Where are they now -- forwards edition

A week or so ago, I posted about some goaltenders who had once played in the Thrashers system, and what they were up to now. Today is forwards. Below are points per game, total NHL games played, and then games played for the Thrashers.

		GP	Pts	Pts/GP	Total NHL GP	NHL GP ATL	Drafted
Darcy Hordichuk	NHL Nashville	11	0	0.00	268	44	180th, 2000
Alex Bourret	AHL Hartford	21	15	0.71	0	0	16th, 2005
Derek MacKenzie	AHL Syracuse	30	18	0.60	29	28	128th, 1999
Karl Stewart	AHL Norfolk	27	13	0.48	60	13	free agent
Pat Dwyer	AHL Albany	21	7	0.33	0	0	116th, 2002
Simon Gamache	AHL Toronto	15	4	0.27	48	4	290th, 2000
Milan Gajic	AHL Manitoba	2	0	0.00	0	0	112th, 2001
	ECHL Victoria	16	23	1.44	0	0
Tommi Santala	FNL Jokerit	30	28	0.93	63	33	245th, 1999
Zdenek Blatny	Czech Liberec	11	5	0.45	25	20	68th, 1999

Darcy Hordichuk is a tough guy for Nashville, but he's only seen 11 games so far this season. It's a bit ironic that he's seeing less time for them this year than last, when the Predators said they were going to try to be grittier this year.

Alex Bourret leads the AHL group in point production, but he's at the same pace he was at last year so he's not improving. He's only sixth on his team in scoring, and his -8 is by far the worst on his team. Example #2843 why it takes more than talent to make the NHL.

Simon Gamache saw 11 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this year, scoring four points. That's the same number of points he scored with the Marlies in 15 games. Derek MacKenzie has decided he's a goal scorer now, with 12 in 30 games for the Crunch. The most he had previously was 19 in 63 games with the Wolves, so if he keeps up this pace he should easily eclipse that.

I said after Pat Dwyer's rookie pro year with the Wolves in which he scored 45 points that he probably had what would be a career year. Turns out to be the case so far.

Blatny is playing in his native Czech Republic now, but interestingly played on Modo with Tobias Enstrom last year.

Not listed above because he has no stats yet, Brad Schell is at home in Saskatchewan recovering from a back injury he suffered in Providence Bruins camp, where he had a tryout. He may return to playing in a few weeks. He was ECHL MVP in 2006-07 for the Gwinnett Gladiators.