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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Perhaps games in the NHL has very little to do with close one is to achieving their ceiling...
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Perhaps, but the game-number threshold does seem to be a measure that most frequently corresponds to future projections of a player. Of course, there are exceptions, but by and large most players show only incremental improvements after having spent several years playing in the NHL.
Who knows why that is the case? Does it have something to do with coaching? Is it because the NHL is not a development league, and thus a place where developmental milestones can be missed?