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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
He pretty much exclusively played centre.
You're confusing coming down the wing on a highlight reel to playing wing. Sam's pretty good at cutting once he's in the neutral zone, he'll do a quick little move and shimmy to the left or right side, that doesn't mean he's now a winger though.
The notion gets shot down because he's an effective two-way centremen. Sure he might end up at wing but I don't see that happening. He might start at wing, similar to how Seguin, Lindholm and countless others have but he easily projects to play down the middle in the NHL. His two-way ability would be wasted at wing.
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At the very least, he played both positions often. Maybe he ended up playing more of the 2013-2014 season as a centre, but he came into the Frontenacs as a left winger. There are a lot of sources that list him a LW, LW/C and just a C.
http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2014/1...ennett-profile
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However, if projected as a left wing at the NHL level his value might be less than that of a potential number one center. Because of this I could see him falling below some of the centers like Reinhart, Dal Colle, and Draisaitl even though he is currently ranked as the top North American skater by NHL Central Scouting.
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jr...023639279.html
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Bennett's versatility, should he be available for the world junior championship in December, could have a special utility for Canada. Head scout Ryan Jankowski refers to having a surplus of centres as a "Canadian problem." The Holland Landing, Ont., native has more experience on left wing than the typical top-end attacker.
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It's not hard to see why a beat writer would call him a winger. Obviously developing him into a center would be in the best interests of this team of course.