With the playoffs clinched and the regular season coming to a close, it’s time to take a look at a few individual players’ seasons and what we can expect from them next. Up first is rookie defenseman Mark Friedman.
After turning heads at both development camp and training camp with his smooth skating and competitiveness, his 2017-18 campaign began a bit rocky. In an interview with Stephen Gross of The Morning Call, Friedman himself stated that he was kind of chasing the game for the first 30 games of the season. With that in mind, let’s split his season almost in half.