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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Over and over people ignore this, Sam is almost 2 years younger than Jankowski ffs.  At the same age Mark Scheifele could barely stick in the NHL and had 34 pts playing mostly 2nd center with PP time, 4 years later he's one of the better players in the league as a PPG center.
It would be an epic fail to trade Sam at 21 yrs old, if he doesn't "get it" within 2 years then fine. but not now. |
I'm open to trading Bennett now because I think he could still get us a decent return. No one is suggesting trading Bennett for peanuts.
Trading Bennett now has just as much potential for a "bullet dodged" as it does for an "epic fail". I think there's good points on both sides of the debate but to say that trading a guy who has scored 26 points/year the last two years would be an epic fail is a bit dismissive.
Also I've seen this argument a few times, but Mark Scheifele is the exception, not the rule.