It seemed much of the criticism directed at Joonas Donskoi this season was about his lack of consistent scoring. It’s a perplexing bit of flack to hurl at the 27-year-old winger, especially when taking his salary cap hit into consideration. By scoring 37 points in 80 games, Donskoi collected 0.46 points for every game he played. Few players with his kind of contract added points to their scoresheet as often as he did, and many averaged a few more shifts each night.
Point-per-game rates are poor ways to judge players, however. Instead, we can examine what other contributions he made to the team this season.