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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Top D goal scorer? He was a winger with them as far as I am aware. Perhaps hockeydb inherited his player profile position in its table?
Again, he was in the NHL 2 years later.
Aliu’s 18 points in 48 pro rate to ~28 over 80.
Kyle Greentree was on the team as well. He got 45 points in 64 games.
He got all of 4 games in the NHL. 2 with Philly, 2 with the Flames
Brian Connelly and Peter McArthur had better scoring and never saw the NHL
Nobody is saying Peters is in the right. But this is a guy who 6 times over a 7 year span suited up for three teams in a season.
Again, the Flames gave Aliu two years of reasonable stability, and he was in the NHL twice with them, right in his early twenties. He had a chance, lived his dream of playing in the NHL, didn’t stick and then carried on with the pattern of 3 teams per season more often than not.
About belonging in the ECHL, well, he was sent down the following year as well. Did he not belong there again, in your opinion?
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I'm not sure when Aliu made the switch to wing. That said, it's not as simple as you are making it out to be. Sports careers aren't always on a conventional arc. The argument will be that the early demotion set of a chain of events, gave him a bad rep, etc. And the time in the ECHL stunted his progression or something. On the flip side, I suspect the hazing incident and the effect on his draft position and outlook on life had an even greater impact.
Damages are not a 100% proposition in these cases especially in the US where juries are common and unpredictable. If he sued (and if he got past the limitations issue), there would be all kinds of expert analysis on average careers, impact of demotions, etc.