The 22-year-old prospect put up 40 points in 43 games in the AHL last season, good for sixth in the league in points per game among players under the age of 23. Up until an injury knocked him out of the lineup in the playoffs, Räty was centring the Abbotsford Canucks’ first line.
Räty’s 0.93 points per game is a higher rate of scoring in the AHL at the same age than Jason Pominville, Jonathan Marchessault, and Patrick Sharp, among others who went on to become top-six forwards. – Daniel Wagner