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Michal Handzus

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: March 11, 1977 in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 4th round (101st overall) of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 21 STL NHL 66 4 12 16 5 -9 30 4 0 0 0 78 5.1 977 14:48
1999-00 22 STL NHL 81 25 28 53 21 19 44 18 3 4 5 166 15.1 1436 17:43
2000-01 23 TOT NHL 46 14 18 32 13 16 33 8 3 3 2 72 19.4 802 17:26
2000-01 23 STL NHL 36 10 14 24 9 11 12 5 3 2 2 58 17.2 648 17:60
2000-01 23 PHX NHL 10 4 4 8 3 5 21 3 0 1 0 14 28.6 154 15:26
2001-02 24 PHX NHL 79 15 30 45 16 -8 34 11 3 1 1 94 16.0 1276 16:09
2002-03 25 PHI NHL 82 23 21 44 18 13 46 21 1 1 9 133 17.3 1439 17:33
2003-04 26 PHI NHL 82 20 38 58 21 18 82 12 7 1 2 135 14.8 1535 18:43
2005-06 28 PHI NHL 73 11 33 44 15 -2 38 8 2 1 1 113 9.7 1348 18:28
2006-07 29 CHI NHL 8 3 5 8 3 4 6 2 1 0 0 9 33.3 168 20:59
2007-08 30 LAK NHL 82 7 14 21 8 -21 45 4 0 3 0 89 7.9 1250 15:14
2008-09 31 LAK NHL 82 18 24 42 16 -7 32 10 7 1 4 143 12.6 1550 18:54
2009-10 32 LAK NHL 81 20 22 42 16 4 38 14 5 1 6 117 17.1 1483 18:18
2010-11 33 LAK NHL 82 12 18 30 11 -5 20 8 4 0 3 94 12.8 1422 17:21
2011-12 34 SJS NHL 49 5 15 20 7 0 12 4 1 0 0 65 7.7 731 14:55
Career NHL 893 177 278 455 171 22 460 124 37 16 33 1308 13.5 15418 17:16

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1998-99 21 STL NHL 66 0.06 0.18 0.24 0.08 0.45 1.18 5 14 19 7 24 2 49 18 -9 -0.5 0.7 0.1
1999-00 22 STL NHL 81 0.31 0.35 0.65 0.26 0.54 2.05 27 30 57 23 71 15 51 14 19 4.0 2.5 6.5
2000-01 23 TOT NHL 46 0.30 0.39 0.70 0.27 0.72 1.57 15 19 34 13 42 12 24 10 16 2.5 1.5 4.1
2000-01 23 STL NHL 36 0.28 0.39 0.67 0.26 0.33 1.61 11 15 26 10 33 9 22 9 11 1.7 1.2 2.9
2000-01 23 PHX NHL 10 0.40 0.40 0.80 0.32 2.10 1.40 4 4 8 3 9 3 2 1 5 0.8 0.4 1.2
2001-02 24 PHX NHL 79 0.19 0.38 0.57 0.21 0.43 1.19 17 34 51 19 55 16 59 12 -8 3.0 0.8 3.8
2002-03 25 PHI NHL 82 0.28 0.26 0.54 0.22 0.56 1.62 26 23 49 20 57 10 52 18 13 3.3 2.3 5.6
2003-04 26 PHI NHL 82 0.24 0.46 0.71 0.25 1.00 1.65 23 44 67 25 84 34 46 14 18 4.3 2.3 6.7
2005-06 28 PHI NHL 73 0.15 0.45 0.60 0.21 0.52 1.55 11 32 43 15 66 22 90 44 -2 1.6 1.2 2.7
2006-07 29 CHI NHL 8 0.38 0.63 1.00 0.38 0.75 1.13 3 5 8 3 15 6 7 2 4 0.7 0.3 1.0
2007-08 30 LAK NHL 82 0.09 0.17 0.26 0.09 0.55 1.09 8 15 23 8 33 2 80 28 -21 -0.5 0.4 -0.1
2008-09 31 LAK NHL 82 0.22 0.29 0.51 0.20 0.39 1.74 19 24 43 17 80 44 78 35 -7 1.9 2.0 3.9
2009-10 32 LAK NHL 81 0.25 0.27 0.52 0.20 0.47 1.44 22 23 45 18 70 22 80 36 4 2.4 1.8 4.2
2010-11 33 LAK NHL 82 0.15 0.22 0.37 0.14 0.24 1.15 13 19 32 12 54 21 57 19 -5 0.5 1.7 2.2
2011-12 34 SJS NHL 49 0.10 0.31 0.41 0.13 0.24 1.33 9 27 36 12 0 0.7 0.7 1.4
Career NHL 893 0.20 0.31 0.51 0.19 0.52 1.46 198 309 507 192 651 206 673 250 22 23.9 18.3 42.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 21 STL NHL 11 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 186 16:52
1999-00 22 STL NHL 7 0 3 3 -2 6 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 116 16:35
2001-02 24 PHX NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 75 15:01
2002-03 25 PHI NHL 13 2 6 8 3 6 2 0 0 1 20 10.0 239 18:23
2003-04 26 PHI NHL 18 5 5 10 7 10 5 0 0 0 23 21.7 334 18:33
2005-06 28 PHI NHL 6 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 96 15:56
2009-10 32 LAK NHL 6 3 2 5 -5 4 0 3 0 0 17 17.6 117 19:31
2010-11 33 LAK NHL 6 1 1 2 -4 0 1 0 0 0 7 14.3 122 20:21
Career NHL 72 11 21 32 -5 38 8 3 0 1 110 10.0 1285 17:50

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 16 SK Iskra Banska Bystrica Jr. Slovak-Jr. 40 23 36 59
1994-95 17 SK Iskra Banska Bystrica Slovak-2 22 15 14 29 10
1994-95 17 Slovakia EJC-B 5 5 3 8 4
1995-96 18 SK Iskra Banska Bystrica Slovakia 19 3 1 4 8
1995-96 18 Slovakia WJC-A 6 0 3 3 2
1996-97 19 HC SKP PS Poprad Slovakia 44 15 18 33
1996-97 19 Slovakia WJC-A 6 2 4 6 2
1997-98 20 Worcester IceCats AHL 69 27 36 63 -8 54 20 6 1 4 186 14.5
1999-00 22 Slovakia WC-A 6 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 0 0
2001-02 24 Slovakia Olympics 2 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0
2001-02 24 Slovakia WC-A 6 1 4 5 4
2004-05 27 HKm Zvolen Slovakia 33 14 24 38 34
2004-05 27 Slovakia WC-A 7 3 0 3 2
2008-09 31 Slovakia WC-A 6 0 4 4 2 6 0 0 0 0
2009-10 32 Slovakia Olympics 7 3 3 6 -2 0 2 1 0 0
2010-11 33 Slovakia WC-A 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 69 27 36 63 -8 54 20 6 1 4 186 14.5
Career 1 Season EJC-B 5 5 3 8 4
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 9 4 3 7 -2 6 3 1 0 0
Career 1 Season Slovak-2 22 15 14 29 10
Career 1 Season Slovak-Jr. 40 23 36 59
Career 3 Seasons Slovakia 96 32 43 75 42
Career 5 Seasons WC-A 30 5 14 19 3 16 1 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 12 2 7 9 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1997-98 20 Worcester IceCats AHL 11 2 6 8 10 1 1 0 0
2004-05 27 HKm Zvolen Slovakia 17 5 10 15 6
Career 1 Season AHL 11 2 6 8 10 1 1 0 0
Career 1 Season Slovakia 17 5 10 15 6

Similarity Scores

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Thru 12 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Michal Handzus 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
J.P. Parise 93.5 6.8 6.5 5.1 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.4 1.7 -0.1 -0.1
Thomas Gradin 92.2 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.1 4.4 3.7 3.7 2.5 1.9
Eddie Wiseman 92.1 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Stan Smyl 92.0 7.4 6.9 6.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 0.7 -0.2
Fred Stanfield 90.0 6.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.3 4.1 2.9 2.7 0.7 -0.1 -0.6
Dave Poulin 90.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.2
Scott Mellanby 89.7 6.9 5.9 5.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.4 0.5 -0.1
Dan Quinn 89.6 6.7 6.3 6.0 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.4 2.8 1.7 0.9 -0.1
Phil Goyette 89.6 7.0 6.1 4.8 4.2 3.6 3.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 0.8 0.7 -0.1
Paul Henderson 89.4 7.1 6.5 6.2 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 0.9 -0.1 -0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Michal Handzus 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
Stan Smyl 92.1 7.4 6.9 6.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2
Thomas Gradin 91.9 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.1 4.4 3.7 3.7 2.5 1.9
Eddie Wiseman 91.9 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Michael Peca 89.7 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
Mike Murphy 89.7 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Sylvain Turgeon 89.4 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Fred Stanfield 89.3 6.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.3 4.1 2.9 2.7 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7
Dave Poulin 89.2 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.2
Bobby Schmautz 89.0 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.2 3.0 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.4 -0.2
Vic Stasiuk 88.8 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
2003-04 NHL 82 (3)
2007-08 NHL 82 (3)
2008-09 NHL 82 (2)
2010-11 NHL 82 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

1999-00 NHL 4 (3)
2000-01 NHL 3 (10)
2007-08 NHL 3 (8)

Game-Winning Goals

2002-03 NHL 9 (4)
2009-10 NHL 6 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

2009-10 NHL 36 (10)

Transactions

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March 13, 2001: Traded to Phoenix by St. Louis with Ladislav Nagy, the rights to Jeff Taffe and St. Louis' 1st round choice (Ben Eager) in 2002 Entry Draft for Keith Tkachuk, March 13, 2001.

June 12, 2002: Traded to Philadelphia by Phoenix with Robert Esche for Brian Boucher and Nashville's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Joe Callahan) in 2002 Entry Draft, June 12, 2002.

October 27, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Zvolen (Slovakia), October 27, 2004.

August 4, 2006: Traded to Chicago by Philadelphia for Kyle Calder, August 4, 2006.

October 21, 2006: Missed remainder of 2006-07 due to knee injury vs. St. Louis, October 21, 2006.

July 2, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 2, 2007.

July 1, 2011: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 1, 2011.

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