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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Bennett is capable of going on a scoring streak. His biggest problem is that when his confidence is gone you can almost see him kicking himself. When his confidence is there - and the player I saw past night was an example of his confidence being there...
November 2015 - 8 pts in 12 games (first/second lines)
January 2016 - 8 goals in 11 games (second/third lines)
February 2016 - 9pts in 14 games (second/third lines)
October 2016 - 6pts in 10 games (third line)
December 2016 - 6 pts in 13 games (third line)
November 2017 - 6 pts in 13 games (third line, no PP)
December 2017 - 10pts in 14 games (third line, one PP pt)
In his rookie season as a 19yo Sam Bennett had 8 PP points in 77 games.
In 163 games under Glen Gulutzan Bennett had 7 PP points.
The opportunity he is getting right now is by far the best of his career since his rookie season. And I would wager Tkachuk is a better linemate than Frolik, that Bennett's 200 foot game is much improved, and that our second and third defense pairs are far less likely to get hemmed in their own zone and cost the forwards offensively.
I will be surprised if Bennett doesn't pass his rookie season totals, even though Peters started him off on the fourth line and he's had a handful of goal contributions not show up on the stat sheet - he's about to go streaking.
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So I guess what you're saying is, I should pick him up?