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Originally Posted by Racki
Hunter Shinkaruk scored at a rate of .87 PPG his last year in Uitca and has scored at a .72 PPG since he arrive in Stockton.
Emile Poirier's numbers have gotten worse not better. His first season in the AHL he scored .76 PPG and has scored .46 PPG since.
Sven Baertschi was a .66 PPG player for Huska and was a 1.00 PPG player as soon as he went to Utica.
Kenny Agostino had .75 PPG in Stockton, .88 PPG in Chicago.
It seems to me that offensive players don't elevate their games in Stockton. I'm aware some of these stats are cherry picked and the differences are marginal in some cases but I'd like to see more development from these offensive players in our system.
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Shinkaruk has been there for just over half a year with NHL recalls and injuries mixed in. Last season after the trade he was also adjusting to new teammates and this year he's missed almost half the season due to injury/recall, so I would imagine it would make it more difficult to get into a good rhythm. That could easily account for a marginal drop in production.
Poirier's time has all been under the same coach, so this is literally evidence of nothing. This is beyond cherry picking it's nothing more than an example of a player not developing.
Baertschi only played 36 games under Huska, and was 0.69, likely because he was disgruntled anytime he was sent down. He also only played 15 game with Utica, I am sure you could find 15 game stretches with Abbotsford that he had 15 points too. Well this is definitely cherry picked.
Agostino struggled in his first half season with Adirondack, but once he got going he was a very good offensive player for Stockton and it should be a shock to no one that he has continued to improve and as someone who watched all of his games with Adirondack and Stockton, I am not even shocked that he is leading the AHL in scoring.
Agostino is your only legitimate example and I could counter that with:
Derek Grant. Grant set a career high in points with 45 in just 36 games, the season prior in more than double the games Grant set his previous career high of 38.
Freddie Hamilton also never showed a drop in production after joining our organization and actually slightly improved his ppg.
Since you like marginal improvements and relatively small sample sizes, Vey improved his ppg by 0.22 moving from Utica to Stockton.