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Originally Posted by kehatch
He hasn't proven anything yet. He hasn't earned anything yet. Not where it matters. And who is he proving wrong. I haven't seen anyone say he won't be a great NHL player. People are saying be patient and develop him correctly.
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Mackinnon hadn't proven anything at this time last year. He was scoring only 76 pts in 44 games playing in a wide open scoring league where the oldest player was 20 and there were a lot of 16 year old getting ice time....
Jonathan Toews had not proven anything at all after he finished his second year in the NCAA 46 pts in 34 games... the next year 54 pts in 64 games in the NHL.
At least Toews like Gaudreau dominated at the WJC leading his team to gold where Mackinnon was a passenger on a losing team.