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Originally Posted by Stephen
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Not according to a lot of reports before he became a Maple Leaf.
http://thehockeywriters.com/william-...spect-profile/ |
Backstrom 26 pts in 46 games: 0.57 ppg
Lindholm 30 pts in 48 games: 0.63 ppg
Nylander 7 pts in 22 games: 0.32 ppg
Nobody is saying he isn't a great prospect, there is a reason he went 8th overall. But there is also a reason he didn't go 1st overall. He isn't the Swedish Gretzky and he isn't the best thing to come out of Sweden in a generation.