Prospect Info: Top 20 Flyers Prospects, #7

[Rick Deckard]

I think it should also be noted that Cousins, Akeson and Laughton played in the OHL while McGinn and Straka played in the QMJHL (well McGinn was in the OHL for his first year of juniors). And if I'm not mistaken the QMJHL has historically been the higher scoring league or am I just completely making that up?

Not a lot of difference... the OHL was the higher scoring league in recent years.

 

[Appleyard]

I think it should also be noted that Cousins, Akeson and Laughton played in the OHL while McGinn and Straka played in the QMJHL (well McGinn was in the OHL for his first year of juniors). And if I'm not mistaken the QMJHL has historically been the higher scoring league or am I just completely making that up?

In the last few years (10-11 and 11-12) (duno about last year and cba checking) the Q was the lowest scoring interestingly, but the difference to the OHL was negligible, like 0.1 GPG difference or something. The WHL was the highest scoring I believe. (edit... mixed up W and O then... 10-11 W and Q were similar, but Q lower.)

I may check it... I could be wrong, I only have stats on my PC from 10-11 and before.

 

[Appleyard]

CHL Scoring:

12-13

Q: 6.98GPG
O: 6.49GPG
W: 6.42GPG

11-12

Q: 7.15GPG
O: 6.9GPG
W: 6.8GPG

10-11

Q: 6.7GPG
O: 7.25GPG
W: 6.76GPG

09-10

Q: 6.92GPG
O: 6.95GPG
W: 6.53GPG

08-09

Q: 6.88GPG
O: 6.86GPG
W: 6.51GPG

07-08

Q: 6.84GPG
O: 6.88GPG
W: 6.01GPG

So WHL has been lowest every year but 10-11, where it was middle.

Q has been highest 3 years, lowest 1 year, middle 2 years.

OHL has been highest 3 years, middle 3 years.

Apart from last year where Q was far higher scoring, and 10-11 when O was almost the same the opposite way, Q and O are very similar.

Even with a 0.5GPG difference (as last year and 10-11) the impact on individual players is not that big.

Looking for example at Straka last year, that is an extra 3-4 points a year for him from playing in the Q instead of OHL.

(very basically, not looking at individual team scoring, just overall. 0.25GPG per team difference between OHL and QMJHL, so each team gets an extra ~17 goals per season than the OHL, so an extra ~40 points per team, so top line players like Straka got about a 3-4 point boost (assuming top 3 get ~20-30% of team points, which is about usual.)

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I think it should also be noted that Cousins, Akeson and Laughton played in the OHL while McGinn and Straka played in the QMJHL (well McGinn was in the OHL for his first year of juniors). And if I'm not mistaken the QMJHL has historically been the higher scoring league or am I just completely making that up?

Historically yes, the last decade or so nope.

OHL
12-13: Trocheck 109PTS, Sarrault 108PTS, Cousins 103PTS

11-12: Sgarbossa 102PTS, Toffoli 101PTS, Pearson 91PTS

10-11: Toffoli 108PTS, Akeson 108PTS, Strome 106PTS

09-10: Seguin 106PTS, Hall 106PTS, Pither 94PTS

08-09: Tavares 104PTS, Terry 94PTS, DiBenedetto 93PTS

07-08: Azevedo 124PTS, MacLean 119PTS, Tavares 118PTS

QMJHL
12-13: Duffy 110PTS, Drouin 105PTS, Currie 104PTS

11-12: Gourde 124PTS, O'Brien 101PTS, Trudeau 95PTS

10-11: Devos 114PTS, Levesque 107PTS, Huberdeau 105PTS

09-10: Couturier 96PTS, Deschamps 96PTS, Dumont 93 PTS

08-09: Riendeau 124PTS, Masse 110PTS, Lalonde-McNicoll 104PTS

07-08: Perreault 114PTS, Giroux 106, Pare 102PTS

The amount of players who eclipsed over 100 points in those seasons:
12-13: 4 (Q), 3 (O)
11-12: 2 (Q), 2 (O)
10-11: 3 (Q), 5 (O)
09-10: 0 (Q), 2 (O)
08-09: 3 (Q), 1 (O)
07-08: 4 (Q), 8 (O)

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Ok, thanks for the responses guys/doing the research as I was too lazy. It seems like in this context there really isn't much of a difference to consider.

 

[Stizzle]

Can we be done with this one? It seems to have run its course.