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Originally Posted by JohnnyTitan
Wow - my gut would think Bennett. Seems like he's always going to the box for a stupid penalty....but Backs has him by 13 minutes....which I'll assume is 9 more minors. That is a surprise.
Bennett has 43 minutes. Assuming one fighting major, that's 19 minor penalties in 54 games. Feels like he's taking way more than a penalty every ~3 games. Things that make you go hmmm......
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I would agree with you.. Although I think Bennett's penalties seem more obvious and frustrating because it seems as though most of his penalties come in the offensive zone. Backlund gets penalties because he has to defend against the other teams top line all the time.
Plus, Backlund gets way more icetime than Bennett... with that factored Bennett does take more penalties for the time he is on the ice.
Backlund - 0.054 PIM per minute of ice time. Although I didn't account for the 10 min misconduct here for the stick throwing,
Bennett - 0.057 PIM per minute of ice time.
Tkachuk is about 0.054 as well for interest sake.. Meaning for the type of game he plays, he's actually been fairly disciplined this year.