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Originally Posted by polak
Seriously? If in his 3rd season he's looking set for another 30 point season you're still going to pencil him in as a likely top center?
Or at that point is it far more likely that he's probably going to be a 40-ish point player? Not saying it's impossible that he doesn't break out at 22 or older but at what point to you start to lower your expectations?
You can't build a team expecting that all players reach their peak potential. That's how you get Darryl Sutter and his "This team has the most 20 goal scorers in the league" garbage.
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If he isn't showing any progression by next year then yeah I think you start to say he may not be the number 1 guy. But this is only his second season, and he is struggling along with the whole team. There's a reason people worry about the sophomore jinx. There are a lot of players who go through it, heck Iginla had a very subpar second season and was able to pull it back up so I think fans can afford Bennett a bit of a leash before writing him off as not having star potential.
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