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Student Of The Game
....except, yeah, it is. When you do it in your draft year.
Here, again, is the complete list of all the players since 1979 who've had a similar-to-Daigle adjusted points-per-game performance in their draft years, or better:
...that's it. 18 players in 44 drafts.
while Daigle's results don't scream "generational", they did hint at likely superstardom, if recent history (and everything that has happened in the 30 years since) is any indication.
Out of these 18:
- 4 generational players (all at the top)
- 4 HOF talents
- 3 star/superstar level players
- 6 run of the mill NHLers (including Daigle)
- 1 bust
Based on his numbers at the time, there was good reason to believe that he would be a star/superstar level player, as that is the median result for players with that draft year pedigree.
It's absurd to say that "forwards in the Q scoring 150+ points (at least in that era) isn't necessarily overly impressive" when it absolutely is, if age is taken into consideration.
Here, again, is the complete list of all the players since 1979 who've had a similar-to-Daigle adjusted points-per-game performance in their draft years, or better:
Name | League | Year | GP | Pts | PPG | league GPG | adj to 4.0 |
Crosby | Q | `04-05 | 62 | 168 | 2.709677 | 3.19 | 3.40 |
Lemieux | Q | 83-84 | 70 | 282 | 4.028571 | 5.01 | 3.22 |
Bedard | W | `22-23 | 57 | 143 | 2.508772 | 3.43 | 2.93 |
McDavid | O | `14-15 | 47 | 120 | 2.553191 | 3.5 | 2.92 |
Kane | O | `06-07 | 58 | 145 | 2.5 | 3.73 | 2.68 |
Lafreniere | Q | `19-20 | 52 | 112 | 2.153846 | 3.46 | 2.49 |
Spezza | O | 00-01 | 56 | 116 | 2.071429 | 3.33 | 2.49 |
Lafontaine | Q | 82-83 | 70 | 234 | 3.342857 | 5.4 | 2.48 |
Drouin | Q | `12-13 | 49 | 105 | 2.142857 | 3.49 | 2.46 |
Briere | Q | 95-96 | 67 | 163 | 2.432836 | 4.02 | 2.42 |
Gagner | O | `06-07 | 53 | 118 | 2.226415 | 3.73 | 2.39 |
Daigle | Q | 92-93 | 53 | 137 | 2.584906 | 4.38 | 2.36 |
Lindros | O | 90-91 | 57 | 149 | 2.614035 | 4.47 | 2.34 |
Bouchard | Q | `01-02 | 69 | 140 | 2.028986 | 3.49 | 2.33 |
Marner | O | `14-15 | 63 | 126 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.29 |
Brendl | W | 98-99 | 68 | 134 | 1.970588 | 3.51 | 2.25 |
Rossi | O | `19-20 | 56 | 120 | 2.142857 | 3.86 | 2.22 |
Tkachuk | O | `15-16 | 57 | 107 | 1.877193 | 3.4 | 2.21 |
...that's it. 18 players in 44 drafts.
while Daigle's results don't scream "generational", they did hint at likely superstardom, if recent history (and everything that has happened in the 30 years since) is any indication.
Out of these 18:
- 4 generational players (all at the top)
- 4 HOF talents
- 3 star/superstar level players
- 6 run of the mill NHLers (including Daigle)
- 1 bust
Based on his numbers at the time, there was good reason to believe that he would be a star/superstar level player, as that is the median result for players with that draft year pedigree.
It's absurd to say that "forwards in the Q scoring 150+ points (at least in that era) isn't necessarily overly impressive" when it absolutely is, if age is taken into consideration.