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Originally Posted by heep223
Interesting comparison. Teams are actually pretty comparable, overall at F and both have excellent D.
One difference I see is Bennett. He has the potential to explode this season while the Jets have nobody in that situation. Laine could step in and be awesome, but so could Tkachuk so in a sense both X factors that kind of cancel each other out. Arguably the Flames also are better in goal (shocking), though Hellebuyck has potential to come in and solidify himself as a young legit #1.
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Ehlers had an identical rookie season to Bennett. He had the benefit of fitting in on the Jets's top line but finished his last 23 games with 16 points and plus 4 playing 19 minutes /game... Seems like he found his game.
Had Bennett finished as strong we would be looking at him to push Monahan as #1C.
Connor was the best offensive player in the NCAA... scoring at the Eichel and Gaudreau level.
we just went through a whole lot of threads of what the Flames would/should have given up to get Laine or Puljarvi instead of #6
Not even Gaudreau dominated the World Championship Laine style. ... I mention this because Gaudreau world cup performance was when I got fully on board with No AHL games for Gaudreau.