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He's played two full NHL seasons, getting better from the 1st to the 2nd - it's not like he has a long history of being a 5G, 10A guy.
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Excluding the year he missed due to injury here is his professional level (combined AHL/NHL) shooting percentage year to year...
15%
6%
7%
8%
... he has a history as a shooter and it's not that of a 15% sharpshooter. The likelihood of him reaching his level of offense displayed last year is small... not impossible but his career norm would suggest it's unlikely.