Failing to reach 50 points and barely squeaking to 20 goals, the Russian forward is in store for a big season as he passes the halfway point in his contract.
With the expectation that he'd be healthy to start the season, there were high hopes that Andrei Svechnikov would get back to normal. Entering the fourth year of his eight-year contract, he'd been a consistent 50-60-point player, but everyone hoped he'd start reaching another gear.