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Originally Posted by dammage79
A little more on rating Rantnen. I did some more looking around at 1st round pick Junior Finnish players and Kasperi Kapanen had 7g and 7a in his draft year with his mens team.
So if Rantanen can put up equal amount of points in the rest of his season he just may be a good first round pick with a similar trajectory as Kapanen. Likely a two year wait until he sees NHL time.
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Teenagers playing against men, their situations vary a lot and their maturity level in their draft year doesn't necessarily indicate how they project. That means stats are tough to compare. I imagine NHL scouts look right past that.
I don't know anything about Rantanen, other than at 6'4'' he might be coming to terms with a growth spurt. Regardless of stats, he could be a good late first round pick. Or he could be bad for all I know. Maybe comparable to where Teräväinen was at this date in his draft year (in terms of maturity and draft position).