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Originally Posted by New Era
Except history doesn't contradict it, it supports it. If there was any support for this premise teams would fully invest in this approach and not take younger lesser known promising players, they would take the guys that they have more data on, which is clearly not the practice. I honestly can't believe anyone bought this article as having any validity. Then again, the advanced stay junkies will believe almost anything presented to them in table form.
@bandwagon, prospects without hype aren't traditionally top scorers in their league? Wut??? You really need to look over the top scorers from each league from the past 20 years to see how many guys were top scorers that had little to no hype surrounding them because it was already well known they wouldn't amount to a hill of beans. The road to the pros is littered with many a big time junior scorer that didn't have the ability to take it to the next level. I am NOT saying this is the case with Mangiapane, I am suggesting we take a more wait and see attitude with him because of this history.
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I have no clue what kind of crap you are trying to spout out. I guess you looked at the list of players you sent me and realized what a big mistake you made posting it.
Marcus Mcivor - 38 points in 68 games as overager
Pius Suter - 72 points in 61 games. Had a monster year in the swiss league as a 19 year old the year after he won this title.
Brady Vail - 83 points in 67 games as overager
Sam Carrick - 67 points in 68 games as overager
Garret Ross - 90 points in 61 games as overager
Colin Miller - 55 points in 54 games
Eric Locke - 60 points in 48 games as overager
Andrew Mangiapane - 106 points in 59 games
To be a top scorer and still considered the most underrated player in the league is not common at all. Wake up.