Can you give me the link on that, what I posted was from 2013. Those seem to be the Dejqrdins numbers from around 2009.
Holy crap at that video. The guy is just an absolute monster. I swear he's just toying with guys out there sometimes.
Habs are going to luck out and win the #2 pick and happily select Laine.
Highly doubtful. Matthews appears to be a lock for 1.
Can you please point me in the direction of these rates, they seem outdated. They are significantly different than Volman's 2013 numbers.
No it isn't. Matthews is better citing both conversion rates mentioned in this thread.
That doesn't mean the conversion rate is off, because that used the prior 7 years of data. You haven't even posted one rate, just your guess work based on scoring rates. Most Finnish players who switch between leagues stays fairly similar, regardless of the leagues higher scoring. Aho's #'s aren't clearly more impressive, like you are trying to claim. For example, look at Perttu Lindgren.You are the one who is using outdated info. As a North American you don't seem to understand how much these leagues change every year. Using 2009 or 2013 info isnt very realiable expecially when 2013 was lockout year. Those numbers are calculated when E Karlsson was playing in Jokerit
Like mentioned in this thread NLA teams score 30% more goals(6,05 to 4,71) and NLA 1st liners got 50% more points than 1st liner in FEL (0,75 ppg to 0,5 ppg).
Have you seen his transition to NLA? he took 3 seasons to break a PPG, after having a 66 point season in 56 games, then 39 in 48, KHL stint for a year, 26 in 48 in NLA, 34 in 42, til he finally broke out this year. And what you posted are just league rates, they do not attempt to measure scoring across leagues at all. Scoring has almost always been lower in Finland, so NLA being higher again this year shouldn't drastically alter the conversion rate. What your posting is pure guess work that makes no attempt to figure out scoring rates across leagues. NHLe is far from perfect but it at least attempts to do this.
No its not, the main variable is NHL point totals across leagues. NLB has lower scoring, by your logic it is harder to score in NLB than NLA. Or that the KHL is harder to score in than the NHL.
I'd say Iginla was meaner and more physical. A lot of the Ovi comparison comes from how deadly Laine is with his 1 timer on the leftside. I'd say Laine is in some middleground between Ovi and Semin. Semin had amazing puck skills, and shot, not great skating or drive, Laine has all those skill but his shot is closer to Ovi in how he utilizes it, atleast on the powerplay, and he has the drive Semin never had. Has anyone seen Sm-Liga shot totals? As great as Ovi's shot is, he scores a lot because he generates a hell of a lot of shots compared to other players, along with his ability to shoot through defenders and use them as screeners. And in my viewing Laine seems better on the left.
