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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
McDavid will be the exception because he's exceptional. If you watched that game at all you saw he could easily have had 4 points, bounces just didn't go and finish didn't happen. I'm not saying he'll necessarily be a 1.5 ppg player, but even that isn't outside the realm of possibility, and I'd be pretty surprised if he winds up with under a ppg.
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Yes. He will regress. Because 1.5 PPG in the NHL isn't sustainable, even for the best. You take it like it's some sort of insult to the player. I say it because it happens every year. Gaudreau was one of those players last year at around 1.2-1.3 PPG early on. Regressing to a point per game when you're 19 isn't exactly a slight on the player. And yeah, should have, could have. I'm pretty sure we say the same thing most nights about Gaudreau. So what? Could have, but didn't. Most good players have a handful of close chances per game because that's what sets them apart. The more scoring chances you generate the more you cash in on, that's why they get the amount of points they do. If they awarded points for almost scoring there'd be a number of players racking them up. But they do not.