Career profile Last roster: 2014-15 VAN
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Michal Handzus

C · SVK
+ 8 other teams
Status
Retired 11 yrs ago
Career
2004–2015 (11 yrs)
Age
49 (37 in 2015)
Vitals
6'5" · 215 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2006-07 BOS
Selke Selke
as Outstanding Defensive Forward
2004-05 BOS

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 BOS 76 27 47 74 0.97 +31 132 7 7 2 187 14.4% 150
2005-06 BOS 82 21 28 49 0.60 +21 79 3 1 4 142 14.8% 136
2006-07 BOS 82 9 24 33 0.40 +7 97 0 2 1 94 9.6% 81
2007-08 BOS 76 18 25 43 0.57 +13 51 0 1 0 105 17.1% 94
2008-09 CHI 80 8 12 20 0.25 +1 8 1 0 0 76 10.5% 8
2009-10 NYI / MIN / ANH 83 8 12 20 0.24 -10 10 1 0 0 98 8.2% 26
2010-11 NJD 75 18 15 33 0.44 -3 29 2 6 0 162 11.1% 47
2011-12 NJD 82 14 12 26 0.32 +3 20 2 2 2 117 12.0% 93
2012-13 LAK 74 20 23 43 0.58 -5 13 1 5 0 165 12.1% 38
2013-14 PHX 69 12 17 29 0.42 -11 15 1 3 3 126 9.5% 42
2014-15 VAN 62 8 9 17 0.27 -11 31 0 0 0 60 13.3% 19
CAREER 11 yrs 841 163 224 387 0.46 +36 485 18 27 12 -- 12.2% 734
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 BOS 5 0 1 1 0.20 -6 10 0 0 0 19 0.0% 16
2005-06 BOS 18 1 2 3 0.17 -6 28 0 0 0 19 5.3% 31
2006-07 BOS 20 4 1 5 0.25 -1 7 1 0 0 31 12.9% 27
2008-09 CHI 10 1 0 1 0.10 -3 7 0 0 0 8 12.5% 1
2009-10 ANH 7 1 2 3 0.43 +1 4 0 0 0 17 5.9% 0
2011-12 NJD 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.0% 6
CAREER 6 app. 67 7 8 15 0.22 -15 58 1 0 0 -- 7.0% 81
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1998-99 STL 66 4 12 16 0.24 -9 30 0 0 1 5.1% 14:48
1999-00 STL 81 25 28 53 0.65 19 44 5 3 7 15.1% 17:43
2000-01 STL 36 10 14 24 0.67 11 12 2 3 7 17.2% 18:00
2000-01 ARI 10 4 4 8 0.80 5 21 0 0 2 28.6% 15:26
2001-02 ARI 79 15 30 45 0.57 -8 34 1 3 12 16.0% 16:09
2002-03 PHL 82 23 21 44 0.54 13 46 9 1 7 17.3% 17:33
2003-04 PHL 82 20 38 58 0.71 18 82 2 7 22 14.8% 18:43
2005-06 PHL 73 11 33 44 0.60 -2 38 1 2 15 9.7% 18:28
2006-07 CHI 8 3 5 8 1.00 4 6 0 1 4 33.3% 20:59
2007-08 LAK 82 7 14 21 0.26 -21 45 0 0 1 7.9% 15:14
2008-09 LAK 82 18 24 42 0.51 -7 32 4 7 16 12.6% 18:54
2009-10 LAK 81 20 22 42 0.52 4 38 6 5 10 17.1% 18:18
2010-11 LAK 82 12 18 30 0.37 -5 20 3 4 10 12.8% 17:21
2011-12 SJS 67 7 17 24 0.36 -6 18 0 2 5 8.6% 14:27
2012-13 SJS 28 1 1 2 0.07 -9 12 0 0 0 3.2% 13:32
2012-13 CHI 11 1 5 6 0.55 7 4 0 0 0 10.0% 12:07
2013-14 CHI 59 4 12 16 0.27 0 16 2 0 0 8.0% 13:39
Career NHL 1009 185 298 483 0.48 14 498 35 38 119 13.1% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 27 C BOS - - 70 67 75 81 83 - - 77 71 73 - 62 67 77
2005-06 28 C BOS - - 70 67 75 81 83 - - 77 71 73 - 62 67 77
2006-07 29 C BOS - - 72 66 76 88 86 - - 77 69 74 - 65 70 77
2007-08 30 C BOS - - 78 66 77 88 67 - - 73 63 79 - 67 70 76
2008-09 31 C CHI 64 52 78 65 83 - 78 60 85 64 62 85 - 81 68 -
2009-10 32 C ANH 67 41 81 78 84 - 90 70 83 71 69 76 - 83 70 71
2010-11 33 C NJD 68 41 81 74 84 - 90 72 84 72 72 84 - 85 86 73
2011-12 34 C NJD 71 41 86 66 81 89 95 68 85 68 67 81 82 83 83 72
2012-13 35 C LAK 57 37 80 68 86 66 79 68 77 66 58 71 78 82 79 66
2013-14 36 C PHX 57 37 74 65 86 52 73 63 84 63 55 74 81 84 80 63
2014-15 37 C VAN 57 37 77 66 86 49 64 64 78 63 55 74 63 86 80 63
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 27 C BOS - - 70 67 75 81 83 - - 77 71 73 - 62 67 77
2005-06 28 C BOS - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2006-07 29 C BOS - - +2 −1 +1 +7 +3 - - · −2 +1 - +3 +3 ·
2007-08 30 C BOS - - +6 · +1 · −19 - - −4 −6 +5 - +2 · −1
2008-09 31 C CHI 64 52 · −1 +6 - +11 60 85 −9 −1 +6 - +14 −2 -
2009-10 32 C ANH +3 −11 +3 +13 +1 - +12 +10 −2 +7 +7 −9 - +2 +2 71
2010-11 33 C NJD +1 · · −4 · - · +2 +1 +1 +3 +8 - +2 +16 +2
2011-12 34 C NJD +3 · +5 −8 −3 89 +5 −4 +1 −4 −5 −3 82 −2 −3 −1
2012-13 35 C LAK −14 −4 −6 +2 +5 −23 −16 · −8 −2 −9 −10 −4 −1 −4 −6
2013-14 36 C PHX · · −6 −3 · −14 −6 −5 +7 −3 −3 +3 +3 +2 +1 −3
2014-15 37 C VAN · · +3 +1 · −3 −9 +1 −6 · · · −18 +2 · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 BOS $1,533,333 2 yr 3.1% 27 RFA
2005-06 BOS $1,272,666 1 yr 2.5% 28 RFA
2006-07 BOS $1,759,242 2 yr 4.5% 29 UFA
2008-09 CHI $1,750,000 1 yr 3.1% 31 UFA
2009-10 NYI $4,299,000 1 yr 7.6% 32 UFA
2010-11 NJD $3,500,000 2 yr 5.9% 33 UFA
2012-13 LAK $4,000,000 2 yr 5.7% 35 UFA
2014-15 VAN $1,250,000 1 yr 1.8% 37 UFA
2004-05
Dec 11 2004
2004-05
to BRUINS
2009-10
Sep 19 2009
2009-10
to ISLANDERS
Feb 20 2010
2009-10
to WILD
  • Michal Handzus 71
to ISLANDERS
Feb 24 2010
2009-10
to DUCKS
to WILD
2012-13
Jun 29 2012
2012-13
to FLAMES
  • Michal Handzus 66
to DEVILS
  • $100,000
2013-14
Sep 4 2013
2013-14
to COYOTES
  • Michal Handzus 63

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