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Originally Posted by burnitdown
I agree it's annoying when people point to a Backlund or Giordano to suggest people have no right to worry about a player's development. It's equally frustrating when people point to a Draisaitl or Tkachuk trying to prove that a player like Bennett is developing relatively slower. These are all just cherry-picked examples that are outliers to the norm.
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There is no "norm" in player development and that's a concept that should be done away with. Each player is his own unique special snowflake who develops at his own unique pace with his own forward and backward progress at times. Giordano and Backlund are brought up to illustrate just this exact point. Anyone believing there's a normal player development hasn't watched enough players develop.
The speed of Bennett's development is somewhat irrelevant. Much more important is how good of a player he ends up. Those worried about the speed of his development vs Draisaitl are worried about the wrong thing. Those worried about his long term development are prematurely worrying because this development thing doesn't happen overnight.
Those pointing to the Giordano and Backlund examples are trying to show how patience is a virtue and that needlessly worrying about the development of 20 year olds is sure to bring you more pain than joy. Have patience. Watch him develop.