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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Yes but show me where it says jooris was ever pumped up to be a top prospect? It's hardly a twisted perspective to ask for any sort of offensive progression in a first round pick. Go ahead and blame it all on the system though and see where that gets you. I'm certainly not asking for ppg plus numbers here.
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Then what are you expecting?
Improvement?
2012-13: 0.53 PPG - 5th in team scoring
2013-14: 0.64 PPG - 3rd in team scoring
2014-15 (so far): 0.71 PPG - 3rd in team scoring (despite missing games to injury)
There's a clear progression from a player who was thrown in at the deep end by going to the NCAA a season earlier than planned. He plays a very strong defensive game and is a career +14 in the NCAA. Perhaps he won't be an elite #1 center, an opinion the Feaster Kool-Aid and Craig Button were pushing, but we don't need him to be a #1 center.
I think the kid is going to be a player along the lines of Joe Colborne. He probably needs another year in college after this and then a couple in the AHL, but we can afford to play the long game. That's what the plan was all along.