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Originally Posted by GioforPM

Bennett doesn't seem to be much of a passer (by that I mean he tries to dangle instead of passing, not that he's bad at passing). He has a guy in Granlund who has a great shot, and Hudler is a known finisher as well. I think Bennett has a few junior habits he still needs to shed.

That, plus a need to work on the defensive side of the game is likely why he's being used at wing.

Anyway, the team has decent young centre depth, with a bunch of guys on the farm who can play centre, plus Jankowski. No, they aren't all top 6 guys, but Jankowski might be. If Granlund gets to be good at faceoffs, he's a decent 3, and you also have Arnold, Grant, Shore, etc. who could play 4th line C. Fitting Bennett in at wing is more of a luxury of having lots of centres and not having to use a rookie in the middle IMO.

When you don't have a #1C and you've got a kid who projects to be a #1C it's not a "luxury" to waste that kid as a winger. This is as misguided as Montreal's mishandling of Galchenyuk.