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Originally Posted by Jacks
College hockey is nothing like the NHL. When he is facing down the Kings, Bruins or Blues he is going to look like a teenager. I hope the kid does great but let's not be penciling him into the top 6 just yet. He hasn't even proven himself at the AHL level yet.
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College hockey is nothing like the NHL, and Johnny Hockey is nothing like the rest of the players in college hockey. There have been lots of comparisons of his play ranging from Nathan Gerbe on the low end to Paul Kariya on the high end. I don't think he'll need a second in the AHL* edit for wrong acronym.
He's scoring at a 2.0 pace. That's impressive at any level.
If you go by NHLE (a number that translates scoring from college to the NHL), he's ready to play in the big leagues, hands down. If you listen to the commentators that are around him every game, he's all they want to talk about. He's a bigger deal (right now) than you think he is.