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Originally Posted by FBI
The fact that he scored a crap ton of goals and more than most defensemen in his league?
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I would say go take a look at the leading scorers in the ECHL over the last 20+ years and tell me how many NHL'ers are listed. Since 1989 the only two - THE ONLY TWO - worth noting? Scott Gomez in 2005 and David Desharnais in 2008. That illustrates pretty effectively that goals/points don't really matter in the ECHL when looking to project player success.
The ECHL is effectively a graveyard except in very rare cases for some noteworthy NHL goalies (Quick, Holtby, Vokoun), and depth NHL'ers (Burrows, Corvo, Gomez, Ryder).