Zack Stortini: Black and Blue

Zack Stortini brings less natural talent to the NHL game than any Oiler forward not named JFJ, but he is far from the worst performer. Stortini's scoring rates aren't any screaming hell, but the effort is there and his willingness to fight stands out on a team with a myriad of forwards ill-suited to the task. When Stortini is on the ice not a lot happens (relatively speaking) and that my friends is a very good thing. Boxcars: 77gp, 4-9-13 Shots: 46 Plus Minus: +3 Corsi (Rel): -6.7 (10th among F's) GF/GA ON: 27-24 5x5/60: 1.04 (11th among F's) 5x4/60: 3.75 (5th among F's) Quality of Competition: 14th toughest among F's Quality of Teammates: 12th best among F's FO %: 47.5% in 183 FO's Offensive Zone Start FO %: 46.6% (5th toughest among F's) Cap Hit: $700,000What do these numbers tell us? He was +3 on a team that was minus a zillion. Yes, he was facing the dregs but he did it with matching dregs and his zone start was tough. His Corsi was very reas...