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Originally Posted by Robbob
(In regards to Bennett)
Exactly. His numbers are pretty similar to Drouin. Is Drouin a bust?
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He also has worse numbers than Nail Yakapov did at this point in his career. Comparing young players to other players by point totals is stupid.
My biggest concern with Bennett and why I have been doubtful about his projections this year is that he hasn't fixed any of his issues from last year, not even improved them in anyway. He's still making the same poor choices as he was last year and still stubbornly tries to do stuff that worked in Junior.
Compare Bennett with what we have seen from Tkachuk in his short career and ignore points. You can tell that Tkachuk's game is better suited for the NHL than Bennett. I feel like people see moments where those junior moves work and they get all excited cause they look cool but I've seen far more moments where Bennetts play frustrates me than when he impresses me.
So in my opinion, when you take into consideration the probabilities of how many players actually improve dramatically vs. how many players might improve a bit but don't really deviate too much from their regular output, I lean towards cutting my expectations for a player.
Before you freak out, that is all assuming that he's playing the same way he is now by this point next season. Still plenty of time for him to raise my hopes by showing improvement in the areas where he is currently struggling
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I know right? Just look at Scheifele, or Galchenyuk, or Kevin Hayes, or Benn, or Jeff Carter, or...
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All who have improved every year.
My whole premise is Bennett playing like he is now by this time next season, meaning no progression.
And on top of that, I bet the list of players who have posted relatively the same numbers every year is a lot longer than that.
Make me a list of young Flames that started around 30-40 points for their first three years and then became stars on the same team. I'll wait.