Entering the 2012-13 season, which began with a mass minor league reassignment to brace for the still-going NHL lockout, Jordan Caron was the lone Providence Bruin who had an NHL-caliber appearance on his transcript.
After 14 weeks and 26 regular-season games spent consistently in the AHL, what has he done to build on that? He is tied for 10th on the team with defenseman Matt Bartkowski and plugger Kyle MacKinnon with seven points and is third-to-last with a minus-eight rating.
Granted, he trails only Ryan Spooner and Jamie Tardif in the goal column, but his collection of five firsthand tallies comes with a kicker. While his full stat line has him averaging 0.27 points per night, that median plummets to 0.16 in 25 contests if you delete his Oct. 19 hat trick at Manchester.
Caron has hit the back of the net only once since the end of October and tallied only two points, his lone two assists so far in 2012-13, in mid-November.
As it happened, Friday night’s 5-4 loss to the Worcester Sharks was the first time Caron’s plus/minus rating has increased in a game since the season began. But his plus-one rating was eclips ...
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Boston Bruins: Are Jordan Caron’s AHL Struggles a Major Cause for Concern?
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