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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
So, what's the "put up or shut up" expectation for Bennet? With Ryan & Frolik as line mates? If he gets 20 goals is that a success? Does he need 25 in a line with those guys to "breakout"? Has he had his chance? What are we expecting from a guy who was supposed to be elite but is now stuck as a third liner?
Might as well just move him along right now and hope the third round pick you get works out.
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I think the expectation of him becoming an elite center are all but gone, however even with tempered expectations, something like a 20/20 winger, he’s still underperforming. Some of his lack of production can be attributed to poor linemates (Brouwer, Stajan) but he’s still wildly inconsistent.
0 points in the final 13 games.
0 points for the first month of the season.
0 points in 11/15 games in February.
0 points 10/12 games in January.
Only 4 multipoint games all season.
If he has a healthy Frolik and Ryan as linemates, along with PP time and isn’t approaching 20/20 in his 5th NHL season, then yeah, I’d say he failed to put up.