Sam Lafferty
Age: 28
Height/Weight: 6’1″, 195 LBS
Contract: $1.15 Cap Hit that expires after this season.
Draft: 4th Round, 113 Overall, Pittsburgh Penguins
Acquired: In the Jake McCabe trade with Chicago last year.
Role: 4th line winger
Career Highs: 12 Goals, 27 Points in 70 Games last year split between Leafs/ Hawks
Last Year’s Scoring: See Above
Last Year 5v5 Scoring/ Rate: 8 Goals, 20 Points total. 1.36 P/60 Chicago 1.71 P/60 Toronto
On-Ice 5v5 Stats: Hawks: Cori-For 46% ; Shots-For 45%; Scoring-Chances-For 44%
Goals-For 36 % Expected Goals 43%
Leafs Cori-For 41% ; Shots-For 44%; Scoring-Chances-For 44%
Goals-For 50% Expected Goals 42%
Status: Replacement Player
Expectations: Likely to be swapped out for someone who makes the league minimum.
Notes: Lafferty is fast but he is not effective. He and Reaves are going to get destroyed on the fourth line and I doubt he is on the team for long. At no point in his NHL career has Lafferty demonstrated an ability to help his team 5v5. There are cheaper and better prospect options on the roster.
Update: Sam Lafferty has since been traded to the Vancouver Canucks.