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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
It isn't geared to predict a player's development.
It is geared to illustrate what might be expected from the player NEXT YEAR.
It has a purpose. It is not supposed to be the be all, end all.
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The ultimate goal is to predict a player's development and predicting next year's stats is intended to serve that purpose. But I think this difference in scope might partly explain our differences here.
One additional thing, separate from the above, to consider is that European leagues have changed many times over the time period. So for example saying that Barkov's NHLe is such and such compared to Näslund's is problematic from this perspective as well. Comparisons even within a single European league would be tough within such a timeline.