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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
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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Or each fan can do what they want right? I mean I honestly don't see many (any) that are just penciling guys into the lineup based on OHL stats.
Maybe I've missed those posts.
I see most (all) happy that guys seem to have risen above where they were drafted and that's a very good sign for a team's draft record soon after a draft.
The spreadsheet guys just look at how the average guy with x production in x league pans out in the NHL.
It's useful information, but it isn't a projection. It's an average.
Clearly you want guys with good NHLe's as that means they are progressing as you stated.