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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I'm disappointed too - but just because he likely won't live up to his pre-draft scouting report, doesn't mean he can't be a good piece going forward. It's not just about Bennett figuring it out though - the team has to work with him and build him up. I think once he got set with Jankowski, his development got back on path and he looked like a young player struggling with consistency (as did Janko). The entire year prior to that though, the organization screwed him. They screwed him, and themselves. Saddling him with Versteeg/Brouwer/Chiasson...that's idiotic player develop. It's astoundingly stupid. No other teams saddle their prized youngsters with such utter crap linemates.
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I don’t disagree with that, ideally he would have spent some time in the AHL. But I don’t know who else he would have played Center with last year. Can’t break up 3M last year and playing with Backlund I think was crucial to Tkachuk being so good so fast. Maybe they should have let him play wing for another year before putting him at center. I don’t know. Regardless, he needs to figure out a way to turn his game around which he didn’t this year. I personally think he was worse this year than the previous. Basically all his points came in one month. He’s so insconsistent and that is what worries me above all. If we don’t get a new coach in here who hopefully can work with him to figure his game out then I’ll have a hard time watching next year.