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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
McKenna plays on an absolute juggernaut that will probably have a couple players (not necessarily him) that will outscore what Celebrini did this year. Their top score, a 2005 born 2nd round pick of Carolina has 15 points in 6 games, so well on track to average 2 PPG.
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The comparison to the Carolina pick, Cerrato, really shows how nutty Cellibrini is. Cerrato is a 20yr old putting up 2PPG in college this year while at the same time Cellibrini is basically a PPG player in the NHL, getting looks at being on the Canadian Olympic team while being a year younger lol. I believe Cellibrini is the only player in NCAA history who was over PPG (1.68PPG) at 17.
Getting back to McKenna, it's still early in the season, there's still another 30+ games to be played, however looking at some historic high end NCAA picks, he's going to really need to step it up offensively to fully justify his #1OA draft projection. I fully expect him to go #1OA regardless, but the kids gotta pump his offensive numbers up.
Eichel - 71pts/40gp
B. Tkachuk - 31pts/40gp
Beniers - 24pts/24gp
K.Johnson - 26pts/27gp
Fanatilli - 65pts/36gp
Cellibrini - 64pts/38gp (not a late birthday)