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Originally Posted by Redlan
Edit: I would be interested to see where Pelletier would have landed if he was a 4th round pick instead of a 1st.
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The thing with Pelletier is he never would have fallen to the 4th round based on his pre-draft production at his age. Plus this argument might be a lot different if he didn't miss time due to injury last season.
Prior to his injury he had 18 goals and 31 assists for 49 points in 26 games prior to his concussion in December. At that time I think he was second to only Lafreniere in points in the QMJHL.
After the return from the break he struggled a little bit (9 points in 13 games post injury) and was finding his game when the season was suspended (24 points in 18 games)
If Pelletier doesn't get hurt then he's potentially on the WJC team and would have seen a big step in his production YoY. His pace at the time of the injury was 122 points which would have seen a nice steady production for a junior player (61 > 89 > 122), even if he was unlikely to keep up the pace of his blistering start all year it's likely he ends up around 100-110 points which still would have been good progression, especially considering he was very young for the 2019 draft.