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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian
He’s a player who has slowly increased his production every year. He is definition of linear progression. He’ll never live up to the stupidly lofty “best player in the 2012 draft” comments from Feaster, but he’s been a great pick. Given his late blooming pedigree and slow but steady progression, who knows what his ceiling is?
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Looking at IHDB and copying to a spreadsheet, he's 23rd in PPG from that draft.
He's 9th in GPG.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2012e.html
He's done that with limited icetime, and less than stellar linemates. I don't necessarily disagree with his place in the current lineup (I'd rather see him than Ryan on the PP though), but tend to think his scoring output is bound to increase as his role does.
He's a late bloomer for sure, so I don't think we're seeing his ceiling. There's clearly a lot of scoring talent.