I watched Sam Bennett's video from his rookie season (including playoffs). Thanks AC.
He has so much talent and potential. Thankfully he's done playing centre as he clearly thrived on the wing. Also, put him with some decent teammates. Brouwer, Versteeg, Lazar etc. didn't cut it. I'm not sure Monahan would've done a lot better with those linemates either.
If Brouwer and Lazar didn't have contracts, I'm confident Brouwer wouldn't have a job and that Lazar would be on a rebuilding team's 4th line. Versteeg doesn't have a job.
Peters clearly laid out the top 6 as
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Neal
That leaves Bennett with these potential opportunities:
Bennett - Jankowski/Ryan - Frolik/Czarnik
This is a lot better than last year, and with sheltered 3rd line minutes should be able to produce good results.
P.S. That Bennett video made me very excited about Brodie on the right side.
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