Jeremy Roenick was a dominant offensive player who was one of the few true personalities in a league known for extremely boring players.
Or was he a dominant offensive player? Both of us remember him being dominant but the stats don’t really back it up.
Listen to us discuss Roenick’s case in our latest episode:
Roenick’s stats:
Career
- NHL: 1988-2009; 20 seasons, 15 quality
- 513G (3rd American-born player all time), 703A for 1216P (3rd American), +153 in 1363 games; 17:42 ATOI (since 1998-99); 125.8 PS
- Roenick is 3rd All Time in Offensive Point Shares among American-born players
- Draf: In his draft year (1988), Roenick, drafted 8th overall, is
- 4th in Goals and Points
- 5th in Assists
- 2nd in Plus/Minus
- 6th in Games Played
- Era: Of the 19 players to play in at least 1250 games between 1988 and 2009, Roenick is
- 8th in Goals, Assists, PPG and Offensive Point Shares
- 7th in GPG, APG and Points
- 5th in Plus/Minus
- 10th in Point Shares
- 82-game average: 31G, 43A for 73P, +9
- 3-year peak (1991-94): 82-game average of 49G, 56A for 105P, +20
- Possession (since 2007-08, 2 seasons):
- 54.1% Corsi For
- -2.1% Relative Corsi For
- 55.6% Fenwick For
- -1.6% Relative Fenwick For
- Playoffs: 53G, 69A for 122P in 154 games, +21
- Adjusted: 514G, 714A for 1228P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 31G, 43A for 74P
- Roenick is not in the Top 25 of any Adjusted Per Game category
- Traded once in his prime and once after:
- Traded for a slightly younger player (Zhamnov) plus a prospect and a pick
- Traded for future considerations.
Accomplishments:
- Top 5 in Hart voting once, Top 5 in Calder voting
- Top 5 Offensive Player (by OPS) once (‘92), Top 10 twice 9’94)
- Scored 50 goals twice, 45 goals three times, 40 goals four times, 30 goals seven times, 25 goals ten times, 20 goals thirteen times
- Tallied 60 assists once, 50 assists four times, 40 assists ten times
- Top 5 in Goals once, Top 10 twice
- Top 10 in GPG once
- Top 5 in Points once, Top 10 twice
- Top 10 in PPG twice
- Top 5 in Plus/Minus twice
- Three Stars:
- Rookie of the Month once
- Weekly 3rd Star once
- 9 All Star Game appearances.
Great Teams:
- NHL:
- Best Forward (by points) on one Runner Up (‘92 Blackhawks),
- Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Final Four (‘90 Blackhawks),
- Top 6 Forward on one Final Four (‘04 Flyers)
- Olympics: Top 3? Forward (by points) on one Olympic Runner Up (‘02 USA)
- Canada Cup: Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Canada Cup Runner Up (‘91 USA)