The Ducks had the same situation last season with defenseman Cam Fowler.“He has been the same steady type player we expected right from the first day of camp,” Carlyle said of Smith-Pelly. “He did it last year in camp, too.”
Speaking of Fowler, it sounds like he will start the season on the top pairing alongside Lubomir Visnovsky. In his rookie season he finished the year with 10 goals and 40 points. Expect similar production, if not more, in his second full season as he should bypass the sophomore slump.
