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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
His production is on the higher end though compared to most of that list.
Granlund: 0.93 PPG
Barkov: 0.91 PPG
Kakko: 0.84 PPG
Laine: 0.72 PPG
Helenius: 0.71 PPG
Those are the only players who put up over 0.7 PPG in the LIIGA as 17 year olds.
Of that list Kakko is the only one that's a red flag to me...Laine should have been a superstar in this league and showed flashes of that...but just didnt' have the dedication to do it.
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Ristolainen, Laine now Lundell all seem to come out the gate with solid first years and then just stagnate. They show up in the NHL more polished but don’t seem to have the trajectory upwards you would expect. They get contracts based on huge growth though.