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Originally Posted by overpass
Daigle was a better scorer, if only because he had tons of opportunity on awful teams.
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As opposed to those contenders down in Atlanta where Stefan was stuck behind a bunch of talent.
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Originally Posted by Crease
I can't think of a bigger disappointment than Daigle. Stefan and Lawton had worse careers though. I suppose the discussion comes down how we define bust here.
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Daigle had a successful career by an objective definition. He's called a bust because people were expecting him to be the next Gretzky, mostly due to a combination of a) Lindros' draft hype and early success, and b) the numbers he put up in the Q (which is very offense-friendly).
Daigle's career PPG would have put him at 43 points and 136th overall last season. That's a top-six forward. If you use his "adjusted" points, based on the way they're done at hockey-reference.com, he comes out with 49 points. That's 129th.
Hard to argue that he was a bust with that information in hand. Disappointment, sure. Bust, no.