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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Don’t hate Bennett at all. Actually bought his jersey, but I’m more interested in wins at this point then protecting my own personal feelings for players. Bennett still has a lot of raw abilities and I’d re-sign him long term as a bottom 6 forward if he was willing to, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen.
As for Treliving, I think the moves were a scathing indictment on the performance of the bottom 6 forwards. It looked like one of the league’s worst and contributed significantly to the failure that was last season. It’s also the same reason Neal and Lindholm were tested on the top line exclusively in the preseason whereas Bennett and Jankowski were paired together on the bottom 6 the whole way. They clearly had a plan and I don’t think Bennett was ever considered for that role.
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Your suggesting I'm protecting my own personal feelings?
Please.
The stats suggest they had some chemistry, created some chances, but were only left together for four games.
Was that enough? Longer than some lines get for sure, but certainly not to the point where you could call it final.
Bennett and Jankowski certainly started the year locked to the fourth line, I agree with you there. But two games in it was Bennett who was plucked to move up as Peters likely saw what the numbers suggest from last season; Bennett is producing more with less than most forwards on the roster.