Quoting: dgibb10
Seamus casey has 25 points in 15 games as a dman in college this year. To put that into perspective, Brock faber (who you claimed was a top end prospect at that time of his trade), had 26 points in 59 games in his college career at that time
Quoting: Caerii
No I didn't
But he could at least play defense at the time of his trade. Can't begin to count the number of small offensive D who have flamed out while trying to transition from juniors/college to the pros.
1. The difference between juniors and college is huge.
2. The 'smallish' dmen that have put up offense like this are only guys like Quinn, Makar, Fox...(guys like Schultz, Krug, Benning, Butcher were significant step behind in production)
First 15 games of sophomore seasons.....
Name...................GP - G - A - Pts
Seamus Casey…..15 - 5 - 20 - 25
Adam Fox…..........15 - 6 - 17 - 23
Owen Power….....15 - 3 - 18 - 21
Cale Makar…........15 - 6 - 14 - 20
Quinn Hughes…..15 - 3 - 16 - 19
Scott Perunovich..15 - 2 - 15 - 17
Justin Schultz…......15 - 6 - 10 - 16
Luke Hughes…......15 - 2 - 12 - 14
Zach Werenski…..15 - 6 - 8 - 14
Mike Benning…....15 - 6 - 8 - 14
Torey Krug….........15 - 4 - 9 - 13
Will Butcher…........15 - 3 - 9 - 12
Scott Morrow….....15 - 4 - 8 - 12
Ian Mitchell….........15 - 2 - 9 - 11