Alexander Petrovic, a bottom pairing defenseman on the Florida Panthers, played the entire 2017-18 NHL season with the aforementioned circumstances surrounding himself.
Despite missing an abundance of regular season games for Florida, the heavily scrutinized defensive-defenseman produced a satisfactory season, encapsulating jaw-dropping checks, vicious fights, and the occasional element of surprise on offense. Petro’s statistics in 67 regular season games notably included 2 goals, 11 assists, 98 penalty minutes, 74 blocked shots, and a team-leading 142 hits.
Petrovic wasn’t necessarily a consistent nor top-tier defenseman, but played like a serviceable, adequate 3rd pairing defenseman.