Following offseason surgery, hopes were high that R.J. Umberger would rebound from his disappointing 2014-15 season. Instead, Umberger struggled again, and is now seemingly out of the organization's future plans.
During his first three-year stint in Philadelphia at the start of his career, R.J. Umberger established himself as an intriguing young player with a great deal of potential. He scored 20 goals in his rookie year, and then after a bit of a sophomore slump, broke out in his third season with 50 points. His eight-goal performance in the 2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Montreal Canadiens that year was the obvious high point of his Philadelphia career.