Never get excited about junior players until they have a chance to suit up in the pros and never proclaim our drafting as successful until players suit up in the NHL. It's a completely different game and each step is massive. Don't be fooled by the spreadsheet guys who use NHLe to project where a player should shake out. Every rung of the development ladder is tougher to reach and comes with incredible challenges. Most players will not achieve the same success from the previous level. Most will plateau and wash out. For every Jakob Pelletier there are 10 nameless players who fade into oblivion.
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