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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Have you seen bennett on the power play?
There's a reason he plays less than minute per game there, and it's not because of a conspiracy to keep him from producing.
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When Gaudreau isn't on the ice (using Gaudreau as a proxy for "1st PP Unit"), using goals for and scoring chances for (per 60), Bennett ranks ahead or equal to the following players:
Mikael Backlund
Matthew Tkachuk
Mark Janowski
Michael Frolik
Mark Giordano
Dougie Hamilton
TJ Brodie
And yet we've recently replaced him on the 2nd unit with Frolik, who ranks behind Matt Stajan and Curtis Lazar in 5v4 scoring change generation and who hasn't been on the ice for a PP goal this season. I'm not calling it a conspiracy, but Bennett has outplayed his competition on that 2nd PP unit.