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Im always confused by how high Pettersson is ranked in these lists. How is he better than O'Rielly, Couturier, Barkov, Point, etc? I get that hes really good and has tons of room to grow but he also has never cracked a point-per-game pace even when used almost exclusively on offense with a 66.2% oZS% at even strength in his career with very sheltered defensive minutes (0 PK time, tons of PP time and very minimal D zone starts). Guys like Barkov, Point, Stamkos, etc have similar, if not better, offensive production even with more balanced defensive roles and less PP time. Pettersson is probably more flashy and fun to watch but I dont get how he is viewed as better than most of those guys you have ranked as 90