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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
That it doesn't happen often is not a great argument that Bennett won't be an exception as well. These are individuals not statistics. Bennett happens to be the highest ever Calgary Flames draft pick. Was rated #1 in his draft year by CSS and Redline Report. If there's any player who has the skill and ability to turn his game around at age 22 its Bennett. He's shown to be a streaky scorer who is very inconsistent when he's not confident. If the kid gets some confidence back in his abilities look out. He's no Yakupov IMO, he's shown more hockey sense and ability to use his teammates than Yak. And its not like he's never shown it at the NHL level either. His first year, his 4 goal game. Plenty of reasons to think Bennett will in fact be one of those rare exceptions. He's already a rare player in Calgary Flames history as our only top 5 pick.
Lets see what he can do with a different coach and different line mates after another summer and training camp. Next year is definitely a year in which Bennett needs to show some growth. I think this thread was premature by a year at least.
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So being the highest Flames pick, Flames only top 5 pick, ranked #1 by CSS/Redline in his draft year, his first year, a 4 goal game, different coach, different line mates, regaining confidence; therefore more consistent and less streaky, and not being Naill Yakupov will mean he's one of the exceptions??