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Originally Posted by Dagger
Nobody is arguing that. What is undeniable though is that the KHL is better than any junior league in North America, and the 2nd best league in the world. Therefore trying to use statistics to demean a prospect that had inferior stats in the KHL against prospects that have huge stats in the CHL is outrageous.
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Well, I'm not ignoring the difference in league difficulties - that would indeed be outrageous. I'm looking at
league-adjusted scoring.
Having said that, the KHL->NHL conversion factor might be underestimating the abilities of the high-end Russian picks (particularly if the guys who don't get to the NHL are registered as zeros, not sure if that's the case), so while I'm still a Lindhomie... I can see a bit more of Nichuchkin's appeal now.
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Originally Posted by Dagger
Kuznetsov had 8 in 35, Taraksenko 24 in 42, Malkin 12 in 34, and Ovechkin 24 in 53 in their draft years. Nichuskin's 6 in 18 is not half bad [...]
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