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Originally Posted by nemanja2306
Well, what have they shown in the NHL? Saying that they have the same talent as a guy who's 7th in NHL scoring is hilarious. Also, I wasn't aware that Marner and Nylander are in college.
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No kidding, it's absolutely ludicrous to compare those two to Johnny unless it's pie in the sky dreaming. It's what you would hope they would become if everything goes right AND the Leafs get lucky.
Honestly, I winced at the Kane to Gaudreau comparisons all last year and for the first part of this year. Now, it's looking more and more like those were apt comparisons. It took me over 100 NHL games to see it, maybe let's see what the Leafs duo can do in the bigs before we even go there? What players do in juniors/college at the same age means nothing. Lots of players look great early and fizzle out in the NHL. Going from being a big fish in a little pond to a little fish in a big pond has a way of seperating the wheat from the chaff.
Only time will tell with Marner and Nylander, but the odds are certainly against them ever becoming elite like Johnny. Not to say they won't make it or be decent players, but there's a huge difference between an elite player and a generic top 6 guy. How much they tear up lower leagues isn't much of a basis to make a prediction like that as the annals of hockey history are littered with prodigious juniors that became generic pros... or worse.