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Originally Posted by GioforPM
A lot of stretches from that dumb list ( three of whom went ahead of Bennett anyway). Ritchie, Reinhart, Fabbri, Arviddson are not demonstrably better than Bennett and to the extent they have a few more points, have in many cases had more PP time, and more ice time in general, because their teams weren't as deep at their position.
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So, the question remains. How does one demonstrate being better if it isn't being the better hockey player?
I'm bowing out. This is easily the stupidest argument I've been involved in on CP. A 31 goal scorer hasn't demonstrated he is better than a 13 goal scorer, stated by multiple posters? Okay guys, drink that kool-aid. And for the record, I hope Bennett can approach the level of Arvidsson, but there's simply a point when you're comparing two players that what was actually happening on the ice is what matters when you talk about who is better. Can it change? Sure. We've seen a lot of late bloomers through the years. That doesn't mean that Monahan hasn't proven to be better than Shinkaruk though either at this point even if Shinkaruk becomes an Art Ross winner in 2019...
I honestly feel like people didn't pay attention to Nashville in the regular season, didn't have name-recognition of Arvidsson and posted without knowledge before all of a sudden realizing how big of a stud he was last season. And decided that they somehow wanted this to be a hill to die on, I mean nothing else makes sense.