It’s been about a month since the first iteration of when we checked in on some individual ups and downs, and now is a good time to look back at it.
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Rickard Rakell — In a way, you might say that Rickard Rakell won the Jake Guentzel trade. It didn’t take very long for Rakell to fill the opening for Sidney Crosby’s wing that Guentzel’s departure created, and the results have been incredible. Rakell has a team-high 22 goals this season. He’s got 12G+10A in the last 18 games (which just so happens to line up with the time after Team Sweden announced their 4 Nations tournament roster, without Rakell on it).