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Originally Posted by Jiggy
Ryan O'Reilly didn't have a 20 goal season in Junior hockey. But he's had seven 20 goal seasons thus far in his NHL career. When it comes to prospects you just don't know exactly how things will turn out for them.
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O’Rielly is a very rare case.
Between 2000 and 2016 only 18 forwards drafted out of the first round have turned into stars (200 games + 0.7 PPG). 18 out of approximately 1,800 players drafted or 1%
Courtesy of Byron Bader