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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Once again a poster doesn't understand the rh/lh system. Tell me - what RHS was Bennett being overlooked for? Bennett was drafted as a C and LW was his next strongest position. There's nothing in GG's system that asks for a RHS to be on right wing. He used LHS on right wing on his top two lines.
On D handedness was not about shots. It's about puck acceptance and passing in the D zone. The defenceman doesn't have to turn backwards to move up ice after receiving the puck on the boards. Brodie wasn't a shooter even when he played right side with Gio. The only argument you can make is that he's a one in a hundred guy who can accept a puck and pass better on the backhand. Or that he plays better beside an all-star defenceman. But then, who doesn't?
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No doubt playing with Gio helped Brodie, but even after Gio went down with an injury, he played much better on that side. Brodie's vision of the ice is simply much better on his off side.
Bennett most certainly was not drafted as a left wing, he was drafted as a centre. He was put on the left wing because he shoots left. I'm not saying that GG insisted that every forward had to play on the side they shot on, this wouldn't be possible when the majority of the roster shoots left. But for someone who misses the net a lot, putting them on the off wing dramatically improves shooting angles, and those shooting angles are much more like what Bennett would have been used to playing his pre-NHL career as a centre.