once you make it to the pros, the differences between good and great comes down to confidence.
imo at least, this has been a real struggle for Bennett. It was everyone's hope that Janko proving himself at center would give SB a talented line mate while also relieving him of center duties... it seemed to work in December, but it seems like that initial success has faded.
its tough, because i think the best thing to do would be to put Bennett on the 3m line and Tkachuk on Janko's line...this isn't meant to be a permanent change, just something to jumpstart Janko and SB's confidence levels (say 5 games or so)...
not sure that the team can afford to do that when fighting for a playoff spot... but i do think SB needs some kind of positive spark.
Trading SB now is a non starter: you'd get pennies on the dollar or another team's reclamation project... i think it'd be better to hold onto him but try to give better opportunities to success.
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