Five Bounce Back Players for next Season

With the Offseason coming to an end, heres a look at 5 players that should have bounce back years.

Marian Gaborik: In his three and a half years with the Rangers, Marian Gaborik hit the 40 goal mark twice. His second year with NY was plagued with injuries and with that, his production dipped. After the 2012 playoffs, he had shoulder surgery and everyone thought that in the lockout shorten season, he would produce. During 35 games with the Rangers in the shorten season, he only had 19 points but at the trade deadline, he was shipped to Columbus. He is now the main “go-to” guy for Columbus and the team’s offense will go around him. With the addition of Nathan Horton, who should be return from injury in December, Marian Gaborik should have a bounce back year.

Pekka Rinne: Before the 2012-2013 season, Rinne was always in the talks of winning the Vezina Trophy as league’s best goalie and was a finalist in 2011-12. His numbers dipped a bit due to a hip injury and he had his first sub- .500 season having a record of 15-16-8 in 2013. With a successful surgery, Rinne should be healthy come this preseason and with that, his numbers should return to normal and he should lead the low scoring Predators to the playoffs again.

Ryane Clowe: For Ryane Clowe, this past season was horrible. In 40 games, he scored 3 goals, and 2 were in one game. New Jersey is taking a huge risk with Clowe, who signed a 5 year 24.25 million dollar contract but that being said, I feel that he will have a bounce back year and will be one of the scoring leaders for the Devils without Ilya Kovalchuk.

Milan Lucic: After a sub-par season (7-20-27), Lucic had a great playoffs (7-12-19). He helped the Bruins reach the Stanley Cup finals and he will be playing with Jarome Iginla and David Krejci on the Bruins top line. Being on the top line, Lucic should be able to return to form and have another 30 goal season like he did two years ago.

Ryan Miller: Ever since Ryan Miller took Team USA to the Gold Medal Game in the 2010 Olympics, his numbers in the NHL has dropped. His Goals Against Average (GAA) has gone up since the 2010 season and his Save Percentage (SV%) has dropped. Even though Buffalo is in a rebuild, Miller should still have a bounce back year and with improved numbers, the Sabres should be able to get a decent return should he get traded.