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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I still do not understand the love affair with Bennett at Center. We know that did not go well for over a full season and when you have so many more accomplished centermen, you don't put the square peg back into the round hole and hope it works out. It's not even fair to Bennett at this point as he's found a niche on the wing and I would be shocked if Peters went this route.
This team can either slot down Lindholm at EV strength (which to me is the smartest move) or can move Jankowski up and give him a chance with better players, which would tell us a great deal about him however long a shot that would be. Unless Backlund broke/dislocated something we can't assume he'll miss more than 3-4 games as concussions are such a wildcard from person to person.
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I think Bennett's game has progressed and he is doing more cnetre-like things. Also, who did he centre before? This time it would be Tkachuk and someone like Neal or maybe Czarnik/Mangiapane. I think his chances of success are a little higher.
I agree you never know with concussions. But Backlund missed about a week before skating again last time he had a concussion. Granted, it was world cup and training camp time.