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Originally Posted by ComixZone
He's had no significant time with Gaudreau or Monahan, and when he has, it's been inconsistent and he's been bounced around the line-up like crazy.
Consistency is important.
Sure, blame Bennett for not making a great impact immediately when plopped on a line...but then when he does get put on the line and instantly produces, he gets demoted the very next game because we picked up Chris friggin' Stewart off waivers.
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I disagree, he squandered his opportunities. Plays die on his stick or he takes an offensive zone penalty. That's about as consistent we get with him.
And it's not like your examples started playing with their linemates. From Kelly, Soderberg, Spooner, Lucic, Eriksson, and then Marchand, Pastrnak proved himself on the fourth line, the third line, the second line and then got his opportunity on the first. Sometimes he dropped back down, as is the case for young developing players but he played himself back.
Draisaitl played with Yakupov his first year, moved up to play with Hall on the second line in his sophomore season and then got the opportunity with McDavid his third.
Bennett's trending backwards. He did play 20% of his time with Gaudreau in the previous season, this one he played less.