Welcome to 10 Insights and Observations. Every Thursday, I’ll use this space to highlight teams, players, storylines, and general musings around the NHL, and perhaps at times, the greater hockey world.
This week we look at Luke Schenn, Nick Ritchie, Ross Colton, Mike Bossy and the underappreciated Islanders, goal differential trends and more.
1. Appreciating Luke Schenn
When Luke Schenn was drafted in 2008, he was drawing comparisons to Luke Richardson. Nearly 15 years later, it turned out to be a fairly reasonable comparison. It’ll be difficult for Schenn to match the 1,417 games he played (plus 69 playoff games), but Schenn has a decent chance to hit 1,000 games in the league as he’s sitting at 858 and will be turning just 33 this year.