His production was MUCH better in the first 22 games. 8 goals, 15 assists. In the last 27 he put up 2 goals and 9 assists.
And I thought he was unlucky earlier in the season and could have definitely scored more than that with some better luck. Him and Patches early on definitely had a lot of great chances.
Wasn't just his production going down. At the 22 game mark he was at the top of expected goals(he was #1 at times), was our best player on the dot by a lot, etc. Those next 27 games saw everything taking a hit, including his willingness to shoot the puck and defensive work(!).
The reason he didn't take faceoffs to start the season was because he fell on his hand, it could be that it never healed and that slash was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Could also be that he had some minor injuries, or wasn't injured, who knows, Stone had a 17 game stretch with 6 points while playing with a steaming hot Patches.
Lets hope the derailing factor was injury related, though, because that 22 game Bill was a true 1C.