With Bennett, it's not who he is right now, or who he was 2 years ago, it's what he'll be in the coming years. Some of us believe he will be a top-line player, but there is no numerical data to project that. The team did not draft him 4th overall to be on the third line, but due to circumstance, that's where he'll be for the foreseeable future. The team wants him to learn center(still debateable if that's the right position for him), and the other 2 top lines have too much good chemistry for him to displace anyone.
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