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Originally Posted by ricardodw
season #1 21 goal 72 pts
#2 25 goals 75 pts
#3 30 goals 88 pts
#4 27 goal 73 pts
#5 23 goals 66 pts
#6 23 goals 55 pts (48 games season)
#7 29 goals 69 pts
#8 27 goals 64 pts
I don't think there should be any argument that Patrick Kane is the best small player of this decade.
Gaudreau will be winning Multiple hart Trophies if he does 30 goals 80 pts on a semi-regular basis.
Patrick Kane has only done it once in his 8 seasons.. (twice counting the 48 game season).
The league has changed... Teams rolling 4 lines. The top scorers are going down in pts scored. ...Last year only Crosby went over 90 pts.... this year unless someone gets hot there won't be any 90+ pt guys in the league.
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Kane has scored above a PPG pace 4 times in his career, anyone who can do that has 90 point potential.
To me St Louis is probably the top
Offensive "small" player of the current era, and he hit 90 points 3 times.
I think 90 points is vary reasonable Gaudreaus
ceiling.
If you want to talk about expectations, I think about 80 for a career high is a reasonable expectation right now.
As other have pointed out the game is always changing, in 4 years there could be 20 guys with 100 points or 75 points could win the Art Ross. We don't know, so we will just have to enjoy watching him play and find out.