Quoting: Victor24
Here are two players in the OHL at 18 years old:
Player 1: 49 goals, 101 points in 58 games
Player 2: 55 goals, 86 points in 46 games
#2 is Robertson, #1 is Nail Yakupov
Robertson's best year in the NHL is this year: 8 goals and 19 points in 41 games at age 22.
Nail Yakupov had 17 goals and 14 assists in 58 games when he was 21.
I'm not saying Robertson is a bust or going to be a bust but he hasn't shown anything yet.
Please explain to me how having a similar scoring pace as Reilly Smith with less TOI and being much younger = hasn't shown anything yet.
And a comparison to Nail Yakupov, especially his OHL numbers, doesn't make a convincing argument. Yakupov scored really well in the OHL, that's why he went 1OA. He wasn't able to turn that into NHL success. That means nothing when talking about any other player.
But if we want to play that game:
Nick Robertson: 55 goals, 86 points in 46 games
Jason Robertson: 41 goals, 87 points in 68 games
And look how well Jason's turned out at the NHL level.