He's also 18 months older in his first season. Surprised that would be lost on someone who constantly talks about 8 months as being a year in certain cases. In this case, Nylander and Connor are both 1996 birthdays. So you've chosen an extremely simplistic way to compare Connor's AHL number's favorably to Nylander's.
Granted, the odds of Kyle Connor putting up Gretzky-like NHL numbers are higher than the chances of you ever comparing Marner or Nylander in a favorable light to anyone.
If you want to talk about Leafs prospects, his numbers age and professional experience are much closer to that of Connor Brown than Nylander. Who in his draft+3 (a draft ahead of Connor) but 20 year old season (same season by the age using IIHF standards) had a .8 ppg, and as you like to point out, no prior professional experience.
Given your history of posting in Jets prospects threads and downplaying their ability where I remember the time you compared Laine to Aramia statistically once. I would hope you would be less transparent here in your attempts to compare Kyle Connor to Connor Brown.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=128878043&postcount=747
Nevertheless, the point I was comparing both to was Connor's and Nylander's stats from
their first AHL season. They are very similar, if not better for Connor since he has 18 goals to Nylander's 14 with similar games played. But points wise they are very similar, but a fraction better for Nylander.
Further, though it is true Nylander was younger when he entered the AHL than Connor was, I do think it evens out when you consider their paths to the pros. You have a habit of posting that development is linear for all players, failing to realize not all conditions are the same. Here is the condition you do not realize that makes up the age difference.
Most reasonable people will agree Nylander was much more AHL ready than Connor was, given he had already played against Men in the Swedish hockey league, his draft year, and the beginning of his sophomore year, whereas Connor played Tier I Junior A hockey against similar aged teenagers his draft year, and then after being drafted College hockey last year.
IF we are comparing just these 2 players and not to pivot into making general statements in other separate cases. Which you are hinting at here with Matthews and Laine. Where both played against pros in their draft year, however Laine was 17 doing it, Matthews was 18. It is quite a difference, and given this I see a Connor/Nylander comparison fine if we take age and pro experience into account.
Instead of simplistic linear the apples to apples comparisons you are attempting here.
