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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
But last year MacKinnon had just such a significant leap, after playing 300 games.
Improved his prior career best points by 53% (63->97), and the year before by 83% (53->97).
Not saying Lindholm will do that, but there’s certainly reason to believe he can improve.
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True, not saying it can't happen, but the odds of that happening drop rapidly year by year. So yeah, I think that last 82 games makes a huge difference.
The guys that have those breakout have usually consistently shown signs of more. That's MacKinnon for you.
Lindholm doesn't look like a guy about to break out. No one in Carolina seems to think that, and I didn't see that in the Carolina games I watched. (I watched some for Teräväinen and Aho, two top Finnish players.)
I think it's obvious Lindholm should improve some, he's still at an age where that happens especially for centers. But a significant offensive bump just isn't very likely.