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Originally Posted by Red
To me it looks like Bennett neuters his lines production. Any player he plays with goes in to a slump. Every line he is on stops producing. For those that track lines and players closer, am I way off here?
He doesn't utilize his linemates well. Give him the puck and the other 2 guys may as well go to the bench.
Treliving built a team with 3 scoring lines. Bennett is a 4th liner here because he can't play offense effectively.
Wish him well, but imo what you see is what you get.
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That's an interesting thing to look into, probably the best way is to just pick his most frequent linemates and see how they do with and without him.
By time it's three guys ... James Neal, Mark Janowski and Derek Ryan
James Neal 101 minutes
Together
CF% 51%
SCF% 57%
HD% 61%
Goal split 4-5
Neal w/o Bennett
CF% 52%
SCF% 40%
HD% 38%
Goal split 4-6
Bennett w/o Neal
CF% 57%
SCF% 56%
HD% 59%
Goal split 3-2
Answer: Neal hurting Bennett
Mark Jankowski 60 Minutes
Together
CF% 49%
SCF% 52%
HD% 56%
Goal split 0-4
Jankowski w/o Bennett
CF% 53%
SCF% 50%
HD% 38%
Goal split 4-2
Bennett w/o Jankowski
CF% 57%
SCF% 57%
HD% 61%
Goal split 7-3
Answer: Jankowski hurting Bennett
Derek Ryan 62 Minutes
Together
CF% 61%
SCF% 59%
HD% 63%
Goal split 3-1
Ryan w/o Bennett
CF% 50%
SCF% 48%
HD% 43%
Goal split 2-5
Bennett w/o Ryan
CF% 52%
SCF% 55%
HD% 58%
Goal split 4-6
Answer: Ryan hurting Bennett
Great question, and a good answer for what Peters is trying to do. It appears that Bennett is better away from the current lot of third linders that he's been lined up with. Maybe he can help drive the 3M line back to scoring on five on five basis.