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Originally Posted by Monahammer
2015-2016 CGY 77 18 18 36 -11
2016-2017 CGY 81 13 13 26 -16
2017-2018 CGY 82 11 15 26 -18
That's three complete seasons from Sam Bennett in the Nhl with pretty visible regression. By the stat test he is doing worse than nail yakupov and by the eye test he remains mecurial at best.
It's quite a long shot to think he'll be a top 6 player now. He has not shown that ability in ~250 games. 1/4 of Stajan career, and Stajan had better numbers.
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This is the thing the big Bennett supporters love to completely ignore. They keep citing guys like Scheifele or the Sedins while completely ignoring that those players actually showed progressions from one year to the next. Probably the most worrying thing about Bennett is that he looked like a way better player at 19 than he does at 21. That is a major problem and that trend is almost always what ends up defining a bust. I sure as hell hope he figures out how to turn it around but confidence should be very low among every fan here. If we could somehow trick another GM to give us an Eberle level return then we should jump on that. Unfortunately I think there’s only one GM dumb enough to do that and they aren’t great trading partners for us.