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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I still consider what ever expectation you have Bennett today as early expectations.
So rewording my question, what are some examples of a player that regressed for three straight seasons from his rookie season and then "developed into something more?"
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Has Bennett regressed for 3 straight seasons? His last 2 seasons look identical. This season the entire team seamed to regress around him, while he stayed exactly the same. Did he even "regress" all that much from his first season? It's not as though he's gone from being a ppg player to where he is now. Bennett has also yet to be given full time top 6 opportunities. The Flames are developing his all around game and purposely keeping him in the bottom 6.
The sophomore slump is very common, and it often extends into the 3rd year. There are many players over the years who've struggled in their teens and early twenties, with similar scoring patterns, only to find their game over the years:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=369
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...php?pid=143744