Nowadays a player who can produce at a point-per-game level is a tremendous talent. A core piece for any NHL team. However, they are no longer considered superstars. 

The amount of point-per-game players per season has steadily grown over the past five seasons to the point where we had a whopping 38 skaters achieve that level. Another 11 hit the 100-point mark. We had 60-goal men, 50-goal scorers, and enough 40-goal finishers to fill out an Aussie rules rugby squad.

What separates the very good from the superstar talents, though, are those high notes. The ability to not just produce at a top-40 level, but a top-10. What this series intends to do is filter out the next wave of superstars. We’ll take a player and put him under the microscope and decide if his future is merely excellent or wort