Look, I'll say this. We've given a lot of crap to the Jets ever since this was the selection made, and rightfully so. Logan was probably never going to meet the expectations placed upon him when the Jets made him their first rounder. That's not his fault. It's a bit disappointing that he's not kicking down any doors and stepping into a #2LD role and performing well, but that really never was what he was going to do. Most people had him slotted as a likely good third pairing. If that's what a 3rd+ rounder returned, most people would be ecstatic. First rounder? Not so much.
Anyways, how about some stats. All from
Prospect-Stats:
Nothing terrific, but nothing dreadful in terms of his output. Based on the website's owner,
Hayden Speak, who spoke towards "
Making The Jump - How AHL Players Become NHL Players" at SeaHAC some time ago, Logan Stanley hits about 3 of the 6 criteria in being ready to make the jump: under 23, over 1.5 shots per game, and about 15 minutes or more of expected time on ice. For the Moose, the following players had a >10% chance of jumping from the AHL to the NHL in the following season:
Fan-favourites Niku and Appleton are the highest, with Vesalainen close behind (though likely influenced by his short stints in the AHL), with Stanley being 4th overall (Poolman is lower because of his age). Being only 21, he has about one or two more years before the team can likely write him off as a non-NHL player.
In other words, criticism should be focused solely on the Jets, not Stanley.