Quoting: Halla
the kid had 55g/86pts in 46 games..how is he not ready? lol.
His 68 game pace was 82g/127pts... Pretty good comparable to another 2nd rd pick in DeBrincat who had 65g/127pts his draft+1..and he had 28g/52pts as a rookie then 41g/76pts year 2
I'm hopeful for the kid, but he's like 5 days away from being eligible for this 2020 draft. He only turns 19 on Sep. 11. If he was in this draft and taken 10th OV hypothetically, how many 5'9 165lb 10th OV players make the NHL out of the draft?
Your Debrincat example. He was 3 months away from turning 20 in Sept 2017 the year that he made the NHL.
When you are talking about 19 yo that 8/9 months makes a pretty big difference, especially when you are talking about players that are not 100% physically mature.
Additionally, until some moves are made, it's not like it will be easy for him to steal someone's job next season. Nylander is on record now preferring LW, Hyman, AJ (he'll be healthy in Sep), Mikheyev, Engvall even Agostino is a LW option as he was the Marlies best player the last few months of the season. No guarantee Robertson would be more effective then any of these guys next season.