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Originally Posted by Parallex
Not just the raw stats it's the flatness of the developmental curve, if he'd shown an improvement in them over the three year in the NCAA I'd see more of a capacity for upside but he's essentually just tread water, that's better then sinking but hardly encouraging.
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Unless you've followed his team you're only looking at the raw stats to judge his development curve. There's lots of reasons why he could be developing well but stagnating in points. Injuries, linemates, ice time and responsibilities, and how good his team is all can play a big part in the bottom line. One thing that I see is that he's a real playmaker type and seems to have been on the 2nd line behind a guy two years older than him. In his last year of junior he had 26 goals and 90 assists while last year he had 12 goals and 16 assists. The gap between his goals and assists is even much much smaller than his other college years so to me that points to him not having a good enough scorer to set up.
It seems like everyone who saw him in development camp is fine with the signing. It's already been asked but did you even see him play there or anywhere else?