My thought with Bennett is that he is not being played in a spot to maximize his talents. His rookie season he did well playing with Backlund and Frolik on the wing. Second season the move him to centre and anchor him with slugs for the most part. You don’t draft a guy fourth overall to play 3rd line minutes and situations. Ferland was inconsistent in both production and effort and he was moved to the top line last year because there was no other option as they wanted to give Bennett reps at centre. The one thing I cannot question is Bennett’s lack of effort. I would love to see him on one of the top 2 lines and see if the points come however right now that is not an option. I honestly don’t know if #19 produces at the same rate on line 3 as he does line 2. Sometimes good players have to play with good players..... just my 2 cents. I would say if they moved Bennett to a new team where he is given the opportunity he would increase the points..... I.e. Sven Baertschi. Facts are sometimes you have good players that play in bad situations because they are not an upgrade to what you have.
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