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Originally Posted by GioforPM
He scored 63 in year 4, actually (and he scored 50 points as a rookie). Plus he played in the dead puck era. Plus he scored 20+ goals in year 1, and also from year 3 onward until his last year in Calgary (30+ from year 5 onward).
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You're not counting the year he spent in the minor after his draft year and ignoring the 29 point he had in sophomore NHL season. The scoring leader in Iginla's rookie year had 122 points vs. 108 now. Both years had 9 players with 90 or more points. That dead puck era, was very similar in scoring to now. There were 2.92 goals/year in Iginla's rookie year vs. 2.97 now.
I'm not making the point that Bennett will be as good as Iginla, just pointing out how the best player for the Flames ever took a few years to adjust.