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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
You're reading way too much into his junior stats so far. They don't mean much at all.
How many games of his have you seen? He looks like a 2nd liner to me based on what I saw of him in the Mem cup last year. We'll get another chance to see him at the Mem cup this year as London is hosting.
He just went top 10 in a very strong draft year. And the scouting reports did not peg him as a checking line player unlike lets say a guy like Malhotra who went top 10 in his draft year and had pretty terrible stats in his draft year.
So I still don't see a strong argument as to why he's a checking line player. You watch the kid and he's got scoring line skill. Your statistical analysis is flawed and doesn't prove anything.
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Yeah, except that he has trouble putting up points in major junior. Guess he'll magically find that offensive prowess once he gets to the NHL eh? You know, the exact opposite of how almost every other player develops.
Only time proves anything, but my point was, your silly notion that he's anything like a 1st or 2nd liner, or, as was said previously "Richards/Landeskog"... well, then it's not my line of thinking we should worry about having flaws.