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Originally Posted by tvp2003
I think most people thought MacKinnon would be good -- did he just need some time to mature and figure things out? His stats were pretty mediocre, but I don't think you can say he was simply a victim of being on a bad team.
14/15 - 64 GP, 38 pts (14 + 24)
15/16 - 72 GP, 52 pts (21 + 31)
16/17 - 82 GP, 53 pts (16 + 37)
Obviously he's on absolute fire right now -- don't think he can keep that up forever but it seems like he found another gear a few years ago and found another this year as the Avs have started to hit their stride.
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I didn't say that. But I did say that being on a bad team contributed to the (relatively) slow start for him. And those relatively modest numbers led to a very reasonable contract for him.
Then he hit another gear and became the player he was projected to be. And the Avs are very fortunate that it played out the way it did, because now they have the best player in the game at a ridiculously favourable cap hit.