Vancouver has three new faces on the blue line for next season, all veterans whose names you’ll recognize: 40 year old Mathieu Schneider, who Montreal rescued from plus/minus hell in Atlanta at the trading deadline, and the latest San Jose castoffs, 27 year old Christian Ehrhoff (still a “prospect”?) and 33 year old Brad Lukowich (I thought he was older than that – Not a good sign).
Even Strength Total Rating says that they’re not going to be above average additions to the Canucks:
| Name | Pos | Team | ESOR | ESDR | ESTR | ESTOI |
| Brad Lukowich | D | SJS | -0.49 | +0.28 | -0.21 | 846 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | MTL | -0.05 | -0.27 | -0.32 | 1092 |
| Christian Ehrhoff | D | SJS | -0.32 | -0.20 | -0.52 | 1267 |
Not much to get Roberto Luongo jazzed up about.
**Don’t forget to take a peek over at Puck Prospectus. Today’s column introduces Even Strength Total Rating in some depth.**
Timo, I found this website from reading your recent article on the Puck Prospectus blog. Admittedly, I am both a blogger (for fun) and fan of the Edmonton Oilers. I am very interested in this new player metric. Do you have any data with respect to this ESTR metric for players on the Edmonton Oilers roster?
Thanks.
Greg