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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Injured Monahan and cold Gaudreau. Just for context.
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Bennett played with the top line 13.3 percent of the time. He played with Janko and Hathaway 50.3% and Janko and Jagr 13.7%. It was, as you say, 4th quarter when he got into a line with Gaudreau and Monahan. That said, injured Monahan had 9 points in the same time frame (4 goals). And Bennett had exactly the same production in the 4th quarter with his Janko and Hathaway, in the same percentage of shifts.
Bennett had a great 2nd quarter especially with Hathaway and Jankowski. 4 goals, 13 points. Over half were with J and H, and only 2 were with Jagr. He never played with the top line during that period. He does that over a year and its 16 goals, 52 points.Just fine at his age. So why was he not as good the rest of the year?