I wish he was that good, but in almost all certainty, he's not. I think anyone in this thread is wise enough to take a player's age into consideration when projecting junior scoring to NHL success. And Brooks has actually been so strong a scorer at the WHL level, that even after we apply the correct amount of healthy skepticism to those numbers, there's a good deal of hope that he can make it as a run of the mill 2nd liner. But that's all it is... hope. If he does make it, good for him, I'm rooting for him, but he won't be a guy to really look forward to, or someone who will make or break the team.
The question about a player who can score that way in a WHL regular season is always going to be how he responds to higher competition. And I think we've already caught a glimpse of that. He had 2.0 PPG in the WHL regular season, but 1 PPG in the playoffs. These were 16 games against two good teams, and two excellent teams, as opposed to 66 games against a very wide range of opponents ranging from terrible to excellent. prior to these playoffs, I was much more optimistic about him.
If he steps into the AHL next season (and make no mistake, that's where he'll be), I have a feeling he will struggle to adjust as a pro and may not even hit half a point per game. If he outperforms my expectations and approaches a PPG as a 22 year old, then he has a shot as a top-6 NHLer.