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Originally Posted by Bingo
Well by saying 6th or 7th I certainly wasn't hoping to start a Frolik vs Bennett debate on goal production.
I see Frolik and his contract more likely to be moved which changes his slotting for me, ... but that's just my opinion.
I'm happy to call him 8th if this whole thing would go away, as it doesn't change my original point one iota ... which was you don't need to be in a hurry to trade your 6-8th best forward.
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If you're going to state that Bennett is better than Frolik then why are you surprised there is a debate about it? Other people obviously don't share that opinion.
The fact that there is even a debate about it is the problem. Frolik is a career 3rd line guy who's past his prime. He hasn't hit the 20 goals mark in 9 seasons which were his first 2 seasons in the league. He's never scored more than 45 points in a season and he's declining.
And there's still an argument to be made that he's better than Bennett.
If people are willing are willing to accept that Bennett will probably never be more than he is, then ok that's fine.
But there are still people waiting for him to break out. No one is as "unlucky" as Bennett for the third straight season now.
Someone on here the other day called him the next Doug Gilmour. Gilmour, who never scored less than 50 points until the lockout. I realize that opinion is in the minority, but there's always going to be a group of people who keep waiting for him to break out. It's becoming increasingly unlikely.
Paul Byron comparison? Byron has exceeded expectations and still hasn't hit 45 points. He might this year, but he probably won;t.
He had a 4 goal game. So what? Alex Zhamnov had a 5 goal game and still only scored 30 in a season once.
If you're okay with a 25-40 point guy who tries hard but can't score to save his life, fine.
But if people are always going to expect more, eventually that expectation is going to weigh on him.
Rob Niedermayer played over 1150 games and scored almost 500 points and won a Stanley Cup, and he's still considered a disappointment.