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Originally Posted by polak
I don't like the idea of putting Bennett on the third line. I think he needs to be put in a position to put up numbers so that he can build some confidence early. Maybe if Ferland can maintain this offensive streak he has had lately, but lets not forget he had 1 goal all of last season and Jooris cooled down significantly after he moved away from Johnny. If they play like that then that could really hurt Bennett's confidence and development imo.
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That's too fixated on labels. Whatever it's called, Bennett's line would be a scoring line and Backlund's would be a checking line. Hartley will allocate the time accordingly.
And remember where Johnny started last year, and Monahan the year before.