My favorite team has one too guy.
Most 19 yearolds are either in college or the CHL so dumb point to try and use as a gotcha in an obscene argument
It's not a gotcha, nor an obscene argument. You hope that your 1st/2nd round picks look as good as Peterka has at 19 when they are in the AHL at 20-22
It's a "this 19 year old, who's peers are playing with him in the AHL at the moment, as well as in the CHL and NCAA, is leading his AHL team in scoring (Quinn notwithstanding) and looking extremely good in doing so."
He was seen as a top 20ish prospect (23rd by Bob) in the very strong 2020 draft, and has done nothing since but get better and better. It only makes sense that his value has skyrocketed.
He's got the most points ever scored in the AHL all time for a 19 year old (Patrick Elias, Rantanen, Vborny, Bergeron, Voloshenko the 5 guys behind him)
You're right, most guys are in the CHL/Europe/NCAA at that age, but there are guys every single year who play in the AHL at 19.
This year alone from the 2020 draft there was:
Lukas Reichel 17th - 56gp 21g 36a 57p --- 5gp 2g 0a 2p in playoffs
JJ Peterka 34th - 70gp 28g 40a 68p --- 10gp 7g 5a 12p in playoffs
Jacob Perrault 27th - 55gp 14g 23a 37p --- 2gp 1g 0a 1p in playoffs
Alexander Holtz 7th - 52gp 26g 25a 51p --- 5gp 2g 1a 3p in playoffs
Roby Jarventie 33nd - 70gp 11g 22a 33p --- 2gp 1g 0a 1p in playoffs
Jean Luc Foudy 75th - 65gp 9g 17a 26p --- 7gp 3g 3a 6p in playoffs
Among other guys getting cups of coffee (Foerester, Ponomaryov, etc) or putting in the time until they were called to stick in the NHL (Perfetti, Byfield, etc.)