Uhtred appears to be in the midst sophomore slump

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Last week I talked about the sophomore slump and if Uhtred has avoided it.  What a difference a week makes.  Last week it appeared that Uhtred was on track to eqeual last year's performance but a week later the slump appears to be real.  There is the chance that he is getting unlucky with his shooting. Since the last article Uhtred has gone goaless and  has manged just 4 assists in his past 12 games.  He is now on pace for 8 goals and 24 assists which is about a third of his goal total last season with a similar assist  total.  I would say he is definitely in the midst of the dreaded sophome slump.  One factor in his goal production being  down is that he is taking half a shot less per game but that will only account for a portion of the decrease.  The biggest factor is his large shooting percentage decrease. Last season he had about a 9 which is around league average.  This season that has plummeted to 3.85% which indicates Uhtred is taking terrible low percentage shots or he is getting unlucky.  If being unlucky is the reason he should see his goal totals increase start to rise soon as the luck should change over the long term.  If he is taking to many low percentage shots than it probably won't rise that quickly.  After another week of games we should have a better picture of his shooting  percentage and the impact on the sophomore slump.   Teammate Ola Vikingstad who is also a sophomore has the exact same shooting percentage as Uhtred which is rather strange. This makes you wonder if the sim wants there to be a sophomore slump.