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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
PPG d-men aren't that rare in the CHL actually. Some of them don't pan out into anything either.
Ryan Ellis was almost 2 PPG in his final year of junior LOL with 24 goals, 77 assist for 101 points in 58 games.
A few years back John Carlson, PK Subban and Michael Del Zotto were all above PPG.
The OHL seems to have higher profile d-men end up PPG. Many of the WHL highest scoring d-men and QMJHL highest scoring d-men aren't elite NHL prospects. Each league often has 3 d-men above PPG numbers from what I can see.
Doesn't take anything away from Culkin however, nice numbers for a kid his age.
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But weren't these guys you mentioned all first round picks? IF (big IF) Culkin keeps it up, that's impressive as a fifth rounder.