Last season, it took until game #29 of the season in mid-December for Corrado to enter the lineup. It wasn’t until the Dion Phaneuf trade and the Matt Hunwick injury that the 23-year-old saw consistent minutes (starting in February onward). He didn’t produce a whole lot offensively (six points) but did show well in terms of the possession numbers over 39 games.
The same practice-and-healthy-scratch routine has returned to start the 2016-17 season despite what was viewed by many onlookers as an impressive enough training camp and preseason. While preseason production is meaningless (Corrado recorded four points in four games; countless players above him in preseason scoring couldn’t break the league full time, either), Mike Babcock mentioned recently that Corrado did as the organization asked in terms of his preparation coming into the season.