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Old 06-02-2014, 10:50 AM   #319
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Originally Posted by RyZ View Post
I understand that. I guess Im just making a point that (IMO anyway) although Bennett has a physical and "truculent" edge on the other 2 centers in the top 4 he is likely the least purely skilled of the bunch and, (again IMO) has the lowest offensive upside.

And just to put to bed the whole Bennett is a year younger than Reinhart argument, the difference is 7 months (SB Jun 96, SR Nov 95), not a year.
I don't see him being the least purely skilled out of those guys. I think they've all got great offensive toolkits. Don't see him having significantly lower offensive upside than Reinhart or Draisaitl. Where did you get that impression?

I think there's a reason why people think he'll probably be the 1st out of those forwards picked and it's not just his competitiveness. Redline has him at #1 in their rankings. CSS has him at #1 as well. It's because of his high skill, better skating than Reinhart/Draisaitl now, and competitiveness all rolled into one.
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