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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Pettersen IMO is the most overrated Flames prospect. He was 42nd in Division 1 scoring last year based on PPG. He was a sophomore which is in his favor but there are plenty of sophomores and a few freshman on that list. His game is entirely dependent on scoring as he is a no show in his own zone so I am rather skeptical he ever gets a sniff of the bigs. Pretty good 6th round pick and what do I know, he could easily carve out an Austin Czarnik career. The fact that Flames already signed him shows he has progressed.
Voted for Kuznetsov here. 2nd rounder in a very deep draft.
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PPG and led his team in scoring as a 19 year old (didn’t turn 20 until after the season) is very impressive for NCAA.
And if you look at U-20 scoring he was 5th, much more impressive than the 42nd you listed.
Only guys in front of him were:
Jack Drury - 2nd Rounder
Alex Newhook - 1st Rounder
Trevor Zegras - 1st Rounder
Cole Caufield - 1st rounder
So a second rounder with a huge year, and three top 16 picks in the draft are the only guys that were better than Pettersson as an U-20 forward in the NCAA last season.
Usually you’d like to see around 1.25 PPG in that season for a true top end elite prospect, but he’s still in the right range for players his age for sure.