It's not uncommon for a center to take more time to really pop in the NHL. For a center going directly from the OHL to the NHL, his first 3 seasons have had respectable production.
Totally cherry picking an example here, but his first 3 seasons are that different than what Joe Thornton's were in Boston.
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