Fansided · Dec 11, 2017
Vancouver Canucks: Time for Granlund to step up offensively
Markus Granlund had a breakout season last year; potting 19 goals and 32 points in 69 games. He’s regressed this year, scoring just 6 points in 29 games. With Horvat and Sutter out of the lineup, it’s time for Granlund to step up offensively.
Coming off of a breakout season, expectations were high this year for Markus Granlund. As Canucks Army’s Jackson McDonald pointed out in an article last month, however, they may have been unreasonably high.
While Jackson raised a good point about the repeatability and randomness of last year’s success, the underlying metrics prove that Granlund’s offensive play has regressed as a whole.