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Originally Posted by Nelson
To me, this is an interesting player.
-In his 17 year old and 18 year old WHL seasons, he scored 77 and 82 points in 71 games each year. That's not bad. He was also over a point a game the following year.
-The past two years he has scored 40 points in 28 games and 45 points in 25 games.
His points per game this past year at the UofA was better than Derek Ryan's points per game at the UofA in his comparable season according to Darren Haynes. https://twitter.com/DarrenWHaynes/st...76807549583360
Therefore, I see this as a free asset that will probably never make it at the NHL level, but who just might, and who cares either way? Its a way of adding quality depth to the organization for free. |
I'm curious to know a bit more about this guy. he is (as best I can tell) the exact same age as his jr teammate Reinhart and so would have been in the same 14 draft...(Valiev also on that team)
I assume he received at least some attention in that draft as PPG draft eligible players aren't fully a dime a dozen (although as a November birthday would be in the older grouping of that draft year)
the answers are usually size , skating or both- can I assume that is why he wasn't drafted by someone? did he play with Reinhart and therefore was just viewed as leeching off him? other?
(to be clear I have no expectations of him, nor am I thinking this is some sort of post-draft steal, just trying to figure out what his deficiencies were back in the day)