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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I love your attitude, BC, but holy Hanna, 80 points? Are you sure hockey is the only thing you're a junkie for?  |
It's been mentioned before, but the only other players in the past fifteen years to begin their career within Gaudreau's NHLE were Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Evgeni Malkin, and Ilya Kovalchuk. They registered rookie season outputs of 102 pts/81 GP, 72 pts/82 GP, 85 pts/78 GP, and 51 pts/65 GP respectively. The lowest average output from this elite group was 0.784 pts/game, so if Gaudreau fails to hit that mark next season, he will be the outlier. I know it is an extremely high expectation, and I understand the obstacles that will work against Gaudreau next year, but historically, 80 in 82 in his rookie season would seem to be within range. He IS a special player.