There’s the team-worst minus-23, an unflattering shot differential – particularly for a playmaking defenseman – and the drop in production.
All suggest a down season for the Coyotes’ Oliver Ekman-Larsson, an assessment he agrees with when he reflects on his play with about a month left on the schedule.
“I think I haven’t been playing bad, and I haven’t been playing very good,” he said. “You can consider it an off year.”
But there's also the fact Ekman-Larsson played through injury while feeling the frustration of yet another playoff-less trek – all the while bearing in mind he’s a role model for a growing cast of rookies.