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Originally Posted by sketchyt
Totally true. I think it speaks to a lack of hockey knowledge to think opposite of that. Must be all the brainthrusting.
Just off the top of my head, you've got players like Byfuglien, Dumba, Schultz, Petry, Josi, Ekholm, Ellis, Reilly, Sprugeon, etc... hell, even Hedman had a rough first four seasons.
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Thanks for the list
Dumba 20:20 / game as a 22 year old
Spurgeon 21:36 /game as a 21 year old
Shultz 21:27 / game as a 22 year old
Petry 20:22 /game as a 22 year old
Josi 23:32 / game as a 22 year old
Rielly 20:22 / game as a 20 year old
Hedman 20:51 / game as a freakin' 18 year old.
Buff was a 19 goal forward as a 22 year old.
Burns was a 22:53 /game D man when he was 22.
The only guy that comes to mind , other than Gio was Chara who took a much longer time to develop. Maybe Andersson can go around beating people up for the next 2-3 year while he grows into a top-4 d-man?
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Ellis was top-4 as a 23 year old mainly because as a 22-year old he had Weber , Josi, Elkholm and Seth Jones ahead of him.