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Originally Posted by ricardodw
When I saw Boedeker so far down the list I wondered why he was a #8 pick overall.....
He had a great playoff season .
The Flames prospects that have been successful ... Backlund, Baertschi, Reinhart, Brodie all did significantly better in the playoffs (albeit as 19 year olds - after they were drafted) than regular seasons.
Lindholm had 4 playoff games for Brynas in 2013 and had no goals or assists (4 minutes in penalties doubling his regular season total) and was a -5. His team that finished 8 lost to the the first place team in 4 straight games getting outscored 20-4.
Monahan as a 17 year old had 15 points in 18 playoff games a significant fall off from his 78 pts in 62 regular season games.
Nurse (scoring d-man) had 4 pts in his 6 playoff games very close to his --- 41 in 68 regular season games.
Nichushkin had 9 pts in 25 KHL playoff games .... only played 18 regular season games and had 6 pts
Barkov 5 pts in 5 playoff games --- same pace as 48 pts in 52 reg season games
Mackinnon and Drouin have both stepped up to be better in the playoffs than regular season.
No clear cut winner for the Flames pick although Lindholm had an incredible bad playoff experience.
Just for interest sake RHN was better in regular season than playoffs.
Jeff Skinner 20 goals in 20 OHL playoff games.. better playoffs than regular season
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Agree that playoffs a good indicator for a player stepping up his game.
Have a hard time applying that to Lindholm though. He is a 17 year old playing in a mens league, for the 8th seed that was clearly overmatched