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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| smyth260 wrote on Fri, 01 February 2019 15:46 |
| Adam wrote on Thu, 31 January 2019 11:55 |
Ryan Strome scored 49 points in 37 AHL games at the same age as Benson is. He was tracking much higher.
It's not terrible news, but this is a player who we have heard those around the organization bang the drum about as a key prospect - and increasingly, it looks like that is not the case. He's still a prospect, still can be an NHLer...but a depth guy is all anyone should be hoping for at this point with Benson.
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To counter your example, Mark Stone had 38 points in 54 AHL games in his draft +3 season. That is a lower rate than Benson's current season (also draft +3). Stone then followed it up with a well over PPG AHL season.
No players track the same. I think it's too early to know what we have here. He has to keep progressing.
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You are correct - there are definitely outliers. Dwayne Roloson wasn't a starting goalie until he was in his 30s, and Dustin Penner wasn't even considered a long-shot on what would have been his draft day.
That said, given a lot of data points, it is rare to see a Mark Stone or a Dustin Penner. They would be outliers. If you tracked most top-six forwards in the NHL, they were dominant players at every league below the NHL. I don't see it from Benson. Hopefully he proves me wrong.
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