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Originally Posted by stemit14
...For example... Bennett to me is a mix of Matt duchene (offensive skill), Brendan Gallagher (feistiness/competitiveness), and Jonathan toews (Hockey IQ). His offensive skill likely won't be as high as that if duchene... Same with his hockey IQ with toews... And I don't think he's as much of a pest as Gallagher. But his compete level is off the charts and mixing that with duchene-lite offensive skill and toews-lite hockey IQ will make Bennett a great center to be in tandem with Monahan...
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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.