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Originally Posted by neo45
His point totals are almost identical to what Keith's were before he broke out in his 3rd season. In junior, the AHL, and the NHL they were very similar in the start of their careers. Add that to the fact that they are the same size and play a similar game and I can see where the comparisons come from.
When younger NHLers are given a comparison, it is almost always to a player way better than them that, if everything goes right, they could end up being like. Keith is an acceptable "ceiling" comparison for Brodie. Will Brodie ever be as good? Almost certainly not, but he is the player that Brodie should be trying to become. It's a much more convincing comparison than Backlund/Kesler
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Except Keith had a huge jump in terms of production and play that wasn't expected of him and shouldn't be expected of any player.
Why not use an example of a guy that similar numbers and had a normal development pattern instead of continually using the craziest jumps that guys had?
If Keith is an "acceptable" ceiling for Brodie than he is for 3-4 guys in every teams organization right now and guys like Schultz, Fowler, Pietrangelo etc. have Bobby Orr ceilings.