Quoting: Bluetomorrow83
Making **** up is a terrible way to try to make a point. JP's agent said during the offseason the choice had nothing to do with money, JP just didn't feel like he was a good fit in EDM. It's plain its simple nothing about money, nothing about not being good enough for the NHL.. people need to stop with all the fake BS. Kid is easily a 3rd liner in the NHL right now at 21 years old with potential to develop into that top 6 he was touted as
Over the last 5 years Liiga has had an equivalency rating of roughly 0.40%, meaning 1 Liiga point is worth 0.4 NHL points, makes enough sense, right? It is slightly lower then the AHL, about 2/3 the SHL/Extraliga (Czech 1) and a little over half the KHL.
This year playing in the Liiga he had 53 points in 56 games, or about 0.95 ppg. Multiply that by 0.4 and you get about 0.37 ppg in the NHL. Still following? So over an 82 game season he should have 31.04 points in a full NHL season, I rounded to a clean 30 on my previous post. And yes, he still has tons of potential but realistic you can't expect more then 30~ pts from him next year. Of course he could be a dark horse and defy stats and be a stud, but it is more likely he falls short of my prediction.
For his attitude problems, thats not for me to evaluate. Although sure his "problems" are blown WAYY out of proportion, most GM's would be deterred by his holding out this year. Just saying.