This is completely false. We've already had this conversation. A significant proportion of the league's regular defencemen didn't produce well in their D+1 season. The Bruins were one of the best teams in the league last year, and literally almost their entire defence, which includes an unusual number of defensive D-men, didn't produce offensively in their D+1 seasons, all but one in the CHL -- Torey Krug, Zdeno Chara, Adam McQuiad, Brandon Carlo and Kevan Miller. Quickly glancing at a couple of other rosters in the division, Montreal -- Noah Juulsen put up 28 points in 63 games in his D+1 and Karl Alzner put up 36 points in 60 games. Lightning -- Ryan McDonagh never approached 0.5 ppg in the NCAA in the 3 seasons following his draft then put up 1 goal and 8 points in the AHL the following season. Braydon Coburn put up 30 points in 55 games in his D+1 in the CHL. Red Wings -- Danny DeKeyser, in what would have been his D+1 season had he been drafted, put up 25 points in 58 games in the BCHL, a league considered far inferior to the CHL. Nick Jensen put up 27 points in 53 games in the USHL. Senators -- Max Lajoie, currently one of the best rookie dmen in hockey, put up 42 points in 68 games. Dylan DeMelo put up 47 points in 67 games. These aren't rare exceptions. They are a significant proportion of NHL defensemen. You're simply wrong. There's nothing more I can say.