Players that did not meet expectations this year

[FerrisRox]

"His defensive game though"
"Any coach/GM would take A over B"

#thingspeoplesaytomakeexcusesforplayers

What reason would I have to "make excuses" for Matt Barzal?

What a bizarre thing to say.

 

[Bougieman]

Drouin (Everyone expected the guy to take the next step in his forth full season in the league, and he did not)
Laine (take away the 5 goal game against the Blues, and those are some PATHETIC season stats for a player of his skill level)

 

[CBJWerenski8]

The completely obvious answer on Columbus is Alex Wennberg. Who went from top line center on the team to a healthy scratch in a 2 year span.