While playing hockey with an injury is kind of a dumb thing for most people to do, Jamie Benn's season exemplifies everything you would want in a young captain of a promising franchise. Also, the Leafs show us all what a real rebuild looks like, and Benn's Art Ross was one of the even-strengthiest Art Rosses ever
Hip surgery, eh? It's always fascinating to have the season's veneer peeled back to unveil just how battered and war-torn most of these players are by season's end. When a player's condition is revealed, often it's a surprise--I bet you had forgotten that Alex Goligoski was skipping all those practices earlier this year--and less often it provides something of an excuse for why that player's performance mysteriously dipped or never quite matched expectations.