In the middle of October, I had a suspicion I hoped would simply end up in the hot take coffin: Dallas’ young wingers were in their peak production windows with modest production to build on from seasons prior, and were tasked with supporting aging veterans. Conclusion: they wouldn’t provide the necessary punch of proper secondary scoring.
Tyler Pitlick, Antoine Roussel, Brett Ritchie, Gemel Smith, Remi Elie, and Martin Hanzal are all on pace for less than 30 points through 82 games. If we restrict their point totals to even strength, Devin Shore and Jason Spezza fall into that category as well.