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Old 07-28-2015, 02:49 PM   #100
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Originally Posted by opendoor View Post
Benning seems to have trouble distinguishing between 17 year olds and 25 year olds with regards to how much improvement is possible at each age. He'll gladly hitch his wagon to a guy like Sbisa because he's a good skater and has good tools, but ignore that he has 300+ games at the NHL level of brutal play. Similarly with Sutter, he probably sees a guy with a good shot and who's good defensively and thinks he's a future top 6 forward, even though there's 500 games of evidence suggesting that he has largely topped out as a 25-30 point 3rd liner.
Okay, so we're pretty much on the same page in regards to the deal then. Thats exactly what I was thinking.
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