From a certain perspective, I’m a little disappointed because I thought he would be in the conversation for the Calder this year, and he isn’t (despite it being a pretty weak Calder year).
On the other hand, you can just see that if he is able to create just a little bit more space for himself to get his shot off, he’ll be a 40 goal scorer. In that sense, I am excited for the future. He will have a huge season next year IMO.
I think something to keep in mind with Quinns production. He gets less ice-time than the other rookies ahead of him in scoring. Beniers plays 3 more minutes at even strength and almost a minute more on the powerplay. The rest all get more Even strength ice time. Additionally most of those rookies are playing with proven players Beniers - Eberle, Johnston - Benn, Johnson - Laine, and McTavish - Terry. The only one playing with young linemates most of the time is Maccelli. Quinn spends most of his time with another rookie (JJP) and Cozens who is still incredibly young.
I think if you look at their production at even strength it's actually much more impressive for Quinn.
Beniers - EV - 41 points, PP- 9 points, 70 games, 3rd on team in EV minutes (forwards), 5th in PP minutes
McTavish - EV - 29 points, PP - 13 points, 72 games, 9th in EV minutes (forwards), 3rd in PP minutes
Maccelli - EV - 29 points, PP - 12 points, 56 games, 6th in EV minutes (forwards)
Johnson - EV - 27 points, PP - 11 points, 69 games, 7th in EV minutes (forwards)
Johnston - EV - 30 points, PP - 6 points, 73 games, 6th in EV minutes (forwards)
Quinn - EV - 28 points, PP - 6 points, 65 games, 12th in EV minutes (forwards)
Quinn gets less EV icetime than all of them. He also gets less PP icetime than all but Johnson and Johnston who he gets a total of 4 more seconds per game than. Despite that he has similar even strength production to most of them. Beniers stands out because he's playing considerably more, and Maccelli stands out because he's produced well in less games.
Personally I think Quinn has been every bit as good as most of the other rookies, most of them are just getting well established players on their lines, Quinn really hasn't. His rates per 60 are equal to or better than most of them at even strength, and on par with most of them on the powerplay.