How is Aaron Ekblad trending?

[Nick Hansen]

Drafted first overall in 2014 and here he is his fourth season in the NHL. So how is he doing? So far 23 games and 8 pts.

Crazy to think that he still only is 21 yrs old.

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[Pukboy5kroner]

After starting the season pressing more offensively and getting beat bad a few times on the other end, he’s focused more on playing a sound positional game and has been a steady defender. Unfortunately, he’s been paired with Yandle who has a what the hell move a game up his sleeve.

 

[triggrman]

He's no Seth Jones that's for sure.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

He had one bad year dealing with injuries. I thought he was gonna be a bust he's been improving game after game. Last night was one of his best games of the season. Dude is still on track to be one of the best. No doubt he'll be a force to reckon with by 23. He's also got hands like Barkov but he barely flashes them. Really I am just happy to see he is progressing rather than regressing.

 

[Benched]

He’s been better lately but he still has issues with gap control. And being with Yandle isn’t helping.

 

[MintyFresh88]

Shed some weight over the summer which has helped, but his skating is holding him back from going to the next level. Right now he's probably a #2/#3 guy but he just hit his 250th game, so we'll see where he goes from here. He's definitely playing better than last season though.

 

[RainingRats]

He's been better. He's got a really slow first step so he has little room for error. His skating is very choppy.

He needs to work on his skating which is holding him back and if he can become a better skater, he has a chance to become a #1 D-man.

 

[Cold Medicine]

He had one bad year dealing with injuries. I thought he was gonna be a bust he's been improving game after game. Last night was one of his best games of the season. Dude is still on track to be one of the best. No doubt he'll be a force to reckon with by 23. He's also got hands like Barkov but he barely flashes them. Really I am just happy to see he is progressing rather than regressing.

It won't show up on the scoresheet but he even scored a goal last night

 

[McDavidCrushedLarkin]

Does he have concussion issues or what exactly were the injury problems?

 

[yangmang]

up i think

 

[CalEh]

As a Leafs fan, I sure as heck would love him on my team. A big RH 1D is very rare.

I quite like the Panthers and some of their players. Barkov is spectacular. [mod]

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Unfortunately, he’s been paired with Yandle who has a what the hell move a game up his sleeve.

Glad I rolled my eyes all those times the Yandle to Detroit threads were going.