The past two seasons were notably decent for Aaron Ekblad from a production standpoint. During the 2017-18 season, Ekblad managed to participate in all 82 regular-season contests, producing a career-high mark of 16 goals. Also, Ekblad tacked on 22 assists to give him a 38-point showing on the season.
Furthermore, Ekblad produced an exceptional +9 rating on defense while averaging roughly 23 minutes of ice time per game. Moreover, Ekblad played a tremendous physical style of game, adding 121 blocked shots as well as 69 hits on the year.
However, despite the tremendous all-around play by Ekblad, he still possessed some flaws in his game.