Laine will hit 50 one day.
Scheif KC Ehlers all 30-35 goal guys.
I don’t see it completely impossible for at least Connor to hit even 40 goals at some point of his career. But with Ehlers I see it very unlikely to ever happen. He is just not a good enough natural goal scorer.
I also see almost no chance for either of them to ever hit over 50 goals in a season. They just don’t have the shot or that dominating pure skill that I can see it ever happening. You have to have either of those abilities really, really top notch to be able to score over 50, and neither of them have them in that class, although they do have them on a pretty good level. Just not enough for such a very hard task.
I see more pure goal scorer and the needed skills for it in Connor, so that’s why I can see him possibly hitting even 40 in his very best seasons. When Ehlers will develop more his playmaking skills, I see in him potential for 30+50 or even 35+60 seasons, but as he will most probably play mostly with Laine, I find it extremely hard to believe that he could be scoring much more goals than he has been scoring so far. Laine will be still the main weapon with his unbelievable shot and when he gets even stronger and even better with his skating he will be the most dominating player on his line, and it will be even more natural to feed him when he gets even better to scoring chances. But Ehlers will for sure get from 5 to 10 goals more than now on his best seasons, and he will get loads of more of assists for sure.
I’m very excited definitely for the Jets to have so many wonderful young players in their roster. Connor has in fact quickly risen to my 3rd favorite Jets forward after Laine and Scheifele. Even past Wheeler, whom I have learned to respect much more as a player, despite of his irritating brain farts. Ehlers comes probably next for me with Perreault, Armia and Lowry following. Little with continuing steadily his recent play will become a better player for me than I have seen so far this season. Definitely a very likeable offensive lineup for the Jets in general!