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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
The one thing you have to consider in his stats is he's a hockey year older than a lot of those comparable. Until the NHL draft your hockey age is based on the calendar year. When the NHL draft comes, the date changes. If he was a Canadian - he'd have just completed his third year in the WHL while most of the draft eligible guys would have finished two. That is a bit of cold water on his numbers.
That said - there are benefits to this as well. You've got more info on the player so he should be less volatile in his development. Monahan was a guy with a late birthday as well and that turned out pretty well.
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Adjusting for situation, era, age, and league, he's still the highest-scoring defenceman in the draft.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...dI8/edit#gid=0
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