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Originally Posted by dissentowner
You would think after seeing how Backlund developed people would have a bit more patience with Bennett. At worst he is a hard checking player that can chip in some points while bringing it in big games. At best he still had a lot of potential to be a top 6 mainstay.
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I'll give him this, Bennett has been vastly more productive from a pure points perspective up to this point of his career as opposed to Backlund. Prior to this season, Bennett never put up fewer than 26 points (4 straight 26+ point seasons) - Backlund had 25 pts at age 21 and wouldn't break 30 until he was 24.
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Backlund's developmental setbacks were all injury related. He was on a 0.5 pts/GP pace in his 23-year-old season, which he then continued to replicate and surpass as he got older. We have yet to see that from Bennett, who is now in his 23-year-old season.