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Originally Posted by transplant99
Oh and he is not a "kid" any longer, he has 4 years as an NHL player under his belt and he still hasn't changed bad habits/junior moves.
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What a slanted ass stat this is.
He's played 3 NHL seasons, while in the previous year he missed an entire year of development and managed to get back to make his NHL debut in Game 82 of a season and then went on to put up an impressive playoff debut.
Oh, and he's 21 - which, yeah - is VERY young.
After transitioning to Jankowski's wing and getting away from playing with two bad line mates and down to only one bad linemate, Bennett scored at a 30 point pace - which would have had him in the proper range of being a 3rd line player.
He also put up a CF% of 52.6% on the season, and shot at an awful 7% compared to 10.7% and 13.2% in the two previous years, all while shooting more than he ever has.
His 17/18 shooting % being below the league average for the last 4 years makes him a pretty likely candidate to see his % rise back up as well, so let's take a look at what his 157 shots in 17/18 could have resulted in:
13.2% (his 15/16 shooting %): 21 goals
10.7% (his 16/17 shooting %): 18 goals
8.9% (league average shooting % over the last 4 years): 14 goals
7% (his 17/18 shooting %): 11 goals
With the way Gully utilized Bennett, the 14 goals he would have got if he had shot the league average over the last 4 years seems pretty darn reasonable and productive.
Meanwhile, we've got Ferland who has shot at:
5.9%
3.3%
14.2%
14.4%
Want to know what the big surprise is about the last two numbers? We know who his linemates were. It's almost as if the quality of linemates has a direct link to the quality of shots taken.