Colorado Avalanche center JT Compher was like the captain of the rookies last season. It’s not that he was the oldest rookie — that honor went to Harvard grad Alexander Kerfoot. Compher just displayed a lot of leadership last year.
Points production-wise, J.T. Compher didn’t have the season he wanted. However, he also suffered two injuries that forced him to miss games. The first injury came in October when he broke his right thumb — he was a stud in bouncing back within three weeks. He missed six games with an unspecified upper body injury then an additional game with the flu.