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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Derek Ryan is better at hockey than Sam Bennett. A lot better.
At 364 games in the NHL, Bennett is what he is - an energy player who cannot process the game well enough to generate offence consistently at the NHL level, and who still hasn’t learned to play a disciplined game.
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Maybe. but, maybe he's not yet what he'll will be.
There's a lot that can be debated one way or another about Bennett, but I find over assured statements about what he is or isn't as though that defines what he might be as time goes on to be pretty silly. History is full of NHL players who found another level later in their careers.
Derek Ryan wasn't even close to sniffing the NHL at 24.
Sam Bennett has 128 points over 364 games at 24.
Mike Knuble had 103 points over the first 353 games of his career, at age 29. He went on to play 700 more games and add 450 more points.
Whether something is likely or not is one thing. But whatever Sam is now doesn't dictate what he could be.