STATS are all I care about when I'm talking fantasy hockey Well....not totally.....I do agree that players who possess the sorts of intangibles that you've described for Tarasenko have a more surefire chance of landing and sticking in the NHL and I'm certainly not debating that Tarasenko isn't a likely NHLer. You've presented an argument designed to downplay the fact that his production has been disappointing this year, what I'm saying is that I don't often find that players who lose their upward trajectory in their pre-NHL years turn out to be 80+ point players unless there is an injury involved!! I'm not saying not to draft the guy or that he won't be an effective NHLer, just that I think 80+ point projections are way too high. I've followed many Russians through the KHL and tried to tie that production to NHL production and the results aren't good....Hudler (best season 57 points...PPG player in the KHL), Zheredev (best season 61 points), Filatov (no need to bring up his stats and he was nearly a PPG player in the KHL.) These are just a few examples of why people might want to back off of 80+ point projections for a kid who's stats certainly aren't jumping off the sheet. If I was a Tarasenko owner I'd expect 60-70 points and be thrilled if he hits PPG.