Devin Setoguchi, an eighth overall draft choice in 2005 of the San Jose Sharks, is 28 years old for another four months. In his first full 80-game season in 2008-09, he scored 31 goals on Joe Thornton’s wing. He broke the 20-goal plateau in three consecutive seasons in San Jose before signing with the Minnesota Wild, where he posted a 19 goal, 36-point season in 2011-12 (a 20 goal pace) and 13 goals in 48 games in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season (also a 20 goal pace).
To what extent his struggles in 2013-14 and 2014-15 (in which he put up just a combined 27 points in 87 games and spent 19 games of 2014-15 in the minors with the Adirondack Flames) are attributable to off-ice trouble is not something we can comment on, but that he took the steps to tackle his issues through rehab is obviously a positive going forward.