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Originally Posted by 2macinnis2
What? I'd say 99% of this board thought Monahan was obviously the better player than MacKinnon going into this season. So the last 82 games were that critical? Things change and yeah, we still really don't know if Sam Bennett can be a top line player. I still see it as very possible, not highly unlikely (much moreso than you would believe reading this forum). To your point, Bo Horvat could darn well being a top 5 scorer in the NHL... we really don't know. Look at the leap even Taylor Hall took this year.
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With Hall it wasn't really anything outside his already established ability level.
He finished 9th in league scoring in his third season.
Tied for 6th in league scoring his 4th season.
This season he finished 6th in league scoring, but he did it on a team that barely made the playoffs.
I think it's fair to say that most NHL forwards show what they have by their 4-5 season.
Lindholm likely is what he is. He may be the rare case that breaks out further, but he wasn't buried on the depth chart in Carolina. Played with Aho and got top 3 PP time.
Bennett for sure isn't a closed book. If there is a player there I think you should expect to see some improvement this season.