3 players that fell under expectations this year

#2 T.J. Oshie

This pains me to write this but to be fair, T.J. Oshie has had a down season. It isn’t necessarily his fault though. He’s had to deal with injuries in the beginning and middle part of the season and even tested positive for COVID 19. It hasn’t been a good season by any means for the Oshbabe but he will have time to turn it around with the playoffs looming.

Oshie has been limited to just 37 games this season with 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points. He has two goals in his last three games which included a nice look in front of the net against the Philadelphia Flyers for the slam dunk and a deflection off a shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov on Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens.

His 10 goals are the second lowest in his career after having a 22 goal season last year and a 26 goal season the year before that. Like I said, he’s got plenty of time to turn his game around. Oshie is still the heart and soul of the locker room and you could tell they missed his presence as they were going through their midseason struggles.

Look for Oshie to make some noise in the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs. Better to get the injuries over with back then than later.