Kane had 2 other guys on that Knights team (Kotstisyn and Gagner) who were well over 100 points. The Knights that year had 311 goals. The 2nd leading scorer on the Pats last year had 86 points and the Pats scored 262.
For reference, the Blazers had 3 other guys over 100 points in Brown's draft year and scored 449 (!!!!!) goals.
Bedard's year is not comparable, lol.
I think it's fair to say Kane elevated Gagner and Kostitsyn's numbers big time.
Gagner went from 46p in 56gp in the USHL to 118 in 53gp in the OHL. That's a jump of 0.83ppg in a lesser league to 2.22ppg in the best junior league in the world.
Kostitsyn went from 78p in 63gp to 131p in 58gp. That's 1.24ppg.to 2.26ppg.
I actually don't think Howe and Suzdalev are really that far from those two (and Bedard had a much better PP QB in Svozil than anyone in London), but the stylistic differences Bedard's game tends to lead to less even scoring distributions. Kane was much more of a facilitator and pass first guy, which tends to get more guys involved in scoring plays. Whereas Bedard, while an incredible passer, will look to do things on his own if he can. We saw the same effect when he played for Canada. This is neither a good or bad thing, just providing some context as to why Bedard's scoring always laps that of his teammates (beyond the obvious fact that he's just better than everyone else).
