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Originally Posted by Red Menace
He can do pretty much nothing and be an improvement over Raymond.
At the very least he would almost certainly boost the 2nd unit PP.
Raymond literally has 1 PP point all season despite having the 4th most PP minutes of all Fwds.
I think they are scared to repeat the Sven call-up.....but as much as i like Sven, Sam is a much better prospect and those concerns should be minimal in my opinion.
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I do think its debatable that he'll be an upgrade over Raymond in games 1 through 4. Long term, one hopes it's not even a question, who will play a better game on Saturday night between the two at the NHL level, very debatable. I'd say anyone thinking otherwise is putting way too much pressure on Bennett right out the gate.
Not to mention, we can't approach this like a desperate team willing to throw anything at the walk or try anything. This is a team that has made it this far with the group we've got. To suggest the playoffs won't happen unless we upgrade somehow before the end of the year is simply not giving enough credit to the folks that have got us this far, and despite what everyone seems to think there is a chance Bennett makes us worse in the short term while he finds his NHL game.