In February, I wrote a piece about how underrated Nico Hischier’s season had been up until that point. Taylor Hall’s Hart-candidate season and multiple point streaks distracted Devils fans, and incredible rookie campaigns from Matt Barzal’s and others distracted the rest of the NHL from Nico’s excellent season.
There is nothing in that article that I don’t stand by. Nor anything in John’s piece roughly a month later taking a closer look at his season. John specified two areas in which Nico needs to improve and that is on the powerplay and in the faceoff circle.