When the Carolina Hurricanes signed Eric Robinson to a one-year contract on July 1 over the summer, the signing was met with minimal excitement, to say the least.
Projected as a depth player before earning a full-time lineup spot in training camp, the 29-year-old had toiled on the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres to the tune of 91 career points in 306 contests.
It would be easy to look at that large of a sample of solid but unspectacular production and assume that while he’s playing well so far in Carolina, his 9 points in 14 games with a plus-12 rating to start this season may be a bit of a product of the team’s strong play as a whole.