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Originally Posted by Anduril
To be fair, the only players that comes to mind that does it with consistency is McDavid and Grabner on a good year. You generally only see world class speed take advantage of NHL defenders
Realistically Bennett's game just need more rounding out in the offensive end since it's very high speed, north/south, 1v1 dependent which just doesn't pan out most of the time even against 3rd pairing guys.
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I was actually thinking of someone on our team like Backlund. Backlund can skate the puck out of his own zone efficiently and can distribute the puck to his wingers effectively too. Obviously Backlund thinks the game at a higher level right now, but I think Sam Bennett has a higher end ceiling offensively. Not sure how long it'll take Bennett to mature physically. But hopefully it's quick or else I fear he will continue to struggle at center and lose the confidence of the coaching staff and management.