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2007-08 Rink Wrap: Viktor Kozlov
Japers' Rink — [image] From Backstrom to Steckel, we're taking a quick look at and grading the 2007-08 season for every player* who laced 'em up for the Caps during the campaign (and is still with the team) with an eye towards 2008-09. Next up, Viktor Kozlov . Contract Status : 2008-09 salary of $2.5M ; UFA following 2008-09 season Age (as of October 1, 2008) : 33 NHL Seasons (including 2007-08) : 12+ 2007-08 Regular Season Stats : 81 games played, 16 goals, 38 assists, +28, 18 PIMs Key Stat : Kozlov had the seventh-best plus/minus in the NHL . Miserable Stats : In 12-plus seasons, Kozlov has yet to play a second round playoff game or score a playoff goal (in 21 games). The Good : ...

Bravo, NHL
On the Forecheck — Sure, most folks these days are waxing poetic about the NHL's great fortune in hosting a Detroit vs. Pittsburgh Stanley Cup Final, and yes, I'm looking forward to a dynamic series as much as the next fan. Something over at NHL.com caught my eye today, however, and it makes me want to give the crew over there a standing ovation. Until now, if you were to comb through their online stats, say be sorting all players in 2007-8 based on goals scored, as you surfed from one page to the next (since each page presents 30 players) the columns would shift around, a deliberate attempt to prevent people from automatically scraping that data off the website. The work could still be done, but it had to ...

Monday Roundup/Gamenight: Caps @ Devils
Japers' Rink — [image] The Caps will be in Jersey tonight to take on the Devils and their new tough guy (and if you're a N.Y. area Caps fan planning on attending, make sure to check in with Pepper ), but rather than attempt to preview the relatively meaningless game, I thought I'd run a few numbers by you from last season, namely a break down of home and road plus/minus. While plus/minus may be a somewhat silly stat to begin with, it's nevertheless interesting to take a look at some anomalous results in the home/road splits of last year's Caps . For example, both Alex Ovechkin and Viktor Kozlov were both plus-28 overall, with much of that coming on the road (+18 for ...