When San Jose shipped a third round pick off to Arizona for Maxim Letunov, the general consensus was that Doug Wilson had pulled off a solid deal to land a highly-touted young college player who was stuck behind the Coyotes’ glut of excellent forward prospects. Letunov had put up 40 (16-24-40) points in 36 games the previous season, led the UConn Huskies in scoring, and set the school’s freshmen goal, assist, and point-scoring records.
It’s fair to say that large things were expected of Letunov coming into this season, and on first glance, his 27 (7-20-27) points in 32 games can seem like a disappointing return.