KEMPE-LAINE

>PROJECTION: 70 LOS ANGELES POS RW AGE 28 2023-24 STATS 77-28-47-75-72 GP 79 G 34 A 36 ADRIAN KEMPE CAP HIT: $5,500,000 Goals dropped (41 to 28), but assists went up (26 to 47). Still set a career high in points. >PROJECTION: 47 TORONTO POS LW AGE 21 2023-24 STATS 80-15-20-35-45 GP 80 G 20 A 27 MATTHEW KNIES CAP HIT: $925,000 Didn’t tear it up as a rookie despite plum line assignments. Give him time to grow. >PROJECTION: 30 CHICAGO POS D AGE 20 2023-24 STATS 76-5-10-15-20 GP 78 G 10 A 20 KEVIN KORCHINSKI CAP HIT: $918,333 He’s working on his defense, but his value will be on the scoresheet eventually. >PROJECTION: 125 TAMPA BAY POS RW AGE 31 2023-24 STATS 81-44-100-144-22 GP 80 G 40 A 85 NIKITA KUCHEROV CAP HIT: $9,500,000 Get this: his 61 second-half assists were more than all but 13 other NHLers had all year. >PROJECTION: 72 ST. LOUIS POS C AGE 26 2023-24 STATS 82-31-36-67-22 GP 80 G 34 A 38 JORDAN KYROU CAP HIT:…