A big part of this season’s narrative for Columbus Blue Jackets so far has been the continued absence of Kevin Connauton. Richards made him a healthy scratch 3 times out of 7 total games, Torts has yet to put him in the line up. Since Connauton was a bright spot in a otherwise dark season last year this has a lot of people upset. The prevailing opinion appears to be that his absence is an inexplicable oversight that’s hurting the team
But there may be a reasonable explanation.
Careful inspection of his numbers shows that Kevin Connauton isn’t as good as his counting stats might suggest.