If not for the team’s offensive drought in March, Marchenko certainly would have been a point-per-game player for the first time in his career. Last season, we saw that Marchenko had the potential to establish himself as a legitimate first-line player. This season, we saw it come to fruition.
Perhaps he was just ready to pop, or maybe it was Dean Evason or Sean Monahan. Perhaps it was a combination of all of those things. He was arguably the most consistent forward night in and night out and ended the season with a whopping +29, which was tied for 17th in the league.