Honzek's 56 points in 43 games in 2022-23 equates to 1.3 pts/gp, which pro-rated to 65 games would put him at 85 points, which would put him in a tie for 13th in WHL scoring. That would put him ahead of Brayden Yager (78 in 67), Nate Danielson (78 in 68), Conor Geekie (77 in 66), and Calum Ritchie (59 in 59). All that for a player who's 6'6''.
If you go with the pace Honz was playing at before his injury (43 points in 31 games), he would've had a pts/gp of 1.38, that when pro-rated to 65 games, would have put him at 90 points.
The year prior to his draft year, he was top-5 for U-20 players in the Slovakian Men's League, at the tender age of 16.
He'll be alright.
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