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Originally Posted by druetetective
Is that really how NHLE works?
I'm one of Jankowski's bigger critics, and that article was trash.
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For example, the NHLe translation factor for the KHL is 0.83, basically saying that a point scored in the KHL is 83% as easy as a point scored in the NHL.
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This author's explanation is quite terrible, but what he is saying is generally correct. NHLe is a number derived for each major development and professional league from the accumulation of players who make the transition from said league to the NHL. The difference in each player's point production is then factored into quantifying the
average difference between PPG at one level compared to PPG in the NHL. The number is then a difficulty level measured against the NHL standard which is 1.00.
To use the example presented, the KHL NHLe of 0.83 means that every player who has made the transition from that league to the NHL has scored
on average 83% of their past season's total. Because this is an average measurement, that means that there will be a number of players who will outscore and underscore their NHLe when they make the transition. For example, Sam Bennett is currently underscoring his NHLe, which suggested that he should be scoring at a 0.653 pts/gp pace in the NHL. The same is the case for Canucks prospect Jared McCann, whose NHLe projects to him scoring 0.433 pts/gp. Max Domi is outscoring his NHLe, which projected him as a 0.536 pts/gp player this season.
What does this mean for Jankowski? I would suggest that it serves as a baseline for what we could expect of him entering the NHL, but as with all such measures of player potential, there are plenty of factors which will have an impact on what actually happens. The fact that Jankowski was drafted out of a Canadian HS league, and that he was the youngest player in the NCAA in his freshman year are both elements that will tend to muddy up the averages.