With the NHL trade deadline less than five days away, where should teams be turning to for some help scoring goals? Thomas Vanek of the New York Islanders and Mike Cammalleri of the Calgary Flames are just two of the possibilities, many of whom may be flying low enough under the radar for some real bargains.
Using analytics, we found the best available goal scorers by looking not just at how many goals each player has netted this year, but also for trends and patterns over previous seasons.
Other statistical indicators, like the number of shots taken, how reliant each player's goal scoring was on the power play and how much ice time they needed to generate their scoring were all used to help identify each sniper's true goal-scoring abilities.
Don't look for Jaromir Jagr or Daniel Alfredsson on this list. As great as these veteran goal scorers still are, we found 10 who are potentially even better.
And don't be surprised by the inclusion of so many Winnipeg Jets, since Michael Frolik's 12 goals, which would be good enough for fourth on the Los Angeles Kings, is actually only eighth on Winnipeg's team leaderboard.
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Article written by Rob Vollman
Ranking the Top 10 Goal Scorers Available at the 2014 NHL Trade Deadline
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