OA 2007|Draft
Willie Mitchell|34|D|20|25:19|Free agent 2010|Free agent
Slava Voynov|22|D|20|19:32|Draft 32OA 2008|Draft
Jordan Nolan|22|C|20|7:17|Draft 186OA 2009|Draft
Rob Scuderi|33|D|20|21:44|Free agent 2009|Free agent
Jonathan Quick|26|G|20|61:55|Draft 72OA 2005|Draft
Colin Fraser|27|C|18|8:34|Traded June 2011 for 2012 7th (Ryan Smyth)|Trade
Brad Richardson|26|RW|13|8:35|Traded June 2008 for 2008 2nd (Peter Delmas)|Trade
Simon Gagne|31|LW|4|8:04|Free agent 2011|Free agent
Kyle Clifford|21|LW|3|5:01|Draft 35OA 2009|Draft
Andrei Loktionov|21|C|2|4:09|Draft 123OA 2008|Draft

2013 Chicago Blackhawks

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Patrick Kane|24|RW|23|20:56|Draft 1OA 2007|Draft
Bryan Bickell|26|LW|23|15:22|Draft 41OA 2004|Draft
Patrick Sharp|31|C|23|18:15|Traded December 2005 for Matt Ellison and 2006 3rd (Ryan White)|Trade
Marian Hossa|34|RW|22|19:57|Free agent 2009|Free agent
Jonathan Toews|24|C|23|21:33|Draft 3OA 2006|Draft
Duncan Keith|29|D|22|27:37|Draft 54OA 2002|Draft
Michal Handzus|35|C|23|16:03|Traded April 2012 for 2013 4th (Fredrik Bergvik)|Trade
Michael Frolik|24|C|23|13:09|Traded February 2011 for Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman, and David Pacan|Trade
Andrew Shaw|21|C|23|14:49|Draft 139OA 2011|Draft
Johnny Oduya|31|D|23|22:45|Traded February 2012 for 2013 2nd (Zachary Sanford) and 2013 3rd (JC Lipon)|Trade
Dave Bolland|26|C|18|13:31|Draft 32OA 2004|Draft
Brandon Saad|20|LW|23|16:24|Draft 43OA 2011|Draft
Marcus Kruger|22|C|23|13:48|Draft 149OA 2009|Draft
Niklas Hjalmarsson|25|D|23|23:15|Draft 108OA 2005|Draft
Brent Seabrook|27|D|23|23:05|Draft 14OA 2003|Draft
Michal Rozsival|34|D|23|19:16|Free agent 2012|Free agent
Viktor Stalberg|27|LW|19|10:35|Traded June 2010 for Kris Versteeg and Bill Sweatt|Trade
Nick Leddy|21|D|23|14:21|Traded February 2010 for Cam Barker|Trade
Daniel Carcillo|28|LW|4|6:41|Free agent 2011|Free agent
Brandon Bollig|26|LW|5|8:51|Free agent 2010|Free agent
Sheldon Brookbank|32|D|1|6:50|Free agent 2012|Free agent
Corey Crawfor|28|G|23|65:23|Draft 52OA 2003|Draft
Ben Smith|24|RW|1|10:23|Draft 169OA 2008|Draft

2014 Los Angeles Kings

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Anze Kopitar|26|C|26|21:13|Draft 11OA 2005|Draft
Jeff Carter|29|C|26|18:16|Traded February 2012 for Jack Johnson and 2013 1st (Marko Dano)|Trade
Justin Williams|32|RW|26|16:49|Traded March 2009 for Patrick O'Sullivan and 2009 2nd (Brian Dumoulin)|Trade
Marian Gaborik|31|RW|26|17:46| Traded March 2014 for Matt Frattin, 2014 3rd (Dominic Turgeon), 2015 2nd (Travis Dermott) |Trade
Drew Doughty|24|D|26|28:45|Draft 2OA 2008|Draft
Tyler Toffoli|21|C|26|13:18|Draft 47OA 2010|Draft
Dustin Brown|29|RW|26|16:57|Draft 13OA 2003|Draft
Jake Muzzin|24|D|26|23:24|Free agent 2010 (January)|Free agent
Tanner Pearson|21|LW|24|12:17|Draft 30OA 2012|Draft
Dwight King|24|LW|26|14:56|Draft 109OA 2007|Draft
Alec Martinez|26|D|26|16:37|Draft 95OA 2007|Draft
Mike Richards|28|C|26|15:33|Traded June 2011 for Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, 2012 2nd (Devin Shore)|Trade
Slava Voynov|24|D|26|23:08|Draft 32OA 2008|Draft
Kyle Clifford|23|LW|24|9:47|Draft 35OA 2009|Draft
Jarret Stoll|31|C|26|17:03|Traded June 2008 for Lubomir Visnovsky|Trade
Trevor Lewis|27|C|26|12:39|Draft 17OA 2006|Draft
Willie Mitchell|36|D|18|22:20|Free agent 2010|Free agent
Matt Greene|30|D|20|14:28|Traded June 2008 for Lubomir Visnovsky|Trade
Robyn Regehr|33|D|8|17:12|Traded April 2013 for 2014 2nd (Alex Lintuniemi) and 2015 2nd (Erik Cernak)|Trade
Martin Jones|24|G|2|28:13|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Jordan Nolan|24|C|3|8:09|Draft 186OA 2009|Draft
Jonathan Quick|28|G|26|61:44|Draft 72OA 2005|Draft
Jeff Schultz|27|D|7|18:51|Free agent 2013|Free agent

2015 Chicago Blackhawks

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Patrick Kane|26|RW|23|20:24|Draft 1OA 2007|Draft
Jonathan Toews|26|C|23|20:54|Draft 3OA 2006|Draft
Duncan Keith|31|D|23|31:07|Draft 54OA 2002|Draft
Marian Hossa|36|R|23|19:52|Free agent 2009|Free agent
Patrick Sharp|33|LW|23|15:35|Traded December 2005 for Matt Ellison and 2006 3rd (Ryan White)|Trade
Brad Richards|34|C|23|16:44|Free agent 2014|Free agent
Andrew Shaw|23|C|23|15:33|Draft 139OA 2011|Draft
Brandon Saad|22|LW|23|20:16|Draft 43OA 2011|Draft
Brent Seabrook|29|D|23|26:17|Draft 14OA 2003|Draft
Teuvo Teravainen|20|LW|18|13:28|Draft 18OA 2012|Draft
Antoine Vermette|32|C|20|13:08| Traded February 2015 for Klas Dahlbeck and 2015 1st (Nick Merkley) |Trade
Niklas Hjalmarsson|27|D|23|26:02|Draft 108OA 2005|Draft
Bryan Bickell|28|LW|18|14:33|Draft 41OA 2004|Draft
Johnny Oduya|33|D|23|24:45|Traded February 2012 for 2013 2nd (Zachary Sanford) and 2013 3rd (JC Lipon)|Trade
Marcus Kruger|24|C|23|15:06|Draft 149OA 2009|Draft
Andrew Desjardins|28|C|21|13:56|Traded March 2015 for Ben Smith and 2017 7th (TBD)|Trade
Kris Versteeg|28|LW|12|13:21|Traded November 2013 for Jimmy Hayes and Dylan Olsen|Trade
Michal Rozsival|36|D|10|17:26|Free agent 2012|Free agent
Corey Crawford|30|G|20|61:08|Draft 52OA 2003|Draft
Kyle Cumiskey|28|D|9|9:28|Free agent 2014|Free agent
Scott Darling|26|G|5|57:54|Free agent 2014|Free agent
Joakim Nordstrom|22|C|3|13:14|Draft 90OA 2010|Draft
David Rundblad|24|D|5|7:29|Traded March 2014 for 2014 2nd (Christian Dvorak)|Trade
Kimmo Timonen|39|D|18|8:40|Traded February 2015 for 2015 2nd (Jeremy Bracco)|Trade
Trevor van Riemsdyk|23|D|4|7:02|Free agent 2014|Free agent

2016 Pittsburgh Penguins

Player|Age|Pos|GP|ATOI|Acquired?|Code
Phil Kessel|28|RW|24|17:47| Traded July 2015 for Nick Spaling, Kasperi Kapanen, Scott Harington, 2016 1st (Sam Steel), and 2016 3rd (James Greenway) |Trade
Sidney Crosby|28|C|24|20:26|Draft 1OA 2005|Draft
Evgeni Malkin|29|C|23|17:31|Draft 2OA 2004|Draft
Nick Bonino|27|C|24|17:12| Traded July 2015 for Brandon Sutter and 2016 3rd (William Lockwood) |Trade
Carl Hagelin|27|LW|24|16:23| Traded January 2016 for David Perron and Adam Clendening |Trade
Kris Letang|28|D|23|28:53|Draft 62OA 2005|Draft
Patric Hornqvist|29|RW|24|17:23|Traded June 2014 for James Neal|Trade
Chris Kunitz|36|LW|24|14:20|Traded February 2009 for Ryan Whitney|Trade
Conor Sheary|23|LW|23|13:58|Free agent 2015|Free agent
Bryan Rust|23|RW|23|11:31|Draft 80OA 2010|Draft
Brian Dumoulin|24|D|24|21:31|Traded June 2012 for Jordan Staal|Trade
Olli Maatta|21|D|18|17:44|Draft 22OA 2012|Draft
Matt Cullen|39|C|24|13:50|Free agent 2015|Free agent
Ben Lovejoy|31|D|24|17:46|Traded March 2015 for Simon Despres|Trade
Trevor Daley|32|D|15|22:08|Traded December 2016 for Rob Scuderi|Trade
Tom Kuhnhackl|24|RW|24|10:59|Draft 110OA 2010|Draft
Eric Fehr|30|C|23|11:39|Free agent 2015|Free agent
Justin Schultz|25|D|15|13:01|Traded February 2016 for 2016 3rd (Filip Berglund)|Trade
Ian Cole|26|D|24|16:13|Traded March 2015 for Robert Bortuzzo and 2016 7th (Filip Helt)|Trade
Beau Bennett|24|RW|1|11:18|Draft 20OA 2010|Draft
Marc-Andre Fleury|31|G|2|39:40|Draft 1OA 2003|Free agent
Matt Murray|21|G|21|60:21|Draft 83OA 2012|Draft
Derrick Pouliot|22|D|2|14:41|Draft 8OA 2012|Draft
Oskar Sundqvist|21|C|2|9:18|Draft 81OA 2012|Draft
Jeff Zatkoff|28|G|2|58:37|Free agent 2012|Free agent

And, of course, for comparison's sake (using roster of anyone who has played for us this year as of I think Monday):

2017 Washington Capitals

Player|Age|Position|Acquisition?|Code
Nicklas Backstrom|29|C|Draft 4OA 2006|Draft
Alex Ovechkin|31|LW|Draft 1OA 2004|Draft
Marcus Johansson|26|LW|Draft 24OA 2009|Draft
Evgeny Kuznetsov|24|C|Draft 26OA 2010|Draft
John Carlson|27|D|Draft 27OA 2008|Draft
Justin Williams|35|RW|Free agent 2015|Free agent
T.J. Oshie|30|RW|Trade July 2015 for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley, and 2016 3rd (Garrett Pilon)|Trade
Matt Niskanen|30|D|Free agent 2014|Free agent
Dmitry Orlov|25|D|Draft 55OA 2009|Draft
Jay Beagle|31|RW|Free agent 2008|Free agent
Andre Burakovsky|21|LW|Draft 23OA 2013|Draft
Daniel Winnik|31|LW|Trade Febraury 2016 for Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick, and 2016 2nd (Carl Grundstrom)|Trade
Nate Schmidt|25|D|Free agent 2013|Free agent
Brooks Orpik|36|D|Free agent 2014|Free agent
Karl Alzner|28|D|Draft 5OA 2007|Draft
Lars Eller|27|C|Traded June 2016 for 2017 2nd and 2018 2nd|Trade
Brett Connolly|24|RW|Free agent 2016|Free agent
Tom Wilson|22|RW|Draft 16OA 2012|Draft
Jakub Vrana|20|LW|Draft 13OA 2014|Draft
Taylor Chorney|29|D|Free agent 2015|Free agent
Zachary Sanford|22|C|Draft 61OA 2013|Draft
Paul Carey|28|C|Free agent 2015|Free agent
Philipp Grubauer|25|G|Draft 112OA 2010|Draft
Braden Holtby|27|G|Draft 93OA 2008|Draft
Liam O'Brien|22|LW|Free agent 2014|Free agent

And done! Huge thank you and credit to www.hockey-reference.com, where most of this data came from, outside of a few transaction details. They have an amazing database. Discuss away!

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[Calicaps]

Nice! Thanks for the work. Maybe add some highlighting or a font color for key TDL acquisitions?

 

[g00n]

Very cool. Nice job!

 

[ovikovy817]

Huge job. Thanks.

 

[RandyHolt]

How about no quoting of OP's excellent work? That way the tables can be updated and the page easier to read.

From here, we can compile the genetic makeup of cup winners. While the drafted players were vital core components, the amount of non drafted players is what is really catching my eye. Detroit 2008 aside. Building from within, only goes so far short of a little luck on draft days.

Hording may not be the key to a cup, which means GMs should sell high on young players, in particular when they are about to become expensive fat cats, and who can be replaced by cheaper players of similar skillsets. And who may not be quite the same hungry player they were before that jackpot deal got signed.

 

[g00n]

How about no quoting of OP's excellent work? That way the tables can be updated and the page easier to read.

agree.

edited. note added.

 

[36kap36]

So, I quickly put this together about breakdown for every Stanley Cup team in the post-lockout era, and made a comparable for this year's Caps team.

2006-2016 Stanley Cup Champions

Draft|Free agent|Trade|Total
100|71|87|258
38.8%|27.5%|33.7%|100%

2017 Washington Capitals

Draft|Free agent|Trade|Total
13|9|3|25
52%|36%|12%|100%

It looks to me like we have a similar breakdown in that we build mostly through the draft, but we have traded less than the other teams to build our team. I don't know if that actually hurts us or not, but it may be holding us back to rely this much on drafted talent (and yes, obviously the percentages look more substantial than they are for the Caps due to the small data set).

 

[RandyHolt]

What stands out are trades, or lackthereof. I suspect some will counter this, but I think the day of the big blockbuster trades have long passed. A big trade now, is a Brouwer for Oshie type deal.

So we horde and push all in that our drafted talent is above average and cup worthy, or we let many walk as free agents.

While we have contended and thus are not very likely to sell/trade, the fact remains that guys we have no intention of resigning (Semin Green etc) show that we really didn't feel that highly of them in the first place, yet retained them until the bitter end anyways. I suppose those players could to be traded (maybe best in the year) before they become UFA, and it be a key to help securing a cup.

 

[g00n]

What stands out are trades, or lackthereof. I suspect some will counter this, but I think the day of the big blockbuster trades have long passed. A big trade now, is a Brouwer for Oshie type deal.

So we horde and push all in that our drafted talent is above average and cup worthy, or we let many walk as free agents.

While we have contended and thus are not very likely to sell/trade, the fact remains that guys we have no intention of resigning (Semin Green etc) show that we really didn't feel that highly of them in the first place, yet retained them until the bitter end anyways. I suppose those players could to be traded (maybe best in the year) before they become UFA, and it be a key to help securing a cup.

We all know contenders don't sell, but we also know only 1 team wins the cup, and few are actually true contenders. What did the cup winners do in the year before .

Well ALMOST HALF of last year's Pens roster were acquired via trade according to the table. Slightly less than 1/3 of the 2014 Hawks and about 1/3 of the recent cup-winning Kings came by trade. So that 1/3 average is pretty solid. The Caps are way behind in that regard even among modern winners. 6-8 seems pretty average. The 2012 Bruins had 11 guys from trades.

The Caps sitting at 3 guys via trade and more than 50% via draft seems pretty unusual for a Cup team these days. Contrast them with the 2007 Ducks who had 12 trades and maybe 4 draftees.

The closest comparison in terms of composition seems to be the 2008 Red Wings.

 

[36kap36]

What stands out are trades, or lackthereof. I suspect some will counter this, but I think the day of the big blockbuster trades have long passed. A big trade now, is a Brouwer for Oshie type deal.

So we horde and push all in that our drafted talent is above average and cup worthy, or we let many walk as free agents.

While we have contended and thus are not very likely to sell/trade, the fact remains that guys we have no intention of resigning (Semin Green etc) show that we really didn't feel that highly of them in the first place, yet retained them until the bitter end anyways. I suppose those players could to be traded (maybe best in the year) before they become UFA, and it be a key to help securing a cup.

So are you saying that we should be sellers at the TDL to compete for a Cup run? I just want to make sure I'm following you correctly, because that doesn't really make sense to me.

I agree that blockbusters are done in the way of a Gretzky-to-Kings type trades, but the Kessel trade last year? That was definitely a current market-level blockbuster. I don't even know that we can say that we don't highly value those players, but that they stopped fitting into our scheme or our dynamic at a point, and we wanted to maximize the talent to attempt a Cup run. Yeah, it didn't work out then, but I don't know that we were hoarding talent for no reason. It does make sense to maximize value for a Cup run in this season IMO, but we also have a future to worry about.

 

[twabby]

The other thing that strikes me is that these teams don't make trades for depth just for the sake of adding depth. Almost all of the trades are made to bolster their gameday roster and many of them are significant additions, not just third pairing or fourth line players like Mike Weber, Tim Gleason, Scott Walker, etc.

I think this further cements my opinion that unless the Capitals can go all out and trade for a legitimate top player, I'd rather they just stand pat this TDL. Deadline deals might be expensive but offseason trades can be made for reasonable prices (does anyone miss Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley, or that third round draft pick?) and should be made to make the team better.

 

[Tweedsuitcase]

great work, OP!
(also, cool to see all of these players who are each better than Ovi because they have a Cup.)

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

What is interesting to me is how "meh" so many of the draft picks turned out to be. I know draft picks are treated as gold, but they're a crapshoot. If there's an opportunity to get an established player that you think makes your team better, go for it.

 

[artilector]

What is interesting to me is how "meh" so many of the draft picks turned out to be. I know draft picks are treated as gold, but they're a crapshoot. If there's an opportunity to get an established player that you think makes your team better, go for it.

I'd qualify that as "an established player that fits into your long term cap structure".

 

[RandyHolt]

So are you saying that we should be sellers at the TDL to compete for a Cup run? I just want to make sure I'm following you correctly, because that doesn't really make sense to me....

No, I am saying move assets long before that.

Have enough vision to know that 1.5 years from now, there is NO way we will be able to afford player X. Also, recognize that there hasn't been any significant showing in past playoffs to basically push all in on keeping a guy that can't even stay healthy for 1 series. Often, 2 years before a guy goes UFA, they are fat cats and not giving a full effort all anyways. Maybe a Mike Green or Alex Semin are good examples.

Moving that same player under contract, could yield a small ransom. Replace them with presumed slightly less skilled, but more affordable and hungrier players, vs losing them for nothing.

 

[Raikkonen]

I'd qualify that as "an established player that fits into your long term cap structure".

Like Marian Hossa did with Pens and DRW? Hardly fitted