Edited Aug. 21, 2020 at 8:13 p.m.
Quoting: McRanteskog
did you click the link?
did you scroll to the bottom?
did you look at the chart?
Yup. The one that shows his “pNHLe” like I said above? It’s an “expected point calculator”.
It does NOT reflect his projection as a player, just points. As I said, his POINT PRODUCTION was ESTIMATED BY THAT CALCULATOR as a 2nd line player, dipped a bit in 2019, and is back up to a top-6 player currently. In the chart he’s literally currently listed as a 2nd line point producer if his AHL was calculated to the NHL.
But according to prognosticators around the league,
Going into the 2018-2019 season, he was seen as a top-5 prospect league wide. Then he was rushed as a 19yr old who played one year of college hockey and was not anywhere near ready for NHL play. Bitter I’ll did this again in 2019-2020, for half the season then Mittelstadt was sent to Rochester.
He simply wasn’t NHL ready. He needs conditioning in the AHL and to find his game there.
I’m not saying I believe he’s a top line forward. I’m saying that he had that said about him.
But regarding the chart you keep referring to, it currently has his production in the AHL translating to that of a 2nd line NHL forward