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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Can you provide examples of this statement? (legit question, don't know if its right or wrong)
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Bertuzzi took like 4-5 years before he broke out as a great power forward, Lucic I think was his 4th full year. Even Iginla didn't break into the elite power forward status until year 4-5. Shanahan was like 6 years before he broke out for real.
These guy's "breakout" seasons are relative though. Different eras and better projected players, but they still took time before they really came into their own. Ferland will probably top out as a secondary type power forward, not an elite one, and he wasn't projected like these guys, but when the elite PFs took 4-5 years to develop I think Ferland's development should be taken a couple years before he is written off.