They are 1 year and 5 months apart. Hence why they were only drafted 1 year apart.

the NCAA is a significantly harder league to score in than the OHL. And even if you compare Poitras 95 points last year to Knies 42 there is a huge gap in their actual goal scoring. Poitras only had 16 goals in the OHL last year and had 79 assists. Knies is much more of a goal scorer.

Knies also played on the top line in the ncaa. He was the 3rd best player on his line. Point totals were nothing impressive. Poitras was the best on his team by far