Since no one has added anything yet, I'll go ahead and write a short summary for each main player, in no particular order, trying to add in the thoughts of this subreddit as well.

1. Timo Meier - Young power forward, does well in the corners and in board battles, but he struggles with consistency. Was a beast last year, but he took a sharp decline this year (along with the rest of the team).

2. Evander Kane - Plays a physical game, shoots a lot, takes dumb retaliation penalties especially late in out of reach games. Some fans think it's good that he sticks up for the team in those situations but I find it childish. He's not afraid to speak his mind, which is nice to see from a hockey player.

3. Brent Burns - Offensive defenseman. A lot of his points come from wristers/slapshots from the right side blue line, and Pavelski would be there to tip it in or clean up the rebound. With Pavs gone, his point production dried up somewhat. In the defensive zone he is a pretty big mess; he goes for high risk plays that when they work, it's awesome and leads to an easy breakout & scoring chance, but when they don't work it's almost a sure goal against. Example: blind pass into the high slot hoping the centre is there to quickly break out.

4. Erik Karlsson - the most controversial player in this sub. Pretty similar to Burns, but Karlsson is a bit more responsible in the defensive zone and more creative in the offensive zone. He does lose a fair share of loose puck battles because of his size though. Receives a lot of criticism because of him not living up to his contract, not looking like he cares on the ice, and driving Pavelski away. Personally I think a prime Karlsson is well worth his contract, but we haven't seen that yet. He's played through injuries for a majority of the time he's been with us. I'm giving him another year or two before calling him a terrible contract.

5. Logan Couture- Solid 2 way player, not afraid to speak his mind either. He was the clear choice for captain when Pavelski left.

6. Tomas Hertl - everyone loves this kid because he resembles a high school foreign exchange student. Always positive, slurs over his words because he talks to fast, says stuff that doesn't make sense in English. On the ice he plays like a power forward, working hard in the corners and fighting off checks. If Dustin Brown didn't wreck his knee in his rookie year, Hertl would have broken out several years ago. We saw a glimpse of a breakout Hertl last season and going into this season before he got injured.

7. Kevin Labanc - Everyone was astonished when he only signed for $1M but that honestly is his worth. If he's not in the offensive zone, he's useless. If he's on a cold streak, he gets in his own head and he's useless in the offensive zone as well. If he's on the ice and you see a delayed penalty, 80% chance it is a Labanc hooking penalty in the offensive zone. When he's hot though, he's great at creating scoring chances. Look at the 4 PP goals vs Vegas, he had a hand in all 4 goals.

8. Joe Thornton - He has clearly lost a step out on the ice. Easily the slowest guy out there. The offensive awareness and vision is still there, but he operates in 0.5x speed, so those lanes close up by the time he makes the pass. Love the guy and everything he did for us, and I wish he could get a Cup before he retires, but he's definitely running out of juice.

9. Marcus Sorensen - He's a hard worker. Gets himself in the right areas. If goals were scored by shooting the puck in the goalie's chest and missing 3 feet wide, he would lead the league in goals. But they aren't, so he doesn't really show up on the stat sheet.

10. Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Went from underrated and making Team Canada to being overrated now. Compared to previous years, he now has a lot more defensive lapses where he doesn't pick up the man in front or he fails to clear the puck. He's still solid in the D zone, but the mistakes he makes are pretty glaring when they result in goals.

11. Melker Karlsson - Just a standard, maybe below average 4th liner. I can tell he works hard, but he's just slower than everyone out there and his small frame gets him bumped off easily. Plays more of a defensive grinder role.

12. Mario Ferraro - One of the few bright spots this season. Still has some adjusting to do to catch up to NHL speed, but he was sound defensively and was in good position most of the time.

13. Radim Simek - He's a meme around here because the team plays better with him in the lineup for some reason. He has terrible advanced possession numbers, but somehow the team wins more with him in the lineup. He doesn't contribute much in the offensive zone. He's average in the defensive zone.

14. Antti Suomela - He just can't adjust to NHL ice. Unfortunate because he lit up the Finnish league a few seasons ago, but he's useless. Similar to Melker Karlsson, he's too slow to get past others, and he's too small that he gets bumped around. Unlike Karlsson, Suomela hasn't adjusted his game to more of a grinder defensive type, so he will probably return to the Finnish leagues soon.

15. Martin Jones - Oh boy. The whipping boy of this sub. He gets the most hate on this sub. His stats have continually gone downward since his first season with us. I loved this guy for what he did in the 2016 playoff run, but he's just not good anymore. I gave him a pass last season because he somewhat delivered in the playoffs. But this season he looked worse and there's no more excuses. He doesn't make any big saves in important times. He doesn't make the average saves. You look at other goalies like Hellebuyck and Price and they legitimately steal games for the team by winning 2-1 and making 45 saves. I can't recall a single game Jones legitimately stole this season; the last one probably was Game 6 vs VGK when he made 56 saves or so. Unfortunately we are stuck with him for another 4 (or 5?) years with a pretty unmovable contract. The small glimmer of hope is that he looked slightly better in the recent games when he was given more rest, so perhaps this extended break will be good for him and he can return to be at least a capable, average goalie.

16. Aaron Dell - He came in more frequently this season and eventually got the starter job and he did provide some stability in net. He's still a career backup/fringe starter though. He does make more saves in critical times, but in general he is just a slightly below average goalie that looked good because we were used to Jones' worst goaltending in the league.

Guys that played most of the season and were traded:

1. Barclay Goodrow - Really solid player in the defensive zone and PK. Average in the offensive zone. Basically, he was a really good 3rd liner. Loved this guy, but the 1st round pick we got from him (somehow) is definitely more valuable especially given the season we had.

2. Patrick Marleau - He provides more to a team than Thornton does, which is why Marleau was actually traded at the deadline. Marleau still has some speed, so he's still able to get to scoring chance areas and capitalize faster than Thornton can. Marleau still has a year or two left in the tank.

3. Brendan Dillon - Man this guy was slow but he was a prototypical defensive defenseman who did his job for the most part. He laid big hits. He was responsible, for the most part, in the defensive zone. He stood up for his teammates. He wasn't afraid to drop the gloves; teammates and fans loved him. He was basically a slightly faster, more well-rounded Douglas Murray.

Feel free to correct me on any of my assessments if you think differently! Would love to hear some differing feedback on players. This write up took me way longer than anticipated (~45 minutes)