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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Remember Robbie Shremp got 145 points in the juniors too.
Sven has impressed for a few games in the big leagues but it has to be consistent.
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Robbie Shremp got the vast majority (>70%) of his points on the PP. Baertchi got less than 40% of his points on the PP IIRC. The lesson to be learned from Shremp is that PP production isn't worth much if ES production is missing, and with Shremp, ES production was really missing,
If you want to compare Sven's Junior numbers with an NHL players, his are almost identical to Claude Giroux. That's not to say he'll end up being as good as Giroux, but so far he's had a very similar career, by almost every metric. Just please be realistic in your optimism.
I think it's fair to be exited about Baertchi though. His NHL equivalency is 49 points in 82 games in the NHL. This would make him the first guy with a legit chance of becoming a productive top 6 forward that we've had in years.