▁Pred ators ▁and ▁San ▁Jose ▁Sh arks , ▁the ▁Can uck s ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁Final s ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 7 ▁years . ▁F acing ▁the ▁Boston ▁Bru ins , ▁the ▁team ▁lost ▁the ▁series ▁in ▁seven ▁games . ▁Following ▁their ▁defeat , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁several ▁Can uck s ▁players ▁had ▁been ▁playing ▁with ▁inj uries , ▁including ▁Ed ler , ▁who ▁played ▁Game ▁ 7 ▁with ▁two ▁broken ▁fingers . ▁In ▁the ▁play offs , ▁he ▁ranked ▁second ▁among ▁Can uck s ▁def enc emen ▁and ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁overall ▁with ▁ 1 1 ▁points ▁( 2 ▁goals ▁and ▁ 9 ▁ass ists ) ▁in ▁ 2 5 ▁games . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁departure ▁of ▁Christian ▁Ehr hoff , ▁the ▁Can uck s ' ▁leading ▁def ensive ▁sc orer ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁two ▁seasons , ▁to ▁the ▁Buff alo ▁Sab res ▁in ▁the ▁off - season , ▁Ed ler ▁assumed ▁a ▁larger ▁role ▁on ▁the ▁team ' s ▁bl uel ine ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 – 1 2 ▁season . ▁By ▁mid - J anu ary ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Ed ler ▁was ▁ranked ▁fourth ▁among ▁N HL ▁def enc eman ▁in ▁scoring ▁with ▁ 7 ▁goals ▁and ▁ 2 4 ▁points . ▁That ▁month , ▁he ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁his ▁first ▁N HL ▁All - Star ▁Game . ▁He ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁the ▁competition ▁alongside ▁Can uck s ▁team m ates ▁Daniel ▁and ▁Hen rik ▁Sed in