Bennett came into the league trying to play that crash and bang style with a teenage frame.
I still maintain he's going to take a couple years longer to truly emerge as he fills out his frame and gains man strength. He plays a heavy game now but still doesn't have the chops for it.
Once his body catches up I think he'll be a force to be reckoned with.
Tkachuk will also improve in that aspect as he gets older, but he came into the league considerably heavier than Bennett which is already visibly evident in the way he's able to handle himself going in against bigger NHLers.
In a couple years, we'll be thanking our lucky stars we have two formidable players in their prime cut from the same cloth.
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