Adam Lowry

A valuable depth player for Winnipeg, Lowry again skated in a bottom-six role in his eighth NHL campaign. He posted 13 goals, his most since 2016-17, while Lowry's three shorthanded tallies were a career high. Always a physical presence on the ice, Lowry topped the 200-hit plateau (231) for the fourth time, as well. Signed for four more seasons at a cap hit of $3.25 million, Lowry will maintain his usual spot in the lineup for the Jets this coming year, although he's nothing more than a cheap source of hits from a fantasy perspective.

After a disappointing 2019-20 campaign in which he scored just four goals and 10 points, Lowry bounced back with 10 goals and 24 points last season. It marked the fifth time in seven NHL seasons he's reached the 20-point mark and it was the second-highest point total of his career, trailing only the 2017-18 campaign. The 28-year-old is one of the Jets' top penalty-killing forwards but still managed to chip in a pair of power-play assists last year. Lowry was on pace for roughly 37 points over a full 82-game slate last season. If he can shoot over his career 10.8 percent mark again, the middle-six forward should reach the 30-point mark for the first time in his NHL career in 2021-22.

Lowry had a rough 2019-20, posting a career-low 10 points and 137 hits in 49 contests. Injuries played a role in his unusually poor performance -- he missed a month just before the NHL season was paused in March. He's reached the 20-point mark in four of his six seasons, although the 27-year-old power forward probably won't achieve that mark in the 56-game, 2020-21 campaign. Look for him to land just below 20 points with a plethora of hits and the occasional shorthanded point, giving him a boost in fantasy value in deeper formats.

When looking for mid-tier fantasy options, there is perhaps nothing owners are looking for more than consistency, which is Lowry's modus operandi. The physical winger has topped the 200-hit mark in three of his five NHL seasons while also providing 20-plus points on four occasions. The St. Louis native won't see much action on the power play and is best suited for formats that factor in those hits, but he can still be a viable value play given his ability to provide depth scoring in a third-line role.

Lowry was incredibly efficient in his fourth NHL season with Winnipeg, as the 2011 third-rounder worked his way back from an upper-body injury and proceeded to put up eight goals and 21 total points over 45 games as a supplement to a tidy plus-8 rating. The burly American winger maintained his loftiest rate of offensive production over four years of service time, yet he still laid into opponents a whopping 124 times to stay true to his game. At the end of the day, fantasy owners are looking at a third-liner in Lowry, but there's plenty of upside with the 25-year-old skater who's deployed by a contending team and utilized in both special teams situations.

Lowry averaged a career-high 16:03 of ice time per contest last season and was one of just four Jets who laced the skates up for all 82 games. While the industrious winger will likely be assigned a third-line role in 2017-18, fantasy owners may still want to give him a look as a depth option, considering that he figures to continue logging time on Winnipeg’s second power-play unit. In fact, five of his 15 goals came with the man advantage a season ago. Lowry enters the 2017-18 campaign in the final year of his contract and will no doubt be motivated to have a productive season -- perhaps even breaking through the 30-point threshold -- in order to maximize his next deal.

You know what you’ll get out of Lowry – hits and tidbits of box-score production throughout the season. Last year, the bruiser registered just seven goals and 10 assists, but laid on a respectable amount of hits (187) to follow up his massive rookie season total of 256. Unfortunately, the 23-year-old could get pushed back even further into the lineup, skating predominantly on the fourth line after a year of second-line duty. That could change, but even if it does, Lowry offers fantasy owners hits and little else.

Lowry proved to be a hard-hitting presence on the Jets' depth lines in his rookie year, racking up a spectacular 256 hits (12th in the NHL) to go with a nice complement of 23 points in 80 games. While the 6-foot-5 bruiser is just entering his age-22 campaign, it's hard to project huge improvement from here for Lowry -- last year was pretty emblematic of his talent level, and while he might reach 40 points in time, that's pretty much his ceiling. He'll return as a member of the Jets' third line, and unless Mathieu Perreault struggles mightily, Lowry will have a hard time moving into the top-six forward group. Draft him for the hits and consider everything else a bonus.

Lowry has yet to make his NHL debut, but put together a solid season with AHL St. John’s in 2013-14, his first full year as a pro. The winger racked up 17 goals and 16 assists in 64 games, and chipped in 49 PIM as well. The former third-round pick is still just 21 years old and is a popular pick to make the team out of camp this year -- or at least play his way to the Jets by midseason -- after proving he could make a smooth transition to the professional game. Lowry posted more than a point-per-game over his previous two seasons with the WHL’s Swift Current Broncos and the team is hoping that scoring touch will translate to NHL production and his 6-5 frame will aid him in the defensive end. It would be wise to wait until he proves he can make the jump to the NHL before picking him up, but Lowry is certainly a name that could have fantasy value in the near future.