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Originally Posted by ComixZone
What's the common theme with every single one of those players?
They got good circumstances to play in.
Pastrnak - Bergeron and Marchand, wow.
Draisaitl - McDavid, wow.
Point - Johnson, wow.
Ehlers - Laine, Little, wow.
Reinhart - O'Reilly, Eichel, wow.
Nylander - Matthews, Kadri, wow.
Larkin - Athanasiou, Tatar, Mantha, Abdelkader...all better than what Bennett gets.
Arvidsson - Forsberg, Johansen
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No question we need more depth for our prospects to play with when they come up, but those guys you listed weren't gifted superstar linamtes. All of them started on the 2/3 line with average players around them and worked their way up
Hyman - Matthew - Nylander was the 3rd line behind Kadri and Bozak at C. Essentially 3 rookies on one line. Matthews decided to score 4 in his first game.
Lucic - Spooner - Pastrnak.
Lucci was 0.5ppg that year and Spooner was also an up and comer. More favorable linemates I would say.
Connor - Perreault - Laine
A rookie who was sent down and a 2/3C.
Palat - Point - Gourde
Top6 winger in Palat with an unkown in Gourde.
Hall - Drai - Purcell
Drai had probably the most favorable linemates as he got to play with Hall and not Mcdavid.
I'm not gonna bother looking for GDT's of the other players but you get my point. For the most part young players are put into a 2/3 line role with average players. Bennett was put into a spot not too different from most of those players you listed.