Michal Handzus

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: March 11, 1977 in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Draft: St. Louis, 4th round (101st overall), 1995 NHL Entry
Contract: 2 years/$5,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $2,500,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1998-99	21	STL	NHL	66	4	12	16	5	-9	30	4	0	0	0	11	0	1	78	5.1	977	14:48
1999-00	22	STL	NHL	81	25	28	53	21	19	44	18	3	4	5	22	2	4	166	15.1	1436	17:43
2000-01	23	TOT	NHL	46	14	18	32	13	16	33	8	3	3	2	11	1	6	72	19.4	802	17:26
2000-01	23	STL	NHL	36	10	14	24	9	11	12	5	3	2	2	9	1	4	58	17.2	648	17:60
2000-01	23	PHX	NHL	10	4	4	8	3	5	21	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	14	28.6	154	15:26
2001-02	24	PHX	NHL	79	15	30	45	16	-8	34	11	3	1	1	21	0	9	94	16.0	1276	16:09
2002-03	25	PHI	NHL	82	23	21	44	18	13	46	21	1	1	9	15	0	6	133	17.3	1439	17:33
2003-04	26	PHI	NHL	82	20	38	58	21	18	82	12	7	1	2	23	0	15	135	14.8	1535	18:43
2005-06	28	PHI	NHL	73	11	33	44	15	-2	38	8	2	1	1	16	4	13	113	9.7	1348	18:28
2006-07	29	CHI	NHL	8	3	5	8	3	4	6	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	33.3	168	20:59
2007-08	30	LAK	NHL	82	7	14	21	8	-21	45	4	0	3	0	12	1	1	89	7.9	1250	15:14
2008-09	31	LAK	NHL	82	18	24	42	16	-7	32	10	7	1	4	14	1	9	143	12.6	1550	18:54
2009-10	32	LAK	NHL	81	20	22	42	16	4	38	14	5	1	6	16	1	5	117	17.1	1483	18:18
2010-11	33	LAK	NHL	82	12	18	30	11	-5	20	8	4	0	3	11	1	6	94	12.8	1422	17:21
2011-12	34	SJS	NHL	67	7	17	24	8	-6	18	5	2	0	0	14	0	3	81	8.6	968	14:27
2012-13	35	TOT	NHL	39	2	6	8	3	-2	16	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	41	4.9	512	13:08
2012-13	35	SJS	NHL	28	1	1	2	1	-9	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	3.2	379	13:32
2012-13	35	CHI	NHL	11	1	5	6	2	7	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	10	10.0	133	12:07
Career			NHL	950	181	286	467	175	14	482	127	38	16	33	194	11	81	1365	13.3	16167	17:01

NHL Miscellaneous

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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	2.0	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	67	0.10	0.25	0.36	0.12	0.27	1.21	8	19	27	10	34	9	45	14	-6	0.7	0.8	1.5
2012-13	35	TOT	NHL	39	0.05	0.15	0.21	0.07	0.41	1.05									-2	-0.3	0.6	0.3
2012-13	35	SJS	NHL	28	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.03	0.43	1.11									-9	-0.7	0.2	-0.6
2012-13	35	CHI	NHL	11	0.09	0.45	0.55	0.17	0.36	0.91									7	0.4	0.4	0.8
Career			NHL	950	0.19	0.30	0.49	0.18	0.51	1.44	197	301	498	190	685	215	718	264	14	23.6	19.0	42.6

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	186	16:52
1999-00	22	STL	NHL	7	0	3	3	1	-2	6	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	116	16:35
2001-02	24	PHX	NHL	5	0	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	3	6	2	0	0	1	20	10.0	239	18:23
2003-04	26	PHI	NHL	18	5	5	10	4	7	10	5	0	0	0	23	21.7	334	18:33
2005-06	28	PHI	NHL	6	0	2	2	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	96	15:56
2009-10	32	LAK	NHL	6	3	2	5	2	-5	4	0	3	0	0	17	17.6	117	19:31
2010-11	33	LAK	NHL	6	1	1	2	1	-4	0	1	0	0	0	7	14.3	122	20:21
2011-12	34	SJS	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	22	10:58
2012-13	35	CHI	NHL	6	0	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	101	16:49
Career			NHL	80	11	23	34	12	-2	40	8	3	0	1	117	9.4	1407	17:36

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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		2	4	0	1	0	1
2004-05	27	HKm Zvolen	Slovakia	33	14	24	38			34
2004-05	27	Slovakia	WC-A	7	3	0	3		-1	2	3	0	0	0
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
2011-12	34	Slovakia	WC-A	8	2	5	7		3	0	0	2	0	1
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		6 Seasons	WC-A	38	7	19	26		7	16	4	3	0	2
Career		2 Seasons	WJC-A	12	2	7	9			4

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 14 Years		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	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	-0.1
Stan Smyl	93.3	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
Phil Goyette	92.1	7.0	6.1	4.8	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.5	2.4	2.0	1.9	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Eddie Wiseman	91.5	4.8	4.3	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.1	2.1	1.1
Michael Peca	91.2	7.2	6.1	5.1	4.9	4.2	3.9	3.5	2.7	1.9	1.0	0.8	0.6	-0.1
Mike Murphy	91.1	6.5	5.6	5.3	4.5	4.1	4.0	3.3	2.7	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.6
Brent Ashton	90.4	6.3	5.1	4.9	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.3	2.7	2.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	-0.6
J.P. Parise	90.4	6.8	6.5	5.1	4.3	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.1	2.4	1.7	-0.1	-0.1
Sylvain Turgeon	90.3	6.6	5.7	4.8	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.1	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.8
Richard Zednik	90.2	6.4	6.3	4.6	4.4	4.0	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.6	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0
Thomas Gradin	90.1	6.9	6.6	5.9	5.1	4.4	3.7	3.7	2.5	1.9

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	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	-0.1
Stan Smyl	93.3	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
Eddie Wiseman	91.5	4.8	4.3	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.1	2.1	1.1
Mike Murphy	91.1	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	90.3	6.6	5.7	4.8	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.1	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.8
Richard Zednik	90.2	6.4	6.3	4.6	4.4	4.0	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.6	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0
Thomas Gradin	90.1	6.9	6.6	5.9	5.1	4.4	3.7	3.7	2.5	1.9
Michael Peca	90.1	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 Fisher	89.8	6.4	6.0	5.1	5.1	4.5	3.9	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.5	1.3	0.7	0.4
Dave Poulin	89.6	6.3	6.3	6.0	5.0	3.9	3.5	3.1	2.3	1.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.2
Steve Rucchin	89.5	7.0	6.7	5.9	5.5	5.3	4.1	3.8	3.0	2.1	1.2	0.9	0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

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) Active 16 (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)

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)
Active 16 (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

Transaction information may be incomplete.

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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