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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)


NHL Standard

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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

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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