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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Yeah, I'm happy he's found himself down in Florida more and become a productive player, but he's still not what he was expected to be when he was first drafted. Him and Draisaitl were basically seen as a toss-up going into that draft. Now had he turned into Draisaitl-calibre when he went to Florida, I'd be sick to my stomach right now..
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Unrealistic expectations are our problem, not Bennetts. He is essentially the median forward drafted 4OA since ~1990.
OTOH Draisaitl is top 2 or 3 of the 19 forwards taken 3OA in that span.
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Originally Posted by dino7c
by that logic Bennett "cost" the Flames 4th overall
its also 2.57M
And if we are going to make "pace" arguments Kadri has played over a 100 point pace recently
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Harder argument when picks 5 6 and 7 busted that year. You get your players one way or the other...it's rare that you pay an extra premium on top of an ugly UFA price tag.