I compared him to McLeod before McLeod regressed this year, I've said it for like 10 months.Meh, we'll see. If Veleno doesnt really progress at all from here he'll be more like Mcleod. McLeod was never the go to guy on his team, and 2 years post draft he was 6th on his team in scoring. Veleno was at least the clear number one guy on a bad team, then he went to a new team and was cleary the top guy for 33 games prior to his draft year.
Mcleod didnt have a run like Veleno did to end this season in his entire junior career 2 years post draft. Veleno still has 2 years to build on that. I dont think hes some blue chip cant miss prospect but I dont think comparing him to a guy who regressed over his junior career is fair either. At the point of them each being drafted I would say theyre somewhat comparable and Mcleod went 12th (without having a showig like Veleno did to end the season) helping my point that hes probably a little lower than he should be. But development isnt linear and that happened to Mcleod
On top of that, we dont really know what McLeod will be at the next level so hard to say what type of player he even is
McLeod absolutely was the go-to guy for Sauga last year and was on equal footing with Alex Nylander in 2015/16.
Here are there 17-year-old season numbers when you adjust their numbers for age and league.
McLeod 2015/16: 1.19
Veleno: 2017:18: 1.14