BOSTON, MA - MARCH 31: New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton during a game between the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils on March 31, 2022, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
A disappointing season from a player can make fantasy managers nervous and cause their draft stock to slip. However, if the player has a bounce-back campaign, whoever ended up selecting them will reap the rewards of a bargain-bin pickup. But of course, not every player who declines will subsequently rebound. To try to determine which players are more likely to regain their form and which will fade, it's important to look at the context of what held them back in the first place.
After missing almost the entire 2020-21 campaign, Seguin logged 81 games last season, but he left plenty to be desired with his 24 goals and 49 points. From a points-per-game perspective, that was his worst campaign since 2010-11 and a far cry from the 72-84 points he recorded every season from 2013-14 through 2018-19.