Jokipakka improved as the 2015 season wore along, but the Dallas Stars need more from him to pencil him in the lineup long term.
A lot has been made of the improvement to the Dallas Stars defense as the season wore on. There is no better example of this than our young friend Jyrki Jokipakka.
He turned heads in training camp. He looked the part of an NHL defenseman when he came up initially. The problem has been that his underlying numbers haven't been favorable for much of the season. I'd been wanting to revisit Jokipakka to see if that changed with the uptick in play the Stars experienced in March.