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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Elias Pettersson is very overrated, just like most of the other top players on the other Canadian teams.
In 4 years since being drafted, he's never had more than 66 points. And he hit that total during his first year in the league. He has since regressed.
He's 6'2 and 176 lbs. One of the smallest players in the league for his height. JT Miller, who hardly anyone talks about, has outproduced Pettersson since he arrived.
Pettersson is a year younger than Tkachuk. They've had about the same production (per game) during the last 3 seasons. No one is saying Tkachuk is a franchise superstar.
Might as well stick with Lindholm, who is much more all-around than Pettersson, without all the unnecessary hype. I hope someone offer sheets Pettersson, but I hope it's not the Flames.
The cap hit and draft pick compensation would be way too much.
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Maybe gross points aren't the best way to assess a player who has only played 1/3 82 game seasons.
EP (age 20-22):
66pts in 71 gp
66 in 68
21 in 26
JTM (same 3 years; age 25-27)
47 in 75. (TBL)
72 in 69
46 in 53 ...21p in 23gp w/ EP; 25p in 30gp w/o
Miller's ppg skyrocketed when he joined Pettersson. Pettersson had a negligible change when Miller replaced Leivo/Goldobin on his line (with Boeser throughout).
It seems Miller's increased production has more to do with playing an additional 5-6 mins a night and playing with EP instead of scrubs like Cirelli/Kucherov/Stamkos/Killorn.
Miller has a 25 game sample size of 0.83p/gp w/o EP.
EP has 71 gp of 0.93p/gp w/o JTM.
I don't have a strong opinion on EP, but your take justification is terrible.