Saku Koivu was one of the most popular members of the Montreal Canadiens in the latter part of the 1990’s and most of the 2000’s. He captained the team for nearly a decade and played almost 800 regular season games with the team. A major break with that occurred in 2009 when Koivu left as a free agent to join the Anaheim Ducks. Koivu, now 36 years old, has settled into a midline role with the Ducks. His scoring is slowly starting to decline. This season he scored 45 points. That is his lowest point total since the 1990’s (not including 2001/02 when cancer limited him to three games played). This is some level of decline, but his slowing down can be most clearly seen looking at his Corsi rating. This season he posted the seventh worst Corsi rating of -270.
This is a much more significant decline than his point total. It shows that Koivu is no longer doing as well in terms of puck possession. In 2009/10 Koivu posted a +55 Corsi with the same Anaheim team. That Anaheim...
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