Brent Burns

We're already a quarter of the way through the hockey season, and now's the time to start evaluating whether teams and players can maintain their early-season production. There have been a lot of surprises so far. Brent Burns is in a historic scoring slump, the Vegas Golden Knights might actually be good, 37 players are at a point-per-game pace or more, and the Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, and Arizona Coyotes aren't playing to their potential. These are all examples of early trends that probably won't last the entire…

A defenseman's primary responsibility is to make it hard for the forwards to shoot by blocking their shots, hitting them, or just covering them. This responsibility makes a lot of defensemen fantasy-relevant. However, some defensemen are also expected to drive play, especially when the team is on the power-play. Since this position usually leaves the shooting to the forwards, they don’t get as many points. Only three defensemen had over 70 points last season. The next closest was Kevin Shattenkirk, who had 56 points. An…