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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I wanted to take issue a little bit with your comparison of Bennett to Duchene. I have always quite liked this for Bennett, but I really disagree with you that Duchene is a more offensively skilled player. Of course, it is too early to tell how he builds on it, but when you compare Bennett's juniour career to Duchene's he looks like the better player. What Duchene has that makes him so successful is his outrageously good skating ability and ludicrous speed. Bennett can't touch him in this, but I think he is a more naturally skilled player with the puck, and has better distribution and finishing abilities.
So, more highly skilled than Duchene, but not as good of a skater.
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You could be right... I haven't followed Bennett over the season so I'm just going off of other opinions I've heard of him. Their style of offence is very similar. I gave the edge to duchene because of his speed and size. But Bennett may have more overall offensive skill for all I know. It's exciting to have a guy that has this kind of potential either way.