The Defenseman sophomore slump - real or fake news?

[RizzeeDizzee]

That's the question I tackled this week in place of my usual cage match. As you'll see from the article (https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-home...slump-a-thing/) I looked through data for two dozen defensemen over the past 20 years not just to see how many slumped (or didn't), but also to try and find out why they did or didn't slump, in hopes of giving insight to poolies hoping to predict how future rookie defensemen will fare in their second season.

Give it a read and come back to discuss your thoughts and also to let me know if you want to see more of these type of "digging deep" columns appear in place of regular cage matches every once in a while. And remember that just one week from today doesn't just mark the start of the 2018-19 regular season - it's also when my annual fearless forecast column will appear, so be sure to come back for that!

[StuntMan12]

Great article Rizzee. Always looking forward to your articles.