Heh,well,no I didn't check those numbers,exactly that you didn't check those numbers on Karlsson,and Landeskog,okey?
I didn't make a single erroneous statement concerning said players, unlike certain other person who seems to be talking out of his backside post in, post out.
But,you gotta take a little look at icetimes and stuff like that too, I mean Granlund has first lines minutes almost every game. if you take a look at just Centers in this league for example,today he is on place 70 in point totals. it's 30 first line centers in the league,60 if you count the second lines too, you see?? 69! Centers in the league have more points than him,today...What do you want to call an 40 point player that playing center first lines minutes with stars,and with PP time?? Superstar?? What the hell do you call Crosby then??
And Barkov was on place 111 in Centers category last season,now on 96.
Now now. You can save the silly hyperboles. Nobody's called Granlund a superstar. He is, however, well on pace to hitting 40 points this season as well, which is enough to signify that he is one of the better players in the league.
I can't help noticing that your only argument for calling them "mediocre" is their point production. That is a very important and visible part of hockey, but there is so much more to the game that can make you a good player. Every grownup enthusiast of the game knows that. Granlund's current +/- is at +17, which ranks him as 25th in the entire league. That is a very good number, and tells us one of two things. Either Granlund does plenty of little things right to be constantly on the ice when his team scores - or he's one of the luckiest players in the NHL who just happens to hang around when the red light is lit. I take it you can deduce yourself which option is more likely.
As far as Barkov goes, I'm calling forth common sense. Let's keep in mind that he's still 19 years old. None of his stats may display the fact, but in order to be a full-time top-six player in the National Hockey League, you can't be merely "mediocre" at
anything. Again I find myself reminding you, that ultimately the worth of a player will be determined at the end of his career, not at the beginning of it. If he hits 50 to 80 points over his next ten seasons in the league, nobody will call him out on being a minor disappointment during his rookie and sophomore seasons.
Again, I recommend you cool your heels and simply
wait for a bit. Sit tight a season or two, and see what happens when these players enter their prime. Could be their production picks up, could be it doesn't. But there is no reason to pan them now when they can still be excused. You aren't gonna get out of the hole you've dug by digging deeper.
And,of course I know there is no single reason for why an player stalling in his development. But that's sure,do you wanna be in the elite,then the alcohol consumption have to be almost zero.
Many people talking here and there much about talent, "oh,that player is so talented!" And, many experts in mentally training today says that,it doesn't really exist something like that word "talent". The results comes from how well you train and how much you train,and lives,and sleep,and eating,from you are a little kid until your carreer is over. Well,I don't know who has right
"Talent" is that aspect of ones progress in a given thing no one else can help with. It's the bit we gain by cultivating it on our own time - because we find it fun. And it does not apply only to hockey, but everything we do. But if we are to stay in the hockey landscape, sadly there is no way to force anyone to cultivate anything on their spare time, since we don't live in a totalitarian system. If there are individuals who like to dedicate the time given to them to live like a pro athlete, good for them, and good for us who enjoy watching the fruits of said toils. But no amount of mentail training can condition anyone to do it if they don't find it fun.
And, in a country of five million, there will always be a woefully small amount of people who do find it fun. So rather than complain about it, we should still be thankful that so many decide to dedicate their time to the game of hockey even in the amounts they do.
One thing is plain as day however. They don't owe it to you or anyone else in the Republic of Finland. So not single obnoxious creature on this entire Earth has the right to call 'em "mediocre". I hope this is now clear.