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Originally Posted by drewtastic

Some decent perspective from Darren Haynes (as per usual):

https://twitter.com/darrenwhaynes/st...26764068745217

Perhaps ironically gfrom that list) Backlund might just provide the jumpstart Bennett needs to get back on track...

Here's Haynes' two posts on this:

@DarrenWHaynes
Here’s how I’d look at it. Their age when they hit that same 214-game mark:
- Bennett, 21 years, 234 days
- Backlund, 24 years, 300 days
- Ferland, 25 years, 264 days

So yes, Bennett’s going through his trials and tribulations at a much younger age than the other two.

@DarrenWHaynes
Perhaps a showing of patience is smartest way to ‘deal’ with Sam Bennett? Spoiled by meteoric rises of Monahan and Tkachuk, journeys for two other top-six forwards wasn’t nearly as fast.

Through first 214 NHL games:
- Bennett | 38-43-81
- Backlund | 29-50-79
- Ferland | 39-35-74

People are impatient.

Bennett is younger (significantly so), and has outscored both. This impatience that some people seem to love and grasp onto is not how you successfully develop players at the NHL level. Just give it time, and help him raise his game up by giving him someone undeniably better than him on his line to help him generate offensively.