It's easy to write a good NHL player off after one or two bad seasons. Whether it’s age curve awareness or a flat-out bad year, hockey fans are often quick to discredit a player with pedigree and label them as "washed up."
While weighing a player's past performance too heavily is dangerous in its own right, you can’t discredit it entirely. Below, we’re going to feature five well-known players who are poised to bounce back from their underwhelming 2022-23 campaigns.
Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins
After establishing himself as a high-end top-six forward throughout the previous three seasons— combining for 156 points in 171 games — Rust’s production fell off a cliff during the 2022-23 season.