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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
I think Bennett is a lot closer to Niederreiter than to your examples above.
Only time will tell.
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Obviously the point is that you think Bennett will breakout and trading him prior would be foolish but Niederreiter had scored 24 goals in his 21 year old season as he was traded just after his 20th birthday. Bennett just scored 11 in his.
And for the record, at the time, I would have loved if the Flames gave up a first or equivalent for Connolly when he was 21 and struggling to find his place with the Lightning but doing well in the AHL. But of course Lightning counterpart fans, or some, would have laughed at the idea of moving him for something so minor when he was "still developing" and "just wasn't given the opportunity in the NHL yet."
Of course they would have loved that first in retrospect instead of the second that they got from the Bruins a year later. And the Bruins would have loved to have that second back when he went unqualified a year after that.
Every player is different. I think dismissing arguments as being from "impatient fans" is a bit of a copout. It's a discussion board, we have different opinions is all on what Bennett will become.