Callahan Struggling to Start Season

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The follow up to a Championship winning rookie season has been a tough one for Sophomore Forward Harry Callahan.

 

Last season saw Callahan pot 24 goals to go along with 31 assists for a 55 point rookie year. To start the season this year, he's seen a dip in all three stats projected out over the course of a 72 game season. In the off-season, Callahan had mentioned that his focus this season was on continuing to grow defensively, but didn't want it to come at the cost of more offense. Let's take a look at the comparison between last season and the projections for this season:

 

 

As the chart shows, there are decreases in the projections for goals, assists, points, and plus/minus. There are also increases in penalty minutes, shots, hits, and shot blocks.

 

One possible explanation for the dip in offense so far might just be luck. After shooting 8.92% last regular season, Callahan has opened the season shooting just 3.23% while seeing a significant uptick in shots taken. That places Callahan as the third lowest shooting percentage in the league among forwards with more than 50 shots taken this season. Last season, Callahan was 70th in the league in shots taken and 35th in the league in shooting percentage. This season, Callahan is tied for 26th in the league in shots taken, and is 140th in the league in shooting percentage.

 

A sacrifice to the sim gods may be needed here for Callahan to right the ship on this rough start and get his season back on track.