Just a quick blurb I dug up from HPG as well:
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Quick, make a list of players that put up more than 1.2 P/GP in the WHL in their 17-year-old season! It's a very short list.
Brendl - 2.05 P/GP
Sakic - 1.76 P/GP
Falloon - 1.76 P/GP
Marleau - 1.72 P/GP
Nugent-Hopkins - 1.54 P/GP
Josh Holden - 1.49 P/GP
Kane - 1.48 P/GP
Smyth - 1.46 P/GP
Oleg Saprykin - 1.42 P/GP
Langkow - 1.34 P/GP
Tyler Wright - 1.33 P/GP
Glennie - 1.31 P/GP
Brayden Schenn - 1.29 P/GP
Kadri - 1.29 P/GP
Hartnell - 1.28 P/GP
Brule - 1.24 P/GP
Jamie Lundmark - 1.23 P/GP
Chris Dingman - 1.22 P/GP
Upshall - 1.20 P/GP
I'll be the first to admit that list is a mixed bag -- lots of flops coming out of the WHL. How many of those players made the NHL at the age of 18?
Marleau
Kane
That's it.
2 years from now is Kane's 4th year. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him put up 80 points that year or the year after.
As for the original question, Benn. Proven over prospect. Though I think this is an insanely close call because Kane will likely have better peripherals (SOG, PIM) than Benn.
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