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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Over and over people ignore this, Sam is almost 2 years younger than Jankowski ffs.  At the same age Mark Scheifele could barely stick in the NHL and had 34 pts playing mostly 2nd center with PP time, 4 years later he's one of the better players in the league as a PPG center.
It would be an epic fail to trade Sam at 21 yrs old, if he doesn't "get it" within 2 years then fine. but not now. |
Obviously not an exact-science, but Scheifele was 21 for the majority of the 2014-2015 season, where he put up 49 points. Good for fourth on a team who's highest producer put up 62.
Sam Bennett put up 26 points, good for 9th (despite not missing games like those directly behind him), on a team who had an 84 point scorer when he was 21.
Oh yeah, and when Scheifele was 20 he was a top six forward for the Winnipeg Jets. He didn't "barely stick in the NHL". He played every game that year...until he had an injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the season. He was fourth on his team with 34 points, on pace for 45. And this was after a slow start. From December 2013 onward he was killing it. 24 points in 32 games leading up to his injury...but yeah could barely stick in the NHL as a 20 year old.