Riding next to Connor McDavid on the Oilers’ top line, Maroon is in a plum spot to rack up points and continue to prove himself as a gritty presence.
While 2017-18 hasn’t started the way Edmonton might have imagined, widely-considered an offensively-explosive Cup contender now sporting the third-worst scoring average (2.47 goals per-game) in the league, Maroon has gained much from his time in northern Alberta.
After a late 2015-16 deal with Anaheim, he found his offensive groove with eight goals and six assists in the campaign’s final 16 games. With 27 goals and 15 assists and an impressive 189 hits last year, and a respectable five goals and seven assists in 19 games this year, have helped establish the former Duck as a coveted power forward.