Holy Faulk, The Minnesota native and 23 year old Carolina Hurricanes blue liner is being surprisingly crafty on the power play this year. Currently tied with Patrick Kane with 12 power play goals this season. Yes you read that right, tied with Patrick Kane. 12 power play goals out of the team's whole 20 which is 60% 1967-68 no player has done that since Brett Hull. Unfortunately the canes power play is ranked 28th so far this season in the NHL at 16.3%. The last defense man to have over 12 power play goals was Mike Greene in the 2008-09 season with 18 power play goals which is tied for second of all time. Not saying Justin Faulk is as good as Mike Green but he has the potential to pass him with only half the season played. Justin is Currently the 4th ranked defense man in scoring this year with 30 points, Only behind Erik karlsson, John Klingberg, and Brent Burns.





I know it's only halfway in the season but for being a young player he's showing a lot of potential and is on pace for 60 points this season. In march of 2014 for a 6 year 29 million dollar contract that brings him with the canes until 2019-2020 season. It's a back loaded contract so it averages 4.83 million per season. His average cost per point is around 116,00 dollars. As a comparison John Klingberg who makes 4.25 million dollars and his cost per point is around 111,000 dollars a close comparison with only having 8 more points this year than Justin Faulk. With Justin Faulk's supporting cast compared to John Klingberg’s I give Justin a little leeway. Looking back at Justin Faulk's scouting report in 2010 his upside was his offensive ability and athleticism. The two real questions were how will he handle his size being under 6 foot and his defensive play. Obviously he has handled his size well playing all 82 games last season and all of this season. The down side is still a defensive play in which he is a -12 this season. As all good offensive defenseman he’s not the best at defensive play. He needs an anchor on his pairing a good stay at home defenseman. Not sure how everybody thinks about the plus minus stat being reliable but I thought I would throw that in there. So watch out for Justin Faulk the rest of this season and the future as this now 2 time all-star could turn into an offensive stud on the blueline in Carolina one day and maybe the NHL. Thanks for reading

-Brett