SlyDawg
Registered User
His point totals look better than they actually are because he started the season with 17 points in 11 games. Since then he has 27 points in 46 games, or 0.59 PPG.
That's fine but in any season you have lulls and dips. The biggest example I can give is if you look at Duchene and Turris. At the start, Turris was devouring Duchene on a point per game basis. Since then, though, Duchene has hit his stride and is ahead of Turris. Which puts it in the camp of Duchene is in fact, a better player than Turris in the offensive.
I rather take a full overview of a season than to analyse lulls and dips in people's play. This tends to scrutinize players more than they should be. The bottom line is where I rather look at: Essentially, EK is on par to get close to his average, and we all can see his mobility is not there right now due to the surgery. Furthermore, we know he didn't get a full training regimen due to the ankle.
I'm more impressed he's keeping up to his average with that little off ice training and a new cadaver of a ligament and it should show that this guy is quite the special talent.