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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Paul Stastny was a ppg player the 3 years before Duchene / ROR / and Landeskog showed up.
Sharp was the top Chicago forward with 23 pts in 50 games and 35 in 80 the 2 years before Kane and Toews showed up.
Erik Johnson had a 33 and 39 pt seasons (playing in St.L) before getting to play with Landeskog/Duschene and RoR ... Kieth had 21 and 31 pt seasons before Kane and Toews.
I am pretty sure that no one will favourably compare Landeskog (or Duschene or ROR) to Kane and Toews..... the only thing is that they are getting paid pretty much the same Kane and Toews at the same point in their careers (as 20 year olds).
Toews and Kane have carried the Hawks and made a lot of player look a lot better. They were doing this from the first game they played.
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I don't know why you are so stuck on Toews and Kane. From the top to the bottom, the Hawks had a better team in 2008 than the Avs had last year. It's not so much that Kane and Toews "carried" the team then, just that they performed well on a well balanced team that had turned the corner. The Avs see similar potential in Landeskog and so they are paying for that potential.