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Originally Posted by ricardodw
At the same age as Niederreitter is today Vanek was a NHL rookie .
Vanek's rookie year as 21 year old was 25 goals and 48 pts on a Sabres team that he was 6th in scoring .... but actually 7th as Roy had 46 pts in only 70 (11 less than Vanek) games.
Vanek spent a whole year in the AHL without a call up 2 years after being drafted 5th overall.
Right now Niederreitter has 2 goals in 5 games and is 8th in Wild scoring.... That is a 13 goal 32 pts pace .... not inconceivable that he might turn into a Vanek type player yet.
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No clue why you are bringing up stats. I am simply referring to the vision that Nino is a big body skilled forward (or was drafted as one) but the Isles werent patient enough for the development.