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Originally Posted by druetetective
He's not even an overager. Next year he would be. I'd like the people who right him off to show me players who put up 100+ points in his draft +1 and +2 year and had insignificant careers. I have been able to find a few but not "lots".
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I'm not writing him off but people are right to have a healthy amount of skepticism.
What you asked to show is a difficult task without having a benchmark for “Significant career”. Using a three year window ranging from 07-08 through to 09-10 (In order to give them enough time to have cracked the NHL and established something of a career) the following players have had an insignificant career (followed in brackets by those that have had NHL careers)…
OHL: Justin Azevedo, Brett Maclean, Luca Caputi, Jack Combs, Michael Swift. (Has had a career and got 100+ points in his draft eligible +1/+2: Chris Terry)
WHL: Mark Santorelli, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Brett Sonne, Brandon Kozun, Jordan Weal. (Has had a career and got 100+ points in his draft eligible +1/+2: Jordan Eberle)
QMJHL: Francis Pare, Cedric McNicoll, Yannick Riendeau, Dany Masse. (Has had a career and got 100+ points in his draft eligible +1/+2: Mathieu Perrault, Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek).