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Originally Posted by Mitt31
So now do you :
A: put Bennett on the top line for protection as he will kick the crap out of someone if they touch johnny when he is on the ice? Also he has tons of skill just not luck around the net so maybe that will help him too...
B: keep Bennett with chucky so that when the s*** stirs which it will, he will be in that mix too 
I don't want to see a Janko Benny line again as i want Bennett to start getting some puck luck. |
Bennett is a capable middleweight fighter, though I think he got a little fortunate with Nurse. But if he gets into it with a heavyweight who is good at fighting, he's in trouble IMO. He doesn't have a lot of defence.
I'm not sure at this point that Bennett has tons of skill. He is fairly fast, works really really hard and can forecheck. But I don't see his passing or shooting as top line quality. Certainly he lacks the IQ of Monahan or Lindholm. You just don't see Bennett sneaking into the great spots that Monahan or Lindholm do.
I would like to see Bennett with Tkachuk and Neal as a secondary scoring unit. Or Dube-Bennett-Frolik as a hard to play against forechecking unit that might eventually start to put up some points.