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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Disagree.
Going long stretches without points has been the story of bennetts career thus far.
January 2016:
March 2016:
January 2017:
We're now going on 2018, and he's pointless in 14 games.
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...so, you're saying a young developing player is struggling with consistency? Hmm, I've never, ever seen this happen before.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
lol, no, going 10+ games at a time without scoring and finishing the season with less than 35 points is not 'streaky' it's bad offensive production.
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Well, when he's paired with other players who can produce offensively - and he still fails to produce, then I think you have a point. Having bad offensive production while playing with Troy Brouwer is hardly a trait exclusive to Sam Bennett.
It's not like Bennett has ever been in a position where he negatively impacts his linemates. He has consistently been fed players worse than he is, and at the age he's at - hoping he's going to be able to overcome that is a fool's errand. Bennett has played with nothing but rubbish since being moved off Backlund's line in favour of Tkachuk, until now. Being paired with Jankowski, who also has never produced at the NHL level, is beginning to show promise. They're generating chances, and I believe they'll begin to start going in very soon.