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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
Pre-draft hype?
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One thing working against Emile was the fact that predraft year he was a nobody. He had only played his first season in the Q, which for a 1st rounder, even a late one, is rare and add to the fact that before major junior he hadn't really put up good numbers anywhere. That and he was one of the older kids in the draft so I believe some people believed that may have already plateaued a bit.
You have to remember that even in his draft year the points he put up weren't all that surprising, its the Q, scoring always inflated in that league.