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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
The style of play janko and Bennett have been asked to play is more a checking line style... dump and chase and forecheck. A very north south style. I agree that 3m is our true checking line in terms of who they play against but it’s more forcing Bennett to play a style that doesn’t suit his skill set as well as playing up front.
In the past two games Bennett was hardly a passenger on the top line and drive play much more than Ferland did.
I do agree that he is being groomed to run his own line but trying to learn how to do that while being limited in using all your best skills and limited minutes is detrimental to the organization both short and long term.
It’s mostly the really poor messaging to the entire group that hey, this guy shoots right and scored some goals once upon a time when he played with Paul Stastny he hasn’t warned anything but he goes straight to the top line because of how he holds his stick.
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Yeah, I'm sure that's what they are told. If handedness was the only reason, why was Ferland there? Why wasn't Brouwer or Hathaway?
Also, Jankowski and Bennett simply don't dump and chase. GG doesn't coach dump and chase.