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Originally Posted by polak
It all depends on Bennett and Tkachuk.
If Bennett follows a similar trajectory to Monahan and Tkachuk does the same then we'll be contending in a year or two.
It Bennett plateaus at a 40 point guy and Tkachuk does the same then we'll probably need to restart the rebuild and will regretting all of those rebuild jokes we made about other teams...
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I think even if they're both 40 point guys we can still have a chance to contend. Monahan and Gaudreau are following very closely in the steps of Kane and Toews, and will only get better for another few years. And the Blackhawks have been successful with a rotating door of merely "decent" players around those two guys. If you have your studs up front and you're shored up between the pipes, you don't need need four 60 point players, in fact that's pretty rare for any team. You just need a couple dominant, game changing types in your lineup. Johnny and Sean aren't there yet, but they're getting close. If they can figure their game out on the road..