Nichushkin
77 GP
16 G
10 A
26 P
Despite my tongue in cheek post before, I actually think this would be an something of a failure from Nichushkin unless he's playing 4th line minutes all season.
He's scored at a slightly better clip than this in the playoffs of the second best league in the world, on the third line and likely with inferior teammates than he will in the NHL, as a 17 year old.
The team likely doesn't have the talent to keep him away from top 6 minutes, and even if he did play third line minutes the whole season I would expect better numbers.
I think it's a different situation than a player like Tyler Seguin in his rookie season who was nowhere near the physical specimen Nichuskin is, and likely not NHL ready as far as his body goes. As Nill has said, Nichuskin's physically NHL ready. I expect his skills to come through more so than some other first year newly drafted players (for better or worse), with us having a pretty good understanding of what he's going to be.