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Originally Posted by CSharp
The thing is, if Bennett has so much potential and he hasn't used it much, trade the guy - maybe it'll be a good thing for him and for the team. Why keep the guy if he's not showing anything and just hanging around and just going through the motions? On most night, he's basically invisible. Janko plays as a third line center and he's showing he belongs with the club, Bennett doesn't and I don't care how highly rated his skills are - show it on a regular basis or move on. It's so ######ed to try and defend the guy when he's got nothing to show.
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Let's look at Bennett the Winger Vs. Bennett the Centre:
2015/2016 (vast majority as a Winger): 18G, 18A, 36 Points
57.9% BACKLUND,MIKAEL - BENNETT,SAM - FROLIK,MICHAEL
12.9% BENNETT,SAM - GRANLUND,MARKUS - HUDLER,JIRI
11.6% BENNETT,SAM - FERLAND,MICHEAL - JOORIS,JOSH
8.8% BENNETT,SAM - COLBORNE,JOE - FERLAND,MICHEAL
8.8% BENNETT,SAM - GRANLUND,MARKUS - RAYMOND,MASON
2016/2017 (vast majority as a Center): 13G, 13A, 26 Points
36% BENNETT,SAM - BROUWER,TROY - VERSTEEG,KRIS
23.3% BENNETT,SAM - CHIASSON,ALEX - GAUDREAU,JOHNNY
19.6% BENNETT,SAM - CHIASSON,ALEX - VERSTEEG,KRIS
11.7% BENNETT,SAM - CHIASSON,ALEX - STAJAN,MATTHEW
9.4% BENNETT,SAM - BROUWER,TROY - MONAHAN,SEAN
2017/2018 (Center, Pre-Jankowski): 9 Games Played, 0 Assists, 0 Points, 0 Points
2017/2018 (Winger, Post-Jankowski): 44 Games Played, 7 Goals, 11 Assists, 18 Points
48.8% BENNETT,SAM - HATHAWAY,GARNET - JANKOWSKI,MARK
24.5% BENNETT,SAM - JAGR,JAROMIR - JANKOWSKI,MARK
11.6% BENNETT,SAM - JANKOWSKI,MARK - LAZAR,CURTIS
10.9% BENNETT,SAM - BROUWER,TROY - JANKOWSKI,MARK
4.1% BENNETT,SAM - JAGR,JAROMIR - VERSTEEG,KRIS
Bennett got buried as a centre with awful linemates.
Bennett got to play with Backlund/Frolik for nearly 60% of his rookie year, and he perfromed well.
Bennett this season, remember his 0 points in 15 games (majority of which were him as a centre with awful wingers)? Eeesh. Look at him since then though. A heck of a December, and 18 points in 38 games since those initial 15 games. Not lighting the world on fire, but given the lack of 1st unit PP and his linemates, it's not "fringe NHL player" bad.