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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Is 51 points really a "great year"? He also more than doubled that the following year, so it wasn't really a repeat.
NHL teams see a guy that is tiny with pretty mediocre numbers and pass on him. Then he re-enters the draft after doubling his output and many are going to think it is a blip on the radar. He seems to be repeating it this year but is not showing further growth in his output and it is far from unusual for a 19 year old to pile up the points in the CHL.
He is definitely an NHL longshot, I agree there, but I think you are overstating his potential to be a solid offensive player in the AHL as you make it sound like that is his floor.
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Considering how low scoring most of the draft picks from 2014 were, 51 was actually a great year. Look at most of the stats for picks from that year. Most of the 4th-7th rounders had 20-30 points from that year. It was kind of an odd year.
I think at worst he's Bryan Cameron 2.0, a junior scorer that couldn't even translate that to the AHL level. I think his upside is more at a level similar to Kenny Agostino with a small sliver of a chance that he could be even better than that.