10 BREAKOUT PLAYERS FOR 2022-23: MLarkinHockey looks at players poised for major breakthroughs this season:
The root of the word gives us a clue. A breakout is an escape from something or somewhere confining you. In the hockey context, that could be a bad line deployment, a coach with whom you don’t jive, a weak team or an injury.
With Byram on the ice at 5-on-5 last season, the Avalanche generated more than 57 percent of the scoring chances. While it’s true the team as a whole tilted the ice, Byram had the fifth-best scoring-chance share on the team and second best among Avs defensemen, trailing only Cale Makar. Byram tilted the ice at an even higher level in the playoffs – while skating with creaky veteran Erik Johnson. Colorado has another star in the making in Byram, who does pretty much everything well.
The Ducks’ future hasn’t looked this bright since they were building around a young core of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan 15-plus years ago. Trevor Zegras, Mason McTavish and Drysdale represent a genuinely exciting foundational trio of prospects. Dunn may seem like a strange pick for this article. I get it. He’s five seasons into his NHL career, and he has two 35-point seasons to his name. But he cracks my breakout list for 2022-23 because the conditions are perfect for him to crush his career high in points.
Money talks. I hate using clichés in writing, but clichés exist for a reason. They represent universal truths and, in hockey, money or, more specifically, AAVs talk. They tell us about a team’s intentions for a given player. And $4.5 million on Knight’s new contract, which kicks in next season? That’s not AHL demotion money. That’s not ride-the-pine money. That’s push-Sergei-Bobrovsky money, Bob’s $10 million price tag be damned.
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