To make the best-educated guess, I’ll look back on his past three seasons, find the averages for his time on ice (TOI), points, goals, and assists to project what his numbers could look like next season.
Obviously, the role of a defenseman is to defend, and point production doesn’t necessarily prove how good a defenseman is overall, but it is still highly important and becoming even more important as the role of a defenseman shifts and changes in the modern NHL.
Duncan Keith’s Work Load
It is well known that Duncan Keith is not the same player who won the Norris Trophy in 2010 and 2014 and the Conn Smythe in the 2015 Playoffs.