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Originally Posted by New Era
Gilmour was a great player. The Flames took a real hit when Risebrough gave him away for nothing. But outside of a couple of monster years in Toronto he was a 2nd line center. He was a 2nd line center in St. Louis, he was a 2nd line center in Calgary, and he was a 2nd line center, or lower, in the other cities he finished his career in. If Bennett has a career as good as Gilmour's we will all be exceptionally happy. It is far from an insult to suggest that Bennett has Gilmour upside.
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How often do 2nd line centers lead their team by 30 points? Gilmour did that with St. Louis. In Toronto he led the team by 50. 127 points when the next highest scorer had 74.
Even in New Jersey he was their top line center. Going to be hard to argue that when he was playing 5 minutes more than anyone else and putting up higher-points-per-game.