As a Carolina Hurricanes fan, this is always a pretty tough article to write. We as fans cheer for every player in every game. The most underrated player this season is a defenseman. We know just how good Jaccob Slavin is and have done all season. It’s only since the playoffs that I personally ever heard anyone outside of Carolina talking about him. And it is well deserved.
However, Jaccob Slavin is actually not my pick for the most underrated player of the 2018-19 season. For that honor, we would actually have to turn to another American blue liner: Brett Pesce.