Pezzetta's story just shows how hard it is to judge 17 years old players. Some will never learn from their mistakes. This guy looks like he understood what he needed to do to be successful. That being said, he is now 19, so it will all depend on his progression. He was picked at #11 overall in OHL draft by Sudbury in 2014, so it's not like nobody ever saw something in him.
And your post shows how hard it seems to be for some to understand how scoring works in the Junior level. That most likely every 4th year vet from the ones who make it to the NHL to the ones who are even just fillers at the AHL level, will most likely be PPG during their last Junior year.
That being said, everybody wishes that we have a real solid, fast skating, tough and gritty 3rd or 4th liner that would hit and would score from time to time. So if he brings THAT play with him till the NHL...it will be a win. Until then, while it's preferable to see him succeed at the Junior level than not, it means NOTHING as far as if he will be or not a succesful NHL player. As of now, it's great to see him being able to follow Kyrou who has 73 points in 35 games. But it's also an indication as to why he will rack the points as well. Though, he didn't have a Kyrou in Sudbury and was close to PPG, which is probalby what is more impressive. So when things don't go too well, we should learn to not be too hasty....but when things seem to be doing so great, some learn to not bash too soon....'cause it could come back....Did you say the same thing about how people were not counting Matt Bradley as a good prospect, and then he went PPG.....so we never learn from our mistakes until...he wasn't signed? I remember saying at the first dev. camp how Addison looked way more like the 5th rounder and Bradley the 7th.....and yet where are we today?
I caught one 1 game of his this year when he was mostly invisible but I will try to catch some more. Should be great to see him along who we should really target in a trade in Kyrou.