It's 52 games into the season when is this so-called mean going to rear its ugly head? Next year? Two years from now? The last year of his career? If you watch him play you can make a stronger argument that he is snake bitten with stone-handed linemates than the argument that he is playing above his mean. If you look at Seguin's career when do you go to establish a mean. His first year in the league? Second? Or after a few years in dallas? So you're talking about a mean that has not been established yet because he hasn't been in the league long enough to have an established mean.
Regardless of any of this, fact is, players get highs and lows. Suggesting ''he can only improve'' is false. No, he could also come back down. Doesn't mean I expect him to, just saying, that's also a possibility.
Seguin, he's in his 9th season, he's proven himself, but he had also already put up close to 70pts as a sophomore so his Dallas first season wasn't such an outlier, certainly nowhere near Domi's current one.
But again, nobody said Domi won't keep this up, simply pointed out it was a possibility. Domi isn't going to be a proven top center until he does it on multiple occasions.
Also, your last argument about a drop in NHL production is really pointless and self defeating. If there's a drop in production in the league that means it's for everyone so Domi's position relative to other centers in the league would be the same. Example: A Reinhart who plays in a high scoring NHL has 70 points and is 35th OA . The same Reinhart plays in a defensive NHL and he has 50 points and is also 35th OA. You're telling me the first Reinhart is more valuable than the second?
Not sure what any of this has to do with what I said. I never discussed the value of Domi.
Who you kidding though, you think Domi scoring 50pts in a lower scoring league is going to garner him as much attention as if he ends this year around 75pts?
The top centers of the NHL are going to put up those bigger numbers regardless of the type of league they play in. They will remain in the ppg+ range. If our top line center just puts up around the 55pt mark in a normal NHL....well...that's Plekanec level and without those heavy duty match ups.
None of this is a knock on Domi, he's having an excellent season and I hope he keeps this up.