It Doesn't Matter That Jack Roslovic is Having a Stronger Second Half Again

For the second-consecutive season, Jack Roslovic's point-per-game total increased after the all-star break.

Jack Roslovic splits
2021-22	Points	Games	Points/Game
Pre All-Star Break	18	42	0.43
Post All-Star Break	27	39	0.69
2022-23	Points	Games	Points/Game
Pre All-Star Break	27	48	0.56
Post All-Star Break	16	23	0.70

After scoring just four goals in the first 48 games of the season, he scored his sixth goal in the last 16 games in Thursday night's game against Boston.

#CBJ Roslovic (10) goal pic.twitter.com/i4wYJcAblv
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 30, 2023

His production after the All-Star break has been a bright spot, but I'd argue it doesn't matter. After signing a two-year, $4M AAV extension in the summer of 2022, he was expected to take a step forward and challenge Boone Jenner for the team's No. 1 center. He did anything but that, including playing his way out of the lineup as a healthy scratch. For the second-straight year, he's tallying points in games that do not matter. You could argue that all the games count the same, and technically that's true, but when the pressure of making the playoffs is lifted off a team or player by mid-November, it changes things.

#CBJ Roslovic (9) goal pic.twitter.com/iyzYsFHojS
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 22, 2023

Per moneypuck.com, he's second on the team in giveaways and second among forwards in defensive-zone giveaways. To his credit, he is also second in takeaways, but there are many times when I wonder what he's doing on the defensive side of the puck, like on this goal embedded below.