I am always cautious of the 'points per 60mins' thing from the analytics community. Lots of players seem to score well on the bottom lines with limited playing time on deep teams, but when they get elevated they often don't increase their overall scoring by much even with the additional TOI. They just took advantage of the relatively low quality of competition and maybe just had a linemate or two that just 'clicked' with their game.
Sometimes they pan out though, but often they just don't. I was kind of excited years ago when the Flames signed an Oilers' castoff who had a very high points/60 ratio. Turned out to be no more than an AHL player that year. You just never know.
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