I think that Hip Hurts quietly met his expectations for his rookie season. Leaning towards more of a defensive defenseman, he was hoping to have a 100/100 season with hits and shots blocked. For hits, he met that line with 113, and was only 9 away from the hits leader for NBB defenseman. However, he fell a bit short in shot blocks, with only 78. However, only 1 player on the team had more than 100, so maybe that was a lofty goal on a team that didn't give up a ton of shots against. He would like to improve his takeaways as well, only ranking towards the middle of the team with 49. He did however exceed his expectations offensively. Getting 40 points for the rookie year doesn't exactly put him among the best offensive Dmen or anything, but almost 2/3 points per game was more than he thought he would put up. What was even more encouraging was that all but 2 assists were at even strength, so the offensive potential is still there and could take even another step. His most memorable moment was getting 12 shot blocks in a single game, setting a new franchise single game record as only a rookie.