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Originally Posted by Red
Not sure what those numbers mean exactly so be patient with me.
Is it possible that a player that goes to the net a lot more than his linemates would creat this result in numbers? As in events in the home plate.
What im getting at is that I think that Bennett is a bit selfish and he ends up taking the puck towards the net without using his linemates. Which may be good on surface, but he seems to panic and lacks finish, thus it's counter productive. This makes his home plate presence, shot stats look good while his linemates barely register.
It's kind of my impression of him. Plays hard but with blinders on,takes the puck and gets himself in trouble by hitting traffic in front or gets chased to the boards.
Would be nice to see a compilation of his goals from year 1 to see how his game was then.
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In simple terms it appears he is carrying the play more himself than his most frequent linemates.
I agree that he calls his own number often, I think whether that is selfish or not depends on your bias for or against the player.
But the goal splits are on his side too, so it's not just shot metrics that have him ahead on splits over his linemates.
The numbers above suggest he should be promoted and see what happens; exactly what appears Peters has done.
Also looks like he and Ryan work but he and Jankowski do not.