March 7th closing in, Dylan's 21st birthday,
21st birthday for the 2015 draft 3rd overall pick
so far 18 games in the NHL, 1 goal, +/- -5.
This season in the AHL: 20g+27a=47pts in 39 games
strong numbers, but not earth shattering, especially
for a 3rd overall 6 foot 3 supposedly skilled, fast, strong
dominant center.
Is it too early call him a 4 letter word, probably, but when you compare
Dylan to his "peers" from his draft class, he is behind, far behind...of many.
Drafted players (in order) after him,who have excelled, been better or far better than Strome.
Mitch Marner (4th) <TOR> 140 games, 108 points
Noah Hanifin (5th) <CAR> 221 games, 77 points
Pavel Zacha (6th) <NJD> 125 games, 45 points
Ivan Provorov (7th) <PHI> 143 games, 58 points
Zach Werenski (8th) <CBJ> 132 games, 73 points
Timo Meir (9th) <SJS> 95 games, 31 points
Mikko Rantanen (10th) <COL> 143 games, 94 points
Lawson Crouse (11th) <FLA> (Arizona) 83 games, 13 points
Jake DeBrusk (14th) <BOS> 54 games, 29 points
Mathew Barzal (16th) <NYI> 64 games, 65 points
Kyle Connor (17th) <WPG> 75 games, 45 points
Thomas Chabot (18th) <OTT> 42 games, 15 points
Joel Eriksson Ek (20th) <MIN> 69 games, 18 points
Brock Boeser (23rd) <VAN> 66 games, 56 points
Travis Konecny (24th) <PHI> 130 games, 62 points
Jack Roslovic (25th) <WPG> 20 games, 7 points
Anthony Beauvillier (28th) <NYI> 117 games, 47 points
Christian Fischer (32nd) <ARI> 64 games, 31 points
Travis Dermott (34th) <TOR> 20 games, 8 points
Sebastian Aho (35th) <CAR> 139 games, 96 points
Brandon Carlo (37th) <BOS> 140 games, 22 points
Vince Dunn (56th) <STL> 55 games, 15 points
Denis Malgin (102nd) <FLA> 85 games, 27 points
Dominik Simon (137th) <PIT> 32 games, 13 points
Markus Nutivaara (189th) <CBJ> 117 games, 25 points
And obviously players from 2016&2017 draft too.
2016: (is it fair to add Matthews&Laine to this list?)
(1st) Matthews, Laine, Dubois, Puljujärvi, Tkachuk,
Keller, Sergachyov, Jost, McAvoy, Chycrun, Thompson,
(2nd) DeBrincat, Girard, (3rd) Mete, (6th) Bratt,
(7th) Mamin
2017:
(1st) Hirchier, Patrick, (5th) Aho
Okay, he most likely does what ever it takes to become better,
works really hard to become NHL player,
to fill the expectations what 3rd overall brings,
but if he doesn't get his **** together, he might become that
4 letter word, sooner than later.