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Originally Posted by pepper24
So zero points in 12 games mostly playing without Brouwer? Pretty effective stats you have there.
Last year I can count maybe 5 games and 1 playoff game where I remembered he was a lottery pick and got excited. The rest of the time I feel that being a lottery pick is the only reason he's not in the AHL. He went long stretches without points and dumb penalties like the start to this season.
So far he's more Griffin Reinhart (also 4th overall pick) or if we go way back another Rico Fata or Daniel Tkachuk (6th overall picks) which buried the Flames for years. Good junior players who couldn't match that in the pros.
He's no Monahan or M. Tkachuk. Fortunately for the Flames 2 out of our 3 recent top picks are really good. Bennett is on a short leash as this has been going on more than just this season. You have to be patient but for how long?
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My point is when he's on the ice, he's generating dangerous shots that aren't going on. So far his lines, based on the shots taken while he's on the ice, should have scored about 5 goals so far, but they've only scored 2. These things turn around over time. Goal-based analysis is notoriously inaccurate and prone to random fluctuations, while shot-based analysis tends to perform better and become valuable earlier in the season.
The difference between a good player in a slump and a bad player (or between a good player and a bad player on a hot streak) is rarely visible if you just go to NHL.com and sort by points. Dustin Brown and Jason Pominville aren't PPG players. Kucherov isn't gonna score 50 in 50. Vegas isn't gonna win the president's trophy. And Bennett will start scoring.