Bennett's style of play has been hampered by the fear that he'll get benched for every penalty he takes. Under Hartley, he played with more of an edge. He also collected most of his points while playing on Backlund's wing; rather than 3rd line center.
As some have suggested, I'd like to see a Gaudreau-Monahan-Bennett line get a try. If it works, it would give us two true top-lines, although that leaves out Brouwer and Versteeg, I'm not sure they're well suited to bottom-6 roles.
I remember during the pre-season, Brouwer-Bennett-Tkachuk had some chemistry. I wonder why it fizzled in the regular season? Although I don't want to take Tkachuk off Backlund's line at this point...
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