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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Regarding that Kylington most AHL points as an 18 year old defenseman stat - sounds way more impressive than it actually is.
According to this tweet - https://twitter.com/coreypronman/sta...11080679493633 - there's only been six 18 year old d-man in the AHL since 1992. Of those six - only two went on to have NHL careers - Lindholm and Voynov.
I mean its better than being kicked in the face, but if you were super elite you'd be in the NHL and everyone else would be back in juniors or their home country playing. |
The other way to look at it is 33% of 18-year old AHL d-men go on to be, not just effective, but very good NHL defencemen. This goes up to 100% if you shrink the timeline to 'since the '05 lockout.'
Also, it's worth pointing out that both of the players: Voynov and Lindholm were European, just like Kylington.