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Originally Posted by Poster
I’m not saying they don’t use stats to compare players. I’m saying they don’t use NHLe.
Anyhow. Now trade rumours, apologies for ranting.
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NHLe is just a proxy for actual point production, and is just normalized for things like league, age, etc.
NHLe actually has a fair bit of science in it in a model, and if you look at late round picks that end up hitting (guys like Kucherov / Point) it's guys that usually had great NHLe.
Really all that it shows is that in the end you should value production. Guys that tend to be able to produce in the NHL are guys that were able to produce in other leagues from 16-18 years old.
Biggest issues with drafting tend to occur when people fall in love with a guys toolbox (Big=good) even though he's never been able to produce or vice versa ignore a guys production because they don't like a physical attribute (small=bad, skating).